Savages Movie Premiere Report! With Mary Louise Parker! Benicio Del Toro! Salma Hayek! Taylor Kitsch! Emile Hirsch! Blake Lively! Autographs! Photos and More!
Savages…. Savages on our legs and our arms for you… Savages… Savages… Savages… See, if you set the title of the new Oliver Stone film Savages to the tune of Hot Hot Heat’s Bandages that opening makes sense… If not I seem crazy, but if you have read any of my stuff, you already know I’m crazy so no worries right?
The world premiere of Savages has been a source of talk here in Los Angeles for days now… When do we get there, who’s going to show up, etc… Ugh… I’m already stressed just thinking about it. CB was nice enough to hold me a spot and since he got there pretty early he got decent placement. Scotty and Billy Beer along with The New Mike, Pinky, and Liz who you might remember from her MTF debut on Sean Maher night are all here… The gang’s all here for sure kids!
4:45 p.m. – I just arrived. I bribed CB with swag for him to hold me a spot. Now, you may ask why I’m excited for this premiere… None other than Ms. Mary Louise Parker is supposed to be a guest. And you all know what a geek I am for her! Sigh…
4:47 p.m. – Pinky and Liz are at the end of the barricade. Pinky made a sign…
She also made a nice Benicio necklace… LOL…
Pinky really wants to meet Benicio Del Toro… Not that you couldn’t tell lol…
4:48 p.m.- It’s a pretty heavy crowd. Man, I’ll tell you more and more people are coming out.
4:54 p.m. – On the list for today is Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Oliver Stone, John Travolta, Demián Bichir, Emile Hirsch and more. No Salma Hayek though… Ah well…
5:01 p.m. – The sun is beating down really hard. Man, it’s a scorcher…
5:18 p.m. – The carpet is rather boring with just the large Savages blocks…
5:32 p.m. – The publicists are gathering and I’m trying to read the tip sheet… It looks like just cast..
5:43 p.m. – The crowd is getting bigger and bigger… I think a lot of students are hanging about now…
5:54 p.m. – I swear we are in the line of direct sunlight… It’s like a beacon on my face…
6:11 p.m. – You can always tell when the premiere is about to start, the anticipation level gets to an all time high.
6:34 p.m. – The first arrival is Sandra Echeverria. She comes over and starts to sign. She is going really slow though and security is trying to rush her along back to the carpet.
6:35 p.m. – Oh, and she’s done. Well… That’s not boding well.. lol…
6:37 p.m. – Another arrival… It’s… Demian Bichir from Weeds! We all yell for him and he heads over to sign. He starts on the far end and is moving this way…
6:38 p.m. – Holy shit! There she is! It’s Mary Louise Parker! She’s going over to say hi to Demian as he’s signing and starts to sign herself. Dammit she’s so far down!
6:39 p.m. – Demian is moving fast but I’m freaking out…
It’s Mary Louise Parker joy and I’m throwing posters at Scotty, I’m shaking… Shaking…
6:42 p.m. – Demian Bichir is near us now and he signs my Savages mini poster and is again very nice.
Mary Louise Parker is still signing… My God, she’s almost signing for the entire line!
I brought my Weeds season 8 one sheet poster… The ones I’m having a contest for and you can win your own… Anyway, I’m starting to shake… I even wore my Weeds promo shirt today. I’m flipping out… Like Scotty can’t calm me down flipping…
6:43 p.m. – Mary Louise Parker is close and Scotty gets her to sign my season 3 promo poster.
Then Billy and Scotty tell MLP that I’m a huge fan and she has to get me. Mary goes, “Mike? Where’s Mike!” And I think this is when I started jumping and said, “Me, I’m Mike!” The rest is a blur. I showed her my shirt, talked about Bullets Over Broadway, and Hedda Gabler and I think Weeds, and there was babble.. And then we do a photo thanks to Billy who was like, “You have to get Mike!” Then Mary says, You have to lean in Mike! LOL… I’m about to pass out… I’m shaking… I know that this isn’t the first time I met her but it’s like the first, lol…
6:45 p.m. – Mary is on the carpet now… I love her! Swoon!
6:47 p.m. – Another drop, it’s Emile Hirsch. We all yell for him. He comes right on over.
I get him on my Girl Next Door DVD, I love that movie, and then I get him on my Savages mini poster as well.
Emile is signing up a storm!
Such a cool guy! Emile Hirsch signs Scotty’s Savages mini poster as well.
6:50 p.m. – Oliver Stone is dropping… Wow… Not even a wave. He just heads straight onto the carpet… Man…
6:52 p.m. – James Woods is here! He comes on over and signs for a bunch of people. I don’t have anything for him, but he’s very nice!
