A few weeks ago, I sent a tweet to Domenick Lombardozzi (who was on The Wire and Breakout Kings, both of which I recommend, and Boardwalk Empire, which I have not watched yet but plan to) where I mentioned that I’d like to sit down and have a beer with him. He just seems like the kind of celebrity you can do that with and I’d definitely like to do that.
But that tweet got me thinking that maybe I’d also like to have beer with a few more celebrities. In fact, I’d like to have a whole dinner party filled with celebrities. I think it would be a) a fun experience; b) a reason to get all fancy dressed because I’d totally make it that kind of party; and c) it’d give me a quiet, brief moment of fame even though I have absolutely no desire to be famous.
While I have no idea what the menu would look like for my extravagant dinner party (and by extravagant, I mean in my backyard and with my husband barbecuing because that’s probably all we can afford and a black tie barbecue just smacks of class even though in reality, I’d not have it black tie and just make it backyard casual since I barely like putting on pants, let alone a fancy dress), I think I know who would be on the guest list.
Let me pause here and say I struggled with this list so, so much. I had about 6 iterations before I narrowed it down to this one and when I went back over it, I realized that there are a number of celebrities I want to meet because not only are they smart and entertaining, but they write. Apparently I’d like to surround myself with successful writers. Which makes total sense since, you know, that’s my dream and all. In fact, I thought about separating this list into two groups but the thought of even fictionally throwing two celebrity dinner parties makes me anxious so we’re just going to stick with one.
One notable absence–Matt Damon. I have had a thing for Matt Damon since I saw School Ties in the movie theater when I was in 10th grade and I have no desire to meet him because I’m 99% certain I’d act like an absolute asshole and be all self-conscious and ruin the whole party. So he has to stay away.
Okay, so now that we know Matt Damon won’t be there, let’s go through the rest of the guest list (for this party, I had one caveat: all the guests had to be alive. I could play the “if you could pick any celebrity, living or dead, to have at a party” game and I’d have people like Buddy Holly and Janis Joplin on the guest list)
- Judd Apatow
- Jason Segel
- Wentworth Miller
- John Krasinski
- Chris Pratt
- John Green
- Jimmy Fallon
- Kyle Chandler
- James Spader
- Jack Nicholson
- Kurt Sutter
- Aubrey Plaza
- Kat Dennings
- Amy Poehler
- Mindy Kaling
- Gillian Flynn
- Dolly Parton
- Queen Latifah
- Rainbow Rowell
- Anna Gunn
- Drew Barrymore
The first thing I noticed, besides the whole writer thing, is that I have a good portion of the cast of Parks and Rec on my list so maybe I should just say I won’t invite any of them and just pretend I have talent or a desire to be on TV and be an extra on the show instead. That would free up 3 spaces on the list. If I did that, I’d fill in Tina Fey, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Garner (who I didn’t really like until I saw Juno and then I found out how hard she campaigned to protect her kids from the paparazzi and now I have major respect for her).
The second thing I noticed is that everyone on the list has, in one way or another, made me laugh. Or cry. Or been in, or has written something, or done something off camera, that has made me feel all the feels. They’re people I want to sit down and talk to also, have you ever observed really smart and talented people talking to each other? I have and it is amazing. I feel like I could become so much better just from being at the party and watching what goes on.
And I’d have a really amazing photo wall when it’s over.
Would you guys host a celebrity dinner party? Who would you invite?
P.S. For the record, I’d totally take tons of pictures and Instagram the shit out of this kind of party which means that my face might be in a lot of places but I’d be okay with that since I’d be covered by lots of people better looking than me and probably just blend into the background.
I have no problem with that.
P.P.S. I’m totally starting a Pinterest board for this. I saw someone else do it and I think it’s a great idea. And you know I’m not above stealing copying a good idea.
With Kat Dennings and Amy Poehler there I would definitely come to your dinner party!
I’d have to invite Julia Roberts, Molly Ringwald, and at least one sexy guy. 🙂
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I think I’d like to have the whole cast of The Breakfast Club over for a party, too.
what a fun party, can i come? i would love to have a beer or cupcake with tina fey, she seems so fabulous. John Cusack would probably be on my list, but i’d just stare at him and not know what to say.. dolly parton and queen latifah would be so fun! oh and drew barrymore for sure, she is amazing!
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Of course you can come! John Cusack is a good person to add to the list. I enjoy him.
I love this idea! I definitely would invite a lot of the same people! It would be fascinating to just talk to them and listen to their thoughts and experiences!
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I agree. I’d love to talk to them about so many things.
Can I come? Then I’ll have one and you can come so that way we can get around the ones you couldn’t fit on your list.
I love this plan! Let’s work it out.
I’ve always loved Matt Damon! Glad to see Kyle there too of course, but I’d invite Connie Britton as well so they could tell me stories from the set. 🙂 I’d invite Taylor of course, and Tina, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Johnson (maybe we can jam?), Meryl Streep, Oprah (just cuz)…and I’m sure there are more people I’m forgetting!
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Connie is on the ever expanding list because mostly, I want her hair care secrets. Meryl Streep seems like she’d be fun. And Emma Thompson, too!
I think its smart you wouldn’t have Matt there since you wouldn’t be comfortable. I’ll invite him to my place instead. Okay? 🙂
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That’ll work for me 🙂
I love your list. My list, off the top of my head, would be very long, and also highlights some of our differences in fandom. Basically, I’d like to meet Joss Whedon, just about anyone who has worked with Whedon (NPH, Allison Hannigan, Felicia Day, and Nathan Fillion at the top of that list), the entire cast of Star Trek: Next Generation (Sir Patrick Stewart and Whil Wheaton at the top of that list), and Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly (both were on Dark Angel).
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Wil Wheaton would be a great person to have. I love his career and he’s so creative.
Such a great list. I would have to add Ryan Reynolds (drool) and Natalie Portman.
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Natalie Portman is a good one, too! Fun fact: both she and Judd Apatow graduated from the same high school as me so it’d be like a reunion of people who graduated at all different times but we’d totally have something to talk about!
Oh, I love this! Love thinking about it. Right now it would be the cast of The Blacklist. I want to have numerous celeb dinner parties.
I love tweeting celebs and getting responses or RT’s from them or a nice reply, which is a real bonus. Twitter is the bees knees and
I can’t get too wordy- which is good for me LOL! Suzanne Somers, Nancy Sinatra, Tracey Jackson, Sonia Choquette are a few. It’s great.
Have a beautiful week!
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It gives me the warm fuzzies when a celebrity tweets back, which Domenick Lombardozzi definitely did. It makes you feel like they actually appreciate you as a fan.
I don’t know who some of those celebrities are. I’ll have to look them up.
That’s totally cool that you saw a pattern with the guests you’d invite. I mean, you’d hope you have something in common when they came over for dinner, right? I’d totally want to meet Jennifer Garner, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake (but only if Fallon comes), Jennifer Lawrence, and Kristen Wigg and other female cast members of SNL.
I thought about Jennifer Lawrence. Maybe in the extended version!
You invited some awesome people. Jason Segel cracks me up.
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I love him so much!
I want to come!!!! Can I come? I would love to have some beers with the whole cast of The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. I can just see myself hanging out with all of them. Also, Justin Timberlake because, duh. And Jennifer Lawrence seems pretty cool. Ohhh and um Jessica Simpson. I want to ask her how I can start my fashion empire haha.
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The BBT cast is a good choice! Jason Segel was on HIMYM! And yes, you’re invited 🙂