FameCrawler : Honea

Nixon and the Happiest Place on Earth

Whit Honea — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:59:00 GMT

Cynthia Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni took Charlie and Samantha to Disneyland on New Year's Eve. It was the Osmond thing to do.

It's actually the Honea thing to do, too, but we decided to stay home and drink heavily instead.

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Melissa Joan Hart Celebrates Birthday the Disney Way

Whit Honea — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Melissa Joan Hart, you just turned 32! What are you going to do now?

I guess the picture gives it away, doesn't it? Melissa and her husband Mark Wilkerson took the boys, Mason and Braydon, to Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, for a bit of birthday frivolity.

I'm glad to see that my wife and I aren't the only people that take our families to Disneyland to celebrate adult (and kid) birthdays and anniversaries, at least until the kids get fake ID's.

Source: Yahoo!

Parenting and Cheetos: A Comparison

Whit Honea — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:14:00 GMT

I know, we've used pictures from this moment already, but come on, they're sweet. I was looking at this picture of Angelina Jolie with her daughters Zahara and Shiloh and their light dusting of Cheeto powder and thinking how it is generally accepted as cute, but had that been Britney and her boys we would have written three paragraphs about how her kids have been fed nothing but cheese puffs and Mountain Dew under her care and that K-Fed is therefor the second coming.

I don't claim to be a super parent, and I also don't expect Child Services anytime soon. Sometimes kids just need some Cheetos. Just ask my son:

So what does this say about me?

Photo: Babyrazzi

Tina Bell (Tinker Fey?)

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:41:00 GMT

Ready for your close-up, Miss Bell.

People (me) were complaining that they couldn't see Tina Fey, so here's a better shot! Her expression is awesome.

The original photo by Annie Leibovitz can be found here. Enjoy.

Update: Behind the scenes!

Source: The Disney Blog

A Whole New World for Lopez and Anthony

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Annie Leibovitz has just released the third collection of photos in her series with Disney in which modern celebrities represent classic characters.

The above photo shows Jennifer Lopez, posed as Jasmine, and Marc Anthony as Aladdin from Disney's "Aladdin," in a piece called "Where a Whole New World Awaits."

Guess who has this carpet by the tail:

Oh, Whoopi! Looks like her magic expands beyond The View.

See previous photos and read more about Annie Leibovitz here and here.

Source: The Disney Blog

Annie Leibovitz Makes More Disney Magic

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:20:00 GMT

Annie Leibovitz has just released the third collection of photos in her series with Disney in which modern celebrities represent classic characters.

The above photo, "Where You Never Have to Grow Up," is obviously Peter Pan and stars Gisele Bundchen as Wendy, Tina Fey as Tinker Bell, and Mikhail Baryshnikov as the boy that can fly.

Below is Jessica Biel as Pocahontas in a photo illustration titled "Where Dreams Run Free."

See previous photos and read more about Annie Leibovitz here and here.

Source: The Disney Blog

Who Isn't Kate Hudson "Dating?" - A FameCrawler Poll

Whit Honea — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:19:00 GMT

I just got done talking about Kate Hudson's latest flame and she's already moved on. She sure does "date" a lot of guys. In the last month she's been connected to Owen Wilson, Dax Shepard, Dane Cook, Orlando Bloom and now Heath Ledger. That's a pretty good run.

Who do you think she'll be "dating" next?

Photo: The Superficial

Now at Babble! Three Great Tastes in One Great Place: Almond, Grohl and Honea

Whit Honea — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:03:00 GMT

Well, the last guy doesn't taste that great. Kind of salty with garlic undertones. The first two, however, are like freakin' chocolate and peanutbutter.

Steve Almond writes Baby Daddy here at Babble. He also does a bunch of other cool stuff that I envy but don't know how to do- like write for Spin and get invited to Dave Grohl's house.

Steve has a post today where he talks about his BFF Dave Grohl, professional fighter of foo and father of one. It's a good read about a cool guy. Check it out.

So where do I fit in to this story (and warrant my name in the title)? I don't. It's just that Almond is a bit of a namedropper, admittedly, and he dropped mention of FameCrawler all non-chalant like. Obviously he was ~~not~~ talking about me. I read that and I ran with it. It's what I do.

Annie Leibovitz and Her Disney Magic

Whit Honea — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:07:00 GMT

Annie Leibovitz has done it all in her career. The lady is to photography what Warhol was to painting but without all the soup cans. In a nutshell, she's good.

Disney commissioned her to do a series of photos using some of the biggest stars from sports and entertainment to portray classic Disney icons. It's pretty freakin' cool.