6:56 p.m. – Oh there’s Benicio Del Toro! He’s coming right on over. I think I can hear Pinky squealing! LOL…
6:57 p.m. – Benicio Del Toro is making his way down the line. He’s coming to us and it’s just a total crush!
I have my Traffic program. I asked Benicio Del Toro if he would mind signing it. He says, “I got you bro!” I say thanks so much man. He signs the front perfectly between Catherine Zeta Jones and Dennis Quaid. He skips a lot in our area.
6:58 p.m. – Holy Hell! It’s Salma Hayek!
Thank God I brought stuff for her! She wasn’t on the list but I still brought my From Dusk Till Dawn mini poster.
6:59 p.m. – Salma Hayek looks a little overwhelmed but is signing her life away, and I have to tell you even in this madness her signature is beautiful!
Salma Hayek sees my From Dusk Till Dawn poster and heads right for it. Then I get Salma Hayek on my Savages mini poster as well. I’m so excited!
I’ve never gotten Salma Hayek and the signatures are so nice!
7:03 p.m. – Jon Voight has just dropped and Scotty is going mad… Like Mike sees Mary Louise Parker mad! He has a laserdisc from Midnight Cowboy that Dustin Hoffman has already signed and he wants Jon Voight on it!
Jon is so nice, I mean he’s just chilling with all fans. I think he’s giving out his telephone number. lol…
7:05 p.m. – Sadly Jon Voight is going the other way. Scotty is not happy.
7:06 p.m. – Taylor Kitsch is here! Everyone is yelling for him. He actually looks like he’s going to head onto the carpet… Wow, I’m shocked!
7:09 p.m. – Oh wait, Taylor Kitsch is coming over!
He starts at the very end and it looks like he’s going to do the full line!
7:13 p.m. – An entourage… It’s John Travolta! We all go crazy, and he turns to the crowd and waves. That’s it. Just waves.
Now, I know John is usually pretty cool at events… So… I’m going to chock this up to the current gay sex scandal he’s having. Usually John is really fan friendly.
7:16 p.m. – Taylor Kitsch is getting closer now.
I have my Savages mini poster ready. He’s such a nice guy. I like the short hair too… Just a preference… lol…
Taylor signs The New Mike’s John Carter mini poster and then signs my Savages mini poster.
I then whip out my Covenant DVD and ask him to sign it. Taylor says, “Wow, I haven’t seen that in a while!” I was like it’s a guilty pleasure. lol… It’s such a bad fun movie!
Taylor made it down about five more people and then they pulled him to head to the carpet.
7:20 p.m. – Blake Lively just dropped… It’s chaos!
People jumping on top of each other, pushing, shoving, it’s madness… I’m just like… Wow… I have a small photo for her and the Savages mini poster but I don’t know if it’s worth getting killed for. People are throwing stuff on top of each other…..
7:21 p.m. – Blake is moving super fast down the line, and when she gets to me… I get skipped… Doh! Great… Ah well… It could have been worse…
7:23 p.m. – Jon Voight has finally gotten to us and signed Scotty’s laserdisc and my Varsity Blues uk quad mini poster.
He then heads onto the carpet.
You kind of know a premiere is over when Jon Voight is done signing autographs. LOL… Overall, I’m super happy. I would have been happy with Mary Louise Parker! But getting most of the cast was really nice! I wish John Travolta had come over but what can you do right? Thanks again to CB for holding me a spot. And Scotty and Billy for helping me with my Mary Louise Parker freak out! LOL… You guys rock!
Until next time kids…
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Should have attended this isntead of the Katy Perry appearance at Kimmel. Glad you had such great success and for the record, Oliver Stone is not too big on autographs so he is really hit and miss. Still, that Hayke autograph you got is gorgeous!
Mike, Travolta signed a little when the movie broke but they were horrible signatures! Afterwards I had to stick around while my ride had to do some business so I was out late. Normally I would have left long ago! Afterparty was at the Hammer Museum. Ate at the local Denny’s. So since we were so close by we decided to check it out. Stone and Travolta were the last to leave (1am!). Only 10 people mainly dealers were left. Stone stiffed but Travolta rolled down and signed one each for the 10 of us that waited. Since Travolta has ALWAYS been known to roll down at the light we all chased him down. I didn’t make it to the first light BUT I made it down to a second light. By then the others gave up and I had John one on one. I got 4 more Travolta’s before the light changed and they were NICE ones. Long night/morning but with the combination of the premiere and the afterparty it was all good!
yay for the mlp pic!
Fanboy WIN!
Was Aaron Johnson not there?