Randy Olsen Blog

It would be hard to count the number of Hollywood award shows and after parties I have attended, and been involved with, over the years.

The Golden Globes®, Academy Awards®, Directors Guild Awards®, Producers Guild Awards®, People's Choice®, American Music Awards®, Grammys®, Country Music Awards™, Emmys™, SAG Awards™,... have I forgotten any? Likely.

The most wonderful thing about all of these award shows, for me, are the parities that follow. This is were friends are made, conversations are spun, fun is had, and, most often, good food abounds! That's Jamie Lee Curtis' arm you see making rabbit ears behind Ellen's head, while we were all having fun at the Golden Globe Awards®.

I'm not sure I've ever sat all the way though any award show. Has anyone?
In fact I'm cretin I have not. The times when I was simply attending the show I've always managed to find an excuse to wonder into the lobby to chat, find my way back stage, or slip into the press room. But often I had the best excuse, I was busy producing the event or coordinating publicity.

These pictures show me and some of my award show night friends. Sometimes I was having fun, making sure things flowed smooth, or orchestrating the, crucial, publicity "moment".

GLODEN GLOBE statuette is copyrighted property of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association; and OSCAR® statuette is copyrighted property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences