Texas Film Society Hall of Fame Awards

This past Friday, "Bob" once again tipped me off about a great party. This particular event was going to have a lot of celebrities, film producers and a lot of high powered people in general.

I was informed the attire was "Texas Cocktail", and I had NO clue what that meant. I played it safe and wore a tux, until I found out I was WAY over dressed. The bow tie came off, a few buttons were let loose and my wardrobe looked decent.

I had the chance to hang out with my friend N-a.te P a - ul at this party (He's a college freshman and has already sold six companies....a whole post will go up about this guy later).

It was quite an eventful night, but some few major points:

I somehow heard Lucy Liu was in the crowd, and after dinner I actually went up to her and said, "Are you Lucy Liu? May I take a picture with you?" She gave me the COLDEST look and said, "I'm not Lucy Liu" and her friend sitting next to her confirmed her statement.

Turns out is was Lisa Ling from the show "The View"! Obviously, Lisa Ling is not a big Neville Medhora fan anymore. I'm usually not embarrassed easily, but I must laugh at MYSELF for that slip up :-)

In hindsight it's clear to see they don't look exactly alike...but it person in was deceiving!


Towards the end of the night me and NP happened to stumble upon access passes laying out on the tables. I got lucky and picked up an "All Access" pass which allowed me to go in the promo picture room with all the celebs and directors. It was surprisingly strict in there, the bouncers actually made someone delete two pictures from their digital camera inside the room.

Matthew McConaughey was there being inducted into the Hall of Fame, and NP and I went through a lot of crap to get this awful picture. We FINALLY got MM's picture while he was ordering a drink. Long story short, Matthew McConaughey is an ASS. He's also People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

I'm hardly in the picture. When he finally agreed to take the picture, he said, "Fine, but I'm not moving." So far that night I had pissed of TWO celebrities, a new record.


Lyle Lovett performed that night, and we got a picture with him. His people were trying to get him out of the venue and told us we couldn't have a picture, however he told them to hold on and took one with us anyway. He even talked to us for a little while. He looks a bit like a rooster, but otherwise he was a great guy.

The party was great, but the BEST part of the night was figuring out where the after party was! A little asking around got us the location, so we headed to Downtown. When we arrived, NP dropped a big name he knew personally which got us past the tight security. Surprisingly, it was at a 3-storey, private condo in the middle of Downtown Austin.

THIS is where all the fun and mingling was that night! Before we left, me and NP took some "Party-Crashing" pictures by the rooftop pool to remember the good times:

It was an awesome time. Of course I wouldn't have known about it without "Bob", so another great big thanks to him for another party hookup!