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Laura

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About Me

Current read: Clapton: The Autobiography. Eric Clapton is my God. When I met him 4 yrs ago, that was confirmed. My Hero is Nick Steshko...for saving Devo's life. Thank you Nick!.. You're gazing upon a pathologically unpredictable, superlative in crises BonBon with a strong point of view, transcendent spirit & hard-luvin' lust for global economy, alternative transportation, anal-bead kites and "Real Estate/Foodie porn". I'm currently reading The Road (my fave author is Cormac, followed by Sebastian Junger & Mark Bowden). I admit to breaking up with boys because they didn't 'get' Reservoir Dogs or understand my favorite Valentine's Day film of all time - Leaving Las Vegas. Don't care for Christmas, except I get to disappear to Hawaii/New York around that time every yr. No matter how many times I've seen them; Sophie's Choice, The English Patient and Dr. Zivago always make me cry. My best friends like to compare me to Linda Fiorentino's character in 'The Last Seduction' and Lena Olin's Mona Demarkov in Romeo is Bleeding. My ex says I remind him of Sabina in Unbearable Lightness of Being. An admirer of communication devices, I was a loner/social butterfly in elementary, HS, college. Prefer hangin' with a smaller group of people; their wit and/or intellect rather than muscle or pretty faces appealed to me. Didn't have the 'group mentality' then or now. Make my family laugh, yet they're afraid of me. When you're drunk & need me to drive you home, your auto had better be a manual transmission because brakes are for pussys.Current fave quote "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."HINT: my idea of a helluva great time is shooting the shit with icon Peter Fonda, Josh Brolin, Writer/Director Tony Gilroy (YES, your film will be nominated for an Oscar this year) and future Oscar winner Ben Foster in my neighborhood. DAMN that was fun! The clutch of self-absorbed 20 somethings can choke on their stuffy champagne soiree.My Motto: savor each moment, embrace all life has to offer, celebrate the joy of every day. Life is rich, beauty surrounds us, every personal connection has meaning and laughter is life's sweetest creation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Favorite Snacky Treats: Race Bannon, Monica Belluci, Lena Olin, Chris Matthews, Brian Williams, Ed Viesturs, Raul Mishra, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Tina Fey, Lee Marvin, Gerard Butler, Emile Hirsch, Mark Shera, '71 convertible Corvette Stingray, GG Quad... EVA LONGORIA SEX TAPE on FunnyOrDie.com ..

My Interests

Life € Family and Friends € Mobility € hiking € Education € Philanthropy € film € snorkeling € cycling € soccer € polo € Ducati € photography € Daslu € Eos Airlines €

I'd like to meet:

Robert Buckley, Summer Glau, Julie Christie, People imbued with integrity, compassion, freshness, eloquence, thoughtfulness, sense of humour about themselves, salt-of-the-earth, with a taste for adventure and a chill, relatively non-competitive attitude towards their friends. It's not always about who the person is or what they represent; it's about their personality & character, rather than what they do."Would love to: chat w/Richard Engel on the Middle East, in Arabic, Spanish or Italian, share tea/croissants with Alexandra Wentworth, run my tongue over Brian Williams neck. Am looking forward to meeting Rahul Mishra at his new shop in Mumbai next year. Interesting people with whom I'd enjoy discussing Mobility, Education, Philosophy, Art, Wine, Political activism, Poetry, Society, Charity,'haute commerce,' Music, Architecture, Sex & Cuisine while knocking back bottles of '02 Domain Romanee Conti are:Jacqueline BissetAdam ScottLakshmi MittalBrian WilliamsM.F. HussainChristianne AmanpourDenis SimachevChris CuomoTony HopkinsAdam GoldbergIsabela CapetoBilly PetersenLarry EllisonBill MurrayDenzel WashingtonJames RansoneRoman AbramovichStephen ColbertLena OlinWilliam CashAbigail AsherCatherine DeneauveArianna HuffingtonQueens of the Stone AgeJohnny DeppShahzad KalimPatricia HearstViggo MortensonDeJuan StroudAlexei TemnovNeil YoungJack McBrayerEd HarrisNigella Lawson

