There has been a lot of emotion in my most recentposts. I thought it was time for a
change of pace. With that in mind,
today’s post is a list. Who doesn’t love a list? It’s easy to read,
straight to the point, and all the hip kids are making lists these days.
Today I’m going to share my top five celebrity BFFs. Admit it.
You’ve made this list in your head before. No, I’m not talking about “The List”. That’s different. We might share that on another day.
So, in no particular order, these are the five celebrities
who I wish were on my speed dial. If the
agents or publicists of these celebrities (or the lovely ladies themselves) are reading this, I promise that I’m
not a crazy stalker. I’d just love to
grab a cup of coffee with them someday.
Mindy Kaling
I just finished reading Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? It was a refreshing celebrity memoir. It’s almost an anti-memoir. She didn’t have a horrible childhood. She
hasn’t faced a life threatening disease.
She is, by her own admission, only marginally famous. It’s not the sort of thing that usually makes
for your typical memoir faire. But she
is funny. Kaling is funny in that
self-deprecating, sarcastic, down-to-earth way that makes me want to hang out
with her 24-7 and be her BFF. I get her
humor. I get the idea of working really
hard to accomplish your dreams and then feeling the joy when your efforts
come to fruition. I get feeling awkward
and out of place in childhood and then finally gaining some peace with your
body (flaws and all) in adulthood. I get
not being totally obsessed with fashion and appearance and trends but secretly
sopping up all the relationship, style, and beauty advice you can find from Glamour magazine. Did I mention I would love for her to be my
BFF?
I loved all of the mini essays in Hanging Out. Kaling’s style
varies throughout the book but the text flows easily and never feels
forced. Early in the book, Mindy says,
“this book will take you two days to read. If you’re reading this book every
night for months, something is not right.”
It’s true. I think it actually
took three days but Hanging Out was a
quick and enjoyable read. It is also
further proof that fame and fortune doesn’t ruin everyone. You can find success and still stay true to
your values, your friends, and your personality.
Reese Witherspoon
I’ve been watching Reese’s career since she was a young girl
in Man on the Moon. She is always so poised, so collected, and so
real.
In every interview I read, she seems like the down home girl who takes
the time to speak to everyone and would totally make sure you were on the
invite list for her next Oscar party.
You could say that it’s just because she’s playing the right characters
in the movies and I confuse her persona with Elle Woods or the cute fashion
designer in Sweet Home Alabama, but I
don’t think that’s true. I think she is
a true professional and a really good person.
Plus, she could totally play me in the movie version of Four Seasons for Charlotte. We just have to give her a brunette dye
job.
Felicity Huffman
We’ve already established that her Desperate Housewives
alter ego Lynette Scavo and I have been living parallel lives. Another thing that I love about Felicity is
her honesty. In the many interviews I
have read, she is honest about managing unrealistic ideals of beauty in
Hollywood as well as managing the expectations of parenthood. Felicity recently launched a new website
called What The Flicka and the posts
she and her fellow writers share give an honest, realistic, and often humorous
view of parenting and life. I get
that. We could totally dish over
coffee.
Drew Barrymore
I think my fascination with Drew is all because of ET. I loved this movie and related so well to the
character of Gertie because Drew and I are almost exactly the same age. I’ve watched her career boom and bust and
boom again. I have watched her deal with painful realities of drug and alcohol
abuse, troublesome relationships, and questionable career moves. I am amazed that she came out on the other
side, relatively unscathed. I always wanted to be the friend that she called
after her latest breakup with her boyfriend or crazy public meltdown. We could do yoga together and then sit in her
Zen garden drinking some chai. It could
totally happen. Drew is the “crazy
friend”; the one who always has a new hairstyle, piercing, or tattoo. You always want to have her at your dinner
parties because you know her stories will just be A-Ma-Zing!
Amy Poehler &
Tina Fey
I couldn’t decide between these two funny ladies so I think
I’ll label them 5A and 5B. I think Tina
and Amy are two of the most talented actresses to appear on SNL in the last
decade. Every time I turn around, they are
doing something to make me laugh. Like
Mindy Kaling, they have proven that you can be smart, funny, AND successful in
the entertainment world. People will
still laugh. Men will still love
you. PLUS, Tina and Amy have shown that
you can have both a family and a career.
I think we would have a lot to talk about and we would have a lot of
laughs.
So who is on your celebrity BFF list?