For a mayor, he's got some real star quality. In a ballroom filled with Hollywood heavyweights from Spielberg to Scorsese to DiCaprio, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had complete control of Saturday night's Directors Guild of America Awards when he took the stage to present the Aldrich Award to Taylor Hackford in honor of his service to the guild.
"I have a confession to make," the mayor told the crowd. "What I really want to do is direct."
Villaraigosa went on to pay tribute to the entertainment industry which he said sustains the city and provides thousands of local.jobs. His presenation was near-perfection except when the mayor tried to say the name Paris Barclay. He called him "Boris Parkley."
Gee, it's not such a difficult name...not when you compare it to Villaraigosa!