Due to laziness I didn’t make it to the award ceremony bu true to form I did make it to the Interscope  after party at mr chows.  Mr. Chows is an amazing restaurant but its freaking tiny.   Making for a very cramped party   Everybody that was at the award show went to this party.  Luda cris,  Keri Hilson, Diddy, Dr. Dre, and way more that I can  remember.  The gift bag was  great! In my opinion nirvana is reached through a gift bag.  A comped massage, moisturizer, a magazine,  Geffen records M&M’s, and more Ed Hardy stuff that I will be giving away.  Ludacris gave a bottle of his new  Conjure Cognac.  I had a great time and made some new friends.  After the interscope party I went to a smaller party across the street where I met my friend Surai and we went to Barry’s pizza on 3rd at 4am and it was PACKED…. Maybach’s and Rolls Royce’s filled the valet.  It took an hour and a half just to get in and another 3 minutes to get a table.  DMx did come sit next to me so all in all an interesting night.

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The beauty Expo is maybe one of the most fun trade shows I have ever attended.  The had every sort of product within hair, nails, cosmetics even spa treatment and plastic surgery products.  If you’re looking for deals on products and beauty tools get your self to a beauty trade show.  I bought real human hair eyelashes for a dollar per pair.  Gel eyeliner for $3 and  two make up brushes for $3.  Even if you’re not in the beauty industry any girl would LOVE this kind of show.  If you’re thinking of attending beauty school of any kind I would highly recommend a trade show to visit lots of beauty school instructors and students in a very short amount of time.

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Le Palais Du Festival

Crossing one more thing off my bucket list this year by hitting the Cannes Film Festival.  Cannes holds the most prestigious film festival of the year and all of the entertainment industry moves with it.  A week and a half of non stop films, parties, and more parties.  I’m not even sure how many days I spent there because it all ran together because I may have slept about 6 hours the whole trip.  French people are serious about three things smoking, fashion and parties.  All of which are included in the festival in Cannes.

After my 18 hour flight to Nice, I got on the bus to Cannes.  The Bus drops you off right at the Palais in the thick of everything.  I found this quite a tease because I had to go back to my hotel and drop off my load of luggage before I could come back to the festival.  I couldn’t risk any of my luggage getting lost because I had so many events to hit while I was there so my carry on bags were bursting at the seems.

It took what seemed like an eternity to find a cab to my hotel.  I almost cried, it was that bad.  Sharpening my “Franglais” My friend Angela Cullins had already checked into the day before.  True to French form the bathroom was flooded and leaked into the hallway.  I slipped and landed on the floor and my luggage then burst as I expected.  Again I almost cried.  Angelas film in which she Co – Starred opposite Cory Haim was set to Premiere at the festival in and hour and a half and I was laying on the floor in a pool of water and a plethora of Gucci belts, Prada shoes and cocktail dresses.  I quickly showered and put my game face on.  I found half a croissant in the refrigerator and took it with me.  When I got to the Palais it was a mess and jumping with people.  Dinner was Escargot and that’s about all I remember.

Beach Pavilions behind Le Palais

No matter what country I’m in I wake up at 830am.  I got my outfit together and did my hair.  Took myself to the supermarket down the street for my favorite french hairspray and tanning oil.  I also bought orangina, and fruit and vegetables.  The hotel had a shuttle that runs to the festival and back every half hour.  Le Croisette is a huge boulevard that runs forever along the water by the festival.  All of life in Cannes is centered around it.  I had to go shopping some more and find a place to exchange more money.  The Euro is supposed to be getting weaker against the dollar but I wasn’t feeling it this trip.  Euro doesn’t even feel like money.  I like the American green much more.  As I was passing the film office outside the marina and Angela found me on the street in passing by.  We went to get our passes for the day at the office.  We had tickets for a Canadian Film, My Name is Sandy.  This little film struck a cord with me.  It was about a French street hooker living in NYC.  It was supposed to be a very serious dramatic film but I thought it was the funniest thing I had seen in a long time.  There were stabs at the New York senators and racial profiling that made me nearly fall out of my chair.  It actually inspired me to make a short about all types of hoes.  The people who made it were very talented students and I was very impressed by the sound track.

