Ginny Diezel Studios

Well, ok – so it’s the end of February, we just finished up Valentine’s Day, and St. Patrick’s Day isn’t even here yet.  However, The LEAP Foundation’s fundraiser IS here!  This Saturday, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, you can enjoy food, music, and auctions to benefit Camp Max Straus locally, and micro lending to  female entrepreneurs in developing nations around the globe.  Please look at my previous posts – I am on a campaign to spread the word about my son’s beautiful fiancee, Joan, and her efforts, as part of the Foundation, to help others.  I am donating original, one-of-a-kind pieces to be auctioned off so that the Foundation may continue its philanthropic work.  Take a look at the Christmas and winter pieces!  And remember!  All of us can make a difference in our own communities.  It just takes a few people of like minds who are willing to work and give of themselves.  Imagine if each and every one of us did this!  What a wonderful world this would be!

It’s spooky, it’s scary, it’s downright thrilling!  These are my Halloween pieces which will be up for auction at The LEAP Foundation’s fundraiser this Saturday in Los Angeles at the House of Blues.  My past several posts have been about the foundation, its efforts, and the fundraiser, so check back through and find out all about this wonderful organization and its good works.  If you are in the Los Angeles area, you know what you can do – you can ATTEND!  If you are not in Los Angeles, you can DONATE!  Yeah!

If you read my previous blog entry, you will find out about The LEAP Foundation, and my connection to it.  I am donating holiday pieces – Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, to be auctioned off to benefit the philanthropic efforts of the Foundation.  Here’s a little peek at some of the bunnies going west to Los Angeles this week!  Be sure to read about LEAP, follow the links, and think about what you can do in your own communities!  And, of course, if you are in the Los Angeles area, by all means, go to the fundraiser on Saturday, February 28th at the House of Blues!

Well, no, not really.  But this is a post about this phrase!  As you regular readers know, my son lives in Los Angeles where he is a film editor.  He recently wrapped work on the film adaptation of the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife, which will be released in theaters later this year.  Last August into September, while on hiatus during re-shoots, Matthew, his boss Thom Noble, and Robert the director did the pilot for a new tv show which has its premiere tonight on the Fox network.  Check your local listings, as they say!  In the East and in the West, it airs at 9 pm, and is an interesting twist on solving crimes.  Observation of your body language is the name of this game!  Follow this link to get a little more info, and tune in tonight.  Look for Matt Diezel in the credits, which are at the end of the show and usually so small that only a ten-year-old or Superman can read them.  Anyway, he worked on it, and I saw the piece without commercials when we spent Christmas together!  Pretty cool stuff!  Enjoy!

Woo Hoo!  Tomorrow, Harry and I leave for Los Angeles, and a wonderful Christmas with our son, Matthew, and the beautiful woman in his life, Joan.  Matthew and Joan live in Los Angeles, and both work in the movie industry.   Joan just completed work on The Day the Earth Stood Still, so when you go to see it, stay for the credits.  Look for post production supervisor and the name Joan Kelley Bierman!  That’s our Joanie!  Matthew is working on The Time Traveler’s Wife, due out next year.  If you have seen either of the Scooby Doo films, Mission Impossible ll, The Lake House, The Out-of-Towners, Paulie, and the second Lord of the rings film, among other films, look for Matt Diezel in the credits…..  They are our Hollywood couple – they just roll their eyes when I laugh and tell them that.   Both are down-to-earth, very unassuming, lovely people.  Am I crazy about them, or what?   I wrote about them once before, but just in case you missed it, here’s a picture of them.  They are a handsome couple, aren’t they?  He’s 6’5″, and finally has stopped growing!

We will be in Los Angeles for a week, and I hope to blog while I am there, but in case I cannot figure out how to do that long distance, I want to wish all of you a joyous holiday season, filled with great memories.  I wish you happiness and peace and the good health to enjoy it, now and in the new year!

xoxo Ginny

Isn’t that intriguing?  For those of us of a certain age, reading or hearing those words will evoke memories of an old movie which was one of the first to remind us that the universe is filled with the unexpected, the unknown, and the undiscovered.  I can remember shuddering in my seat in the theater……..Fast forward, or perhaps not so fast forward………it is 2008, and the remake of this epic is in the works!  Due to be released in December of this year, it stars Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, and promises to be a nail biter for sure.  Just click on movie trailer and you can have a teensy peek at what the end of the year will bring!

Now, why would I be writing about this film?  Well, because of Joan Kelley Bierman, of course!  And who is Joan?  She is an accomplished professional in the realm of film; she is an intelligent and thoughtful woman; she is funny and insightful; AND she just happens to be the woman in my son’s life!  Yippee!  Joan and Matthew met while they were both working on the second Scooby Doo film – he in editing, and she as the post production supervisor.  The post person keeps the show going, makes sure the film is on time, on budget, in general – she does everything to pull the piece together.  It is a Herculean task, and believe me:  she is up to it!  Imagine balancing the deadlines for the score, the special effects, the screenings AND working with the stars, the producers, the editors, etc. etc. etc.  If you have seen Broken Arrow, Snow Dogs, Scooby Doo 2, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Dreamgirls, or Street Kings, you have seen Joan’s work!  What a woman!  And the very best part is that she is in love with my son, Matthew, and he with her.  She has brought so much to our lives as a family, and I am grateful every single day that a cartoon dog brought us all together!  Here is a picture of Matthew and Joan taken at a wedding we attended one year ago.  Are they the most adorable couple you’ve seen, or what?  Matthew, by the way, is tall – 6′ 5″ !  I love them dearly, and wanted to share them, my happiness, and Joan’s news with all of you!  Enjoy!

my own Hollywood couple

Woo Hoo!  As many of you know, my son, Matthew, is a film editor in Hollywood.  He has been there twelve years, and has had some wonderful opportunities to travel, meet interesting people, and work his butt off!  Little did I realize when he began his career that he would work an average of 60-70 hours a week, many weekends, and sometimes straight through for a year without a vacation.  if you have been to see The Out-of-Towners, Paulie, The Substitute, Booty Call, Mission Impossible 2, Price of Glory, Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo 2, Catwoman, Bad Santa, The Lake House, or Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers, you will have seen some of his work, mostly as an assistant editor, and occasionally as a visual effects editor.  His effects unit won an Emmy for the Sci-Fi Channel’s Dune mini series.  Am I a proud Mom, or what?????

He completed a film over one year ago, and it will be released on October 24.  The film stars Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada) as a counselor who is working with survivors of a plane crash, and discovers more than she bargained for.   Click on Passengers, and take a look!  AND, this is the first film for him to have an additional editor’s credit – a major step forward in his career!