Brad Walsh

Up in the Sky, Poppin’ Champagne, Winslet’s Nearby

I’m looking at the IMDB home page right now, on the plane from LA back home to NYC with in-flight internet, and there is a photo of Kate Winslet all dolled up winning her Academy Award last night for Best Actress. Over the top of my laptop I can see Kate Winslet herself, right there, eating the ice cream sundae they just served us. On the flight to LA yesterday we were sitting near Seth Myers, and I love him, so that was a lot of fun. And we’ve flown with really great actors before like Felicity Huffman and Bob Balaban… but to fly with Kate Winslet less than 24 hours after she won Best Actress is about the most surreal flight experience we’ve had yet. She’s one of those rare people who looks both otherwordly and completely normal at the same time. Totally stunning and gorgeous, but you could easily imagine her at the grocery store comparing the prices of PineSol and 409. Victoria Beckham, not so much.

Last night were the Oscars, and we had a great time looking at everybody’s outfits and party-timing with the beautiful Mena Suvari! Christian dressed her last night in one of his dresses from his show last week at Bryant Park. She’s so crazy, So much fun. And her friend Laura was great, also a talented designer and wearing her own creation. At the other end of our table were Brittany Snow and Amanda Bynes, both of whom also walked in the Heart Truth’s Red Dress show that kicked off fashion week last week. Maulik Pancholy, who’s basically on every great television show that exists, sat with us as well. The evening was lots of fun. The musical opening of this year’s Oscars was the best I’ve ever seen! Hugh Jackman did such a great job, and Anne Hathaway was icing on the cake.

This morning we left the hotel (the London, whose second floor big balcony rooms are our favorite in LA – so amazing) headed for the E! studios where Christian was filming the Oscars episode of Fashion Police, and I’m pretty sure Darius “Hootie” Rucker was on a cell phone getting into a Toyota. I felt that warranted a text to Kathy, who responded “but who’s watching the blowfish?”