BITS AND PIECES 10/26
PUSSS...@aol.com
--IT most definitely is not a Picasso or a Warhol, but some one has
agreed to pay more than $24,300 for a portrait of Comedy Central host
Stephen Colbert. The picture, which features Colbert posing in front of
a fireplace over which is hanging another portrait of the comic, is
being auctioned off on eBay to raise money for charity. Colbert's faux
news and issues show, "The Colbert Report" has become one of the most
popular on the cable channel. After the sale ends tomorrow, the picture
will be replaced by "A new portrait, which depicts Stephen standing by
his fireplace, in front of a previous portrait, in front of a previous
portrait," states the listing.
NY POST/PAGE SIX...
--THE last time George Jones played Carnegie Hall, in 1962 with Johnny
Cash, the headline on Dorothy Kilgallen's column in The Post read, "The
Hicks Have Hit the Town." The country music legend returns to play
there on Halloween, this time with his buddy Kris Kristofferson.
Reformed wild man Jones, who's just released "Kickin' Out the
Footlights Again" with Merle Haggard, will go on despite a recently
broken wrist.
--HORROR-movie vet Debbie Rochon is furious at Stuff magazine over its
list of Hollywood's hottest scream queens - because she didn't make it.
While Paris Hilton and Naomi Watts are included, Rochon, who's been
sliced and diced in more than 100 fright flicks like "Screech of the
Decapitated," is conspicuously absent. She tells Steppin' Out's Chaunce
Hayden: "I mean, come on . . . I'm the Julia Roberts of the horror
world!" A Stuff rep said, "Debbie definitely has an impressive resume.
Who can forget her turn . . . in the 2001 seminal horror classic
'Scrotal Vengeance?' We regret the oversight."
--THE Metropolitan Museum of Art hushed up embarrassing scandals
involving twisted security guards, says "Everybody Loves Raymond"
creator Phil Rosenthal, who worked there before he was famous. In his
new autobiography, "You're Lucky You're Funny," Rosenthal says a
"crazed" guard once went up to Rembrandt's priceless self-portrait "and
made a big diagonal slash across it" with his keys. "The restoration
department is so brilliant, so expert, that this could be kept quiet.
They restored it perfectly," he writes." Another bizarre incident
involved an exhibit of movie costumes. "To give you an idea of the kind
of men we're talking about - some of the guys became disgruntled . . .
[they] formed a circle around Greta Garbo's dress from 'Camille' and
did the unspeakable onto it . . . Humanity's Most Valuable Treasures
are being protected by Man's Most Degenerate Specimens." A Met rep
confirmed the Rembrandt was scratched by a security guard, but insisted
it was quickly repaired and "was a matter of public record. There was
no coverup." She said the museum could find no record of the Garbo
costume being fouled.
--NEW York fashionistas, beware. On the eve of the release of Sacha
Baron Cohen's "Borat" comes word of his next flick, which starts
shooting next year. West Coast insiders say Cohen will delve into his
Austrian fashionista character "Bruno." Paul Wilmot, the fashion p.r.
guru who was unwittingly interviewed by Bruno last year as part of "Da
Ali G Show," said, "Bruno is one of the strangest characters ever to
inhabit the planet. He will be an odd and welcome addition to New York
Fashion Week in February."
--RACHEL Bilson and Adam Brody shopped till they dropped in Toronto
last weekend - shooting down rumors that she's now either with Zach
Braff or JC Chasez or that they're just generally kaput. Canadian
gossip Shinan Govani told us one of "The O.C." couple's stops was 69
Vintage, where they picked up some "old-school tees" and Brody scored
"a pair of black dock shoes and grandpa suspenders." Bilson, this
month's Cosmo cover girl, is in Canada to shoot her new film "Jumper."
--THERE are no hard feelings between Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt,
judging by the raves Paltrow heaped on her former boyfriend after the
Cinema Society screening of Pitt's new movie, "Babel." Paltrow said she
was so moved she had to go home, cry and hug her children. She skipped
the party at the Soho Grand, where the film's other stars, Gael Garcia
Bernal and Rinko Kikuchi, held court with Regis Philbin, Liev
Schreiber, Aidan Quinn, Famke Janssen, Drea de Matteo, Griffin Dunne,
Debbie Harry, Helena Christensen,Rob Thomas, Moby, David Byrne,Ronald
Perelman, Tory Burch,Ivanka Trump (who was sporting supernatural
cleavage) and Jane Fonda, who had come from a Feminist Press benefit at
Tavern on the Green. Fonda confided to writer Gregory Speck, "I have
just chosen the engagement ring for my son Troy Garrity to present to
his new bride." The lucky lady is Simone Bent.
