lilsamharrison
Aug 06, 2002, 01:38 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/money/promo/money-popup.htm
(Cute Piccy there too)
Celebs dig into a bowl of fun at pregame bashes
By Mike Snider and André Montgomery, USA TODAY
By Win Mcnamee, Reuters
Paul McCartney claps his hands while singing his song Freedom, during the Super Bowl pregame show.
NEW ORLEANS — Combine the festive atmosphere of New Orleans during Mardi Gras with the spectacle that is the NFL and you get celebrations taken to a championship level.
Super Bowl parties began mid-week with NFL players, coaches and alumni mingling until the wee hours with other celebrities.
"It's like a circus," says actress Tara Reid. "All these die-hard football fans who like to eat good food and drink beer. You top all of this with the fact that it's New Orleans, and it's unbelievable."
She played flag football with former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and others in MTV's Rock N Jock game Friday — even scoring the first touchdown of the game. Her other Super Bowl week duties included serving as hostess at a Maxim magazine party and as grand marshal for a Mardi Gras parade with Ryan Reynolds, her co-star in the film Van Wilder.
For many, the Super Bowl is an annual ritual. Every year, Tom Arnold, host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, says he isn't coming back. "You go to the same parties and see the same people at all of them," he says. "l hate to go to parties. But I like to be invited."
This year, his fiancée, political consultant Shelby Roos, is with him. They plan to be married in June.
Arnold was at the EA Sports party Thursday night, along with LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Chris Klein (all three star in Rollerball), former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzalez and current NFL players Tony Gonzalez, Ricky Williams and Daunte Culpepper. "We all live vicariously through the players," LL Cool J says.
At Friday night's Super Bowl Bash, hundreds of NFL attendees, including Dallas Cowboys' Emmitt Smith and celebs such as 'N Sync, dined on inch-thick veal chops while watching performances by Sting, Ja Rule, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow and Martina McBride.
Later that night, many headed to the Maxim party. Mariah Carey, who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl, was there. (Paul McCartney also sang before the game.) Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Nicolas Cage, Trent Reznor, Ryan Phillippe and most of the Temptation Island cast also made the Maxim scene.
Hall of Famer Marcus Allen on Saturday night served as host at a Playboy party held at author Anne Rice's home. He greeted arrivals such as singer Marc Anthony, actors Cage and Harry Dean Stanton and ex-quarterback Warren Moon on the front lawn.
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"There's high, and there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high--that's where I'm goin'."
- George Harrison, circa 1968
(Cute Piccy there too)
Celebs dig into a bowl of fun at pregame bashes
By Mike Snider and André Montgomery, USA TODAY
By Win Mcnamee, Reuters
Paul McCartney claps his hands while singing his song Freedom, during the Super Bowl pregame show.
NEW ORLEANS — Combine the festive atmosphere of New Orleans during Mardi Gras with the spectacle that is the NFL and you get celebrations taken to a championship level.
Super Bowl parties began mid-week with NFL players, coaches and alumni mingling until the wee hours with other celebrities.
"It's like a circus," says actress Tara Reid. "All these die-hard football fans who like to eat good food and drink beer. You top all of this with the fact that it's New Orleans, and it's unbelievable."
She played flag football with former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and others in MTV's Rock N Jock game Friday — even scoring the first touchdown of the game. Her other Super Bowl week duties included serving as hostess at a Maxim magazine party and as grand marshal for a Mardi Gras parade with Ryan Reynolds, her co-star in the film Van Wilder.
For many, the Super Bowl is an annual ritual. Every year, Tom Arnold, host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, says he isn't coming back. "You go to the same parties and see the same people at all of them," he says. "l hate to go to parties. But I like to be invited."
This year, his fiancée, political consultant Shelby Roos, is with him. They plan to be married in June.
Arnold was at the EA Sports party Thursday night, along with LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Chris Klein (all three star in Rollerball), former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzalez and current NFL players Tony Gonzalez, Ricky Williams and Daunte Culpepper. "We all live vicariously through the players," LL Cool J says.
At Friday night's Super Bowl Bash, hundreds of NFL attendees, including Dallas Cowboys' Emmitt Smith and celebs such as 'N Sync, dined on inch-thick veal chops while watching performances by Sting, Ja Rule, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow and Martina McBride.
Later that night, many headed to the Maxim party. Mariah Carey, who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl, was there. (Paul McCartney also sang before the game.) Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Nicolas Cage, Trent Reznor, Ryan Phillippe and most of the Temptation Island cast also made the Maxim scene.
Hall of Famer Marcus Allen on Saturday night served as host at a Playboy party held at author Anne Rice's home. He greeted arrivals such as singer Marc Anthony, actors Cage and Harry Dean Stanton and ex-quarterback Warren Moon on the front lawn.
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"There's high, and there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high--that's where I'm goin'."
- George Harrison, circa 1968