We "Trust" You Will Like This.

We would like to say a very special thank you to Lorraine Ali of

The Los Angeles Times for a well-researched, intelligent, thoughtful, and Fun interview. What a pleasure!

The video is twenty-nine minutes long and will not fit here and we want you to enjoy it in its entirety, so please go to YouTube to watch it and comment and we will read your comments there.

We hope they will be the antithesis of the Aol Build interview comments from last year, because as you will see,

Brendan is neither "sad," "poor", "defeated", "a husk of his former self" nor "depressed", etc.

What a difference seventeen months makes? (or was it simply a professional interviewer who knows how to do her job, and a much more comfortable seat! (DEFINITELY !!!)

Here's the link (if you trust those things) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwZAyk-UfHk

Otherwise, the title is -As J. Paul Getty's "handyman", Brendan Fraser builds "Trust" with the audience.

TheChamCham😉👍and Tess🌷

OUR FAVORITE PICTURES FROM THE BROOKS BROTHERS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION !!!

         Now this is a happy guy !!! 
                 

Always great to see somebody keeping the Marcia Brady thumb dance alive. And the drink in one hand looks super groovy too. 

Uh oh ! The Mrs. looks like she might be about to unleash The Funky Chicken !!! 
Ah, Retro. Is there anything better ?

And who do we have here ............................?

Ladies and Gentleman, Gotham's own Clark Kent out on the town ! Hey, Mr.Kent ! Where's the lovely Miss Lois Lane ?

And who's your date for the evening?

If we told you, you'd never believe it. Or would you ???

A VOCABULARY LESSON

                                 

                  UNRECOGNIZABLE 

      ( Adjective )

Definition:  Impossible to be recognized or identified.
Synonyms: Unidentifiable, incognito, disguised. 

If I posted the entire list of  "journalists" who have used this term in their recent articles about Brendan, (and that's still : Brendan Fraser. To my knowledge he hasn't changed the spelling recently)
we would be here all day. Most of them are reprinting the same article, word for word, quote for quote, picture for picture. How lazy.😩 And WHY is it always the George of the Jungle picture  (from 1997) against a recent one. Who the hell would still look like that ??? Brendan didn't even a few months later, but you didn't know THAT, did you ?

And by the way, IF he actually was "unrecognizable", none of you would have recognized him !!!  Then who would you have taken pictures of ? Simon Cowell ? Yeah, there's a rare sighting.

My Tess calls Brendan "The Chameleon" because she says she can see him one day and a few weeks or even only days later he will look completely different, but she still knows that it's him no matter what he's wearing or what he weighs or how he's wearing his hair or what hat he has on (or doesn't have on). She says she would know him no matter what. It's his "energy" or his "vibrations" or his "aura" or something. (I don't know, she tends to lose me when she gets too "metaphysical" and I know she's been talking to her herbalist friend again😬). 

I've seen her do it, time after time, without fail, so I know it's true. (I gave her this cup for her birthday last year)

BUT.......What about ME ? 
Would she know ME "no matter what" ?

"Of course!", she replied,without hesitation. Would she be willing to make a little wager on that, I inquired of my precious. She replied that she did not want to take my money. I replied that the wager did not have to be of a monetary nature and that we could discuss the terms later. She shook her head at me, knowingly. I merely wanted to know how certain she was about her cognitive abilities. She thought a moment and agreed. So I decided to play a little game with her.

The next day, I called a costumer friend and asked if I could borrow several disguises for a few days. We were going on vacation and she sent the costumes and I packed them separately from my pilot case, which My Tess always packs lovingly and efficiently, and when we were settled in at the hotel, I decided to test her at dinner. When she was dressed and ready (and looking very lovely) I pretended to be on an important phone call and asked her if she and her traveling companion wanted to go ahead and I would join them in a few minutes. I got a sweet kiss and they left and I got into the first costume. 