Says Leibovitz, "It's thrilling to have an opportunity to re-create the characters we all loved as children. The stories are real to my own children now, and their belief inspires me."

Preaching to the choir, Annie.

In regard to the photos, here is a portion of the press release:

Actress Rachel Weisz is Snow White, tennis star Roger Federer is King Arthur from "The Sword in the Stone" and actress Julie Andrews is the Blue Fairy from "Pinocchio" with actress Abigail Breslin as Fira from "Disney Fairies" in a new wave of celebrity images celebrating "The Year of a Million Dreams" at Disney Parks.

They join Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyoncé as "Alice in Wonderland" twirling in a teacup and David Beckham atop a steed as Prince Phillip from "Sleeping Beauty" in a 14-page insert appearing later this year in several Condé Nast publications. Johansson, Beyoncé and Beckham also starred in the first flight of Leibovitz images last January.

The Beyonce photo also included Lyle Lovett and Oliver Platt. The previous three photos can be seen here.

Photos: Annie Leibovitz/Disney

Strollerderby Wonders if Mr. Mom is Really Mr. Right

Whit Honea — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:04:00 GMT

The lovely Redsy over at Strollerderby breaks down an article in Newsweek about the role of dads and how it has progressed over the years. The article by Brian Braiker covers his 9-month stint as a Stay-At-Home-Dad. He uses pictures of celebrity fathers, so I'm using that to justify its presence on FameCrawler.

Basically, Braiker sheds a little light on a fraternity of which I am a member. He also makes it sound like we spend a good deal of time sitting around congratulating each other. He wasn't supposed to mention that.

What I found interesting about the piece is that Mr. Braiker goes so far to show how men are breaking ground in regard to stereotypes and the traditional roles of gender that he actually tips the scale somewhat:

Still, the bottom line is that today's guys are procreating, parenting and pleased with ourselves. Sure, you'll have to endure the occasional hipster dad who slaps a Sex Pistols decal on his $800 Bugaboo stroller. Some of us will give our kids offbeat names like Freya and diligently document our every self-important, profanity-laced insight on our blogs. And it will be another generation who will tell us if this grand experiment has worked.

Yes, what he writes is true, but don't forget that there are plenty of moms doing the exact same thing, down to the profanity and Sex Pistols. Personally, I've never gone for the "hipster" parent thing. It is my opinion that what happens nowadays is that rather than adapting a new persona when an individual becomes a parent, they are simply staying themselves. What's the difference between slapping a punk rock decal on a Bugaboo or a Volvo? Should parents have to turn in their iPods and join a CD club filled with the likes of the Doodlebops and the occasional vocal stylings of a certain Pat Boone? I hope not.

Kudos to Newsweek for running the article and to Brian Braiker for writing it. Now the rest of us need to keep working towards erasing the stigmas attached to At-Home-Dads, from Mr. Mom to Hipster and all of the stereotypes in-between.

Photo: Newsweek

Sting Enjoys Poetry, Walks in the Woods and Nepotism

Whit Honea — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:04:00 GMT

Sting's son, Joe Sumner, is quite a bit older than most of the celebrity kids we feature here. Sting, however, is about the median age for the fathers. Go figure.

Joe has himself a rock and roll band, Fiction Plan, and guess who they are touring with this summer. Give up? How about The Police? That's a nice gig if you can get it.

At least he admits it, “We earned it, man. We worked from the street,” he joked. “No, my dad called me up and gave me the gig. I almost said no because I feel like it’s a big sellout in a lot of ways. I figured if I don’t do it, I’ll just be pissed for a long time.”

I saw Fiction Plane open for The Police at Dodger Stadium. Actually, they opened for the openers, The Foo Fighters. That, my friends, was a kick ass show.

My dad is a politician. The only gig he can get me is passing out campaign pins. That blows.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Star Scores Baby Bingo!

Whit Honea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The star of ABC's National Bingo Night and host for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Ed Sanders, is now the proud papa to three, yes three, little girls. The triplets arrived at the beginning of May and add to a Sanders family that previously consisted of Ed, his lovely wife Gioia, and their five year old son.

Sounds like Mr. Sanders has the beginnings of an extreme makeover in his own home. Three little girls? At once? G-3... BINGO! Looks like his card will be full forever. Come on, I couldn't pass that stuff up.

This is where I would make a comment about Ed's hair turning grey, but the bloke shaves his head. If you have HD television, look closely, perhaps you can make out the shine of some little silver stubble.