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Out & About Celebrity Roundup 10/16/09
Austin celebrities in the news.
TVGuide.com predicts a new project for Austin’s Wes Hayden, notorious for his rivalry with Jake Pavelka on “The Bachelorette” (Pavelka was later named the new “Bachelor”). “I’ve actually got something going on right now that’s on NBC,” Hayden told TVGuide.com. “They want me on just because of the popularity that I had from ABC. … It might be weird to see Jake on ABC and Wes on NBC.” Hayden’s manager Buck Judkins would not confirm if the network in question was NBC. “It’s too early to tell,” he said. NBC did not return calls for comment.
The UK Independent reports: Tommy Lee Jones, who ranches outside San Saba, is in negotiations to direct and co-star in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” based on the Michael Connelly novel of the same name. Frequent Austin visitor Matthew McConaughey is set to play an errant LA lawyer defending a playboy accused of murder in the movie.
Austin homeowner Michael Griffin, a former Longhorn and current Tennessee Titan, is the latest footballer to tweet. Follow him at MikeGriff33 So far he’s tweeted four times, he’s following three people (all players), and has attracted 123 followers.
Meanwhile, another former Longhorn, Kevin Durant, now with the OK Thunder, is receiving laurels for his resourceful tweeting from sports writer Matt Fox of the Daily Cardinal: “Durant posted a response to a recent ESPN.com TrueHoop blog criticizing his contributions to his team. … It allowed Durant to defend himself when he lacked the resources to respond with an entire article or Web site.”
The Daily Texan reported on the Free Hugs Campaign, which gives free hugs to strangers in public places. The Australian-born social movement promoted the Paul Mitchell Beauty School on Wednesday, as students of the National Cosmetology Academy stood outside the University Co-op hugging passersby. Billionaire Austinite John Paul DeJoria backed the campaign: “I think the whole world needs free hugs, and I am here to receive my share,” said DeJoria, CEO of the school.
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