In the dining room, I think I startled the hostess when I ran in wearing what I thought was the best of the three disguises, complete with brown contact lenses and beard and asked (in my own voice) to be seated near the beautiful redhead. Then she smiled and picked up a menu and led the way. When I sat down, my angel was regaling her friend with an animated anecdote (she has a million). I waited until she stopped to take a breath and then she turned to look at me. I gazed at her until she blushed (I love to do that !!!).
Her friend (who is as much her watchdog as companion, ladies  maid, and hairdresser) gave me a stern look and informed me that her lady was engaged and that her fiance would be joining them momentarily.

I apologized and bowed to them (doing my best Ardeth Bey  imitation) and left the dining room, practically ran back to the room, changed and returned as myself and sat down, apologizing. Tess took one look at me and smiled softly. "Honey", she shook her head and patted my cheek. "You forgot the contact lenses."  "Damn it!" She giggled. "Did you really think you could fool me?" "Yes!" "Did you bring other outfits?" "A couple." "Well, you can try again tomorrow. What an interesting menu! I bet you are going to have the macaroni pie and whatever venomous fish 🐠🐟🐙they have. I think I will have the...fishcakes."

So, the next day when they were sitting by the pool, I got into the second disguise and walked up to them. Tess started to giggle and I kept on walking.

"I've lived with you for nine years!" she said later when we were standing, watching the sunset. "I would know you if I were unconscious!"  "But how?" I asked. She slipped her soft little hand into mine."My heart knows when you are near me. You cannot fool it, no matter how hard you might try."  I looked down into that sweet little face and felt like a fool. "No," she smiled. "Not a fool".(It's creepy when she does that) "But no more disguises please."
Me:But the third one is really good ! You'd never know it was me.
Her: Game of Thrones ? 
Me: How did you know ? She simply giggled and patted my cheek.
Her: Watch the sunset, Honey. Then we can get some ice cream 🍨.

She always knows exactly what I'm thinking.😉

And Now......YOUTUBE ! (The Worst of All !!!) UPDATED 6-15-2018

It never fails to amaze me how people will argue with you about something they know nothing about and try to explain the "facts" about a subject as if they are a college professor and you are five years old. That is my experience every single time I visit YouTube, usually to upload a new video or to give a thumbs up to one of  My Tess' creations.

YouTube clearly does not employ any administrators, moderators, or the like because that place is like an unsupervised daycare center full of high school dropouts with overinflated egos and a sense of self-entitlement that imbues them with the "right" to speak any way they choose to anyone they deem less edumacated ( I SWEAR SOMEONE ACTUALLY SPELLED IT THAT WAY 😧 !!!) than they believe themselves to be. As My Tess says: Heaven Help Us !

I have tried to correct countless confused YouTube commenters regarding the facts about Brendan's name, career, divorce, the alimony ($600,000 per year) and child support ($300,000 per year , and that doesn't add up to $1.2mi. no matter how you do the math !), the house that was for sale recently (not his anymore, hasn't been for years, the real estate company is only using his name to try to attract buyers,etc.), his supposed poverty (hardly), mental state (We ALL have good days and bad days), depression (Ditto), his stress (Who doesn't have stress ??? Buddhists,maybe. I'll ask Richard Gere ,who went through an unpleasant and expensive divorce recently and was NOT made the subject of memes, photoshopped pictures and petitions, the next time I see him.

I'm always disappointed when a liar's pants don't actually catch on fire.😉

"How Divorce Broke Brendan Fraser" by Redonkulas is "about as far from the truth as you can get" ,according to a trusted friend who gave up 18 MINUTES of their life to watch it. (Tess and I have a list of better things to do, that we don't have time for, so we passed). Apparently, this is a very bitter,divorced guy who makes a lot of videos slamming marriage and women and decided to include Brendan in one of his rants. His "facts" are pure fiction, he doesn't even try to get the story straight, and uses faked photos and really old photos in his videos(Big surprise😒).This video has received 45,000 views. 45,000??? And of course, our friend's comment telling him what was wrong with the video (everything) was deleted. 


Those "WHY HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T HIRE BRENDAN FRASER ANYMORE" videos really grind my gears. To begin with, why do they use a robot voice ? Is someone going to recognize their real voice ??? I doubt it. Who are these people anyway ?

