Jonathan and I attended our first Miami Film Festival 2008 movie last night:  “Flawless” starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore.  It was shown downtown at the spectacularly eclectic Gusman Theatre.

Since it was the North American premiere, we were hoping Michael Caine might make an appearance (as Viggo Mortensen did last year when we saw “Alatriste”).  And while I was outside by the red carpet it was reported Marisa Tomei and Kate Hudson were en route.  But I was standing by the press photographers and privy to the information that at the last minute both parties changed their minds and were heading straight to the after-party.

So it ended up being Demi Moore and Michael Radford, both of whom spoke onstage for a few minutes before the film began.

   

Toward the end Demi Moore started talking about the plot line of the movie, nearly giving part of it away before the audience stopped her:

 
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I'm not sure who was more excited to stumble across this moving van in our neighborhood - me or my boys! 

Turns out that a few years ago Disney chose Suddath to handle transportation and logistics for their Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations tour, which featured 75 Mickey Mouse statues (each measuring 6 feet tall and weighing 700 pounds!).  I suppose that after Suddath trucks finished their tour they just went back to their normal duties of schlepping people’s stuff here and there.

The mice were designed by various artists/entertainers/celebrities and - after a tour around the U.S - were put on the auction block to benefit charities.  Ice skater Michelle Kwan designed “Peace and Love” (all the way to the left below).  Veteran character artist Tuck Morgan's “Mickey Through the Years” (in the middle) features a split of Steamboat Willie and the current incarnation of Mickey.  Entertainer Raven designed “Clouded Conscience” (on the right).

From left to right below are Mickey Celebrates Our Freedom” by Paul Wenzel, “Fruits of the Mouse” by Andreas Deja, and my personal favorite of the lot “Patchwork Pal” designed by Thomas Knechtel.

Mark Malkoff lived inside an Ikea store for over a week this month while his apartment was being fumigated.  He also visited (and consumed products from) all of Manhattan's 171 Starbucks outlets in 24 hours.  He got Broadway stars to ride a Ferris wheel with him.  And put together a Guns N' Roses tribute band composed entirely of children.