Life in Hockeywood

So, this will be a stretch...

Jon Favreau starred in and directed one of my all-time favorite movies, Swingers. One of the memorable scenes in that movie was the NHL 94 scene with Vince Vaughn making Gretzky's head bleed. Gretzky was on the Kings. I am a Kings fan. I took Gretzky to the Cup, only with the offsides on.

So, when it was announced that Jon Favreau was going to direct the superhero movie, Iron Man, I was excited for him. Little did I know that they would be filming right outside the offices of the Long Beach Press-Telegram! I quickly became a fan-boy.

I was able to grab a little bit of action out of the the windows. Iron Man catching a car on wires! Amazing!

So, what does Iron Man have to do with Hockeywood? Well... I'm not entirely sure. Hockeywood is a play on Hollywood... Uh, Iron Man by Black Sabbath is one of the greatest rock and roll songs in the history of recorded time.

Whatever, I made enough of a case to connect it to me, and since this is my blog, I can do what I want!

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Actor James Belushi was captured by cameras before the game Saturday between the Kings and Coyotes. Belushi, who grew up in Illinois, is a big hockey fan. According to press of his, he loves playing hockey in his spare time.

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This is a screen grab from Fox Sports

Here is huge Kings fan and heavy metal star Rob Zombie. He was at the game against the New York Rangers dressed as, what else, a zombie. Actually, I think he's had better costumes when he plays in concert...But I think he'd be a little more obvious. To his left, is his wife, the adorable Sheri Moon. Sheri is the muse of Zombie, and she is ultra-hot. Like her husband, she is also a zombie... She been killed twice, in fact.

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The sign of a true fan is someone who stands by their team, through thick and thin. This season, we're quickly finding out who the hardcore hockey fans are at the Staples Center. Here's a shot of Jesse James, owner of West Coast Choppers, with his lovely wife, actress Sandra Bullock, at the Kings game against the Anaheim Ducks this past Sunday.

Jesse has been a long-time Kings fan. It was James who got the Kings to agree to redo one of their Zambonis, which he unveiled to a Staples Center crowd last December.

In Hollywood, where stars only make appearances at sporting games if they could steal a few seconds of camera time in between plays, it's refreshing to see James keeping it real by coming out to see his team take on cross-town rivals. Let's just hope his blushing bride isn't a Ducks fan. By Bullock's response, I'm not so sure.

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