After changing after lunch we headed back to the parties for the evening.  When in Cannes there is a certain flow of daily and nightly activities.  The morning you get your Cannes Market News to see whats playing and who is around.  Step two get your day look together and find your way to the Palais.  Step three, start drinking.  Usually champagne because there is TONS of it flowing from everything.  If you’re going to see a movie or not,  hit the Pavilions situated around the marina and water.  You have to have a Festival pass so it’s not just anybody strolling through.  Every country and other major companies(like Kodak ect.) have a pavilion with drinks and Internet cafes and info on the films from that country that are showing.  The American Pavilion even had a lecture hall with guest speakers.  Some have full bars and restaurants others are a little less equipped.

The Chile Pavilion seemed to be the destination for happy hour or the Producers tent was another great place to meet people.  After happy hour everybody disperses for dinner then after dinner its party time till whenever you fall over board or wander home.  Yacht parties in Cannes are like nothing you have ever seen.  60 and 75 foot yachts look like bath toys.  Essentially if your yacht isn’t at least 150 feet, don’t even get in the water.  Dolce an Gabbana had their yacht the Regina D’Italia there.  The Chopard Party was hosted on Xanadu.

To be continued…..

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Rachel Mullins, DJ Paul of three 6 mafia, My party homie Dave and Justin Bobby of the hills

May 15th was the annual stars and stripes party to benefit wounded veterans.  I will say out of all the playboy mansion parties I have been too this was my second favorite.  Besides the 3 guys who decided to beat each other to the ground between the grotto bar and the gym/ bathrooms.  Everybody had a good time that I talked too and that was a lot of people.  As far as I know the art auction went well.  Victoria Fuller was there with her art.  Hef flew in late night with his only girlfriend Crystal Harris from the playmate of the year party in Las Vegas. Crystal Harris has a new lip gloss and glitter line that was demo’d at the party.  Huge vases of glitter everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE!!  As always Vern Troyer was the life of the Party.  His handler causes problems but we won’t get into that.  Lil Kim was supposed to host the party but I didn’t see her at all that night.  However what I did see was a TON of people in the Grotto.  Never once have I seen the grotto so fucking packed with people, but mostly guys.  A bit classier than last ears stars and stripes party.

We did after hours at Avalon in Hollywood till 5 am. Erik Morillo was the DJ and the house was packed till 6am.  A girl got carried out on a strecher but the party kept moving.  A green laser man on stilts was about the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while in a club.  

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I’ve always said that a MUA that puts brown eyeshadow on me is my biggest pet peeve, which is true.  However, a person that is incompetent of doing their job or who over steps their bounds is cause for me to come unglued.  The world has a place for everybody and everybody has a place.  Do exactly what is required of you and get the hell out of other people way.  Unfortunately, running into crazy people is inevitable.  Know who you are, what you’re there to do and execute.  When working in a professional environment, being on task is key.  Don’t slack on your duties to interrupt somebody else’s business.  Be concerned with your own responsibilities before you decide to “help” others.  In the event that you have finished your duties ahead, ask if there is anything you can do to help out.

In case you didn’t know telling professionals how to do their job with or with out doing your own is bad form.  Be apart of a team, not apart of the problem.  I may be sounding like a captain obvious here, trust me there are people who can’t even begin to comprehend these major etiquette factors.  Most importantly, don’t inject yourself into anothers creativity or space.  It will not help the end product, which after all is the goal of the day.

Other things to NEVER EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PARTAKE IN WHILE WORKING.

1.) be impolite in anyway.  Not introducing or greeting others is a big faux pas

2.) trust that somebody else will clean up after you.  Before, during or after working.

3.) even entertain the idea of alcohol, drugs or even let people see you smoke

4.) most importantly never lose your cool.  Keep it together at all times, DRAMA IS NOT CLASSY.

