Today I was booked for one day’s shoot with actor/producer/director Brian Hooks. I got up at 5 am and drove to the location in the Harbor in San Pedro one hour south of LA.
It’s always exciting to discover the dynamics and energy on a new set. What’s the pace, what’s the tone etc. etc. Today was a nice surprise. Everybody was fun, pleasant and low key and the scenes we did were pure comedy. Brian is a genius when it comes to improvising. He made us all crack up during the takes. It was a riot.
Here are a couple of shots between takes:
I’m wearing: Diane von Furstenberg green silk top, Zara leather skirt, Object suede dress, Versace tiger striped jacket,
Brian Hooks & I.. Gotta love his side burns hahaha
‘back to one!’
Nylon shirt, fake sideburns, shades and flannel pants. This brother knows how to get the biatches…
Touch up
Hello Miss Finland & Miss Denmark!!!Liisa & I – 2 Scandinavians connecting in front of the fireplace.
Yesterday Jon Barnes invited me to a small and closed event in The Hills. The BBq was on, the pool was heated and the Chardonnay was on ice.
Often the normal concept of a pool party in Hollywood has a ‘rave feel’ to it. Picture 100s of young, sweaty and drunk Los Angelinos dancing to loud techno music blasting out from distorted speakers. Not a pretty sight to say the least. But hey, who am I to judge. ha ha . Anyways, yesterday was more … shall we say ’sophisticated’ and sort of an industry get together.
I met some cool peeps and can’t wait to do it again soon…
Here are a couple of pics..
Corine & I. We totally planned the matching hues before we arrived. ha ha I’m wearing a tunic bought on a local market in India, sandals from Steve Madden, gold belt is my beloved grandmother’s, Chanel purse, jewelry is vintage.
Sometimes it happens you come across an artist with such a magnificent talent that you just have to bow in the dust.
LP is one of those. I have mentioned her before. A super talented singer that among others performs at the Hollywood Club Bardot on Thursdays. I know I just made a mention about Bardot, but I just discovered this video with LP and I wanted to share it. And I just have to say; she is much better live….
PS : I’m wearing object biker jacket, vintage shirt form Jet Rag, shorts from Dolce&Gabbana, Chanel handbag, vintage jewelry
Ok, racing out the door to my next acting session… Damn! Which character am I again…???
Last night was a bit out of control. 4 girls + Lehang’s special Pina Coladas + my Canon G9 = Soooo many photos. Gosh! I don’t have time to go through all of them now, but here are a few….. and…ha ha …. I think you get the picture
I’m wearing: shorts from Dolce & Gabbana, vintage shirt from Jet rag, belt from Target, shoes from Hollywood Boulevard, jewelry is vintage.
Yes, it’s old, but this song comes with so many great memories from Summer time that it instantly puts a smile on my face and makes me want to put on my highest heels and dance.
After a night of insomnia reading some fucked up shit AKA a crazy and mean horror script that left me with the most insane nightmares it’s time for some entertainment on the ‘lighter’ side.
Summer has hit LA and this song brings a smile on my face. It’s sexy, light and doesn’t have a care in this world. It reminds me of summer time in Ibiza… Enjoy!
I’m having one of those days where nothing much goes on inside my head. Know the feeling? Like my body and mind is regrouping and I need some peace and complete quiet to do so.
I need to relax and let serendipity work it’s magic. How I love that word!
”Serendipity is a propensity for making fortuitous discoveries while looking for something unrelated..”
It’s acceptance of the absolute unexpected. To give up, to give in and just go with what’s there….. right in front of you. Not trying to force anything. It’s about trusting that inner voice, the gut feeling.
I read a script by a very talented Italian writer and director the other day. On the most obvious level the story is a about a man who escapes from prison to live in the forest alone, to contemplate and to find him self. The point is that a man will never be a man before he has spent a certain amount of time alone all by himself in nature. An idea that rings very true to me. Remember Sean Penn’s movie ‘Into The Wild’? Besides that Emile Hirsch is a bad-ass actor, who killed that part, ‘Into The Wild’ deals with the same subject matter. Searching for truth, going back to basics in nature, being a pilgrim and doing things in new ways. Traveling the road less traveled.
It’s funny how that flick ’spoke’ to most of my male friends. Everybody was going on road trips, climbing mountains, going hiking …. and then again, some guys were taking the more easy way: a walk in the local park. but hey! – It was a first for them in years…
It makes me remember how clear sighted I was just after I came out of the 10 days of completely silent Vipassana Meditation in Fresno. That was November 2009. It was unbelievably hard. Retardely hard! Like being in an effing prison. I kid you not!!! But I gotta give it to the technique; The last 3 days of my stay at the meditation Center and many, many weeks after, everything was so clear, so easy to understand and to accept.
