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How to Make Friends and Beg for Extras!
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 15, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Toby Young's tome on Graydon Carter and life at Vanity Fair, How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, is hitting the big screen just like its female counterpart The Devil Wears Prada.
If you don't have a prior engagement and have fantasized about your 15 minutes seconds of fame blurry background screen-time, head over to Empire State Park tonight to be an extra. What have you got to lose, it's a beautiful night anyway! The movie folk encourage you to bring friends and a picnic blanket.
The film, to be released next year, stars Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Simon Pegg and The Dude himself Jeff Bridges, though there's no word on who will be at the filming tonight. There are some pics here and here of previous scenes being shot.
Click here for the enlarged flyer.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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