Christina Hendricks, the Mad Men actress who puts the “zoom” in bosom, has announced her engagement to Geoffrey Arend, an actor who has appeared in such classic films as An American Carol and National Lampoon’s Pledge This! He was also Flipper Boy in Bubble Boy. If you’ve seen all three of these movies, please begin slapping yourself until you can no longer remember them.
To state the obvious, Mr. Arend (who got his start as the voice of “Upchuck” on Daria—hot!) either has the best karma in the world or is going to be crushed by a boulder tomorrow. Not since Fisher Stevens dated Michelle Pfeiffer have we seen such a cruel, inexplicable mismatch. Either she sees something we don’t, or he’s the only guy she’s met who can look her in the eye for an entire conversation.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Well that’s depressing
December 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Mean spirited ill-informed shallow below the belt unfunny writing is not acceptable defining anything.
Worse the writer has missed or dismisses that Mr. Arend is a classically trained actor who studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (RADA where Olivier and Richardson and others went to acting school.
From that background and years of other work came a featured role with Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in Bertolt Brecht’s classic stage play “Mother Courage and her Children”.
New Yorker Magazine described Geoffrey’s “Courage” performance as reminiscent of a young Peter Lorre.
The writer is unaware of Geoffrey’s work that drew raves at Manhattan Theater Company in NYC in the play “The American Pilot” last year.
The truth of the matter is that Geoffrey is an actors-actor who both acts and writes material and is quite sharing with others in all his projects.
His first venture into a regular television series “Trust Me”debuts on TNT January 26 at 10 pm Eastern and may be the vehicle that brings the 30 year old some well deserved recognition.
But part of the credit will go to the many people in show business who know and appreciate Geoffrey’s ability and professionalism.
Geoffrey Arend first hit the big screen as a college student getting busted for drugs in the 2001 cult comedy Super Troopers. The New York native followed it with such feature films as Garden State and The Ringer, as well as such TV shows as Undeclared, Law & Order and Greek.
Arend recently drew praise in David Zucker’s latest farce, American Carol, and he is hitting the big screen again with a lead role opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer.
We wish Geoffrey and Christina all the best.
December 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
You forgot to add “And has a father who embarrasses him on blogs.”
March 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
LOL… What a goofy looking !@$+_&*@(&!%+)+*!*^ His daddy probably has millions, otherwise little miss big juggs would never give him the time of day. Ooops.. I forgot.. he’s a ‘classically trained actor’… LOL… another way to say ‘unemployed’..
July 11th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Mr Arend Sr.
You forgot to mention what role your son played in Mr Zucker’s “American Carol” (an alleged comedy which basically says that “All Muslims = Potential Terrorists”).
He played a Muslim terrorist…..called Muhammed. You must be SO proud.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:15 am
As a less attractive man who some how managed to find a beautiful girl and date her I must give credit where credit is due. Like his body of work or not give the man praise. Christina Hendricks is a gorgeous woman and there must be something about Geoffrey that she finds attractive, who’s to say is has to be looks. I mean I’m no prize winner and I don’t have a rich father, I won my girl over the old fashion way, with charm. Which what he probably did, and what most of you jealous pricks lack. Not all people in this world are shallow and money grubbing. Besides she’s a lead role on Mad Men and I’m sure she doesn’t need a man to take her of her. Stop being jealous because you can’t get girls like her. Stop hating.