Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Today's Blind Items - Kindness

Short, but good, and I think all of you will love how it just fits right in.

This must have happened about six months ago now. Chicago. In one corner you have a B list actor. Married. For now. A list name recognition. How about A+ name recognition. Anyway, our actor was in town doing some press, making some friends, drinking a little bit. Hey just because it is a kindness doesn't mean that it is going to be lovely dovey. He shouldn't, but he does. So, our actor befriended a few of the waitresses at this particular establishment. One of them came up to him and was talking about how some guy had ordered Cristal or something for his girlfriend for their six month anniversary or something and he then realized he had left his wallet at home. Our actor told the waitress to say that the manager had picked up the bill and our actor paid it. Our actor had such a good time doing that nice thing that he decided to pick up every tab in the place that night. He didn't announce it or scream it because then everyone would have just ordered and ordered. Instead, he spoke with the manager and as each person settled their bill they were told it was on the house and thanks for being such a good customer when instead each tab was actually paid for by the actor. Final bill? About $10,000. Plus tip. He is always a good tipper.

85 comments:

LRS said...

affleck!!

mooshki said...

Hee!!!

littlemanwhatnow said...

quit with the affleck crap already...it's so f*&^ing old.

kris said...

wow.

that stuff never happens to me...sniff...

what is eight past six? said...

HEE!

Did Ent do this just so we could stop guessing Affleck for every BI that comes after this?

If so I am sorry to inform him it probably will not work.

Jesse D said...

Aww, that's ok kris. Someone got his peepee in a knot today.

I have no guess. Scream - David Arquette? Huh. I'm terrible at these.

califblondy said...

Aw come on now, Ben is just a little joke and it is funny how often he fits the blinds. It's not an insult to minorities, homosexuals, or those who suffer from mental illness. It may piss off Jennifer, but who cares about her?

I hope this guy is in the reveals so I can start stalking him in bars.

Lil said...

Oh come on, it has to be Assfleck. It's everywhere how Jen's about to leave him. "Married...for now."

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Unknown said...

Bill Murray?

I said he was married at that point and he's a huge Chicago sports lover.

Unknown said...

IT said he was married. I hate that u can't edit - lol

Unknown said...

Actually, I take it back. The fact that Ent says that we'll all love how it "fits right in" must mean that he's finally giving us an Affleck blind. He even commented on yesterday's blind NOT being Affleck. So, Affleck it is.

califblondy said...

I think all of you will love how it just fits right in.


This is why I think it's Ben. Why would Ent say "it just fits right in"?

yourfaceisamess said...

Jerry Seinfeld!?? Bee Movie came out in Decemeber 2007....approx..6 months ago...

puka said...

Robert Downey Jr.

A Pimp Named DaveR said...

Sounds more like something Damon would do... but yeah, it could be Affleck.

sara said...

"fits right in"

shouldn't drink... but he does (went to rehab?)

Good tipper. I'm sure there's info out there on this.

AFFLECK.

CarolMR said...

Seinfeld fits, except that he hates alcohol.

jw12 said...

Has to be Ben...He's known for being a generous tipper.

*Miss_P* said...

Defo Ben Affleck

yourfaceisamess said...

"Short but good..." Devito!??

jlb said...

lol Wasn't there a blind some time ago about an actor pretty much supporting some strippers with his tips? I'm sure Ben was a big guess then as well.

Coco said...

No way it's Seinfeld.

Wouldn't Affleck be A List because of his Oscar?

irishstayc2 said...

October 11th 2007 Ben Affleck in Chicago for the opening of Gone Baby Gone,,, HEE!!!! Sooooo Affleck! FINALLY!

yourfaceisamess said...

Seinfeld I guess hates alcohol but I think he has shit tons more money than Ben Affleck.

Anonymous said...

Affleck is married, a good tipper, B list actor with definitely A+ name recognition.

If we didn't always guess Affleck, I would be guessing him here hands down.

Ben Affleck won The Chicago Film Critic's Award in 2007 Most Promising Filmmaker for directing "Gone Baby Gone". Ceremony was Jan 7, 2007, about six months ago . . .

Anonymous said...

GMTA Irish =)

Reese said...

I wouldn't be surprised if this one actually is Affleck. Good for him if it was. Whoever this guy is, I hope he is revealed in the big Fourth of July reveal; very much looking forward to that. Make it huge, Enty!

Unknown said...

Love the hints:

1. fits right in.
2. Married. For now.
3. A+ name recognition.
4. ...drinking a little bit. ... He shouldn't, but he does.
5. ...befriended a few of the waitresses...
6. ...always a good tipper.


BEN AFFLECK!!

CarolMR said...

Does Ben have that much money to throw around?

Mother Campfire said...

Maybe it's Dustin Hoffman since he's right on top?

parissucksliterally said...

acetomato77, it is 200EIGHT. Your suggestion is a year and a half ago.

mags said...