1) Brendan did not pass on doing the sequel to JOURNEY TO THE CENTER of the EARTH because he only wanted to work with Director Eric Brevig (who had already opted out to work on JOHN CARTER  because the sequel to JTTCOTE was not being made in 3D). There were personal reasons why BRENDAN did not make the movie that had nothing to do with Eric Brevig.


I do not appreciate being addressed as female body parts, psychiatric or medical terms, or mindless profane epithets. When did it become "cool" to be vulgar, rude, and illiterate ? Apparently I missed that edict. Thank goodness. I am proud of my education, my social standing, my financial status and my Southern Belle fiancee who epitomizes the charm, grace, education and manners of the name.(She even wears pretty dresses,pearls,white gloves and carries a parasol, and has more hats than I do.) She is a lady from head to toe, inside and out. I consider myself a gentleman, and so does she, or she would not be with me, and I count myself extremely blessed that she is.

I find myself constantly shaking my head at young men, but even more so at young women who constantly demean themselves with gutter talk and crude behavior as if having an education, manners, and a pleasant personality are things to be "ashamed" of. It doesn't matter how much money a person has either because there are plenty of rich celebrities with college educations who behave the same way. Why ??? It's perfectly possible for someone to be self-educated and cultivate good manners and charm. Why is the opposite so much more attractive, and if these people are happy with the way they are, then why are they so ANGRY and always looking for a fight ?

I considered posting the usernames of the worst offenders but there were too many and I don't think they deserve any acknowledgment for their bad behavior. They know who they are. Or do they ???

I have turned off email responses to comments and so has Tess and our videos only have approved comments for these reasons. I don't want to argue with these people anymore. It isn't worth it. They do not want to even try to accept anyone else's opinions but their own and they cannot be corrected.
They believe the first story they hear (true or not, usually not) from some unamed, unreliable source and they accept it as the gospel truth and nothing (not even the actual truth from a reliable source) will sway them. They are parrots repeating the same comment over and over unaware or unconcerned over the damage that these unsubstantiated rumors cause to others. They enjoy their own and other's ignorance to a degree that borders on a kind of mob insanity. It saddens me because an entire generation will be lost if something or someone cannot reach out to these young people and set them on a better path. Obviously, it won't be me.

Something to think about. 😔

INSTAGRAM (Yup, It's your turn !)

                               

  I have recently returned from taking my first stroll through a few of the WAY TOO MANY "Brendan Fraser" pages on Instagram. EEEP😨! Wow, there are some seriously confused people over there.

@brendanfraserupdates -They don't have any of the locations or years of the pictures right, they don't recognize directors or know the names of people in photos with him unless they are actors. Brendan has never dated any of those girls, he doesn't have a white car, has never owned a house in Santa Monica, doesn't shop on Rodeo Drive and Easter is not in November. Oh, and calling him "B" is a pretty lame way to pretend that you know him. How did you ever think that up ?😕

I counted 54 "Brendan Fraser" accounts ! Three are "official". Um, no they're not. What is wrong with you people ??? Don't you have any hobbies or interests ? Don't you have a job ? A family ? A tv set ? It makes me sad that so many people are wasting their lives with this silliness. Man, I thought Reddit, Facebook and the Chans were bad but this is terrible and I really wish it would stop. Brendan has a very full life and he would want you to have one too.


Why aren't there any posts here from Italy ? Because for the most part the sets are closed (as they were in London due to recent events) and there aren't any photographers taking pictures and unless I, or Tess, are making a video which is obviously meant for visual amusement, we don't make things up. Listen, I'll tell you a little secret. SETS ARE BORING !!! Ninety percent of the time is spent sitting around waiting. Do you want pictures of that ?
If you said yes, that's sad.

 When we have REAL news or photos (not fan phone pictures- Go to Facebook or Instagram for those)  we'll post them here. Scouts honor. (Reminder: Neither Brendan or TheChamCham was ever a boy scout.)

