Actress Minnie Driver has a showcase at SXSW. Yup. Her quest for a label deal continues in our very own city. I would go to this showcase if only I weren’t already occupied with Japan Girls Nite on Saturday.
She’s not the only Hollywood-type pursuing the rock star dream. Los Angeles Latin band Fredabla sports as its lead singer one Eric Balfour, whose notable guest appearances include Xander’s vamped friend Jesse in the first few episodes of Buffy, the guy who harrasses Zoe Bartlett in Georgetown bar in an episode of The West Wing, and most infamously, Gabriel Dimas, the guy on the receiving end of a decapitated foot delivered by Claire Fischer in Six Feet Under.
The only reason I know this much about Balfour is the fact he strikes me as being a mini-Ben Affleck.
Hey, Eric Balfour was just on The OC the other night. I remember him because for a while there, he was That Guy Who’s Everywhere.
Minnie Driver’s actually pretty good. I wish her luck.
And thanks to the wonders of syndicated television, he’s STILL everywhere. Saw him just this morning on Buffy.
I’m buying Minnie’s album if/when it gets released. It seems everytime I watch a movie with Minnie Driver, I end up liking her regardless of whether I liked the movie itself.