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On May 3rd I managed to get out of a meeting on time for once to see the premiere of Scott Caan’s film Mercy.  Scott wrote and stared in this “little film” as the director Patrick Hoelck called it. A surreal love story.  It was beautifully shot and the silver screen at the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd, made it even more beautiful.  It opens next week at little theater by the Crunch Gym on Sunset and Crescent Heights.  Lots of great actors worked on this James Caan Dylan McDermott, Erika Christainson, Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity.  I also saw Dax Shepard getting popcorn.  I was very happy for Scott and his film even though we were supposed to work together on a film and he backed out.  If you’re a fan of cinematography see this film, it’s shot so beautifully.  I would label the storyline as comedy turned tragic, if that makes sense.  The most disappointing part was that the popcorn wasn’t free and free popcorn is the only reason I go to premieres.  The after party was at the Roosevelt Hotel just down the street.  Don Julio Tequila sponsored the evening and it was fabulous and felt like old Hollywood.  Everybody knows you can enter the Roosevelt hotel

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I’m in Tokyo again, but I will be back in LA on the 15th.  I have been meaning to write a post on my outlook for the spring quarter but between being sworn to secrecy and just not wanting to Jinx myself it hasn’t happened yet.  I have about 7 films on my plate.  In addition to that big box of scripts that need financing..   I have met lots of cool new friends over the award show season and have made a resolution to be more social than I was before.  Expect more shopping related things as the shopping page is still under construction.  LA fashion starts March 17th.  I have my list for all of the parties and events.  I have a few new project ideas that I’m trying to get inspiration from fashion week on.

RachelMullins.com will be getting a little face lift soon if you have yet to visit the portfolio page it looks a little different. Before leaving for Japan I worked and a couple cool projects.  I worked on a friends movie called A Girl Walks Into A Bar with Emmanuelle Chirqui and Zachary Quinto.  I had a good time working on this film because the story was so crazy and the cast and crew were all loads of fun.  A partially nude game of ping pong with a room full of people you have never met was a good time.  My homie Adam Rifkin introduced me to the director Sebastian Guitteriez.    Unfortunately I missed a 3 day booking on NCIS because everybody feels the need for me to work when I’m out of the country.

I’m super excited for my upcoming travel plans.  Hawaii again but this time Maui then Greece to shoot with all of the sexy people and of course my life dream the Canne Film Festival in France.  I have been wanting to go to Canne for years and it’s been a dream of mine for a while.  Overall I’m very excieted about where things are headed and I already have so much to do.  I’m happy to have things moving in my preferred direction.  After sorting out some agent issues,  there may be even more on my plate soon.

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While sadly missing the Grammy Awards in LA on the 31st I was on a very long stupid flight to Milan.  After, the wonderful Delta airlines lost a carry on bag. that had all of my coats in it.  I arrived in freezing Milan. I have not seen snow in nearly 2 years, it’s kind of  scary.

I had a couple photo shoots and meeting between Milan and Rome.  Italians are fairly easy to work with however flaky at times.  I had a bit of a language barrier as I don’t speak a word of Italian but I can read it for some reason.  It was a bit to cold to shoot outdoors in Italy.  My indoor shots were a great a experience as I don’t have to freeze and work at the same time.  Returning in warmer months is a possibility.  I met some cool people and Italian fashion is great, after all they did give us Dolce and Gabanna and Gucci.

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New Shopping Addiction Page

Recently, I have been devising ways to expand RachelMullins.com.  I’m adding a new content page dedicated to my shopping addiction.

And if you haven’t already noticed, I just updated my portfolio page on my main site.

There will be TONS of videos and pictures of my global shopping endeavors.  I’m trying to come up with some sort of a label game.  Links to my online auctions for my shopping finds and my gently used award show attire.  I’m trying to get this new page together to be just as functional as my modeling advice blog.  I’m learning  the editing software for my new video camera. My goal for the shopping page overall is to post weekly and bi-weekly videos of my shopping adventures.  Including shopping for travel, shopping while I’m traveling, buying award show evening wear and my everyday shopping addiction.

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