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O&A SXSW 28: Tip Jar 1
We did ask for SXSW tips. And readers responded. Some gossip was impossible to confirm (like David Bowie shopping at Prototype on South Congress Avenue). Other lemon drops were simply self-serving without entertainment value.
Culled from the tips so far:
Michael Penn had the ladies — and some men — fainting with appreciation before, during and after his SXSW talk on music and film.
BMI’s Kay Clary, Michael Penn, BMI’s Anne Cercere, Austin publicist Jill McGuckin. Photo credit: Erica Goldring
Privacy-concerned Sandra Bullock was seen dining with man Jesse James at Bess. Recently, Bullock has been trying to prove her Austin credentials, but you’re not likely to see her granting your columnist an interview.
Caught shopping at Eliza Page during SXSW: Carla Gugino (“Watchman”); Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights”) and Marley Shelton (“Never Been Kissed”).
Janell Vela-Smith from Iron Dragon Productions sent in this not-so-candid SXSW shot of herself with Henry Selick of “Nightmare before Christmas” fame (above).
Fred Miller reported this tidbit that I hadn’t heard so far: On Saturday at 12:45 Gene Kranz from NASA control center who made famous the saying “Failure is Not an Option!” during Apollo 13 will arrive at the Parmount Theater in Alan Bean’s restored 1968 Corvette. HD version of “For All Mankind” will show for the first time at 1:30. The filmmaker Al Reinert will host Kranz for Q&A after the show and then it is off to Sholtz Garten at 4:30 or 5:00.
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