What an amazing whirlwind the last 48 hours has been! WOW! Not sure I am capture it all in a post but I am going to attempt to along with sharing a few photos so I can bring you along with me on my Behind the Scenes: My “Red Carpet” Experience
It's officially OPENING DAY FOR REAGAN THE MOVIE! It is a family friendly Must see and you can grab your tickets HERE!!
If you are landing on this page of my Crazy Busy Mama Blog for the very first time and you are wondering, WHAT Red Carpet Experience?…Don't worry I got you, you can catch up on the behind the scenes on how this came to be for my family and how my late amazing husband Q had a hand in all this for us and how his legacy continues on – HERE on REAGAN THE MOVIE: THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE OF 2024
We started our first day of our Red Carpet Experience walking around the Ovation Hollywood which was connected to the hotel Rawhide Studios arranged for us to stay in at Loews Luxury Hollywood Hotel. I had to snap a picture in front of the REAGAN showcase at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theater (formally known as Mann's Chinese Theatre) where the Red Carpet Event would take place that very next evening. For those of you may not know, the Chinese Theatre is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Even Dennis Quaid who plays REAGAN, said this was his favorite mug when I myself, Crazy Busy Mama had a sit down visit with him.
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Now back to the Behind the Scenes: My “Red Carpet” Experience. This was an absolute bittersweet experience for me as Quintin was suppose to be with me experiencing all this amazingness!
Rawhide Studios flew me and my children out to Los Angeles for the exclusive invite to walk the Red Carpet for the Premiere Event for REAGAN. They spoiled us with love where a stylist, hair and makeup got us ready for the big event. I attended a VIP Pre-Party where I was able to meet many A-lister elites, even had an opportunity to have a candid conversation followed by a few laughs with actor producer Noah Hamilton until the team escorted us in a fleet of vehicles to the highly anticipated premier event. What an incredible experience!
As we were arriving they had blocked off the streets and people where walking by to witness first hand in order to experience a taste of the Red Carpet Premiere.
This is a picture the team captured of me when I arrived to walk the Red Carpet. I don't think I have smiled this big for a long while. The picture truly says it all, BUT even more
this captured moment below is EVERYTHING to me! My kids were able to walk the Red Carpet alongside with me and got to experience first hand what it was all about.
Wow…pretty awesome! Did I mention, they missed the first day of school to experience this with me?
So I would say this is not too shabby for the first day of school pic! Ha
Definitely one they will remember for a lifetime!
And as far as my plus one…. well that special invite went to one of my very best friends, Stefani as she has walked through this horrific storm of losing Q with so much love and servitude towards me and my kids. Thank you for helping me smile again. I cannot thank you enough! If you are unfamiliar of my late husband passing, HERE is his story.
After walking the Red Carpet, we were escorted into the Chinese Theatre where the entire theater was adorned with REAGAN memorabilia to honor our late president and commemorate the film. The Chinese Theatre was absolutely stunningly gorgeous! This picture does not do it justice but I had to give you a little peep!
Then I got to meet up again with Ronald Regan himself, Dennis Quaid. Dennis embodied REAGAN in all the ways, truly so incredibly talented. He even said to me “You and your family were just about my favorite guests at the Premier” he truly is genuinely so kind. A true class act!
Had the opportunity to be seated in front of the Francis Fisher for the Premier and couldn't help but ask to snap a picture with her. She is such an incredibly talented actress from Titanic to her most recent work on THE KING TIDE. Truly what an honor.
As the premier ended, we were on our way to the after party and Jon Voight embraced me and congratulated me on my name being in the credits. Truly a speechless moment.
Here is my name friends…. OH MY! Do you see it ?
Then as we walked over to the After Party they adorned us with gifts walking through the door to ensure that we would have an amazing time. Foods, drinks, live music, A-Lister celebrities graced the room as we danced and laughed the night away and snapped a few pictures throughout the night, like with the incredibly talented David Henrie who played young REAGAN.
Truly the most spectacular evening!
However, the most impactful meet up was at the end of the party and pictured below. When we gathered around with producer Mark Jospeh and his lovely wife. Mark gathered my girls together and spoke life and vision over them sharing a father's love for his girls. He shared how they can have hope knowing that their father is with Jesus cheering them on from heaven and how he imagines that Quintin cannot wait to meet us with open arms again one day.
The tears just flowed. So many raw emotions and complete and utter gratitude for him sharing these words. Complete CHILLS! I truly believe this was divine intervention!
When we arrived back at the hotel for the evening they had this incredibly thoughtful gift waiting for us. It was a replica of the infamous Jelly Belly jelly bean jar that graced the desk of the oval office during REAGAN's time of presidency. The picture of this gift is below, and now graces my Crazy Busy Mama desk 💗
What an incredible ending to a beautiful journey! Although, difficult and bittersweet in so many ways I believe the timing on all of this with my children was God inspired. God surrounded us with incredibly talented and loving people that spoke life into us and gave us something to celebrate and smile about. I believe God is still writing my story, and my prayer is that our paths with the Rawhide Team and REAGAN cast paths cross again some day.
Do yourself a favor, GRAB A MOVIE ticket and go see REAGAN this weekend! You will laugh, cry, and be inspired and walk away full of hope with this film.
Check out this fun video I put together to pull our Behind the Scenes: My “Red Carpet” Experience adventure together!
That was awesome to see your family get to go to the red carpet Premier
What great memories you will have from this great experience!! My husband and I are going tomorrow to see this fabulous movie!!
Congratulations on a fantastic experience. But I didn’t see how it all came about? How were you and your children involved with this movie? Would love to hear the story. Thanks!
I have not found the part where you explain how your family and Q were involved in this. Would love to read it. Where can I find it?
Was Quinton part of the production crew? 🤷🏻♀️
You look beautiful, Lori! What a magical experience…I know Q was there with you in spirit. So happy for you and the kids to have this new memory.
You looked so beautiful, I almost didn’t recognize you. But how was your family involved. The article refers to Q but not why.