Storytime with That’s Normal: The LA Divergent Premiere
I flew out to LA on my normal (I can call it that when it’s the 4th time I’ve flown it in the last 3 months) flight and spent the day with Nikki’s family. And by that I mean this guy:
It would have been a Four pillow since it WAS Divergent weekend, but that was being dry cleaned. The next day Nikki ditched me for some QT with the BF (Last time I take HER to Comic Con) so we parted ways and I spent the day catching up with some friends I never get to see when I visit.
A bunch of other stuff happened including some late night visits from inebriated friends, suburban steak dinners with favorites, coffee at our favorite spot where we had ZERO KStew sightings and #wine and that brings us to Tuesday night- The Divergent Premiere.
I could give you a play by play of what we did, who we saw and how bad our feet hurt (actually not at all because by now we’ve learned to wear FLATS the majority of the time and only bring heels for fun/pictures), but I’d rather just tell you stories in the form of awards. So here are the That’s Normal Awards for……
Biggest Bitch of the night
Presented to the photographer in front of us waiting for press check in. This glorified paparazzi decided to turn around to the group we were with and ask, “Are you FANs or media?” Maybe she wondered after overhearing me asking someone to undress the Four doll. Real quick shout out to Amie who handled the whole thing really well, despite the woman flipping us off when she got through check in. Real mature “media” lady! I dunno.. Maybe someone else sold their picture of Paris Hilton picking a wedgy and didn’t buy hers so she was extra cranky.
Person who walked the red carpet the most
This one definitely goes to Jaden Smith who walked up and down the red carpet no less than 8 times. He also gets the award for the person who brought the biggest gaggle of small screaming white boys.
Creepiest Security Guard
The guy guarding the front of the line by the theaters:
Because when I flashed my badge on my way back from the bathroom at Starbucks and said “I”m press,” he responded, “Oh girl, I KNOW who you are” while staring at my ass… *shudders*
Best place to pee
Starbucks. Thanks to Starbucks for letting us pee whether in NYC in the middle of a downpour, down the street from my office when I can’t make it 5 more minutes and the one near the red carpet. Props to you always.
Cute guy who we didn’t know
This guy:
We think he’s from the show Starcrossed but honestly have no idea. If we interviewed him (and it’s possible- we did a Scandal interview and have never seen the show) we probably “forgot” to turn the camera on. Oops
Best Interview of the Night
Hands down was with Ryan Guzman and had absolutely NOTHING to do with Divergent. Ryan is adorable, super nice, has an amazing body and is in all the Step Up dance movies (Oh you KNOW you’ve accidentally watched 1-2 of those like we have)
When we saw him coming over to us we decided we had to challenge him to a dance off (you REALLY wan to know what was in our water bottles, huh?)
Also.. I’m not imagining he’s totally in love with Nikki, am I?
Best smelling breath
Theo James. Okay we didn’t smell it, but we would’ve known if it was bad. TRUST ME. We were approx 8 inches from his face. I’m not sure if we were being creepy & just excitedly crowded him (though he was leaning over the fence a bit too.) Whatever happened resulted in what we will henceforth refer to as “Close ups with Theo James.”
Real quick Award for the biggest male Theo James fan at the premiere
For real though, we def stood closer to him than anyone else. I think this story is less me just trying to rub that in your face and more the reality of the end of the night, when the last person and biggest star is being hoarded down the carpet like cattle and the excitement level triples. You do what you gotta do. And in this case, taking away Theo’s personal space was on the agenda. Don’t miss our Theo interview mmkay?
Biggest Rob Pattinson look alike
Miles Teller who won best dressed-male for me HANDS DOWN. The kid (who I normally equate to that good-looking guy from the baseball team in high school who is still a townie 15 years later with a couple kids a a lot less hair) looked amaaazzzzing. That green was working for him. We were disappointed we didn’t get to talk to him (he’s the only one we really missed!) because we actually had a bunch of questions for him that were FUN and interesting. Don’t worry- we’ll use them eventually. They had nothing to do with Divergent. Obviously.
Best question we didn’t get to ask
“What’s your biggest landscaping fear?” Just a little play on the question they are alll tired of answering (“what’s in your fear landscape”)
Best fandom Collision(s)
Outlander meets Divergent (meets Twilight)
Because we brought Pocket Jamie Fraser (duh) and Pocket Edward Cullen and did some real quick photo-shoots
Biggest Divergent fans
Definitely these guys standing across from our spot on the carpet:
We have NO idea who they were. But they were two older dudes, not with any kids, in suits, on their phones from time to time, who legitimately looked like they were having a good time.
Fav place for an after red carpet snack & #wine duh
BJ’s Pizza and Grill which has big windows where you can sit and wait for the cast to leave the theater to get driven over the party if you eat/rest your feet long enough. The cars park right outside of the restaurant.
Fun fact: we saw the cast of Twilight getting ushered to their limos back in 2009 after eating with our friends. If you’re not afraid of 2nd hand embarrassment (I am) you can watch this video shot there
That ass
Kate Winslet
DAMN GIRL. GET IT GIRL
She looked gorgeous in the 3 seconds we saw her whisked by. Obviously she was anxious to get into the theatre to watch the movie.
*JK guys. She totally went home to breastfeed. So we’re guessing. Or she went home to think about the sex scenes she once had with Leo DiCaprio. Which is what I’d do with my spare time if I were her.
Best Valley Girl accent
Ray Stevenson. DUDE
This guy was awesome. I had a hard time hating his character (Four’s dad Marcus Eaton) in the movie because I liked the real guy so much.
Total silver fox amiright?
Biggest Change from July to now
Veronica Roth— She was pretty nervous when we interviewed her at Comic Con but she rocked the red carpet last week. She was confident, looked gorgeous and ever bit the deserving author-star she is. It was great to see her that way! Here is our interview with Veronica
Dated the guy with the biggest ….
Zoe Kravitz cuz she dated Michael Fassbender. (Guys I’ve never seen Shame so I just googled it….Um, wow. Okay. Good job Michael for.. all that..) And yes this was just an excuse to post this picture of Zoe because I couldn’t think of another award. But congrats girl:
Nicest Olympian we’ve ever met
This guy:
Yeah, we’re not sure why he was there either, what he name is and what sport he plays, but we DO know it’s a winter sport and he won that medal (is it gold?) in Sochi. #bestcorrespondantsever
Most Obnoxious laugh from a TN interviewer
Bekah when interviewing Christian Madsen (around 1:26)
Best Red Carpet buddies Ever
These guys:
Of course that’s our BFFs Erin & Elena from Fangirlish and new to the party Melissa (in front with my claw) from Fanspired
We were sad when Andrew from Hypable ditched us, but he sent Kyle instead and we quickly fell in love.
And of course it’s us, partners in crime forever. When she blanks on a question, I step right in. When I refuse to do a dance off with a guy from a movie series that just won’t quit, she steps up to the task. This is the girl you want in your red carpet corner. And not just because she lets you borrow her flats when you forget yours across the country. X
And that’s it! And it MIGHT actually wrap our coverage of Divergent. No promises, but maybe. PS: did you hear Insurgent was greenlit? Yay! That means Allegiant might get made and I may stop hating it!