I'm going with Affleck.

BEN AFFLECK
winner of Best Celebrity Tourist in the Reader's poll.


Everybody knows the personable actor as a silver screen heartthrob. But to legions of Las Vegas casino workers, he's known as something else: a fun-loving guy and a big tipper. During the past 2-1/2 years, Affleck reportedly twice doled out about $150,000 in tips after big wins at the Hard Rock Hotel. We figure that must have had something to do with Affleck's second-straight, and decisive, win over George Clooney. Compare and contrast with ...

That bit was a few years ago. I haven't read anything different.

Brenda22 said...

I thought of Affleck immediately.

There was another kindness blind that ENT eventually revealed about Ben helping someone who was stranded on the freeway or something. He seems like the type of person who would do this.

yourfaceisamess said...

Nicolas Cage...

National Treasure release was 12/21/07.

But you guys love Affleck... and you sound right.

Ruse said...

Wasn't Affleck the subject of a kindness BI reveal wherein he did the same type of thing? Helping stranded motorists, then paying for a hotel and dinner for them?

It's Affleck. Live it, love it, deal with it.

Anonymous said...

parisssucks, actually, since Gone Baby Gone came out last fall (2007), I think acetomato just had a typo in the date of the ceremony.

good research, ace.

RubyDust said...

How about Mel Gibson? Is he a big tipper?

kellygirl said...

Sean Penn

or

Robert Downey Jr

Murphy Brown 2020 said...

Oh my Goooodddd, you guys! I think it's Affleck, too. And I get so. freaking. annoyed when people always guess him, but yes, I think that whole "fit right in" thing is an obvious clue, and Enty is always making references to the Affleck's crumbling marriage.

Plus, Ben used to love Scores and other nudie bars, and he tipped the strippers a lot, didn't he? I mean, it's not as if I worked there or anything. But my Grandma had a bunch of old National Enquirers around, and I think that I remember reading about his status as a good tipper around the whole Bennifer Part One bustup.

He seems like a pretty salt-of-the earth dude, despite the shit that's constantly being bandied about when it comes to his rep. And he's rich enough to do this.

I've heard that Bill Murray is a gigantic dickhead in real life, and Jerry Seinfeld just kinda SEEMS like he'd be a non-generous choad.

mags said...

I think it was a typo on acetomato's part.

Here is a complete list of the winners of the 19th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony to be held on January 7, 2008.
http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php/index.php?view=article&catid=3%3Anewsflash&id=57%3ANo+Country+Best+Picture&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=65

jw12 said...

Can't be Cage b/c Lisa Marie said he was CHEAP.

AphraelDanae said...

I have no clue, but I have to say I'm really happy to see such a lovely 'Kindness' blind after the horrific blind from yesterday...

anna said...

aw, enty. you are too sweet, throwing us an affleck bone!

EgosRested said...

Christian Bale

what is eight past six? said...

Also wouldn't be Cage because Ent can't stand him, and I think Ent would alluded to that fact (like that time Eva Longoria was a kindness and he said something like it hurt him to even acknowledge the fact), and/or he would have gotten in a jab at Nic somewhere in the blind.

Mel Gibson is such an asshole that I'd never think to guess him. Wasn't he the BI answer (or the most popular guess for the blind) about the guy who liked to film most of his projects in certain countries because he didn't have to obey labor laws and could get away with making the people involved work 12+ hour days for next to nothing?

The thing with Ben is that he is known to bleed his money - besides being known to tip well, he loves to gamble and I remember when he was with JLo there was talk that she tried to put a curb on that (which is kind of ironic considering how much she just loves to spend), but it was difficult to impossible because her mo likes to gamble too, and they'd hit up the tables together. As a matter of fact, if he is actually any good at it, that may be why he does have some or most of the money he does. I'm purely speculating now.

I do seriously think this BI is Ben though.

lutefisk said...

Oh no! I went to the pediatrician and missed a REAL Affleck blind. That's it--I will never leave my house again. Next year my kids can take themselves for check ups.
So--we finally have one where Ben actually fits without a stretch. YAY!

OG Gossipmonger said...

man, do i even have to say it? AFFLECK, lovesit.

Winston Ono said...

I love that Ent plays along.

OG Gossipmonger said...

here in vegas awhile ago, ben won a bunch of money & tried to tip his cocktail waitress something like $20,000. Her boss was like "no, no, no, she can't keep that" but i guess Benny Boy said he would never come back if she couldn't have her money.

She got her money.

i think that was at mandalay bay if i remember correctly.

califblondy said...

Tell those kids to take the bus, Adrian. You've got better things to do.

I just love it when Ent plays along with us.

jw12 said...

eileen, me too

lutefisk said...

It's like hanging out with the popular kids over here!!

*girl said...

So not that we have a TRUE Affleck blind, does this mean that people can get off the A-train for awhile? Because while he does seem to fit almost anywhere, it is starting to get a touch old.

jw12 said...