Music:

as Gary Oldman might say E*V*E*R*Y*T*H*I*N*G. Peter Gabriel, Eagles, Clapton, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Naomi Striemer, Keith Urban. James Taylor on a road trip. Tom Petty on a long flight. Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zep, Stones, Henry Rollins -hiking. Chris Botti/Raul Midon -strolling around NYC. Gordon Lightfoot to calmly dance. J.Buffet, Beatles, Jack Johnson -kickin back. Gavin DeGraw -cycling. NIN, Alice In Chains -waking up. Coldplay, Duncan Sheik -showering. Carly Simon, Dido, Cat Power -soaking in the bath. Roxy Music, U2, Blondie, Bush, old GnR (Slash, Duff, Izzy) shooting pool w/friends. Ludacris, Usher, Kanye turned up LOUD -stuck in traffic. Trance -clubbing with the JetSetMafia in DC/NYC/LA. Beyonce, Madonna, Pink, J.Blunt, Anna Nalick at Girlie Sleepovers! Classic music to completely empty my head before the Pedialite kicks in thereby killing the hangover. Diana Krall + Elvis Costello, Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., Dean Martin, Tony Bennett -in bed and at work all day Jimi Hendrix -falling asleep. Music is the best drug ever invented................besides a cocktail of Morphin + percocets.

Movies:

I admire the acting styles of: Chris Walken * DeNiro * Pacino * Julie Christie * Streep * Denzel * J.Sands * P.Newman * Malkovich * Isabelle Adjani * Redford * R.Fiennes * Edward Norton * Dafoe * J.Bridges * B.Bridges * Strathairn * J.Woodward * J.Irons * J.Woods * J.Moore * K.Carradine * P.S.Hoffman * Hackman * Eastwood * Sam Rockwell * Clive Owen * V.Mortenson * P.Sellers * Charlotte Rampling * G.Oldman * Daniel Auteuil * E.Bana * M.Pfeiffer * S.Weaver * D-D.Lewis * A.Hopkins * D.Keaton * Beatrice Dalle * A.Rickman * C.Grant * G.Byrne * E.McGregor * C.Lombard * Kate Hepburn * Isabella Rossellini * Cliff Curtis * Gena Rowlands * Catherine Deneuve * J.Cassevetes * Juliette Binoche * Angela Bassett * Gael Garcia Bernal * Kevin Kline * Don Cheadle * Goran Visnjic * Nastassja Kinski * Uma Thurman * Ed Harris * Sam Neill * Greta Scaachi * Vincent D'Onofrio * Kevin Kline * Cate Blanchett * Kevin Bacon * Will Arnett * Powers Boothe * Tommy Lee Jones * Helen Mirren * Liam Neeson * Ian McKellen * Kate Hepburn * Sam Shepard * Monica Belluci * Vincent Cassel * Christian Bale * Emily Watson * Greg Kinnear * Marton Csokas * Holly Hunter * John Cazale * Don Cheadle * William H. Macy * Dallas Roberts * Amy Madigan * Barbara Parkins * Joseph Gordon-Levitt * Hugh Jackman * Mark Wahlberg * Tom Everett Scott * Mandy Patinkin * Jodie Foster * Ethan Suplee * Chazz Palminteri * Djimon Hounsou * Chris Cooper * ............................................................ ... FAVE FILMS: Gunner Palace * To Live + Die in L.A. * Slap Shot * A Perfect World * Serpico * Shallow Grave * Thunderbolt + Lightfoot * Shot in the Dark * The Mechanic * Breaker Morant * Vera Drake * And Justice for All * Once were Warriors * Queen Margot * Smooth Talk * Bull Durham * Fandango * Cool Hand Luke * Cry Freedom * Betty Blue * Cousins * Hard Candy * Thursday * Cidade de Deus * Manhunter * Station Agent * Longtime Companion * Horseman on the Roof * Someone To Watch Over Me * Dr. Zivago * Heat * Big Easy * Shattered * Against All Odds * Lone Star * The Insider * Frantic * Giant * The Full Monty * Casino * Jeremiah Johnson * Last Seduction * To Sir With Love * True Romance * Black Widow * Tous les Matins du Monde * Snatch * Splendor in the Grass * Dolores Claiborne * Boogie Nights * The Professional * Unforgiven * Limbo * The Hunger * Capote * The Conversation * The Cowboys * Blade Runner * Rear Window * The Verdict * A Walk on the Moon * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof * Sex, Lies + Videotape * Scarface * Magnolia * Klute * White Mischief * The Godfather I + II * The Edge * Sharky's Machine * The Door in the Floor * Romeo Is Bleeding * The Seven Ups * Motorcycle Diaries * Planet of the Apes (the original) * Reckless * Caddyshack * Animal House * Philadelphia * Pulp Fiction * Welcome to Sarajevo * Dangerous Liaisons * Tombstone * L.A. Confidential * Ghost in the Darkness * Real Genius * American Beauty * Sirens * Full Metal Jacket * Sophie's Choice * Out of Africa * Fast Times at Ridgemont High * A Fish Called Wanda * To Kill a Mockingbird * Brian's Song * Croupier * 2 Days in the Valley * Love Story * Lawrence of Arabia * The Last Emperor * Traffic * Elizabeth * Shakespeare in Love * The Woodsman * Some Like it Hot * Bus Stop * La Ciociara * White Nights * La Femme Nikita * Goodfellas * Nighthawks * Dear Frankie * The Hitcher * The Glass Menagerie * One False Move * A Simple Plan * Butch Cassidy + the Sundance Kid * Sling Blade * Primary Colors * Bad Santa * Love Actually * Road to Perdition * Saving Private Ryan * The Green Mile * Cast Away * Looking for Mr. Goodbar * Catch Me If You Can * Constant Gardener * Weird Science * Sixteen Candles * Requiem for a Dream * Midnight Run * Passion Fish * The Serpant + the Rainbow * Bonnie + Clyde * The Client * Blown Away * Fearless * Executioner's Song * Blue Sky * Boyz n the Hood * Three Kings * American History X * The Notebook * Training Day * Great Escape * Man on Fire * The Hurricane * The Siege * Devil in a Blue Dress * Pelican Brief * Malcolm X * Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont * Exotica * Apt Pupil * Shawshank Redemption * The Royal Tenenbaums * The Grifters * Prizzi's Honor * Black Hawk Down * Steel Magnolias * The Right Stuff * Rushmore * Last Exit to Brooklyn * Rush * Jaws * Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada * Dazed + Confused * Empire of the Sun * What Lies Beneath * GO * Albino Alligator * The Gift * Network * Warriors * Baby It's You * Sea of Love * Dog Day Afternoon * Glengarry Glen Ross * Carlito's Way * Donnie Brasco * Marathon Man * Lion in Winter * Deliverance * Caddyshack * American Gigolo * The Sixth Sense * Die Hard * Primal Fear * Three Days of the Condor * Inside Man * Valley of the Dolls * Grosse Point Blank * Thank You for Smoking * Puppy * White Oleander * Swimming Pool * Nobody's Fool * Brick * Mysterious Skin * White Squall * Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane * Suicide Kings * Bridges of Madison County * Dead Calm * Flirting * Mad Max * Chinatown * MASH * Frances * The Departed * Postman Always Rings Twice * Mystic River * Silkwood * Noel * Seabiscuit * The Big Lebowski * The Fabulous Baker Boys * Starman * The Last Picture Show * Fisher King * The Dirty Dozen * Arlington Road * Under Fire * Raising Arizona * The Graduate * Excaliber * The Kid + I * American Grafitti * King of New York * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang * Grizzly Man * 3:10 to Yuma * Loggerheads ................................. FAVE DIRECTORS: Fernando Meirelles * Wim Wenders * Scorsese * Werner Herzog * John Cassavetes * Lee Tamahori * Louis Malle * Darren Aronofsky * Sony Green * Spielberg * P.Greenaway * Warren Miller * Polanski * Soderbergh * Bernardo Bertolucci * Sam Pekinpah * John Woo * Robert Rodriquez * The Coen Brothers * Hitchcock * Clint Eastwood * Robert Altman * David Fincher * Milos Forman * Spike Lee * Jason Reitman * John Waters * Sidney Lumet * Francis Ford Coppola * Todd Field * Christopher Guest * Ridley Scott * Tony Scott * Guillermo del Toro * Atom Egoyan *

Television:

