In today's edition: A new organization boasts one of the best acronyms ever. And also: I hadn't known that the notorious "Grave Line Tours" had ceased operations. But a budding entrepeneur fills the void, making sure tourists can still see where John Belushi OD'ed.
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HORRIFIED OBSERVERS OF PEDESTRIAN ENTERTAINMENT HOSTS THE FIRST ANNUAL H.O.P.E.LESS AWARDS AT THE STEVEN ALLAN THEATER
HOLLYWOOD – Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment is holding their first annual awards show on Jan 20th at the Steve Allan Theater in Hollywood. This awards show is brought to you by The Cabaret Voltaire (cabaretvoltaire.com) and will bring together people everywhere who actively desire to reject bad entertainment. The festivities will begin at 8:30PM and will be hosted by funny man Neil Hamburger. This event will be held to honor both those who brought us the worst entertainment of 2004 and those who have pledged allegiance to protest against it. Admission is ten dollars, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Center for Inquiry West.
During the event, H.O.P.L.LESS awards will be given to the winners of a variety of special categories including “Most Depressing Role”, “Least Appealing Career Crossover”, and “Film Too Mindless for the USA Network.” The honorees-to-be include Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Ben Affleck, Paris Hilton, and Jennifer Lopez. In addition to these awards, a career achievement award will be presented to Lloyd Grove of the NY Daily News Gossip Column for going cold turkey on his reporting of Paris Hilton earlier this year.
H.O.P.E. is an association of entertainment and media professionals, students, journalists and citizens that are fed up with the face of popular culture and mainstream entertainment. H.O.P.E.’s membership believes that with the current access to technology, music production, art, and film, these institutions are capable of producing entertainment of a higher value than current standards. You can learn more about H.O.P.E. and their mission by visiting their website (www.hopeinamerica.com) which contains information about current campaigns and how to become a member.
(Thanks to Kathy. By the way is there an Irony award for what sounds to be a horrific, pedestrian awards show launched by a group that calls itself the "Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment"? It's now the misspelling of the "Steve Allan" (it's Allen, folks) theater that gets me... it's the designation of host Neil Hamburger as "funny man." Seriously, that's his I.D.?)
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Scott Michaels' (FindaDeath.com) "Dearly Departed Tours" Starts with a Bang
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) January 19, 2005 -- Controversial celebrity death and scandal expert Scott Michaels (FindADeath.com) began operating "Dearly Departed Tours" in Hollywood, CA on Saturday, January 1, 2005.
The nearly three-hour tour (complete with The Skipper!) is hosted and narrated by Michaels aboard his 14-passenger "Tomb Buggy" van. It features nearly 100 famous and infamous locations relating to celebrity death and scandal in the Hollywood and Los Angeles areas.
"Working on Hollywood Boulevard makes me feel like an old hooker, and owning and operating a tour tailored to the dark side of Hollywood history is a dream come true! It is the natural evolution of the Death Hag cultural phenomenon created by my website, Find A Death. It's an honor to show people these places. It's exactly what I would want to see if I were visiting," said Michaels.
Michaels, who has gained notoriety on the Internet for his irreverent commentary on the final moments of celebrity lives, is a former guide for the now deceased Grave Line Tours. He sees his new one-man operation as filling a niche, so to speak, in the Hollywood sightseeing industry. "We're all obsessed with celebrity, and where they die, well, that's history. What I do is bring people to the places where such news is made while offering my own spin on the matter," he said.
The tour encompasses decades of Tinseltown intrigue. Included are The Manson Family murder sites, the soon to be demolished Ambassador Hotel where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, the garage where James Dean picked up his Porsche the morning of his fatal accident and, what Michaels terms "the real Nightmare on Elm Street," The Menendez Brothers homicide house.
Michaels will also point out sites of a different notorious nature. "There will be one restroom stop where you can drop your drawers and 'reenact' George Michael's (no relation) most infamous moment, and all guests will receive a complimentary copy of his police report," he explained.
Also included are the locations where stars took their final breaths, such as Frank Sinatra, Jean Harlow, River Phoenix, Albert Dekker, Bela Lugosi and Alan Hale, Jr., "The Skipper" from "Gilligan's Island." "And of course the chick that jumped off the Hollywood Sign in 1932," added Michaels.
"Dearly Departed Tours" runs daily, Thursday through Sunday at 1:00pm (Summer hours differ) from the corner of N. McCadden Place and Hollywood Boulevard, a tombstone's throw away from famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The cost is $35 per Live Body.
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