--PETE Townshend stormed out of Sirius Satellite Radio studios
yesterday seconds before he was to be interviewed by Howard Stern. The
legendary guitarist for The Who started boiling in the green room when
he heard Stern bantering about possible subjects he'd bring up,
including: Townshend's kiddie porn rap and his sexual encounters with
men. The deal breaker might have come when Stern learned the rocker's
girlfriend, who co-wrote one of The Who's new songs, would be with him.
"Uh-oh, Yoko!" Stern yapped. Townshend split.
--Donald Trump will be presented with a 24-karat-plated bottle,
designed by Milton Glaser, of his super premium Trump Vodka tonight at
Trump Tower with the help of Busta Rhymes, DJ AM and the Blond
Bombshells.
--Clint Eastwood downed a snifter of Hennessy Paradis cognac before
going in to see his son, Kyle, perform tracks from his new album "Now"
at the Pacific Design Center .
NY POST/LIZ SMITH...
--Oprah! - here's the exclusive. The TV star, magazine editor, actor
and general psychiatrist to America midday will become a "Library Lion"
when the New York Public Library lays on its Nov. 13 gala. Even more
important, Gao Xingjian, who won the Nobel Prize in 2000, the first
Chinese writer to be so honored, will join her. Add Turkey's Orhan
Pamuk, Nobel winner James D. Watson and Elie Wiesel, with the great
Toni Morrison as mistress of ceremonies. The organizing committee is
too stellar to mention, but you know all the usual suspects. This party
is "the" one!
--GLAMOUR mag is all hopped up about Sandra Bullock as one of their
"Women of the Year," happening Monday at Carnegie Hall. None other than
Barbara Walters will present to the actress for her activism, charity
and compassion. She has given millions to victims of the tsunami and
Hurricane Katrina. Another award goes to Somaly Mam, the remarkable
Cambodian who has tried to save girls from sex trafficking. Mariane
Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel, will present.
A big night, the 17th year for the magazine that now has editor Cindi
Leive at the helm.
--HOW SCHIZO can you get? Star mag offers a story on "Britney's Miracle
Post-Baby Body" with nifty pics of the slim pop princess, mother of two
in the space of two years. Turn the page - what do we see? "Britney
Fears Kevin Will Leave Her for a Younger Thinner Sexier Woman." (Is
this the old Liz Taylor yo-yo theory? First, lift them up; then knock
them down!) Britney's husband, the would-be rap star Kevin Federline,
talks to Time Out New York, telling what the public doesn't know about
him. "I don't eat doughnuts!" says he. "They (the press) just make it
up." Kevin says he cares nothing for criticism. His life with his wife
is "bigger than the entertainment industry. It's bigger than people
talking s - - t. It's bigger than all that; I wouldn't change s - - t."
My, my! I must ask - Kevin, would you at least change a diaper?
NY DAILY NEWS/RUSH AND MOLLOY...
--It's been almost a decade since they broke off their engagement, but
Gwyneth Paltrow still keeps on eye on Brad Pitt. The actress checked
out her ex in Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's eloquent "Babel" at Andrew
Saffir's Cinema Society screening Tuesday. "It's the best performance
Brad's ever given," the Oscar winner told us, predicting Pitt could get
an Oscar of his own. The movie, which spins around a Moroccan boy's
tragic blunder, "makes you want to take good care of your children,"
added Paltrow, who skipped the SoHo Grand party to head home to little
Apple and Moses. Also on hand for the Wall Street Journal-sponsored
evening were Gael Garcia Bernal, Jane Fonda, Spike Lee, Naomi Watts,
Liev Schreiber, Matt Dillon, Aidan Quinn and David Byrne.
--The "Grey's Anatomy" scuffle between Patrick Dempsey and Isaiah
Washington has spiraled into infamy, but at least the boys are talking
again. Katherine Heigl, who plays Izzie Stevens on the medical drama
series, told Ellen DeGeneres, "If it had been women, we wouldn't be
speaking for years."
--Is Russell Simmons' eye on Petra Nemcova? The tsunami-surviving
supermodel, who's said to have jettisoned singer James Blunt, looked
awfully cozy with the hip-hop mogul Tuesday night at the P.M. party for
John Legend's new CD, "Once Again." Simmons, who's separated from wife
Kimora Lee, assured us yesterday they're "just friends" and charity
partners. "I don't know anyone as dedicated to lifting people up as
Petra."
