TEARING IT UP IN TINSELTOWN!

August 28, 2007

Darius Goes West opened at the Laemmle Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills on Friday, and there were nearly 200 tickets sold. William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman were in the house for the 8:00 show. In fact, the crowd cheered duirng Bill and Felicity's section of the film, which made us really proud! They LOVED the movie, and after the screening, Bill waited almost 20 minutes to congratulate Logan.

It was an awesome crowd all around, and another good-sized crowd showed up for the 10:00 PM show. The movie will play there through Thursday, and small (and incredibly enthusiastic) audiences continue to show up every night. Logan will be there for Q&As the entire run. Send your friends and family!

At the last minute, Barbara (Logan's mom) decided to make the trip to L.A. While there, DGW supporter and 13th crew member Margo Barbakow and her husband, Jeff (from Santa Barbara) put her up in their luxurious condo in West Hollywood. From the balcony, you could see the L.A. skyline and the house where "Entourage" is filmed! The Barbakows also treated everyone to dinner on Friday night before the premiere.

While in Los Angeles, Logan and Barbara had the chance to meet with "Team Darius/Hollywood": Julia Eisenman (our agent's assistant), Greg Schenz (our attorney), and Andy Behrman (our publicist). They are all amazing and are doing an awesome job representing DGW. Logan has been staying with Julia and Andy (who are also husband and wife) and their two beautiful daughters, Emma and Kate.

No Los Angeles Times article yet, but the piece is finished. We're just not sure when it will run, but we'll let you know as soon as we know something. On Friday night, the local ABC news channel in L.A. did show up and interview Logan outside the theater.

While in L.A., we also met long-time DGW supporter (and 13th crew member) Jeff Scheftel; DMDFund.org president Kyle Kyllan and his wife, Andy; and Lex Sidon, who has some amazing ideas for our new "Learn About It" program AND Darius's rap career. Details to come later.

We've posted some pictures from Hollywood. Be sure to check them out.

Also, the fundraising total in Sun Valley has now surpassed $40,000.

Know about it!