POSTED: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 5:30 PM
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It's a good thing
I gave you the scoop on the private
25th anniversary Greater Philadelphia Film Organization (GPFO) party at
Jeff Lurie's Wynnwood home last Friday (the one where
M. Night Shyamalan toasted
Sharon Pinkenson with
David Morse and
Jonathan Demme looking on) the other day, because my computer went bonkers yesterday.
No matter. I'm here. All is right at Ice Cube central. Icepack will be in print. Icepack Illustrated will be all over the place.
It was the GPFO 25 mega-bash at
Sun Center Studio's in Aston, PA (you go landlord
Jeff Rotwitt, everybody with cash is named Jeff) on Sunday night that was the weekend's finest party, preceded as it was by a script pitching session with area film and television pros (e.g..
Café producer
J. Andrew Greenblatt and director/writer
Marc Erlbaum) and another panel of big celeb television types talking up how they got to where they are, most of whom took part in announcing the winners of the 2010
"Shoot in Philadelphia" (SIP) Screenwriting Awards.
See more photos and my twelve bullet points as to what I loved/found most interesting throughout the day, after the jump:
➤ Loved
Sharon Pinkenson's knit sweater dress. Should've asked who made it.
➤ Loved that I had to set up a reunion photo between
Taxi stars
Danny DeVito (dig the ducktail) and
Tony Danza (nice un-shaven face) during that aforementioned television panel.
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Jeff Rotwitt has a very warm handshake in that his actual temperature was hot.
➤ The
Sun Center Studio at present has three structures, one of which will be finished in December, the other probably in January, the middle space is shaped like an onion and the whole deal, from height to acreage is fuuuuuuuucking huge.
➤ Newtown based writer/actress
Tatiana Bachus' St. Lewis Productions has a show (
Life with Alicia) they're trying to push to the networks. But for now, they'll commit to webisodes with
Vivica A. Fox as one of its starts.
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Tony Danza's Teach producer
Leslie Greif (also produces
Gene Simmons' Family Jewels and
Walker Texas Ranger) was once a Sweathog on
Welcome Back Kotter, and a runner for Dean Martin and Bob Hope.
➤
Tom Turner, the kid who won
SIP's Best Feature Length Screenplay prize for
Sweet Jane, looked so young I was surprised he could write, let alone type.
➤ I found out the first time
Kaitlin Olson met
Danny DeVito he told her she had nice breasts and asked her to show them more in her scenes. SURPRISE! That's how
DeVito psyches himself up for a scene
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Rob McElhenney wore the same leather jacket to the GPFO party as he did at last week's
Philly Style Men's Fashion cover bash. Hmm.
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"Tequila" sounds great when played by three harps.
➤ Damn near everyone who hung at the party genuinely thought it was the best bash they'd been at all year (from post reports as well as on site), and that mostly everyone thought the
butane-torched caramelized desserts were the bomb.
➤ Those who didn't realize that
Tony Luke Jr. was an actor were genuinely afraid of him.
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| Sharon & Joan with Brad Heffler and his wife |
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| Olson, DeVito & McElhenney |
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| DeVito & Danza |
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| DeVito, McElhenney, Pinkenson & Olson |
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| DeVito & yours truly |
