Danny ChaiIt’s kind of weird to me how celebrities have normal Facebook accounts. Like a friend of mine is friends with Michael Phelps, and Phelps mentioned in an interview with Bob Costas that when he checked his Facebook account, he had a ton of friend requests. (SN. It kills me that even with his busy schedule, he made time to log on to Facebook.) In the latest 10 Things You Don’t Know About Women in Esquire, Debi Mazar also makes reference to Facebook also (referencing poking).
Anyway, Aaron Sorkin of A Few Good Men / West Wing fame is writing a movie about the founding of Facebook. I joined the group referenced in the article and the discussion boards are fascinating. First of all, getting his perspective on things is really interesting. Like, in response to a question about whether he watched West Wing after leaving, he says
When it was announced that Tommy and I were leaving The West Wing, I got a call from Larry David, whom I’d only met once and very briefly. Larry had left Seinfeld a few years before it went off the air and he said, “You can’t ever watch the show again. Either it’ll be good and you’ll be miserable or it’ll be less than good and you’ll be miserable. Either way you’ll be miserable, so you can’t watch the show.” I figured it was just Larry being Larry since he’s made an art form out of being miserable and so I watched the first 10 minutes of the first episode of Season 5. Larry was right. I never saw any more of Seasons 5 thru 7. I have no doubt they were outstanding.
What I find more interesting is his banter with friends, including Josh Malina (Will on West Wing). Again, it’s just kind of weird to think of celebs using Facebook the way we do. Looking at some of those celebs’ friends, and seeing who they’re friends with, especially other celebs, is also fascinating.
No real point to this entry, just that Us Weekly has it right I guess. Celebs: they’re just like us.