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Oct. 14th, 2005 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosHere's a good question -- how many degrees are YOU away from Kevin Bacon?
I'm three degress away:
1. Me to my mother
2. My mom to Betsy Palmer, who played the mom in Friday the 13th and bought a piece of art from my mom back in the late seventies
3. Betsy Palmer to Kevin Bacon
I'm three degress away:
1. Me to my mother
2. My mom to Betsy Palmer, who played the mom in Friday the 13th and bought a piece of art from my mom back in the late seventies
3. Betsy Palmer to Kevin Bacon
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Date: 2005-10-14 06:45 pm (UTC)1) Me to my boyfriend Dan
2) Dan to his former co-worker Jamie
3) Jamie to Kevin Bacon, when she served him a latte while working at a Starbucks in Boston.
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Date: 2005-10-14 06:47 pm (UTC)Me to Professor Stephen Hemenway at Hope College.
Doc Hemenway to Denis Leary (apparently they were alterboys at the same church)
Denis Leary was in Making of 'Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers', The (2004) with David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier was in Woodsman, The (2004) with Kevin Bacon
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Date: 2005-10-14 06:49 pm (UTC)I did a stage show with Patrick Wilson, who did phantom of the opera with Minnie Driver, who was in some movie of which I forget the name with Kevin Bacon.
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Date: 2005-10-14 06:54 pm (UTC)Me to Robyn Goodman (one of the producers of Avenue Q)
Robyn to Kevin Bacon (they were both in the play Flux off-Broadway in 1982)
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Date: 2005-10-14 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 06:56 pm (UTC)In 1997, I was a waitress, and I waited on Phish including, for the purposes of this exercise, Trey Anastasio.
Trey Anastasio was in All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! (2001) with B.B. King
B.B. King was in Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) with David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier was in Woodsman, The (2004) with Kevin Bacon
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:02 pm (UTC)1) Me to my aunt from Toledo, Ohio.
2) My aunt to Katie Holmes who babysat my cousins one summer.
3) Katie Holmes to Benjamin Bratt in Abandon (2002)
4) Benjamin Bratt to The Woodsman (2004) which starred - Kevin Bacon!
Frighteningly, this also makes me only 3 degrees away from Tom Cruise.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:04 pm (UTC)1. Me to my father.
2. My dad to Ronald Reagan (he interviewed Reagan before he was president)
3. Ronald Reagan to Eddie Albert (The Young Doctors)
4. Eddie Albert to Kevin Bacon (The Big Picture)
...that's... kind of frightening, now...
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:04 pm (UTC)I met Kevin Bacon & his wife Kyra Sedgwick at the Millerton Movie House. Both were very warm and friendly. At the same location, I've also met Liam Neeson & Nathasha Richardson, and Meryl Streep.
Connecticut & Upstate NY are a good place to spot celebrities, not nearly as good as NYC or Provincetown though.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:05 pm (UTC)2. He dates an actor.
3. He appeared in 'Six Degrees of Seperation' with Donald Sutherland.
4. He appeared in 'Animal House' with Kevin Bacon.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:09 pm (UTC)Jewel Kilcher was in Ride with the Devil (1999/I) with Tom Guiry
Tom Guiry was in Mystic River (2003) with Kevin Bacon
Three! hurrah.
I could also have gone Chris Rankin...which also would have been three via Gary Oldman. *shrug*
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:09 pm (UTC)2. Marg - William Petersen in CSI.
3. William Petersen - Kiefer Sutherland in Young Guns II
4. Kiefer - Kevin Bacon in Flatliners and A Few Good Men.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:18 pm (UTC)I lost my virginity to Kevin a few years ago when he was in Scotland researching a movie role that fell through*
*Not necessarily the truth
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:20 pm (UTC)1. Me to a friend from high school.
2. Him to his parents.
3. His parents to Tom Hanks, as they now live next to him in Sun Valley.
4. Tom Hanks to Kevin Bacon in Apollo 13.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:23 pm (UTC)Other option, still at four:
1. Me to any professor at my undergrad college that's taught there for at least 30 years.
2. Any of those professors to Armin Shimerman, as he taught drama there during that timeframe.
3. Armin Shimerman to Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hitcher).
4. Jennifer Jason Leigh to Kevin Bacon (In The Cut).
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:23 pm (UTC)2. Vegar Hoel to Iben Hjejle in movie: Monstertorsdag
3. Iben Hjejle to Catherine Zeta-Jones in movie: High Fidelity
4, Catherine Zeta-Jones to Brad Pitt in at least two movies (Sinbad the Sailor something...)
5. Brad Pitt to Kevin Bacon in Sleepers.
I think that's about as close as I'm going to get. Norwegian, Danish, Welsh and American actors involved. Small small world. I anticipated not finding anything.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:25 pm (UTC)1. Me to my sister
2. My sister is currently attending NYU directly with Mara Wilson.
3. Mara was in A Simple Wish with Kathleen Turner.
4. Kathleen was the voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins.
5. Bob was in Balto with Kevin Bacon!
Actually, that's just one of my trails. Can't seem to get it below five though.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:26 pm (UTC)And I'm trying to figure out a path from my old college classmate John Swasey, who was in Ray. Hmm.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:30 pm (UTC)2. John Waters to Micheal Shannon in Cecil B. Demented.
3. Michael Shannon to Kevin Bacon in The Woodsman.
What's even cooler about this, is that it puts me only *2* degrees away from Johnny Depp.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:31 pm (UTC)(I cheated, though.)
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:33 pm (UTC)Me to my parent's old lodger, Tom.
Tom to Brad Pitt, in Spy Games, in which he played some goon or other.
Brad Pitt to Kevin Bacon in Sleepers (1996)