--Liza Minnelli excited Joe's Pub Friday night, where she watched Miss
Coco Peru perform and received a warm round of applause from the mostly
gay crowd waiting to catch the next show.
--Any attempt at normal conversation backstage at Tuesday night's Stony
Awards at B.B. King's went up in smoke after about 15 people, including
co-hosts Redman and "Marijuana-Logues" comedian Doug Benson and several
High Times editors, crammed into a tiny room full of a
suspicious-smelling mist, only to exit chomping on the gift bag's
peanut-butter-filled pretzels. Later, nominee Adrienne Curry of
"America's Next Top Model" fame told us how she battles the dreaded
munchies: "Taco. F-ing. Bell. But it has to be connected to Pizza Hut
so I can get breadsticks." Her hubby, onetime Brady Christopher Knight,
prefers Cheetos.
--Ryan Star is a man of his word. Before the star of CBS' "Rock Star:
Supernova" was, well, a star, he played to crowds of no more than five
at Rockwood Music Hall. He vowed that one day he'd come back and "pack
the place." So Tuesday, after the native New Yorker entertained the
likes of Elizabeth Berkley and Constantine Maroulis at a sold-out
Bowery Ballroom, he kept his pledge to pal Ken Rockwood, turning in an
SRO set at the Allen St. club.
--Bottle blonds Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson were dining together
at Koi in L.A. last week when one polite patron told Hilton, "Don't
take this the wrong way, but you look like Paris Hilton." With the
irony clearly lost on her, the heiress flatly replied, "I am Paris
Hilton."
By Jim Cheng, USA TODAY
--In the latest TV scheduling shift, NBC will return Scrubs to its
lineup next month and move 30 Rock to Thursdays, restoring a two-hour
comedy block. "Supersized" episodes of My Name Is Earl, The Office and
30 Rock will air Nov. 16. Starting Nov. 30, Scrubs will air Thursdays
at 9 ET/PT and 30 Rock at 9:30. Rock's Wednesday companion TwentyGood
Years has been canceled; its last episode is due Nov. 8. Specials will
fill that hour temporarily.
--More people are going online for entertainment, according to a new
survey by the Conference Board, a business trade group. The quarterly
Consumer Internet Barometer found that 68% of 10,000 households
surveyed are online, with more than 66% logging on daily for
entertainment content. About 10% of online households watch TV
broadcasts online - mostly news. More than 25% say they catch up on
programs and view previews, sports or entire episodes.
--VH1, which has made a cottage industry of revisiting the 1980s, will
count down the decade's 100 Greatest Songs in a five-part series
beginning with back-to-back episodes Monday (9 p.m. ET/PT). Taking the
top spot: Bon Jovi's 1986 Livin' on a Prayer. The rest of the top 5,
based on an online survey which received 44,000 votes: Def Leppard's
Pour Some Sugar on Me; Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf; Michael
Jackson's Billie Jean; and Prince's When Doves Cry.
--Jerry Springer, getting choked up for a moment, was eliminated from
ABC's Dancing With the Stars Wednesday night. When Dancing co-host
Samantha Harris asked whether he ever thought he'd last seven weeks,
Springer said, "I thought it was cruel that I lasted this long." The
final four: actors Mario Lopez and Joey Lawrence, actress Monique
Coleman and former NFL star Emmitt Smith.
POPBITCH...
--At a party while on holiday, Kate Moss was feeling somewhat tired and
emotional. A small child is running around, screaming for her mum.
"Won't someone shut that kid up?" says Kate. "But Kate," comes the
reply. "She's yours."
--Michael Jackson and children have been living in the Four Seasons
Hotel, Dublin. They have even registered with the Garda Immigration
Bureau.
--The country where "sex" is searched for most often on google is
Pakistan. Also in the top ten, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Indonesia and
Saudi Arabia. When the terms "boy sex" or "man boy sex" are entered
guess which four countries top the charts? Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia
and Egypt. (Sadly in all these countries, although man-boy sex has long
been part of the culture, if you try to practice it you generally end
up just fucked by the police.)
--In Baltimore, USA, it is illegal to take a lion to the cinema.
--"She's got double-D's! You can't cover those suckers up!" - Joe
Simpson, on daughter Jessica.
