ok , you know how this works list ten celebs you would love to have over to one of your very own swanky dinner parties , and why , for each individual or to explain the mix

Dig deep folks I know its going to be difficult for some of us , or perhaps dead easy , who knows ? So go on , from the current batch of Telly , film and music celebs choose your dinner guests.


And just for a bit of naughty fun , name five who are not invited , absolutely blacklisted from your home and definitely why in this case.

Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Steve Coogan, Cate Blanchett, Robin Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Mo Collins, Christopher Guest, David Lynch, Jeff Garlin, Sarah Silverman, Dave Chapelle, Illeana Douglas, the cast of RENO 911!, Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Vanessa Redgrave, John Cleese. Can you imagine the hijinks that would ensue??

As you can see, I love funny people...


Blacklisted? Silverman would be the only one permittted in under the age of 30. No twinkies or "flavors of the month", or people simply "famous for being famous".

George Clooney
Michael Phelps
Jason Bateman
Lewis Black
David Schwimmer
Seth MacFarlane
Jim Bouton
Derek Jeter
Trey Parker
Matt Stone

Blacklisted: All women but me. Hey, it's my fantasy.

Ok Mrs V - had a good think and this is my party -

Invited - Jean Reno - I know he is not cinema handsome but I love him and try to see all his movies.

Queen Latifah - love her and most of her movies

Valentino - I think he would have great fashion gossip and I could talk Pug dogs all night with him

Bridget Bardot - I love her, she has kept the faith to her animal commitment for years.

Martin Short - Whats happened to this funny guy? Love to see him in more movies!

Liz Taylor - After a couple of drinkies I think she would tell some rippa stories!

Joan Plowright - One of the greats in British cinema - can do comedy and drama and would be a good backup to Liz

Dustin Hoffman - because he is so great and rather excentric!

Mercedes Ruehl - another missing in the movies and that gruff voice of hers is fab!

Peter Riegert - ditto - why not in more movies? Loved him in Local Hero and you see him now and then in "bit parts" Shame! Would like to get to know him better.

OK - now the ones NOT invited-
Nicole Kidman - that gigglely guerty act and the round shoulders drive me NUTS!

Keith Kidman - her weedy other half - get a shave and a wash will ya!

Tom Cruise - because he is NUTS.

Angelina Jolie and Brad the Pitts - sick of both of them!

There you go Mrs V - Ooooh , I think I hear the dinner gong!

Fun, Mrs. V!

Helen Mirren
Emma Thompson
David Sedaris
Larry David
Jean Claude Ellena
Fran Lebowitz
Gabriel Byrne
Nigella Lawson
Meryl Streep
Ellen Degeneres

Blacklisted:
I'm with Lady Jicky -- no Tom Cruise, too crazy
Naomi Campbell, too angry
Rachael Ray, too yappy
The Hilton sisters -- no comment

Still working on me list gang , see Besotted posted Emma on her list , she is on my list too. Here is the rub , most of my list are classmites of Ms Thompsons and I got to thinking this gang could be too much of a good thing if ya catch my drift

Fun! Here's my list:

Sting (He's been my #1 cruch since I was about eight)
Gene Wilder (my all-time favorite comic actor)
Christine Baranski (she can sing, she can dance, and she's funy!)
John Legend (He's sooooo sexy)
Eddie Vedder (My husband would divorce me if I didn't invite him)
Carole Burnett (funniest woman that ever lived IMO)
The Coen brothers (I love all of their movies)
Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi (if they came as The Dude, Walter and Donnie from the Big Lebowski)
Richard Russo (my favorite writer)

Blacklisted:
Jessica Simpson
The Hilton sisters
Jessica Alba
Any other over-hyped, over-exposed, under-talented Hollywood-type I can think of

-Noelle

OK, I'd have a cocktail party first and invite the first shift, which would include:

Salman Rushdie
Michael Kitchen
Annie Dillard
Kazuo Ishiguro
Yo-Yo Ma
Hugh Laurie
Emma Thompson
Andrea Martin
John Cleese
Meryl Streep

Then, later in the evening, I'd say goodbye to Mr. Rushdie, Annie Dillard, and Ishiguro (and maybe Yo-Yo Ma and Michael Kitchen), and the mood would lighten up for dinner. Dinner would include:

Hugh Laurie
Stephen Fry
Emma Thompson
Andrea Martin
John Cleese
Meryl Streep
Jennifer Coolidge
Michael Palin
Catherine O'Hara
Christopher Guest

... a blend of some of my favorite British and American humor. No idea how well they'd play with each other, but it would be fun to watch.

Dream dinner party? Perhaps not, but good for a laugh. I'm gonna invite the cast & directors of "Burn After Reading". It's a Coen bros movie which comes out on Sept.12th. Cain't hardly wait to see it.

