Oh, Cintra, why aren't you writing a column in a big bucks shiny magazine? (Oh, right. Industry = Dead.) Your description of "The Player" party. "It was like doing mescaline while falling asleep under a copy of US Magazine." So good. The whole column, delicious.
Of course, you dated Jack Black. The tales you can tell. What I wouldn’t do to be on a bar stool listening to your stories.
The next best thing is reading them. You are an incredibly talented writer. You make story telling seem effortless. And we writers know, it’s far from effortless.
“Clapping” what a way to start my day. Loved this. I’m reading Massive Swelling right now, can’t believe how late to the Cintra game I am but so so lucky to be experiencing your voice right at this time!
recently realised Hoffman was character in "Almost Famous" that grounded that film in a way perhaps the Tom Cruise movie lacked of the latter i liked it not least for a line cradle-robbed here "Cintra Wilson you make me want to be a better writer...and fuck literature anyways..."
Boy, the idea of you and Jack Black paling around confirms for me that there really *is* an elect and it’s actually apparently meritocratic and y’all all find each other somehow and hang out!!! Wish y’all ruled the world but I’ll accept y’all ruling my personal culture as a better-than-expected outcome.
This is possibly my favourite CWFYP article so far only because, apart from being as brilliant and hilarious as always, it's crammed with references to people whose work I love. Black, Hoffman - both fabulous - Altman's The Player, etc. etc. Earlier today I was reading part of Richard E Grant's diary memoir for research, so slightly spooked, also! Top class gossip and a Jack Black jingle. Pure heaven.
"The female stars especially looked like cartoons of Betty Boop ...manhole cover...mescaline..." Is such a goddamn great passage, immediately sent it to a friend who worked celebrity-heavy events occasionally and felt pretty much the same; "They're like these weird mutants in person..."
I can think of no better combination of word and text than your painting of Hanumen and this story. (“Hanuman is worshipped for his unyielding devotion to Rama and is remembered for his selfless dedication to the God”—Thank you bbc.co. ). Jenny Holzer ain’t got nothing on you. Love this!❤️🔥
Oh man, how did I not know about you and JB! (Or did I and I just forgot?) As a longtime fan of you both, it makes so much sense. Years ago I spent a long day and night with JB and brother Kyle for a Spin article and got to see some of what you likely know and love (only I'm sure he was more "on" than the real dude). And I feel you on that scarring night in fame's epicenter, where every single face you see is in the A-list's top one-percent. I have no nostalgia for those nights. Lots of envy for the ringside PS Hoffman, which you render beautifully -- and what an effing shame.
Oh, Cintra, why aren't you writing a column in a big bucks shiny magazine? (Oh, right. Industry = Dead.) Your description of "The Player" party. "It was like doing mescaline while falling asleep under a copy of US Magazine." So good. The whole column, delicious.
ha i just quoted that
THank you dear Ms. Wadler!! So appreciated, coming from you.
Of course, you dated Jack Black. The tales you can tell. What I wouldn’t do to be on a bar stool listening to your stories.
The next best thing is reading them. You are an incredibly talented writer. You make story telling seem effortless. And we writers know, it’s far from effortless.
Awww thank you so much. I’ve been slaving away for 37 years trying to make it look easy!
“Clapping” what a way to start my day. Loved this. I’m reading Massive Swelling right now, can’t believe how late to the Cintra game I am but so so lucky to be experiencing your voice right at this time!
WELCOME Miss Vanessa! Thanks for reading!!
I admire your restraint. If I had dated Jack Black I would name the whole goddam Substack after it.
PS just one of the many, many reasons Jack Black will never date me
recently realised Hoffman was character in "Almost Famous" that grounded that film in a way perhaps the Tom Cruise movie lacked of the latter i liked it not least for a line cradle-robbed here "Cintra Wilson you make me want to be a better writer...and fuck literature anyways..."
Boy, the idea of you and Jack Black paling around confirms for me that there really *is* an elect and it’s actually apparently meritocratic and y’all all find each other somehow and hang out!!! Wish y’all ruled the world but I’ll accept y’all ruling my personal culture as a better-than-expected outcome.
This is possibly my favourite CWFYP article so far only because, apart from being as brilliant and hilarious as always, it's crammed with references to people whose work I love. Black, Hoffman - both fabulous - Altman's The Player, etc. etc. Earlier today I was reading part of Richard E Grant's diary memoir for research, so slightly spooked, also! Top class gossip and a Jack Black jingle. Pure heaven.
Really enjoyed this piece. I've always loved Jack Black, so it's nice to hear that he is in fact the great guy I always assumed he was.
He really is a gentle and superior being.
Yes. Black is a fine comic actor. Hoffman ? More Capote than Capote. More Loman than salesman . More Talented than Nicholson. More addicted .. more …
I dont remember how Bob Roberts ended but Jack Black was the cutest goddamn baby fascist in history.
When you cried that night, after the party, was it like a mini midlife crisis (i.e., realizing a dream is dying, a path is no longer open to you)?
It was pure visceral pain. I realized it wasn’t my scene, and had always sort of hoped it would be.
I feel you. It’s tough, an awakening like that.
I love this so much <3
I have always wondered about the big-head thing. SO MANY STARS HAVE GIANT HEADS. And many, many of the women have teeny, tiny bodies.
What is it about the physics of light, lenses, and film/digital sensors that make the super skinny people with big heads look so good?
I like the "blow pop" appellation, I often call out the variation on that: the "3 balloons on a stick".
"The female stars especially looked like cartoons of Betty Boop ...manhole cover...mescaline..." Is such a goddamn great passage, immediately sent it to a friend who worked celebrity-heavy events occasionally and felt pretty much the same; "They're like these weird mutants in person..."
I can think of no better combination of word and text than your painting of Hanumen and this story. (“Hanuman is worshipped for his unyielding devotion to Rama and is remembered for his selfless dedication to the God”—Thank you bbc.co. ). Jenny Holzer ain’t got nothing on you. Love this!❤️🔥
Thank you GURL.
Oh man, how did I not know about you and JB! (Or did I and I just forgot?) As a longtime fan of you both, it makes so much sense. Years ago I spent a long day and night with JB and brother Kyle for a Spin article and got to see some of what you likely know and love (only I'm sure he was more "on" than the real dude). And I feel you on that scarring night in fame's epicenter, where every single face you see is in the A-list's top one-percent. I have no nostalgia for those nights. Lots of envy for the ringside PS Hoffman, which you render beautifully -- and what an effing shame.
Hoffman was an amazing creature. Heroin is a hell of a drug.