--"As meticulous as I am with my work, I'm even more meticulous with my
lovemaking." - P Diddy.
--Huge doses of rogaine and expensive doctors' bills are proving useful
to prematurely balding male celebrities. When the treatment starts to
work, doctors recommend that the patient shaves his head so that the
hair, including the new hair, grows back the same. (See Hollywood
actors who suddenly go for a buzz cut e.g. Matthew McConaughey.
3 A.M. GIRLS/Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley
--SHE may like a spot of retail therapy but it seems Victoria Beckham
doesn't impulse buy. "Despite what people may think, I don't just walk
into a shop and say: 'I want that one in every colour!'" she says in
her new style bible, That Extra Half An Inch. "When I see something I
like - especially if it is expensive - I ask the shop to put it on hold
while I go away and think about it. You'd be surprised how often the
desire fades when you leave the shop. "If you make the effort to go
back, you know you really wanted it." Meanwhile, it looks like Becks
may miss Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' nuptials on November 18 - because
he has a footie match the next day.
--POP veterans Duran Duran today confirmed that Andy Taylor has left
the band for a second time. The guitarist, who originally left the band
in 1986 to pursue a solo career, rejoined the group in 2001 for their
successful comeback album Astronaut. But in a message posted on the
band's official website, the remaining group members - Simon Le Bon,
Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor - revealed that their
relationship with him had recently become unworkable. The statement
said: "As of last weekend... the four of us have dissolved our
partnership and will be continuing as Duran Duran without Andy, as we
have reached a point in our relationship with him where there is an
unworkable gulf between us and we can no longer effectively function
together." "The past five years have been an incredible journey for
us all - and having the original five back together was something that
we had wanted to see happen for some time. Although obviously
disappointed and saddened about this, we are excited about the next
chapter of the Duran Duran story." In recent weeks, there has been
speculation that Taylor was unhappy with the band's decision to work
with Justin Timberlake and producer Timbaland on their next album.
British session musician Dom Brown has taken over Taylor's playing
duties on the band's current tour of America.
--JUSTIN Timberlake will be the first act to perform at the new 02
Arena in London. The 25-year-old star will play dates in several other
UK cities before heading to mainland Europe, coming back to play at the
Arena - formerly the Millennium Dome - on 4, 5 and 7 July. Rob
Hallett, of the Dome's operators, AEG Live, said: "We are delighted
to be able to present Justin's London concerts at Europe's only
true 21st Century building." The European leg of his of his
Futuresex/Loveshow tour will kick off in Belfast in April followed by
dates in Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester.
Justin's tour will also take in Ireland, France, Germany, Italy,
Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Tickets go on sale to fan club members on October 27, with general sale
dates to be announced at a later date.
--ER star Laura Innes yesterday told how 10 years of playing limping Dr
Kerry Weaver has damaged her spine. Laura, 47, is now having treatment
on her back. She said: "My real back was getting screwed up. "I got a
bone density test and the bottom of my spine is starting to curve on
one side from 10 years of raising my hip. "I've just started going to
the chiropractor. I don't need an operation." Lesbian Dr Weaver has had
a hip replacement op in the US hospital drama on Channel 4 and no
longer uses a crutch. But Laura has found it difficult without it. She
said: "It was totally weird. I didn't know what to do with my hands. "I
felt very selfconscious. For a couple of episodes I certainly felt like
I needed my crutch. "But now I like it for a couple of reasons. "One,
it's fun to have the freedom with my hands and two, my real back was
getting screwed up."
--KATE Winslett lit up the night as she arrived for her film premiere
in a sparkling dress. The 31-year-old mum of two struggled to keep the
Ben de Lisi evening gown in place as the wind blew and rain lashed down
outside the National Film Theatre on London's South Bank. And Kate
revealed that she hated taking her clothes off for her role as a
cheating wife in Little Children, premiered last night: "As an actress,
when you have to get naked it's really, really terrible. You feel sick
and you think, 'I must be absolutely mad and I must remember not to do
this ever a gain'."
L.A. DAILY NEWS/By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
--Sounds like romance has hit the co-stars of "Two and a Half Men" -
hard. Jon Cryer reports that Charlie Sheen has become "very tight" with
new girlfriend actress Brooke Mueller, and that as a result of the
relationship, is acting very mellow and "much less distracted than he
was last year (during Charlie's divorce from Denise Richards) when it
took a Herculean effort just for him to do the show. It was amazing. He
was on hand every day - while he was in the midst of a situation when
one would have forgiven him for not working at all." Cryer adds, "I'm
telling you, I'm very grateful to Charlie for showing me how much fun
my divorce was - compared to his." Jon's marriage to Sarah Trigger
ended two years ago, and these days it seems he couldn't be much closer
to TV reporter Lisa Joyner. They've been a couple for the last year and
a half, ever since he noticed her talking to her gardener in front of
her house, and left a note asking her to call him. "She only lived a
block away from me," he says. He doesn't say how close he might be to
asking her to tie the knot, noting, "I wouldn't want to ruin the
surprise."
--"My Name is Earl" star Jason Lee claims he's not cut out to be a
typical leading man. "Earl is the perfect balance between being a
character lead and being a straight lead. Here I am getting to lead a
show, but it's Earl Hickey. I don't know if I would ever be too
interested in playing a straitlaced, suit-clad lawyer in a one-hour
drama. It's not really for me," he says."I've always been intrigued by
the characters. Like, I love the stuff that I've done for Kevin Smith.
I like being able to use my expressions and get silly and be as much of
a character as I can be. There's just more to sink your teeth into."Lee
would love to re-team with his filmmaker pal Smith, with whom he's
worked on such movies as "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma," and figures he will
"as soon as he calls me." More recently, Lee voiced the ill-fated
boyfriend of the goth-chick babysitter (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in the
animated film "Monster House," which Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
just released on DVD in time for Halloween. "On 'The Incredibles' I
just did voice work, but with this I had to wear one of those
skin-tight suits with markers all over it for the infrared cameras,"
explains Lee, referring to motion-capture animation technique. "I don't
think I would have been able to deal with it every day, because it took
an hour at least to put all of the markers very specifically on your
face to capture all of your expressions." In the end, though, he says
it was worth it. "It reminded me of something that could go on to
become a classic."
--"Friday Night Lights" regular Kyle Chandler is holding the NBC powers
that be to their word -- despite the network's recent announcement it
would be giving over its 8 p.m. timeslots to reality TV and game shows.
At the same time, he points out, NBC brass "said they're behind 'Friday
Night Lights' a few times. And the reviews have been nothing short of
astonishing." To help the show capture more of an audience, he says NBC
plans to run "FNL" in the 9 p.m. timeslot after its unexpected runaway
hit, "Heroes" on Monday (10/30). "Then Tuesday, they'll put us back on
in the 8 p.m. slot. I'll think we'll be successful there." Chandler,
who plays Coach Eric Taylor on the drama about a Texas college football
town, notes that more and more women have been coming around to the
show based on the 2004 feature film "Friday Night Lights." "The movie
was pure football, and I think that's what's confused some people," he
says. "The show is about football, too, but it's more a story about the
people who live in the town." On the personal side, Chandler's had to
do a juggling act with his family in L.A. and shooting of "FNL" in
Austin, Texas. "I'm going back and forth as much as I can, and my
family comes down once a month for a week," says the married father of
two girls, aged 5 and 10.
--Haylie Duff reports the upcoming indie film "Legacy" with Tom Green,
Jane Sibbet and Marilyn Zima, is done in Rashomon-style. "It's a black
comedy all told over the timeline of one night, but from three
perspectives. Each person's perspective has different lighting and
flashbacks because different people remember things in different ways.
I thought it was unique, and it's really funny and campy." In "Legacy,"
the "7th Heaven" regular plays "the president of a sorority. I think
I'm nice, but I'm actually really awful," she says, adding, "I think
that's how it always is though. Don't those kinds of people always
think they're nice, but they're really horrible? Of course, in all my
flashbacks, I'm very nice to everyone."
ASSOCIATED PRESS...
--LOS ANGELES - The Black Sabbath boys are back, as the new band Heaven
and Hell. Guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill
Ward and singer Ronnie James Dio - former members of British metal
supergroup Black Sabbath - are forming the band named after their 1980
hit, according to their publicist. They plan to launch an international
tour next year. "The fans have been wanting to see this for years and
years. Now was just the time," publicist Maureen O'Connor said
Wednesday. Since its formation in 1969, Black Sabbath has undergone
numerous member changes and reunions. Dio, who replaced original
Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne as part of the band's early '80s lineup,
has been recording new songs with Iommi in England, O'Connor said.