A lot of times we get in our own way because we try to interpret a given situation. In fact, we do that most of the time. Around the clock. It takes us out of the moment and we get caught up in stupid and ridiculous drama. Why not for once just try to see things as the are. Not how we want them to be. And know within ourselves that things are subject to change. Nothing is permanent. Neither happiness nor unhappiness. I’m not permanent. Every hour I’m one step closer to death. Tomorrow the sun rises and sets no matter if I’m here or not. It’s a fact. It’s kind of nihilistic, abstract and complex, but really not when you think about it and begin to just let go and not dwell on details or everyday drama. Who the F cares really about little minor bumps in the road in the long run?
Back to LALA reality: I got up at crack of dawn and drove my roomie to the airport. Ugggghh – kinda depressing that she is leaving…. Miss her already. the apartment is so big and empty with out her….hmmm…
Then I had an audition for a feature film. It was ok… We improvised a bit and joked around besides reading the actual scene. I wasn’t nervous… but auditions are always weird since you have so little time to prepare to actually be another human being. It’s crazy when you think about it.
Anyways. Then I did something completely nuts in LA terms; I walked to my lunch meeting. Oooh eeeM Geeeehhh!!! It’s a walk that takes about 1 hour one way and here in The City of Angels that is probably the most absurd thing to do: to walk anywhere. Almost more absurd than to get a lobotomy. Or I’d say more people have their boobs done in this city than you will see people walking from A to B. Welcome to LA!
Anyhow, on the way to my lunch I stopped by the hippie store MAYA on Melrose and bought myself a small golden septum ring he he… A fake one of course. But even so, it’s still soooo bad-ass (sorry it’s become my favorite word of the month). I predict it will be the new accessory of the season. But you gotta wear it with class and tons of fierceness. Tribal just went to the next level people. Watch out!
Now I’m sitting with yet another new script that I just got today in my inbox … let me count…. that’s number 5 script.. I think..? yeah… So I’m really not complaining.
Actually I better get to it people.
I have another 10 days in LA until I fly to NYC where I booked a gig in The Hamptons. Yesterday I got word that I have an option for a job in Budapest from July 6th – 9th. On the 14th I have to be in Copenhagen and on the 15th I’m off to Greece.
So I guess my body is right… now is the time to regroup and find peace before the next journey into the future….
I’m soooo cheating on New York by posting this video. But hands down I can’t help it. The City of Angels has been growing on me like a fungus since I arrived 2 years ago and now we are in practically in love. My West Coast love is nothing like my NYC love, but it’s getting there.. or somewhere in the neighborhood …… However, this infatuation is different in taste, tone, shape, smell and vibe…. More laid back, pretty, sunny, easy yet always with it’s mind on the money…
Sorry East Coast! But I’ll be back on July 3rd to catch up
Tonight Tanya & I was doing a shoot with artist Aaron Axelrod. Aaron is a super talented and fierce up and coming young artist who lives here in Hollywood. His work shows from Paris to LA and Aaron is represented by the same art gallery as legendary David LaChapelle. So if you don’t know Aaron by now check out his work. No doubt, he is going to be huge.
So what was the shoot about? Well basically about having a good time, party, chill and see where the mood would take us… and well… it took us places…. ha haha. These are just random ‘behind the scene shots’ and ‘around the camera shots’. Next week Aaron will make selections and then start painting the ones he likes.
check it out:
Baseball bat & Boom box
Super Soakers & Lollipop
Tanya loves her Lolipop
Aaron, Tanya & I
Beer & Lolipop yup!!!
Aaron getting us out of control. BTW: his art work is hanging on the walls.
Aaron in action
Tanya & I jumping on the bed
WTF!!???
Ha ha… What on Earth were we thinking…
Tony (photographer of these snaps shots) and his 6 pack
My mild cold turned into a long term ‘cough hell’ (Now I know what your lungs feel like if you are a full time smoker I guess). So this morning I went to see the Doctor where you get the usual questions: ”Do you get enough sleep? Do you drink enough water? Do you drink too much alcohol?” Eeerrrhhhhh….. Anyways, now I’m on Antibiotics. Annoying!! Hate being sick. It’s such a waste of time.
Just got back home and now I’m rushing to get ready for my first meeting with my new acting teacher and another actress. So exciting!! We are going to work on a scene from the movie ‘Frances’. If you haven’t seen it. Just do it! It’s Jessica Lange’s best performance by far. She is ridiculously good in this film.
Such a hassle! My printer is acting up (yet again!!!) even though it’s brand new and I need to print my scene out. Pronto! For a while now that stupid thing has been eating and molesting the paper and not to toot my own horn, but I’m usually pretty good with electronics and gadgets. In my last relationship I was the one to install the TV and DVD player, fix the computers, make the stereo work etc. A tad nerdy – or masculine if you please. However, I haven’t had the patience to make this piece of electronic s…. work yet until this minute when I decided to get to the bottom of the case.
When I took out the pieces of the printer one by one I found 3 earrings (one gold, one blue and one pink) tangled into the printer’s system and 5 gummi bears. Kind of embarrassing yet very reassuring that I am not masculine, but a girl who like s girly things: Gummi bears and earrings. I removed the ‘feminine parts’ and now the printer works like a dream again.
. Anyways, yesterday was more … shall we say ’sophisticated’ and sort of an industry get together.
