06/12/09
My good buddy Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams and I went to support Kanye West last night and his Foundation’s effort to fight drop out rates & improve literacy, before she took off this morning for London to begin rehearsals for the musical “chicago”(go see her july/aug!). It was amazing- I tell ya, the world knows [...]
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06/09/09
I took the night off Saturday for once and it ended w/ catching up w/ paris hilton… but before this gets silly, let me just give a couple shoutouts to those that made my night super special… thank you to avec chef koren grieveson & owners Donny & Edward who all rock! And thank [...]
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06/05/09
Yesterday I started as a guest on Mancow / wls 890am … listening to him scream at me & everyone else angry-faced about obama, david carradine, patty blagojevich and all kinds of crazy stuff… while I’m there to talk about how rockit won “best burger” in the country… (so random right?)… totally live, syndicated, I’m [...]
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06/03/09
my lil brother was an amazing artist suffering from a mental illness before he tragically passed away… but his spirit for art lives on in me… that’s why I’m especially interested in supporting the “open art studio” in uptown… that engages in the making of art & music w/ those marginalized due to mental illness [...]
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06/02/09
While having an amazing dinner w/ my buddy joe Mantegna last night at sunda, other chicago actor friends Larenz tate & michael Clarke Duncan came over to say hello! It was really cool to see 3 very different chicago entertainers that I know from very different places, times, experiences… love being introduced to each other [...]
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06/01/09
New York times As much as it is important to support local theater, I also think it’s super important to support actors with a local tie when they’re performing outside of chicago… that’s why when I was sent to nyc last week to interview celebs supporting the Olympics in chicago/2016, I jumped on the [...]
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05/29/09
I don’t know if I can’t let go of my youth, or if I am getting excited to share this experience w/ my future kids (no, I’m not expecting), but I love the chicago children’s theatre! I take all my lil godchildren to open their eyes/minds early to true art, creative, thought, life… & have [...]
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05/28/09
Ok, I realize this is a ridiculous pic, but it was the one in the ny post yesterday about Daniel craig and hugh jackman teaming up to play chicago cops on broadway! Crazy- sure it will make big bucks- because it’s about chicago’s finest of course… Speaking of craig & chicago, Daniel craig [...]
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05/26/09
I saw this interesting message going around… thought you might like to see quick paraphrased parts of it to get snapshot of what’s happening behind the scenes and how it could effect a lot of people… Dear Representative: I am writing to you and the many concerned citizens in the Chicago area to express our [...]
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05/20/09
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BFfTf8MNE Having just seen a playoff game front row I can easily say it’s one of the greatest sport experiences ever- they slam each other into the glass a foot from your face- you can barely keep your eye on how fast the puck flies- you see the rage in player’s faces as they kill [...]
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