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I warned you all that Drew Barrymore was bad news for Ypsi
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged celebrity arson, film incentives, fire, Firestarter, Michigan film incentives, Thompson Block | 30 Comments
Whip It
Whip It, one of the first feature films shot primarily in Ypsilanti, is scheduled to hit theaters shortly. Here’s the trailer. Watch it, and, if you can identify a local landmark, leave a comment.
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Film, Michigan film incentives, Whip It | 16 Comments
Pencil Paparazzi: Rob “Meathead” Reiner at Eve
As I think many of you know, Rob Reiner, the beloved character actor and director, is in Ann Arbor this summer, working on his new film Flipped. And, as Drew Barrymore and Hilary Swank before him, he’s taken to eating at the restaurant Eve. Well, as luck would have it, a few nights ago, he […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged All in the Family, Eve, Flipped, Hilary Swank, Joe Posch, Mezzanine, pencil paparazzi, Rob Reiner, Spinal Tap | 5 Comments
Milla in the Garden
Word is that when actresses Minnie Drive and Drew Barrymore were here in town, they ate most of their meals at the upscale Ann Arbor restaurant Eve. That didn’t much surprise me. I was, however, surprised when I heard that George “Ace from Facts of Life” Clooney, during the time he spent trapped here in […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Food | Also tagged Ann Arbor, celebrity sighting, George Clooney, Michigan film incentives, Milla Jovovich, Minnie Driver, model turned actress, Olive Garden, pencil paparazzi, Red Lobster, Shitload of Shrimp | 13 Comments
How to leverage the Fallon mention for Ypsilanti’s benefit
I mentioned a few days ago that there was a rumor going around town that Jimmy Fallon, an actor who had spent some time among us here in Ypsilanti during the filming of the Drew Barrymore film Whip It, was planning to do something Ypsi-related on his late night television show. The fear in the […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged comedy buts that fail, Elbow Room, Five Cent Willy, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Whip It | 25 Comments
