I am not generally "very superstitious, " but last night I had a feeling luck was going to find me.
It was a slow night at Mr Chow, and I was feeling pretty burnt out. There is a strange, awkward-party-smoking-area feeling on the sidewalk outside Mr Chow. Being a non-smoker and not particularly a "party-person", I don't blend well into such situations. But sometimes it's interesting to watch.
Drunk, rich, NOT-famous people enjoy interacting with us paps, because it makes them feel glamorous or something, but they usually just end up making asses of themselves in front of our cameras. They often literally fall drunkenly out of their cars just like Jennifer Saunders' Edina in
Absolutely Fabulous, and that's
BEFORE DINNER! Last night I overheard some diners on a smoke-break, joking with the doorman that a passing panhandler was actually Danny Glover in disguise. How witty they felt, after all, he was BLACK! I never knew that rich people actually laugh at poor people, I thought they might feign a sense of humanity in a public place, but no.
While thinking of how easy it would be to steal the Lamborghini idling driverless in front of me, it occurred to me that valet parking was invented to park cars for and bring cars to people who are simply too drunk to do it themselves. I wonder who would be held responsible if these people get in drunk-driving wrecks after the doorman, the head valet, and the valet-runner all accept their tips while helping the drunk person into the drivers seat.
But the night took a turn for the better.
American Idol judge Randy Jackson showed up, dropped of in a Bently, and he was very nice.
Things got interesting when a taxi pulled up and two blind men got out. They may have been a little drunk, but they did NOT fall in case you thought that's where this was going. They hung out on the sidewalk with us and told us their story. One of the men was Scott Duncan (at left), who is attempting to be the first blind sailor to circumnavigate the globe. He's halfway done, and looking for funding to complete the trip. The other man was his "friend" who kept joking that he would play Duncan in the film version, because he would surely perish in the attempt. I guess blind people have a dark sense of humor.
In the photo they are giving a lesson in blindness to YaYa, who is always there hanging with us paps outside Mr Chow after filming segments on
Jimmy Kimmel Live. YaYa is such a nice and funny guy, but he always ruins all of the professional paps shots because he always gets a shot
with the star, not just
of the star, and that spoils the shot for everyone else!
At last someone showed up who made it worth our while to wait. STEVIE WONDER! He didn't have much to say, as he was at least pretending to be on the phone. But who cares? He's Stevie Wonder!
While thinking of how easy it would be to steal the Lamborghini idling driverless in front of me, it occurred to me that valet parking was invented to park cars for and bring cars to people who are simply too drunk to do it themselves. I wonder who would be held responsible if these people get in drunk-driving wrecks after the doorman, the head valet, and the valet-runner all accept their tips while helping the drunk person into the drivers seat.
Miley Cyrus and boyfriend, Justin Gaston stopped in for a quick bite at Mr Chow tonight and caused quite a paparazzi fracas! There are some paps who have no ethics whatsoever and make the rest of us look bad. This is the worst I've seen yet! When Miley drove up and got out there were just 3 of us paps outside the restaurant. But within 10 seconds of her arrival, a sudden swarm of photogs popped up from all directions. One of them stepped into the celebrity couple's path, literally pushing another videographer into the restaurant! The doorman stepped in and got into a shoving match with the obnoxious pap, seen here, and then called the cops. Then some paparazzi started attacking each other! Those involved in the fight started attacking others, who had been filming it. It was rather exciting!
Don't get me wrong. Don Rickles is a legend and in his era race was the core of a lot of humor, and it's probably hard to teach anyone as old as he is any new tricks. But he was cracking jokes as he left Mr Chow and all of us paps were laughing, then he noticed a group of Japanese businessmen waiting for the valet. So Don squinted his eyes and made a face and started babbling asian-sounding gibberish in their direction. That was a joke?! I guess he must have been dining with Miley Cyrus, who had just left the restaurant, because almost everyone else in the world already knows that racist humor is NOT FUNNY in 2009!
The stunningly beautiful Mallika Sherawat has co-starred alongside Jackie Chan in The Myth (2005), but is also a big Bollywood star. She wants to know, Is America ready for her?
Adult film/Reality show star, Mary Carey stunned the world last night with her revelation that reality shows are FAKE! Who knew? Mary tells my camera about how reality show editors make them all look worse than they are. But does that mean her sobriety is also fake? Watch and see!
Anil Kapoor of Slumdog Millionaire was at Mr Chow tonight and I asked him for an update on the condition of Rubiana Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, the two young child actors who were discovered in a Mumbai slum and then returned there after the oscars. Apparently the children were rather upset to return home after seeing the USA. One was reportedly beaten by his father for being to tired to work. The 10 year old boy was reportedly suffering from exhaustion and running a 103 degree fever. Anil assured me the children are "fine." I sure hope so!
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