--Chip Davis has some Halloween ear candy. The creator of the New Age
band Mannheim Steamroller usually comes to mind at Christmastime with
the onslaught of holiday airplay. But over the years he's turned
Mannheim's uplifting instrumentals into music for all seasons: romantic
tunes for Valentine's Day, patriotic selections for the Fourth of July
and, now, another album for All Hallow's Eve. Davis, who defines
Mannheim's music as 18th century rock 'n' roll, said it only took him
20 years to realize there was another holiday besides Christmas.
"Mannheim Steamroller Halloween, Monster Mix," advertised as "deranged
by Chip Davis," was recently released. It's Mannheim's second
Halloween-themed album. "It's trick-or-treat for the ears. It's ear
candy," Davis said Tuesday, noting selections include his twist on TV
theme songs from "The Addams Family," "The X-Files," "The Munsters" and
others. "They aren't spooky as much as Halloween party stuff," Davis
said. "Mannheim Steamroller Halloween, Monster Mix" is part of Saturday
afternoon's 90-minute NBC-TV special "Glade Halloween on Ice Starring
Nancy Kerrigan." Mannheim Steamroller, with Davis composing, arranging
and playing drums with the band, has sold more than 36 million albums
on Davis' own American Gramaphone label, based in Omaha, Nebraska.
On the Net: http://www.mannheimsteamroller.com
Smoot
>--THE Metropolitan Museum of Art hushed up embarrassing scandals
>involving twisted security guards, says "Everybody Loves Raymond"
>creator Phil Rosenthal, who worked there before he was famous. In his
>new autobiography, "You're Lucky You're Funny," Rosenthal says a
>"crazed" guard once went up to Rembrandt's priceless self-portrait "and
>made a big diagonal slash across it" with his keys. "The restoration
>department is so brilliant, so expert, that this could be kept quiet.
>They restored it perfectly," he writes." Another bizarre incident
>involved an exhibit of movie costumes. "To give you an idea of the kind
>of men we're talking about - some of the guys became disgruntled . . .
>[they] formed a circle around Greta Garbo's dress from 'Camille' and
>did the unspeakable onto it . . . Humanity's Most Valuable Treasures
>are being protected by Man's Most Degenerate Specimens." A Met rep
>confirmed the Rembrandt was scratched by a security guard, but insisted
>it was quickly repaired and "was a matter of public record. There was
>no coverup." She said the museum could find no record of the Garbo
>costume being fouled.
About ten years ago a guard backed me into a corner and grabbed my
breast at the Metropolitan museum. (It was near the section with all
the furniture in the cases.) He was an older guy (at least in his
50s). I was so shocked I just left and museum and didn't say anything.
(I never mentioned it until today.) I used to belong to the museum and
I would go wander around alone on occasion as I was doing that day. I
wasn't consciously afraid to go after that, but I never bothered to
renew my subscription. I have been back, but not alone.
Rebecca
eveni...@yahoo.com
Smoot wrote:
-> About ten years ago a guard backed me into a corner and grabbed my
-> breast at the Metropolitan museum. (It was near the section with all
-> the furniture in the cases.) He was an older guy (at least in his
-> 50s). I was so shocked I just left and museum and didn't say
anything.
-> (I never mentioned it until today.) I used to belong to the museum
and
-> I would go wander around alone on occasion as I was doing that day.
I
-> wasn't consciously afraid to go after that, but I never bothered to
-> renew my subscription. I have been back, but not alone.
I would of screamed and yelled at the top of my lungs until a crowd
formed around me and the police came........ I refuse to be made a
victim.
avery
<eveni...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1161883577.3...@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
How about
1) making sure it actually was a guard
2) notifying the museum so that he doesn't do it to somebody else ???
Ellie
lovemaking." - P Diddy.
What the heck does that mean? Does he put on surgical gloves and sterilize
the field before getting on with it?
Smoot
wrote:
He was in uniform and I should have reported it. But it was ten years
ago and it's too late now. I couldn't identify him or pointpoint the
time and day ten years ago. I was so shocked that it would happen at
the museum I didn't even think that he might do that to anyone else.
Thinking back on it now I realize I should have complained right away.
But I sort of couldn't believe it at the time. (Also approaching
middle age and my weight being as high as it had ever been at the time
made it especially surprising.)
Rebecca
eveni...@yahoo.com
Smoot wrote:
-> Thinking back on it now I realize I should have complained right
away.
-> But I sort of couldn't believe it at the time.
I know what you mean, you were probably caught up in the shock of it
all. But as Avery said, I would of definitely wrote a letter about it
the next day.
Your not gonna just feel-up my bosom and just walk away....