So that'll be...

George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Frances McDormand
John Malkovich
Tilda Swinton
J.K.Simmons
Richard Jenkins
David Rasche
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen

Some smart, funny, and strange people on this list. Should be interesting...

Firstly I am going to invite Mr and Mrs Twitchly , as they seem to move in much the same circles and have managed to pinch most of my guestlist .........

Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Dennis Leary
Terry Jones
John Cleese
Emma Thompson
Rowan Atkinson
Scott Thompson
Geoffrey Rush
Naveen Andrews

*and if any of the above decline Eric Idle , Micheal Palin , Dan Akroyd , Johnny Depp, Clive Anderson , Tony Slattery, John Sessions and George Cloony are getting invited

My original list and my reserve list invites are all based on one or more of the following requirements: comedic genius , brilliant acting , can spin a great yarn , can do improv OR sheer hotness ... you do the math


Who is not invited ? the Hilton ladies , Jennifer Lopez ( unfunny and a creepy vibe)

OK. With a little thought given to my pool-side dinner party:

Hugh Jackman (with facial hair) - accent, twinkle in his eyes, and sitting to my right.
Jennifer Coolidge - she just makes me laugh. Effortlessly. There's something appealing about her.
Dawn French - Jennifer Saunders' biz/comedy partner. I love her in The Vicar of Dibley.
Rosalind Russell - She had a verve and approach to life that were second to none.
Cary Grant - does anything else need said? And sitting to my left.
Bette Davis - just because she would have to have some of the best stories (along with Mr. Grant) to tell.
Lucille Ball (the 1950s version) - brilliant, funny, beautiful.
Desi Arnaz (the 1950s version) - my first crush.
Anita O'Day - I saw her perform in the 70s. She led (and survived) quite a life. Especially for a woman in the 40s and 50s. And her voice! Oh.
Francis X. Bushman - Because anyone who can say "My God, look at that! I'm putting all my emotion into my chin!" and mean it, is worth having at a party.


Not invited. In fact so uninvited that ninja bouncers were hired to be sure they never get in and the phone number was changed three times:

Adam Sandler - that voice.
Carrot Top - unfunny, unattractive, and skin that is oilier than the greasepit at a Jiffy Lube.
Woody Allen - too annoying and self-involved. Comb your hair and get some contacts for goodnes sake.
Tom Cruise - needs to change that last name to Crazee.
Dane Cook - nope, not funny and not nearly as pretty as he thinks. Excessive forces is permitted to keep him (and Carrot Top) out.

I find that any more than six, you find that the group fragments into side conversations, and I as I prefer an intimate dinner, I'd just invite the people I admire most, famous people, though perhaps not exactly celebrities. I have a personal loathing for celebrities, I know it's not a common sentiment, that Hollywood is the myth-making instinct turned into a business, etc., etc., but all the same there are very few I'd care to meet. I'm not saying that there aren't talented individuals utterly without substance, certainly I could never act or sing, but rather I simply feel there are more rare and admirable talents, such as intelligence and compassion.

So:
Isaac Newton (personal hero, I figure he'd make rather a terrible dinner guest, but whatever)
Diana Vreeland
Bob Dylan
Bette Davis
Malcom X

I'd have a fancy dress themed dinner party, and we would all have to dress up....preferably as animals, for fun.
Marco Pierre White (delicious! and of course, he would help out with the cooking)
Liza Minnelli (love her)
Issy Blow (she was a friend, always looked amazing and I miss her uniqueness.....)
Tracy Emin (great character...no messing with her!)
Salvador Dali and his wife Gala (to keep Tracy busy)
Steven Fry (for the conversation, hoping he's not depressed that night!)
Serge Gainsbourg (so he can make sure our glasses are filled with excellent bordeaux all night)
Johnny Depp (just because I want to look at him all night)
Boris Johnson (nutter and eccentric...fun)
George Clooney (because I want to look at him all night too and discuss pot bellied piggies)
Tom Jones (so he can get after dinner dancing on the tables going)
I'd also have a sprinking of my best friends, all fab people - to intersperse with the celebs.

Quite a decadent bunch when I look at them, but hey....they'd sure make for a cool party!

Banned? Anyone who has ever had anything to do with a reality tv show, regards watching tv as their favourite passtime, or has never travelled outside their own country.
MB

Mark Twain (cause he was the most funny, fair and brilliant person the world had ever known imo)
Leonard Cohen (cause I just love him to death)
Bill Evans (I'd have given anything to see and hear him play live)
Robin Williams (saw him in a resturant dining with several other people and he seemed so sweet and of course funny. Also has the best manners.)
my Mom ( she was the best dinner guest there ever was and she'd love everyone else at the table)

I thought the rules were that it had to be people currently famous and still living. Because I gave my "all history dinner party list" here:

http://perfumeoflife.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=378291

We'll only invite living people, yes?

