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| | Will Alec Baldwin and his 28-year-old fiancée Hilaria Thomas elope after Cannes? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Alec Baldwin and his fiance, 28-year-old (!!) Hilaria Thomas have been in Cannes for more than a week. From what I can see (glancing through Alec?s IMDB), Alec was not there to promote anything, and I think he and Hilaria just came to party. Page Six says Alec has been shooting a documentary about (or in) Cannes, which? sure. Whatever. It just seems like Alec wants to show off his young, yoga-instructor fiance, which is fine, I guess. He?s been showing her around and they?ve done every big event, and it?s been fine. Page Six reports this morning that Alec may have an ulterior motive for this trip, though – apparently, Alec and Hilaria are going to elope shortly after Cannes.
Alec Baldwin is working on a top-secret project in Cannes, according to sources ? eloping with fiance Hilaria Thomas. The ?30 Rock? star has made plans to stay on in Europe after he?s done shooting his Cannes documentary with director James Toback, and sources tell us he could be tying the knot with Thomas in Europe sometime after the film festival closes Sunday.
?They?ve been telling people they?ll be spending time in Europe, and there?s speculation they?re going to get married,? said a source close to the pair. Another added that Baldwin has scheduled time for possible nuptials into post-Cannes work plans in Europe.
Mallorca-born Thomas, who?d be his second wife, grew up in Boston and Spain. Baldwin proposed on Long Island last month. After any nuptials, Baldwin?s scheduled to return to star in Woody Allen?s new movie with Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett this summer in San Francisco and New York. His screen musical ?Rock of Ages? with Tom Cruise opens in the US and the UK June 15.
Meanwhile, Baldwin locked horns on the Riviera with de facto king of Cannes Harvey Weinstein after Weinstein turned down an offer to appear in Baldwin and Toback?s ?Seduced and Abandoned.? The film?s landed interviews with Brett Ratner, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, James Woods, Lawrence Bender, Cannes Mayor Bernard Brochand and Jean Pigozzi.
?Harvey said he didn?t want to be in it,? a source said. ?When they couldn?t reach an agreement, you?ve got two passionate people . . . it?s understandable each would be emotional about it.? A film insider said the move could be a blessing in disguise: ?If Harvey?s in [the movie], which companies will want to buy it??
But sources say Weinstein could yet do the film for a dramatic Cannes ending. ?Harvey?s definitely considering it, it?s just a question of his schedule,? a source said. Baldwin?s rep had no comment.
[From Page Six]
Ignoring the Weinstein stuff for a moment, let?s just talk about Alec and Hilaria. I really wonder about this young woman. The tabloids claimed that Hilaria is trying to get Alec to live a healthier, less rage-filled lifestyle, and I do have to say that Alec does look like he?s lost some weight. He looks tired, though. He?s trying to keep up with his 20-something girl, he?s trying not to RAGE 24 hours a day, and he?s trying to become a new man. Maybe it will work out, maybe it won?t. But I?m suspicious of how whirlwind everything seems.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | American Airlines may yank episodes of 30 Rock after Alec Baldwin debacle | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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You’ve undoubtedly seen Alec Baldwin’s SNL skit from this weekend, in which he spoofed his ouster from a domestic American Airlines flight for refusing to turn off his phone. On SNL Baldwin impersonated an American Airlines pilot, complete with a moustache and a pitch perfect accent, and apologized to himself. He played it completely straight and it was pretty amusing.
Baldwin previously issued an apology to his fellow passengers for refusing to turn off his phone while his plane was sitting at the gate, causing a further delay in takeoff while he was kicked off the flight. He never apologized to the crew or flight attendants though, and claimed in his statement that he was singled out by one flight attendant, whom he compared to a retired Catholic school gym teacher. Well the flight attendants aren’t forgiving Baldwin, either. E! News has confirmed that the American Airlines flight attendant union is lobbying the bankrupt airline to pull all episodes of “30 Rock” that play on the in-flight entertainment system. I think we know now why that stewardess was so annoyed with Alec Baldwin. Anyone who has to see the same sitcom episode every day at work (no matter how good it is) is going to harbor some grudges.
