Orlando Bloom Walk Of Fame Star Ceremony! The LOTR Star Is Awesome Despite The No Autograph Signs Posted! Damn!
Man oh man… Apparently, the Kate Winslet star ceremony (which granted was nuts) was so insane that the Walk of Fame is trying to get rid of the autograph collector’s entirely. Check out this sign. Fascinating.
Still, at todays Orlando Bloom ceremony, he still decided to greet the fans and sign, because he’s 1. cool and 2. appreciates the fans. I think that’s so awesome.
I do think people need to calm down at events, and even though I think my glass house is fairly sturdy, I know, like everyone else it’s hard to do. Even yesterday, it sucked for me not getting someone, it’s hard, I could only imagine if my living depended on it. BUT when it’s such an issue that the Walk of Fame people discourage it, perhaps it’s time to take a second look, you all know what I’m saying? I’m probably preaching to the choir but no one wants to have something like this keep happening.
I’m climbing off my soapbox now, and I return you to Paul’s quick recap!
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Ok I arrived after an awesome day yesterday at jkl opposite from mike ha eh.
(Thanks Paul! Grrrrrr… 😉 M-)
Around 7:30am 5 people were waiting at the star location, which after about 30 minutes the guard arrives and moves us to the corner of Hollywood and orange. More and more regulars show up… then about 9am the dealers start showing up but because people can’t behave themselves at these events the security had us open our bags and gave those allowed in wristbands. Perfect! Except there were signs made by the Walk of Fame, that said no autograph requests, which would upset your average dealer/collector but I’m not in it for the $ so I continue chatting with a buddy.
Suddenly I feel a little body squeezing next to me seriously really who brings a 4 year old to a star ceremony? Not cool at all. A couple brought two children yesterday to another event, who ran all over the place. I’m no expert on parenting but the alleys and large crowds are not a good place for children. This trend needs to stop.
Ok so the ceremony started with the usual… Forest Whitaker and David Leveaux spoke
I couldn’t pay attention but with all chanting from my section Orlando’s publicist/manager came by and let us know to behave and Orlando would sign which he did!
For the size of the crowd he was on top of graphing his famous OB but I was glad I got some great shots, hung out with great friends and got him to sign my Lord of the Rings photo.
Also, I ran into legendary film director Kenneth Anger which is an annoying treat (I see him all the time) but he’s got a cinespia event coming check it out!
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I was one of the lucky few to get in the fan barricade. It was great to see the look of frustration on Redbull’s face. I wish I’d taken a picture of it. But the anti-grapher mentality was really strong. If security recognized someone, they got pulled out of line and weren’t given a wristband. However, when everyone was filing into the fan area, I heard a woman inside the area addressing the crowd stating that “Orlando WILL sign”, so I’m not sure why the signs said no, but the crowd controller said he’d do it. I guess a handful of the rudest dealers have ruined things for others once again
I predict this hobby will be dead in a few years. It used to be the crowds that ruined it, then it was the dealers, now it’s the celebrities themselves. Everyone now has a strict “one each” policy, which is totally fair, but publicists are telling the stars not sign items on boards and sometimes not to sign at all. It sucks for the true fans.
Don’t forget the conventions are ruining it too, particularly SDCC and Wondercon. Last time I went to Wondercon, they had massively barricaded the main stage to where you couldn’t hand anything to the celebs to sign no matter how badly they might want to do it! And SDCC is now ridiculous about their hallways and try to clear them when bringing guests out even for minor cartoon voice actors.
Celebrity in the new millennium: Wants the public’s attention, but just not while out in public!
Honestly, every celebrity should take the James Earl Jones approach to autographs: Sign so damn many so they are worthless (his words, not mine) – i.e. make the supply far exceed the demand.
The fair thing would be no autographs at all ( sorry autograph collectors) I get it everyone wants a autograph but in what 20-30 years will it be worth anything? Probably not ( unless they die) and by that time so many autographs will be on ebay it will be worthless. The proper thing would be do selfies! Selfies is what everyone does now and it totally eliminates the stupid dealers and photos last a lifetime anyways….. Wouldn’t you much rather have a selfie with say Brad Pitt than a stupid autograph? I think I would.