Ally Sheedy "We Were Under the Radar"
Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 11:30PM Gay pride week here in New York City has been eventful to say the least (see previous post) and the parade today was fun. But I thought what you'd most be interested in, given The Film Experience's leanings (actressexual), was a shared moment with Ally Sheedy!
I was on the guest list for Kiehl's Pride Party which was hosted by Dan Savage and his boyfriend Terry Miller of the awesome "It Gets Better" project (Can someone give them a Nobel Peace Prize already?). And so, to my utter delight, was Ally Sheedy. I had to reach out to her as she passed by me to tell her how much I loved her in High Art (1998). Once she'd stopped to chat, me being me, I had to then tell her I was rooting for her to win the Oscar but then she wasn't even nominated. Unspeakable Tragedy! Immediately after blurting that out, I worried I'd poured salt onto an old wound but instead she was all smiles, thank yous and bygones "We were under the radar!" she said cheerfully. We then swapped "Isn't Patty Clarkson awesome?" notes and to my surprise Ally introduced me to her lovely daughter. How is Ally Sheedy old enough to have a 17 year old daughter?!?
I brought along my friend Jon and we're pictured to your left with Kenneth in the (212) who offers up an amusing rundown of the event and a rather skewed version of my chat with Ally Sheedy ;) It's not that I don't love The Breakfast Club, trust! I just wanted to use the few seconds I had with her to talk about more pressing matters. And Oscar is always the most pressing matter, don't you agree?
In addition to a great crowd, the event featured gourmet cups of macaroni & cheese (4 or 5 different flavors. Don't confuse me with options) which everyone tried to pretend they weren't into. Everyone pretended badly.
How was your weekend? More on the weekend movies, box office and the True Blood premiere tomorrow. G'night.
Ally Sheedy, High Art, LGBT, Oscars (90s), celebrity sightings
Reader Comments (4)
Aw, that sounds so awesome, Nat!
I moved into college on Friday and my classes start tomorrow...well today. It's interesting. The movies aren't far from reality haha.
You should've brought up Short Circuit!
I went to Frameline (SF) 's closing night film last night-- "Christopher and his Kind". meh. it was fine. just felt totally like the TV movie that it is. Not really right to close a film fest. Though having Don Bacardi in the house was fun.
The short "BaldGuy (Skalla Mann)" by director Maria Block (Sweden) was beyond charming and deservedly won the audience award for best short:
http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=2421&FID=48
You know Dan Savage? My heart just skipped a beat there - he's one of my favorite writers/columnists, and a great presence on the Bill Maher show (when I used to watch it.)