Better Affleck than FIRST

OG Gossipmonger said...

ok, well now i can't seem to find anything about it. It was around the Good Will Hunting/Armageddon/Gwyneth days. Not the J.Lo days.

it was big big news here!!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

Hee, so Affleck! And I don't know why, but I have always liked him and Matt Damon, no matter the rap they seem to get in the tabloid press. There is something almost . . . normal about them.

I can't help it.

OG

Unknown said...

...and Mel Gibson's wife will never divorce him -- they're old-school Catholics, and if she was apt to divorce, she would have done so during his debacle.

lutefisk said...

Ben does seem so normal--that is what is so funny about him being guessed for every blind.
Except for the Bennifer years, he seems like an average guy who hit it big.

Unknown said...

Ashton Kutcher. See the random photo of Demi Moore and the comment about them never being seen together any more.

Unknown said...

Ben Affleck

Bingy's blog said...

Someone find out why Jennifer is leaving Ben then!

lutefisk said...

Maybe Jen thinks he is the answer to all the blinds, too. It would make me leave him.

Oy, this blog is having an affleckt on me.

OG Gossipmonger said...

adrian i LOVE your little picture!!! "taco flavored kissses for my bennnnnn!!!!"

Murphy Brown 2020 said...

"Oy, this blog is having an affleckt on me."

Oh, Adrian. All I can say is: you are a wordsmith, and I truly wish I had thought of it first.

lutefisk said...

gossipmonger---how funny is that episode?! I love South Park. I was actually going to use Butters, but to quote Ent, "it just fits right in".

RagDoll said...

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! ADRIAN!!! "affleckt"





Pure. Gold.

Unknown said...

I think Chicago is a clue. Richard Gere -- B list actor (I don't think he's anyone's top pick for movie's) but still A+ name rec.

Or Ben Affleck. sry

lutefisk said...

Any chance Ben Affleck might be a CDAN reader? I think we need to invite him to join us on Enty's facebook page.

brendalove@gmail.com said...

It it looks like an Affleck, smells like an Affleck, and quacks like an Affleck, must be an Affleck!

c17 said...

Ben Who-fleck?

LOL - just kidding! I like Ben...he was da BOMB in "Phantoms", yo! Plus, I actually LIKE "Jersey Girl" & he's 'sposed to be a pretty good guy in real life. So sue me.

One Stop Insanity said...

Ashton had a movie out around then. Maybe the "fits right in" is having to do with the comment ent did with Demi's pic today.

PotPourri said...

I always get pissed when people guess Affleck, but this is definitely him. B list actor, with A+ name recognition. If anything ever fit Affleck, it is this statement.

Joanna said...

Awww! For once it IS Ben Affleck! I guess we'll all have to find another running joke now. :)
Cute story, though. The guy needs to watch the booze since rehab, but he's always been a wonderful tipper in stories like these. Warms the heart, it does.

Anonymous said...

Back late - sorry my confusing post earlier - I've time traveled back to 2008 . . . using the Terminator method . . .

I shouldn't have a martini when I watch South Park.

PS Yay Ben Affleck. I love that guy.

woth dees said...

Robin Williams.

He's in the middle of a divorce, so he's married (for now).

secret_heckler said...

Definitely Ben...Married for now...and shouldn't be drinking.

Plus A+ recognition here.:)

mooshki said...

"...he was da BOMB in 'Phantoms', yo!"

Best. DVD commentary. EVER!

c17, I love you.

mooshki said...

Crazy Ted just outed their marital problems.

lutefisk said...

Mooshki, I hope none of us had anything to do with it. If it is true, that is a shame.

mooshki said...

I doubt it, Adrian. I don't think they've ever been completely solid - they've spent a lot of time apart since early on in the marriage. I think that even if they don't want to be married to each other anymore, they clearly are still friends, and great parents, so I don't think it'll be a tragedy if they split.

Unknown said...

Bill Murray....

Has many Chicago connections,
Ent said: "married. for now."
And we all know there's trouble
in the Murray household.

And Murray is a good tipper...

OG Gossipmonger said...

haha, the readers of cdan being be Ted Casablancas sources!!!!

how could we!?

lmfao @ "da bomb in phantoms"

& also, just to put it out there, i really like ben affleck. & jennifer garner as well. & i don't even have to mention the cuteness of violet.
here's the happy(?) fam damily from june 18:
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20080625/jennifer%20garner%20ben%20affleck%20june%2018/t/1banner.jpg
at least Jennifer & Violet look happy!!!

captivagrl said...

the best part of the story is that ben let the restaurant take the credit.

sam said...

i think it is Robin Williams! Short...but good....Robin is really short! i was in Bucktown, (trendy, artsy neighborhood in Chicago)shopping with my girlfriend when Robin Williams walked out of a bar right in front of us. he was was really cool and sweet to everybody. Just totally casual like he fit right in!

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