Thanks for another great year and hope the next one is at least twice as good!
Happy birthday!
Wherever you are, hope you’re celebrating in style.
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Rumour control: The Mourning Portrait movie
Okay, this seems to be getting out of hand, so just a quick note to say that no, Garret will not be in this film. I ran it by him in December when this Facebook page first showed up in my Google alerts and he said he had never accepted the offer. This hasn’t changed.
Even though his name now appears on several news sites that have reported in recent months that he’d be starring in the film, along with Melissa Leo, Diane Ladd and now Wentworth Miller too apparently, Garret is still most definitely not attached.
So whoever has been trolling the Facebook page is actually correct. A screenshot, for posterity (click to enlarge):
Some actual news coming tomorrow.
Site stats for 2009
I’m posting the site statistics for 2009, mostly just for personal reference and for anyone who is curious about these things, so if you’re looking for news, you won’t be missing out on anything if you skip this post.
In 2009, the site had 43,103 page views from 14,442 visitors from 108 countries. The greatest number of people were from the U.S. (49,35%), followed by Canada (9%), the U.K. (6,7%), Germany (3,17%), Sweden (2,7%), Australia, France and Spain. Here is how it looks across the continents:
Happy birthday, Garret!
It’s the 24th on this side of the world so…
A big thank you for an amazing year and hope the next one brings only good things your way!
Happy birthday!
(He is one year and 13 characters older today.)
Favourite TV moments with 411mania’s Al Norton
Al Norton at 411mania.com asked a bunch of famous folks to share their favourite TV moments to celebrate the 150th edition of his column, Two Tivos to Paradise:
Garret Dillahunt is one of the industry’s most in-demand character actors, finishing up runs on Life and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles this past season. He most recently was seen starring opposite Delroy Lindo in the New York Theater Workshop’s production of Things of Dry Hours.
I’m gonna show my vintage tastes here… but I remember coming home after school and watching TV for a few hours while snacking on cinnamon toast. It was Flintstones, Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island and wrapping it up with The Carol Burnett Show, where one day they were doing a spoof soap opera called “As The Stomach Turns“. Tim Conway falling in slow motion down a flight of stairs and then rolling himself up in a carpet, toppling all the furniture as he did so killed me–as well as Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett who could NOT keep it together. Obviously not what was rehearsed. Comic genius and TV gold.
Another, completely different jaw dropper for me… April 20, 1992. The Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert For Aids Awareness. I was fresh out of college when I happened across this televised event. David Bowie and Annie Lennox sang “Under Pressure” and it was one of the most moving performances I’d ever seen. Two artists at the top of their game, singing for a worldwide audience, for something larger than themselves and for the memory of their friend. Lennox was in mourning dress, ash-like makeup thickly applied around her eyes, was running down her face as she wept and sang her heart out. Truly moving, and a valuable early lesson for a fledgling performer.