Mark Steyn - Canadian dj, newspaper columnist
John Waters - film director
Ohad Naharin - choreographer
Digby Anderson - priest, food writer
Anthony Daniels - writer, doctor
James Levine- conductor
Philippe Petit - tightrope walker
Russell Baker - writer, TV host
Keely Smith - singer
Sandra Tsing Loh - writer
Judith Martin -writer
Carla Bruni - first lady, folk singer

Oh good! I can't wait to finally try your fabulous cooking.

Chenas wins the most obscure award. I'm off to look up Digby Anderson (a priest *and* a food writer, what a great combo).

I thought of Bette Davis, also. I just haven't made a complete list. If Bette was at the party I would add her best friend Olivia de Havilland, her enemy Joan Crawford, and Joan's best friend Barbara Stanwyck, and Joan's enemy Norma Shearer. Actually I don't like conflict and confrontation of any kind in real life, but...wouldn't this set up be interesting?

Not a celebrity, but I'd be happy if Barack and Michelle Obama came to dinner.

Dinner Party from Hell:

Brittany Spears
Jessica Simpson
Mel Gibson
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Paris Hilton
Nicole Ritchie
Gilbert Gottfried
Ryan Seacrest
Simon Cowell
Paula Abdul
Mario Lopez
Jennifer Anniston
John Mayer
Everyone that appears on all of those DUMB reality series on the Bravo Channel:Top Chef, Project Runaway, Top Design, The Real Housewives of Whatever City They Are in This Time, Sheer Genius, Flipping Out, Million Dollar Listing, My Life on the D-Life with Kathy Griffin, all of them!!!
and
Amy Winehouse

These would be definite people I would NOT want to sit at with at a dinner table.

[quote name='Rufus T. Firefly' post='399756' date='Aug 28 2008, 07:28 PM']Dinner Party from Hell:

Brittany Spears
Jessica Simpson
Mel Gibson
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Paris Hilton
Nicole Ritchie
Gilbert Gottfried
Ryan Seacrest
Simon Cowell
Paula Abdul
Mario Lopez
Jennifer Anniston
John Mayer
Everyone that appears on all of those DUMB reality series on the Bravo Channel:Top Chef, Project Runaway, Top Design, The Real Housewives of Whatever City They Are in This Time, Sheer Genius, Flipping Out, Million Dollar Listing, My Life on the D-Life with Kathy Griffin, all of them!!!
and

Amy Winehouse


Mando , I need a bouncer for my partay , and I have been thinking ...

Thanks for bringing him up, Rufus. I can't stand him! Is it just me, or does he look like a "player"? I never could stand that kind of guy.
And he's got shifty eyes.

I do not see what others (women, anybody really) see in this dude? What's the allure? I don't think he's all that talented. But I guess what I think is good is considered way too avante garde or just bad taste(?!!!) LOL!!

Just to let y'all know - John Mayer and I will be crashing all your dinner parties dressed as waiters heh heh heh .. then we're going to sneak into your bedrooms and smell all your perfumes!

The rumor in Hollywood is that he has a very big...um...guitar.

Some folks always do seem to go for "ahem.... big guitars"... LOL!!!

Is "guitar" a euphemism for "ego?"

Could be... LOL!!

He sure does have a huge ego. I just do not get this guy at all. Just like Amy Winehouse. I won't go on a rant about her.... not worth it.

No cause then Jen would be stroking his..um ego.

I think John Mayer is a tired Dave Matthews wannabe, and Dave is tired all of his own. JM's music is mind-numbing. It doesn't even get your feet tapping because he drags the tempo down so he can do all his "jamming" on the guitar. Ugh.

Bjork
Johnny Greenwood (of Radiohead, composer of There Will Be Blood movie score)
Michel Gondry (movie director, already friends with Bjork)
PJ Harvey
Patrick Wolf (pop-ish musician in england)
Arvo Part (composer)
Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club)
Christopher Nolan (film director)
James McAvoy (for eye candy and ear candy)
Joshua Bell (violinist)

Blacklisted: Andrew Lloyd Weber

edited to add - can I cheat an arrange Alice Waters to cater the entire evening?

Laemco, I hope you and your mom don't mind but I think my two guests and I are crashing your party!

I'd love to have dinner with Twain and Cohen in particular.

My two guests are deceased but this is a fantasy, right?

Elvis Presley because he is my favourite vocalist ever and was so very beautiful looking.

And Richard Burton because from what I have read he was very bright, interesting and his voice was so breathtaking.