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12/14/2005: ""Almost Famous and Rejected for a fourth time" by Christopher Folino"

I got to speak to both Beverly D'Angelo and Kelly LeBrock yesterday.

They both have been kind enough to do an audio interview about "Gamers" for an
upcoming indie movie show that will be available at www.intheq.com.au

Both women are very cool, and both actresses have perhaps some of most
recognizable voices also. I really don't know how I'm still able to get
through to them and speak to them on a regular basis. I don't think they
read my blog, which is a really good thing.

Kelly is in amazing shape and she'll be appearing on the Tyra Banks show
soon where she'll be promoting the hell out of her new show “Celebrity Fit Club” which will air on VH1 very soon. Kelly was kind enough to do "Ten Questions" for our web site, and we should have that up in a few weeks. Kelly also contacted Manuel and is trying to get him help to fight his cancer, again one of the nicest ladies you'll ever meet.

But, best of all Kelly can really curse! God bless her and her filthy mouth!

Now Beverly can curse also! Man that would be one hell of a curse-off!
Beverly D'Angelo verses Kelly LeBrock in swear match! I don't know who would
win? It would be fucking cool though!

Beverly is a very kind hearted woman and she's a great mom who happens to
have twins! We have that in common and she's always offering stuff to my boys.
Last night, we spent a good half hour talking about the HBO show "Entourage"
which Beverly guest stared in and killed on last season! Sounds like next season is going to be incredible and I can’t wait, I’m a big fan of the show.

The fathers of her kid’s are none other than Al Pacino and I joked with her that
her twins are going to be the most hated children during the school plays.
How can those kids’s not be great actors? Serious, if you're the 3rd grade
drama coach and Al and Beverly's kids are up for the lead role verses the "Costner" kids, who you going to pick?

I got to tell Beverly my story about pretending to be Al Pacino’s dad, which happened six years when my father was part of the “Son's of Italy”, an organization where Italian men greet each other by grabbing each other's testicals and mostly argues about Batchi.

Sal Pacino was a main member and my dad dropped out due to another friend being a prick or something. So, I called my dad one day and I disguised my voice so I'd sound like an old Italian man and I told him I was "Sal Pacino" and I asked him, "Hey Bobby, why haven't you been to the meetings lately?" He gave me some bullshit answer and I had him believing I was Sal Pacino for forty minutes, I swear to God. It was then that I decided to test my dad and see if he would reveal who his favorite son was. I said "Hey Bobby! You know my oldest son is pissing me off, I got three boys, which boy is your favorite? My, favorite son is Al."
Now, most parents would never share this information, even if they had a
knife to their throat. Nope, not my dad, he actually answered which of three
boys he was closes too and then gave Sal a run down of the order! I came in second…barely, my brother Michael who is moving to Chicago came in third. My brother Steven got the top spot! The fucking “Suck-up” manly boy of the bunch. However, I think after that phone call I dropped down to fourth. I could have kept this going for years with pretending to be Sal Pacino to my father. I should have, it was priceless. However, learning that I was the second favorite and that was by a nose, I decided to end the little game and as he wrote down his new best friend's number, he realized it was my telephone number and my dad screamed like a little girl being busted for looking at
The Jolly Green Giant's crotch "I knew it was you Christopher! I knew it was
you!" This happened about six years and I still get shit from dad's favorite
son for pulling that prank!

This just in, we travel to Berlin for this rejection.

“Gamers” can now add a fourth rejection from the "Berlin Film Festival" to our
list. Damn, this one hurt a lot, it cost like $125 to enter and $71.00 to Fed EX!
And to be honest, I just really wanted to go to the festival to use the famous line from "Top Secret" Hell, I dreamed of being interviewed by those “fucking”German reporters and whenever asked "Do you know a little German?” I'd reply “Yes, I know a little German and he's sitting right over there!"

Oh, I had it all down and rehearsed for days in front of a mirror! I even studied with Scott Allen Rinker to sell it more! Look at me now, so sad! "Someday I'll be the girl with the most cake", “But for now, we'll go on living separate lives Yes for now, we'll go on living separate lives"

Yes! A little Courtney Love lyrics and Phil Collins for you this morning! What other blog would bring this entertainment to you? Not a respectable one.

Beverly D'Angelo suggested our marketing campaign will be "Gamers" the movie that was rejected by every single film festival and Gary Coleman!"

I threw in the Gary Coleman line.

And lastly, serious start watching "Sleeper Cell" on Showtime, it's a great
show.