E! News has confirmed that the seemingly grudge-holding American Airlines Flight Attendants Union has taken the first steps to make sure Baldwin?or his TV alter ego?never step foot in their planes again.
The airlines confirmed that since Alec’s game of Words With Friends gained him some enemies (or more accurately, since the actor spoofed the airline on Saturday Night Live over the weekend), the union has broached the subject with those in charge of making such decisions of pulling the critically lauded 30 Rock from its inflight entertainment lineup.
So if it was possible, the skies just got even less friendly for Alec Baldwin. And less amusing for Alec Baldwin fans.
No decision has yet been made regarding the sitcom’s yanking, though an airline spokesperson was quick to explain that NBC routinely rotates which programs it offers onboard the AA flights, and that not every flight offers the same lineup (so just because passengers don’t see Tina Fey & Co. on their next voyage doesn’t mean the show has been pulled).
Currently, the show does continue to air on some?though not all?of the airline’s flights, which is standard programming procedure. For now.
[From E! Online]
This would be a very petty move. I have to fly in a couple of days and I’m not looking forward to it at all. It’s not some cushy one-off domestic flight, either, it’s international and I have two freaking layovers. I did side with Baldwin slightly in my coverage of this as I’ve suffered air rage silently and I’ve held it in. I’ve dealt with some nasty flight attendants and I’ve wanted to tell people off. I’m sure the flight attendants hate us when we’re bitches too, and they have more of us to deal with. They don’t want Alec to become some sort of folk hero. If they deliberately and obviously ban his TV show from flights, they may be giving him more credit than he deserves, though.
Alec Baldwin is shown on 12/6, 8/20 and 7/25/11. Credit: Fame
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| | So American Airline's Version of Events is Different | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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Alec Baldwin up and deleted his Twitter account after American Airlines issued a statement yesterday regarding his less-than-stately removal from one of their flights on Tuesday. See if you can guess whether their version of events is different. The official statement read:
“Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off.
This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane?s lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding.
Alec’s a celebrity, ergo the rules that apply to peons like us don’t apply to him. Besides, he doesn’t have to worry when the plane goes down. He’s not gonna die. That contract he signed with Satan for his soul bought him another 8 years.
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| | Alec Baldwin's essay in response to getting kicked off flight: I was singled out | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A lot of people assumed that Alec Baldwin was probably in the wrong when he got kicked off an American Airlines flight for playing Words With Friends on his phone. The guy has some well known anger management issues and it’s not a stretch to assume that he acted like an entitled ass. Still, flying can be a demeaning experience and it’s similarly easy to imagine Alec getting singled out and taunted by a flight attendant. According to Alec, that’s exactly what happened. After he live tweeted his experience on the flight, Alec deleted his Twitter account. He later penned an essay for the Huffington Post detailing what happened. The way he explains it, the cabin door was closed, the plane was at the gat and everyone was sitting there, playing with their phones. In his version, one mean flight attendant kept telling him to put his device away, but everyone else was doing it and she was ignoring them. Here’s his story:
First off, I would like to apologize to the other passengers onboard the American Airlines flight that I was thrown off of yesterday. It was never my intention to inconvenience anyone with my “issue” with a certain flight attendant.
I suppose a part of my frustration lay with the fact that I had flown American for over 20 years and was brand loyal, in the extreme. The ticketing agents and Admiral’s Club staff have always been nothing but abundantly helpful to me, as I have flown hundreds of thousands of miles with the one carrier.
My confusion began when the flight, already a half hour behind schedule, boarded, the door closed, and we proceeded to sit at the gate for another fifteen minutes. I then did what I have nearly always done and that was to pull out my phone to complete any other messaging I had to do before take off. In nearly all other instances, the flight attendants seemed to be unbothered by and said nothing about such activity, by me or anyone else, until we actually were pulling away from the gate.
