From The Windsor Star (Ontario, Canada):
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/entertainment/story.html?id=80ae8b14-fa0a-4f5a-9bbd-d1e07021bd2c(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
TV stars whine & dine in anticipation of fall
Alex Strachan, Canwest News Service
Published: Saturday, July 26, 2008
[NOTE: Article is in regards to the TCA event in Beverly Hills, CA.]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -
**snippage**
B.C.'s Amanda Tapping, fresh off a plane from Vancouver and the set of
her new sci-fi thriller Sanctuary, chatted pleasantly with a coterie
of onlookers and well-wishers, before taking time to kibitz with a
reporter from home and comment about how weird it all seemed -- like a
Stargate-inspired out-of-body experience. Sure, Tapping said,
Vancouver is an industry town -- but nothing like this.
The so-called Oasis Fountain in the outdoor atrium of the Beverly
Hilton hotel was no longer a fountain on this cool, clear Southern
California evening, but rather a roundhouse bar, complete with
sparkling-clear champagne and wine glasses piled into neat, chest-high
pyramids while all around, whisky and tequila flowed freely. As
darkness fell, the bar became a sea of celebrities, all chattering
about their TV projects, trying to find safety in numbers, away from
the prying glare of the media, the paparazzi with their flashing bulbs
and hordes of reporters with their tape recorders.
**snippage**
Moments later, Tapping took a step away from it all, laughed easily
and said, "I find this bizarre. The whole --
bzzst-bzzst-bzzst-bzzst-bzzst!" -- she imitated the paparazzi with
their flashes and hyperactive motor drives -- "is weird. I don't mean
to kick the industry, but there's a crazy self-importance that I just
find bizarre. We're not saving people, we're not curing cancer. We're
making TV. Let's put it in perspective. We're really freaking lucky to
do what we do for a living, and get paid for it."
Spoken like a true Canadian, eh?
**snippage**
© The Windsor Star 2008
