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Subject: [Leica] On the Barcelona's night
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Feb 25 10:12:06 2007
References: <1be504db0702250845v114b44bcx672d00a1ebd4801@mail.gmail.com>

Op 25-feb-07, om 17:45 heeft Phil Swango het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>> Yep. Charlize Theron tends to make quite an impression :-)
>
> True!  A couple of years ago I went into a neighborhood jewelry  
> store.  Saw
> a couple of *really* attractive women in there shopping but didn't  
> give it a
> lot of thought and left after a few minutes.  The next day I  
> learned that
> the women I saw were Charlize and her assistant, in town for a  
> shoot.  But
> I'm not too good at recognizing celebs.  A few days ago I bumped  
> into a
> woman coming out of a store.  We exchanged a few words and a laugh  
> and I
> went on into the store.  The owner then told me that the woman I  
> had spoken
> to was Amy Adams, an Oscar nominee for her 2005 role in the film  
> "Junebug."
> I had no clue, though I had seen the film and loved her performance.
>
> Albuquerque is a growing film-making location so the chances of  
> seeing a
> notable in the 'hood are relatively good.  One of my friends is a  
> Screen
> Actors Guild member and regularly gets hired to read (rehearse)  
> scripts with
> visiting stars, including (recently) Charlize Theron and Mariah  
> Carey.  He
> goes up to their hotel room and they open a bottle of wine and read  
> scripts
> for two hours, and he gets *paid* for it.  A picture of the lucky  
> SOB is
> here: http://pswango.smugmug.com/gallery/1857176#93222052

Hi Phil,
Great story. And a good portrait, too.
It also is a perfect shot (and the other 11, too) to show the  
capabilities of a few small cameras.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe


>
> BTW, he had really nice things to say about Charlize.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Phil Swango
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