OmnipotentChirp

No matter how extravagant the lives of famous rich people get, I am never too surprised by anything I hear.  You could tell me Baby Suri just ate a chicken truffle nugget kids meal at Les Enfants Ristorante & Grille that cost more than my monthly rent and I would think, “well that’s ridiculous, but sounds about right.  Celebrities just bein’ celebrities!”  But this video about a party for Colin Firth revealed some tidbits about celebrity life that quite figuratively had my head exploding!

Let’s break down some of the things we learn here, okay?

1.  There is a private club on the Upper East Side that is so secret not even a journalist will tell you where it is.  To me, it looks like it could be anyone’s $25-million apartment, but what do I know about the Upper East Side and secret English Manor Style clubs?  Only the one thing I just learned: great location for your next Celebrate Colin Firth party!

2.  Having a small private dinner party, just to kind of celebrate an actor and a movie and the acting in the movie, is a thing that people do.  That’s cool.  I’ve heard of wrap parties for when a movie is done filming, but I’m pretty sure those are full of gross commoners who put up lights or arranged the bagels, and they’re probably all sweaty. And I know there is a whole awards show season with awards show after parties, but an actor can really get lost in the celebrity shuffle there.  The secret party is a good way to let an actor know he did a good job and is appreciated.  You can’t really say that with a giant paycheck, unless you write it in the memo.

3. British people like to party in New York City, but only in locations that remind them of Old England, where they can comfortably have British conversations debating the merits of the “swashbuckling” style of acting versus the “from the face, and also a little bit from the chin” style of acting.  Americans LOVE to give Oscars to swashbuckler-style actors.  We can’t help it!  Hollywood was built BY swashbucklers, FOR swashbucklers!  AMERICAAARRR!

4. Sting gets a ballot for the Academy Awards.  Sting and his wife sit at home reading the Sunday paper and fill out the Oscar ballot together, most likely.  The Upper East Side secret parties are maaaaybe <wink wink> a little bit about trying to get people to vote for you for an Oscar.  AND STING GETS TO VOTE.

5. The New York Film Critics Circle award party is “a slightly less posh environment perhaps” than the British Manor Secret Society Clubhouse of the Upper East Side party.  Noted.

6. Okay this last one is not an insight from the video--more of just a comment from me: SHUT UP, AARON SORKIN.  This is coming from someone who watched Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip AND LIKED IT, so you can trust me.  No one is talking about the parallels between Jesse Eisenberg’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg and Colin Firth’s portrayal of King George VI.  In fact, just yesterday I was not saying to anyone, “I’m not sure who I like for best actor this year.  Colin Firth and Jesse Eisenberg both did such a great job of making me feel sorry for people I wouldn’t normally feel sorry for, because normally I would think having more money meant not having any problems.”

Can’t wait for Oscar night!  Give all the awards to The King’s Speech!