Carson Daly, Zachary Levi and Joel Moore Talk Up the Troops
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USO: How Hollywood Serves
by Jeremy D. BoreingThe last guy you want to meet in the entertainment industry is a writer. We just aren’t very interesting. Sure, guys like Joss Whedon seem cool, but that’s only when compared to other writers. Put him in a room with any actor, musician, or even Key Grip, and Whedon is the pasty guy in the corner having a conversation about the vagaries of the flux capacitor with himself. So when I had the opportunity last week to travel with a small group of actors (Zachary Levi, Joel David Moore, Kal Penn, and Christian Slater) to the Middle East and Africa with the USO, I jumped at the chance. Finally. A perk.
For my actor friends, though, there was a bit more trepidation. After all, they were the actual celebrities on this celebrity tour, the ones people would want to meet. I doubt they are alone. In fact, I suspect that a big reason why more actors in Hollywood don’t volunteer their time with the USO is that they simply don’t know what the experience will be like. Sure they’ve seen video of Bob Hope out entertaining crowds of troops, but as an actor, you don’t carry your show on the road. Will the troops even care that you are there? What will you have to offer them? Is it uncomfortable? Is it political? Fortunately for me, the actors in my party decided to give it a try in spite of these questions. Here is what we learned. (more…)
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‘Chuck’ Teaches Us Not To Leave Our Gun At Home
by John Lott
The TV series “Chuck” this last week had some dialogue on the benefits of carrying one’s gun with them (Chuck Versus the Predator). Chuck (Zachary Levi) formulated a mission at the Buy More electronic store and insisted the team — Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Casey (Adam Baldwin) — not carry guns. Chuck then gets captured by a Fulcrum Agent… (more…)
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