Marshal Amps

It's turned up a full weekend of Austin kicking off today with the limited release of Beautiful Boy. (official site)We know that Austin plays Cooper Stearns, a writer. But what we didn't know was his connection to Bill and Kate, the couple who's worlds are rocked when their only child, Sammy, goes on a shooting rampage on his college campus and then turns the gun on himself.

Kate is a proofreader and Cooper is one of her clients.

The consensus is that despite the tough nature of the movie's subject, the leads are the strength of the movie, and definitely Maria's portrayal of the high functioning perfectionist Kate. Check out some of them here:

Huffington Post
IFC.com
Movieline.com
NPR.com
New York Observer

Rotten Tomatoes
has a solid 71 for the movie at the moment.

While a good review from the NY Times there was a bit of a tough critique for Austin's Cooper Stearns- "a tactless, voyeuristic creep whose boorish behavior rings false."

But that's far from the real Austin who has had so much fun helping promote the LA RR that's happening with this weekend.

I'm ready to Marshal.

Will have to wait for those picture of Austin doing his Grand Marshaling. But there are enough magical moments to remember till then.
Next season's high five for Julian?

"You will have to be strong for the both of us"

"Don't look. I'm not crying, it's allergies. It's not good bye I will be back I promise."

Austin the pistol thing is more Marshaling in a Earp sort of way.

Ride Austy Ride

Not a 10 gallon hat but 5 gallon beard.

File it away guys, you can say the scruff is about saving the planet.

Something else is happening on Sunday, it's World Environment Day. "Nick Offerman's (a.k.a. Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation) beard saves the planet.” He's teamed up with Budweiser to promote its “Grow One. Save a Million” campaign, "which encourages men to grow beards as awesome as his — and therefore conserve water." "According to Budweiser, on average, a man uses 5 gallons of water every time he shaves. The company hopes enough men will take the pledge to put down the razor to save one million gallons of water."

If this is a 15 gallon beard

is this a 150 gallon beard?

Happy Austin Friday.