Warning: My next post will be about Tess' mother's 60th birthday bash in New Orleans. If that interests you, swell. If it doesn't, then you're probably in the wrong place.


                                                                                See ya ! 😉

SAY CHEEEESE !!!!!!

Hey kids, it's Camera Day today and as an amateur photographer, I usually have at least one camera with me, even if it's only my phone. I also like to shop for cameras, camera equipment, and film. Especially, vintage polaroids.

 Although I prefer to shoot in black and white I have taken some color photos (which My Tess says are "so much prettier than the gray ones") and so I thought I would share a few with you today.

A beautiful little beach that we hope to return to someday soon. I tried to get a picture of Tess in her swimsuit but she ran from me.  (I'll keep trying.)

The Brooklyn Bridge at sunset is gone. Are you happy NOW, Petra ???

Bluffers Park 

The Grand Floridian Resort

A little bird Tess wanted badly, but was content with a picture.

Old Montreal

Tower Bridge in London.

And this one is important because..................

And here are some photos of Brendan, who is also an amateur photographer  (I don't know why he calls himself that. If you've sold one photo, you can call yourself a professional photographer. I think he more than qualifies.) Happy Camera Day !!!

This was in my Christmas stocking last year from my favorite little elf.

And this one was under the tree.

Kodak No.1 Diodak  (for AussieGirl)

WELL, BLESS YOUR HEARTS! (UPDATED 1/28/2018)

Yesterday a "friend" ,or more accurately put, a person apparently hoping to be, sent us an "fyi"informing us that the little petition started some months ago by "fans"of Mr. Brendan Fraser had reached over forty-seven thousand signatures!!!!! Since my Darling Mr."C" has already had his say about the aforementioned petition, I thought that I would like to have mine.

Now as you may or may not know from visiting this blog, I was born and raised in the Old South and although I have lived in several other states, a couple of other countries and on one other continent, in my heart and soul, I am and always will be a Southerner. This being the case, I may from time to time use an expression that may be foreign to you, especially if you happen to be one of our foreign visitors. Or you may think that you know what I mean, when you do not. Here is an example:

                                               WELL BLESS YOUR HEART!
                                             ****************************
                               Northern Translation : Aren't you sweet, thank you, how kind of you, how thoughtful of you, what a nice thing to do (or say).

                               Southern Translation : Get ready for a whoopin'! ( verbal paddling, spanking, a talking to, that you brought upon yourself, Mister!)


I cannot fathom how over forty-seven thousand people could all be so naive, so gullible, so thoughtless, so insensitive, and I am sorry but I am going to have to say it......So dumb! Are you all cousins or something??? I spent part of my childhood and teenage years in California because my father worked for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. He taught me all about the inner workings of the film business and if he were alive today he would be appalled that anyone thought that a director, producer or film studio would be impressed by such childish tactics. TheChamCham with over thirty Year's experience in the entertainment industry agrees with me on this as you already know. Granted, that was another time. A time when talent, personality, looks, and your past accomplishments meant something and you were hired on your own merits. Now it is true that the present Hollywood is another place entirely where your connections (ie: nepotism) and your social media profile mean more than your training, versatility, and dedication to your chosen craft. I think that is very sad. 

And the audiences have clearly changed as well. There was a time when musicals ruled and films stood on their own. Now, bilge like "LaLaLand" gets away with calling itself a musical and is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and every other movie released is part of a trilogy, a sequel or a prequel. I may be old-fashioned (and proud of it) but I miss the way it used to be, when stars were stars and not paparazzi princesses, tabloid fodder and cartoonish professional wrestlers turned "actors". Yes, Mr. Johnson, I am looking at you.

Brendan Fraser is an actor of the "old school". Classically trained, multi-talented, versatile. He is capable of playing any role and his multi-faceted performances in Gods and Monsters, The Quiet American , School Ties and Trust have been some of his best and sadly, most overlooked in favor of his lighter comedic roles in George of the Jungle, the Mummy films and Blast from the Past. At least his Scrubs appearances are regularly praised, as they should be. 