In this case, while other people were still manipulating their own phones, this one employee singled me out to put my phone away. Afterward, we still sat at the gate. I pulled out my phone again, while others did the same. Again, I was singled out by this woman in the most unpleasant of tones. I guess the fact that this woman, who had decided to make some example of me, while everyone else was left undisturbed, did get the better of me.
However, I have learned a valuable lesson. Airlines in the US are struggling with fuel costs, labor costs, bankruptcies, you name it. It’s no secret that the level of service on US carriers has deteriorated to a point that would make Howard Hughes red-faced. Filthy planes, barely edible meals, cuts in jet service to less-traveled locations. One of the big changes, in my time, is in the increase of the post-9/11, paramilitary bearing of much of the air travel business. September 11th was a horrific day in the airline industry, yet in the wake of that event, I believe carriers and airports have used that as an excuse to make the air travel experience as inelegant as possible.
Most of the flight attendants I have ever encountered still have some remnant of the old idea of service. Add to that the notion that in this day and age, many people have a lot of important work to do, by phone, and would like to do so till the last possible minute. But there are many now who walk the aisles of an airplane with a whistle around their neck and a clipboard in their hands and they have made flying a Greyhound bus experience.
The lesson I’ve learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950?s gym teacher is on duty. That was my fault there, even though this trip was quite a bit different from so many others. But it is sad, I think, that you’ve got to fly overseas today in order to bring back what has been thrown overboard by US carriers in terms of common sense, style, and service.
[From Huffington Post]
His story kind of resonated with me, to be honest. I’m not saying he was in the right by any means or that he shouldn’t have just given in. He should have, he knows the rules and everyone has to follow them. I fly a lot, though, and the flight attendants have the power to make or break your flight. So I don’t blame Alec for putting American Airlines on blast, especially if they treated him like that. Again, I’m not saying he should have stood his ground at all. He just should have put the phone away and tried to read a magazine or something. Everyone is supposed to put their devices away, even if they weren’t doing it at the time.
American Airlines has issued their own response to this story. They make the claim that Alec was abrasive, that he swore at the flight attendant, and that went to the bathroom and slammed the door while the seatbelt light was still on. Supposedly the cabin crew heard the door slam and got worried.
Since an extremely vocal customer has publicly identified himself as being removed from an American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Dec. 6, we have elected to provide the actual facts of the matter as well as the FAA regulations which American, and all airlines, must enforce. Cell phones and electronic devices are allowed to be used while the aircraft is at the gate and the door is open for boarding. When the door is closed for departure and the seat belt light is turned on, all cell phones and electronic devices must be turned off for taxi-out and take-off. This passenger declined to turn off his cell phone when asked to do so at the appropriate time. The passenger ultimately stood up (with the seat belt light still on for departure) and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory. He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding.
[From American Airlines via USA Today]
If both versions are correct – if Alec really was singled out by a nasty flight attendant and then he did respond like this – I get both sides. I would have acquiesced the first time, I would have turned my phone off and put it away and sat there seething wondering why everyone else got to use their phones while I didn’t. In my mind though, I would have stood my ground and told them all off, making a huge scene. Hell I’ve wanted to do that on plenty of flights in the past. As it is, both parties were in the wrong and a whole plane full of people with busy lives got inconvenienced. I hate flying.
After I wrote all that, I noticed that a flight attendant’s organization issued a response to Alec. It’s frankly pretty bitchy, but I guess he deserves it. The rudeness goes both ways on flights, as this story shows. If you think about how much it sucks to fly, it must suck even more to be a flight attendant.
hile I personally enjoy Words with Friends as much as anybody, passengers can continue to search for that double letter triple word score after takeoff. I?m sure people are used to Alec Baldwin and his expressions,? Julie Frederick from the Association of Professional Flight Attendants told RadarOnline.com.
