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The Best of Hollywood
Monday, May 12, 2008

Ms. Hollywood D. Light

Time for more of that D. Liscious celebrity scoop! People are always asking me about meeting this or that famous person, what were they like, were they nice, who did you like the most? Etc., etc.

Well of course I haven’t met ALL the celebrities, however I decided to put all of my favorites right here in one column titled: The Good, the Bad…and the Ugly(?) You may ask, why ugly(?) (The question mark at the end is because after all, no one’s really ugly in LA!) Just like Santa knows who’s naughty and nice, well, Ms. D. Light knows a thing or two about some of these Hollywood types, so please read on…

The Good….

This category is all about being the nicest: in other words, the sweetest, most down-to-earth, most normal, most like a real person, most polite, most charming, most like someone you want to have as your friend, etc. And the winners in this category (of all the celebrities I’ve met, drum roll please…) are …Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) for the girls, and Tony Shalhoub for the guys. These are two of the nicest, most down-to-earth, most interested-in-what-I-had to-say celebrities I’ve ever met. In 2003 I spent a few days hangin’ out on the set of “Bringing Down the House” with the cast and crew including Queen Latifah. While there with my mother and my sister, Queen Latifah actually struck up a nice conversation with me when we met. She asked me questions like: “Where are you from? Are you enjoying yourself in LA? How about on set? What’s it like in Houston?”, etc. She even recognized me again and spoke to me FIRST when I later bumped into her about a year later outside the Four Seasons Hotel in LA. Boy, did she earn some major nice points for that!



Latifah, who is beautiful inside and out, will star in the upcoming “Secret Life of Bees”.

And Tony Shalhoub is perhaps the most laid-back and nicest male celebrity I have ever met. Come to think of it, he’s quite unpretentious and Monk-like in real life actually.



Shalhoub stars as an obsessive compulsive detective in

“Monk”, which he also produces. He also stars in the upcoming

movie “Careless”.

Tony talked about his family, all of his brothers and sisters (none are in the biz, just like my family, except my sis). He also spoke about what it was like to grow up in Greenbay; how excited he was to work on this particular project; and how nice it was to meet all these people who visit, etc., etc. He was so VERY nice, he was almost too nice. Well, you may hear a lot about typecasting, and it’s true; many actors do get typecast. Rule of thumb is: if they seem nice on screen, then they are usually nice in person. The opposite can be the case as well. Some actors just seem to get cast as the bad guys almost all the time, which brings me to my next category…
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Thanks for the great article! Queen Latifah is awesome! I loved her in "Last Holiday" and I am SO excited that "Secret Life Of Bees" is being turned into a movie! That is a wonderful book!
Andrea

Interesting article. It's nice to know that TS comes across as nice and down-to-earth, even off screen. But I wonder how his brother Michael will feel to find out that none of his brothers or sisters are in the 'biz.'

I always love hearing confirmation about how great a guy Tony is. And I like hearing how great Queen Latifah is too, I've always liked her.

Yeah, I thought a couple of Tony's brothers and sisters were in show biz, I knew Michael was in 2 Monks.

Yeaah I guess it's a very imporant reason why I like Tony Shalhoub so much And Micheal in those two Monks was really good - first time I saw him, I thought his hair was as same nice and curly as Monk's. Are there any other movies with Micheal Shalhoub?

Hi, new member here... just wondering, where can I find all personal info on Tony? I think he's adorable! (Thanks!)

Very interesting article. Thanks for confirming my thoughts that Tony is a nice guy.

yay! thanks for this. i knew tony was nice!!

Welcome to the board! There is tons of information and uptodate stuff, too on this board. One of our favorite posters is Bubba. He made this site: http://bridges-to-monk.page.tl/Home.htm
There is a great bio there and wonderful pics.

Odd that they say none of Tony's siblings are "in the biz". His brother Michael is an actor and he has a couple of sisters that are stage actors too.

Thank you Monkophile1! seems like a nice place to be so far... but I have so much to ask about Mr. Monk! LOL

I'm so pleased to read that Tony Shalhoub is as nice in person as we all believe he is. We are all disappointed so often by actors and actresses that we think we know just because we spend hours with them on our tube only to find out what train wrecks they are to their family, friends, and fans. Good for you, Tony!