My point is that you can all stop patting yourselves on the back because you truly accomplished nothing. Brendan's supposed "blacklisting" by Hollywood is a fantasy. He has worked regularly for twenty-six years in a cutthroat industry with only one year missing from his filmography and when he finally takes a well-deserved hiatus of his own choosing for personal reasons of his own (which TheChamCham tried to explain to you many times at IMDb and which I am confirming here) someone starts a rumor that Hollywood has turned their back on him! That could not be further from the truth.  

As you have seen in the past few months, he is as popular and in demand as he has always been and it is no thanks to you. He was ready to start working full time again, his agents made this known to The Powers That Be (which do not include any of you) ,the scripts came to him and he chose what he wanted to do, so please do not take credit for something you had nothing to do with. If anything, your interfering would have done more harm than good if Brendan's popularity and reputation did not precede him. He did not need your "help", He did not need "saving" and I am very pleased to be able to finally tell you!

The projects that he is currently involved in have been in the planning stages for far longer than the petition or any of the other schemes "to get him work" have been in motion. For example, TRUST has been planned for six months but casting announcements were not made until just before filming began. 

If you seriously want to do something for Brendan, simply go to his movies, watch his series' and show him the respect that he deserves.  That is what true fans do. Take down those silly and sarcastic subreddits, photo shopped pictures, and stop the memes. This should give you plenty of time to go to school or get a job, and accomplish something in your own lives instead of living vicariously through others. Brendan is a perfect example of a self-made man who worked his way up the ladder in a tough business with no connections and still remained the same sweet, kind, wonderful and honorable man that he is. You could learn a great deal from him.

One more thing I would like to address before I go (I have a beautiful roast chicken in the oven and I do not want it to overcook!)  As for your opinions regarding the former Mrs. Fraser. None of you know her, only what you have read which may or may not be true, so your comments are rather 
inappropriate and ill-informed. You need to be reminded that it was not she, but the Connecticut family court judges and our own United States court system that decided the amount of the alimony payments that they felt she was entitled to ($ 50,000 per month =$600,000 per year until January 31,2019. The child support is $25,000 per month = $300,000 per year and it was never, ever in dispute. There was a prenup.It was thrown out by the judge.) and not Miss Smith herself. So, while I am not defending her, I am simply pointing out that your complaints should be made to the court system and not to her. Perhaps a better waste of time and energy and precious brain cells would have been to petition the courts for a reduction of the alimony (see above)  which would be a waste of time, or better yet, why not petition Hollywood to get acting jobs for Miss Smith, who until her marriage to Mr.Fraser was a "working actress "(see IMDb)?

Oh my goodness that chicken smells delicious(!) and I hear TheChamCham coming downstairs for his lunch and I never like to keep him waiting, so I have to be going now. Try to remember what I have told you and when you tell the other forty-seven thousand, please try to get the facts straight. It really is not that difficult, if you try. Now, get on out of my kitchen, please. And bless your hearts!

                                                                                       Tess🌷


P.S. And if you think that Brendan is "pleased" about any of this, you would be sadly mistaken.


UPDATE: It appears that the petition has been removed. Apparently it's author (NOT TheChamCham) dropped the ball and never submitted it to those for which it was intended. Good!
It was one more misguided attempt to "help" a man who does not need help and to "save" a man not in need of saving. 

Volunteering at a hospital, animal shelter or an orphanage is a much better way to help those truly in need. 

UPDATE : A new article from ET CANADA by a GAVIN CRISP. While I am pleased that Mr. Crisp is able to spell BRENDAN FRASER correctly and has apparently seen twelve of his films (out of  48), I am dismayed that he left out The Quiet American. Now, was this done because he has not seen it or because he did not like it? Either way, it should have been included. I also did not appreciate the snarkiness. Is it too much to expect a "journalist" to be impartial these days? Apparently. 

It also puzzles me that we only have a few Canadian visitors to the blog. Considering that Brendan holds a Canadian passport (as well as an American one) , pays taxes in both countries and has made quite a few films and a TV series (VERY recently) north of the border, I would expect more support from the Great White North. Silly me.
Tess🌷