?There is a difference between being funny and being mean,? she continued. ?Flight attendants have not been the only recipients of Alec Baldwin?s ill temper.
In 2007, a voice recording was released where Baldwin called his little daughter Ireland a ?rude, thoughtless little pig? for which he ultimately apologized.
Frederick expressed support for flight attendants and the difficult and sometimes lifesaving job they do. ?If Alec Baldwin needed emergency help on a flight then the ?retired Catholic school gym teachers? would save his life for another day of expressing himself,? she said.
[From Radar]
Here’s Alex at JFK on Tuesday after he took the next flight out of LAX. He’s also shown on 9/23 and 9/18. Credit: Fame
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| | Alec Baldwin Kicked Off American Airlines Flight | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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The 53-year-old “30 Rock” actor Alec Baldwin held up an entire plane full of people and was eventually kicked off his American Airlines flight yesterday after he refused to turn off his goddamn cellphone so he could play Words With Friends. Yeah, that’s right — fuck everybody else. They’re not on TV, are they? Us Magazine says:
Said managing director Michael J. Wolf: “On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait.”
Baldwin’s early exit may have been due to his use of electronics. “The flight attendant on American reamed me out for playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving,” Baldwin tweeted. “No wonder American Air is bankrupt.”
Baldwin’s rep explained the ordeal, saying: “Alec was asked to leave the flight for playing Words with Friends while parked at the gate. He loves WWF so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it, but he has already boarded another AA flight.”
Wow… what a selfless display of holiday spirit right there. I thought you needed a vendetta against all the Whos down in Whoville to be that kind of Christmas asshole.
At LAX after being kicked off his flight yesterday:
PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures
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| | Alec Baldwin kicked off an American Airlines flight for playing a phone game | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hating on flight attendants is universal at this point, correct? Unless you?re Gerard Depardieu and you need to pee. But doesn?t everyone have a ?this flight attendant was the worst? story? Or am I about to be regaled with stories of your BFF, the stewardess, who would never say one harsh thing against a passenger? Whatever, I?ll say it: flight attendants are power-crazed jagoffs. And one of them just had a beef with Alec Baldwin. Apparently, Alec was on an American Airlines flight yesterday. And when I say ?on a flight? I mean ?sitting at the gate, waiting to take off.? The flight attendant told Alec to stop playing Words With Friends, and then Alec was escorted off the flight. Dramz?
American Airlines encourages its customers to “be themselves, nonstop” — unless that customer is Alec Baldwin.
The 53-year-old 30 Rock actor was kicked off his flight from L.A. Tuesday afternoon. Several passengers confirmed the news via Twitter moments as Baldwin was removed from the plane.
Said Activate founder and managing director Michael J. Wolf: “On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait.”
Baldwin’s early exit may have been due to his use of electronics. “The flight attendant on American reamed me out for playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving,” Baldwin tweeted. “No wonder American Air is bankrupt.”
“But, oddly, 30 Rock plays inflight on American,” Baldwin added. “The real way is United.”
Baldwin’s rep explained the ordeal to Us Weekly, saying: “Alec was asked to leave the flight for playing Words with Friends while parked at the gate. He loves WWF so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it, but he has already boarded another AA flight.”
[From Us Weekly]
TMZ reports that there was an additional confrontation after the flight attendant ?reamed? him for playing a game on his phone:
The last straw in the Alec Baldwin/American Airlines incident came when he “slammed” the bathroom door so loudly the captain of Flight 4 had to get involved … according to people on the plane.
We’re told Baldwin’s tweets about the incident are on point — flight attendants wanted him to shut off his cell phone in the middle of a game of “Words with Friends” … after the cabin door closed, but the plane remained at the gate.
