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It was a 3 for 3 Friday night in St. Louis.
My evening kicked off with Oscar-nominated movie director Jason Reitman. Reitman was talking with film students at Webster University's Moore Auditorium. Reitman, whose Dad, Ivan, directed Ghostbusters, talked about making movies and then took questions for about an hour. It was an interesting program as Reitman really connected with his audience as he talked about his philosophies on making movies and told stories about his previous movies. Following his talk, he strolled to the lobby where he continued talking movies and signed autographs and took pictures. He even signed a couple of the "hamburger phones" featured in his movie, Juno.
Next, we headed the the Blanche Touhill Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis to catch up with the only musical artist to win a Grammy for R and B, Jazz, and Pop: Al Jarreau. I had arrived in the late afternoon at the venue, hoping to catch Jarreau as he arrived; unfortunately, he was already in as I saw heard him through the auditorium doors doing his sound check. So, I returned to Touhill and waited for Jarreau to exit following his show. He was literally the last man out of the building at nearly midnight, but he said, "Sure, I can do that," when asked if he would sign and take a picture. Speaking of the picture, take a long at his index finger pointing at me. Reminds me of E.T. :--)
I finished up the evening with a trip down highway 70 to the Ameristar Casino where the Pointer Sisters were headlining the Liver Foundation's Annual Boogie Ball. With the event almost an hour over, it was doubtful that I'd see the group, but decided to give it a shot anyway. Luck was on my side as after only about 10 minutes, Ruth, Anita, and Issa Pointer came walking through the Casion on the way to their hotel rooms. They happily stopped to sign an 8 x 10 for me and pose for this group photograph.
My evening kicked off with Oscar-nominated movie director Jason Reitman. Reitman was talking with film students at Webster University's Moore Auditorium. Reitman, whose Dad, Ivan, directed Ghostbusters, talked about making movies and then took questions for about an hour. It was an interesting program as Reitman really connected with his audience as he talked about his philosophies on making movies and told stories about his previous movies. Following his talk, he strolled to the lobby where he continued talking movies and signed autographs and took pictures. He even signed a couple of the "hamburger phones" featured in his movie, Juno.
Next, we headed the the Blanche Touhill Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis to catch up with the only musical artist to win a Grammy for R and B, Jazz, and Pop: Al Jarreau. I had arrived in the late afternoon at the venue, hoping to catch Jarreau as he arrived; unfortunately, he was already in as I saw heard him through the auditorium doors doing his sound check. So, I returned to Touhill and waited for Jarreau to exit following his show. He was literally the last man out of the building at nearly midnight, but he said, "Sure, I can do that," when asked if he would sign and take a picture. Speaking of the picture, take a long at his index finger pointing at me. Reminds me of E.T. :--)
I finished up the evening with a trip down highway 70 to the Ameristar Casino where the Pointer Sisters were headlining the Liver Foundation's Annual Boogie Ball. With the event almost an hour over, it was doubtful that I'd see the group, but decided to give it a shot anyway. Luck was on my side as after only about 10 minutes, Ruth, Anita, and Issa Pointer came walking through the Casion on the way to their hotel rooms. They happily stopped to sign an 8 x 10 for me and pose for this group photograph.
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