Stephen Colbert-The Colbert Report € Rescue Me € Digging for the Truth € IFC € Sundance € "Breakfast with the Arts" € "Sunday Morning Shoot-Out" € Discovery € National Geographic € INHD € INHD2 € 30 Rock € Arrested Development € Weeds € Charlie Rose € Brian Williams € Diane Sawyer € Christiane Amanpour € Jay Mohr € Firing Line

Books:

Milan Kundera-"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" € Dalai Lama-"an Open Heart" € Gavin DeGraw- "The Gift of Fear" € Sun Tzu- "the Art of War" € Alice Sebold-"The Lovely Bones" € Jon Krakauer-"Into Thin Air" € Machiavelli- 'Clizia' € Mark Bowden-"Killing Pablo" & "Black Hawk Down" € The Complete Works of Cormac McCarthy € Pablo Neruda € W.B. Yeats € David Mamet € P.J. O'Rourke. Edna Buchanan- "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" € Truman Capote- "In Cold Blood" € Vincent Bugliosi- "Helter Skelter" Jenna Jameson- "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star - a cautionary tale" "Out of the Shadows of the Net"
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Heroes:

Lena Olin € Julie Christie € Judd Apatow € Chuck Yeager € Jacques-Yves Cousteau € Diane Keaton € Helmut Newton € William F. Buckley € Anwar Sadat € Mohandas K. Gandhi € Martin Luther King € Vaclav Havel € Mikhail Baryshnikov € R.F.K. € Johnny Carson € Harry Connick Jr. € Diane Sawyer € Golda Meyer € J.F.K. € Martin Luther King € Dalai Lama € Steve McQueen € Aaliyah € William Safire € Ted Ligety € Rob Kampia € Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis € Arianna Huffington € Bruce Lee € Tim Gannon € Al Gore € Bridget Bardot € Bill Mahr € Jeanne Moreau € Stephen King € Paul Newman € Adolfo Cambiaso € Ai Weiwei € Jurgen Klinsmann € David Wright. Anyone's humanitarian efforts. Carl Jung wrote "enlightenment consists not in the seeing of luminous shapes & visions, but in making the darkness visible."

My Blog

* The Hulk *

A fun movie where you get to meet Doc Savage, Mastermind, The Abomination, and Iron Man. Edward Norton's additions are very subtle. Liv Tyler is, as always, breathtakingly beautiful.Ang Lee's train ...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:05:00 PST

my DVD pick

Julian Schnabel was at Borders Books (before Javier Bardem became A-list) signing copies of the novel 'Before Night Falls,' which he directed and co-adapted to the screenplay.  He was quite ...
Posted by Laura on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST

*Baby Mama*

Yes, this is a chick flick, but it's 'Dude Safe' because Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco & Steve Martin are in it.  So, that means if your girlfriend/wife drags you to see it, go ahea...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:48:00 PST

nudity in film

We screened 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' again (for the fourth time) last night and I can happily admit that it's only got better every time I've watched it.  It has everything you'd ever want in...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:36:00 PST

Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Drillbit Taylor

’Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ is better than Knocked up. You want to see it numerous times.  Kristen Bell is a better actress than Katherine Heigl. Jason Segel wrote a great script, Pau...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:34:00 PST

Frances McDormand/Lee Pace

My girlfriends dragged me to see 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for Day' last night.  Thank god for them, it's a delicious fairy tale and since I'm a huge Coen Brother's fan; there is ...
Posted by Laura on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:32:00 PST

* Jumper *

Check out the excellent book rather than this disappointing attempt at a movie. Jamie Bell is the only thing I was looking forward to seeing, well, him and the location shots in Rome & Egypt. I felt...
Posted by Laura on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:45:00 PST

* Definitely, maybe *

Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin and the city of New York are the reasons I'm supporting this movie and urge all my girlfriends to rush out and see it opening weekend.&...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST

Mia & Nomar are great people

Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra's twin secret:  Teamwork By Sarah, CBB Senior Contributor Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra are familiar with the importance of strategizing given their accomplishm...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:59:00 PST

Heath Ledger

  ..>..>..> ..> ..>..>..>..> Reclusive actor Wes Bentley made a rare public statement Tues. to remember his friend Heath Ledger as a "man who spread so much spark to so many people."  Capi...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:08:00 PST