But according to passengers … after the confrontation over his phone, Alec got up to go to the bathroom and angrily slammed the lavatory door. We’re told it was so loud the captain called back to flight attendants to find out what was happening.
That’s when the captain himself made the call to have Baldwin removed.
Sources close to Alec claim he did not slam the door, and only got up to get the flight attendant’s name so he could file a complaint — but because the fasten seat belt sign was on he was asked to leave the plane.
Alec boarded the next LAX-JFK flight — and we’re guessing he’s enjoying an intense match of ‘Words’ right now … at 40,000 feet.
[From TMZ]
Meh. It sounds everyone, from Alec to the flight attendant to the captain, were all asses, honestly. I?ll always believe that Alec Baldwin is an ass in real life, just like I?ll always believe that most flight attendants are power-crazed jagoffs. I don?t have a stereotype about plane captains, though. Mostly I just hope they aren?t drunk or asleep.
Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.
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| | Alec Baldwin Kicked Off American Airlines | | Added 12 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Another day, another celebrity being kicked off an airplane. This time it was Alec Baldwin and American Airlines. In a tweet, Alec alleges he was reamed for playing Words With Friends on his phone while the plane was still at the gate and then he was booted.
Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt Twitter
However, according to people on the plane, Alec was thrown off because he threw a hissy fit when flight attendants told him to shut off his phone in the middle of a Words With Friends game.
But according to passengers … after the confrontation over his phone, Alec got up to go to the bathroom and angrily slammed the lavatory door. We’re told it was so loud the captain called back to flight attendants to find out what was happening.
That’s when the captain himself made the call to have Baldwin removed. TMZ
After de-boarding, Alec stomped around the terminal and kicked a little girl’s stuffed animal in frustration. It wasn’t until he went to the bathroom to get the sand out of his vagina that he calmed down.
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| | Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin's "30 Rock" Workday | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Hard at work on location in New York City, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin were spotted at Columbus Circle today (November 30).
The ?30 Rock? costars filmed scenes on an outdoor set while fans and paparazzi looked on from afar.
New episodes of the hit NBC comedy will return in the New Year beginning Thursday, January 12th.
Meanwhile, ?30 Rock? Season Five recently received a four-star review from Us Weekly for its continual inventive showbiz satire.
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| | Alec Baldwin Walked Off His Emmy Skit | | Added 12 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Alec Baldwin, to play a fictional president of television, bowed out of the opening video for the Emmys last night when Fox cut a joke he made about Rupert Murdoch’s phone-hacking scandal.
Alec tweeted, “Fox did kill my NewsCorp hacking joke. Which sucks bc I think it would have made them look better. A little.”
A source close to Baldwin said the issue wasn’t the fact they cut the line but that it was done after he taped what he thought was a “cohesive bit” and that the editing would affect the pace and flow of the skit. Consequently, Leonard Nimoy replaced Alec and re-did the skit without the joke.
Baldwin added, “If I were enmeshed in a scandal where I hacked photos of families of innocent crime victims purely 4 profit, I’d want that 2 go away, 2.”
Fox claimed the joke was cut because they take the hacking allegations very seriously and didn’t want to look like they were making light of the situation.
Probably also because widdle Rupert Murdoch went “wah wah, tell that mean man to stop making fun of me on my own network or else I’m taking my ball and going home.”
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| | Demi Moore: Lotus Launch Party with Alec Baldwin | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Fresh off of celebrating her 48th birthday, Demi Moore had quite the busy day to end the week in Los Angeles, CA on Friday (November 12).
The "Ghost" actress first was spotted out with hubby Ashton Kutcher, as the couple walked separately while heading to a midday appointment at a local office complex.
Later in the day, Miss Moore changed up outfits as she headed off solo to a private residence to partake in a launch event for the new offerings from Lotus Cars.
Once inside, Demi quickly met up with "30 Rock" actor Alec Baldwin and his brother Stephen - with Alec playfully scooping her into the air while posing for pictures.
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