We saw Trista and Ryan Sutter meet and fall in love on “The Bachelorette.” We saw them get married a year later on ABC, along with 17 million other viewers. We saw them and their baby, Max, in Vail featured in countless fanzines.
And it looks like we’re going to start seeing them a lot more.
US Weekly has a glowing Father’s Day cover story on Ryan and how he spends happy days with the family.
The mag also mentions the Internet buzz about how the couple has met with Martha Stewart’s production team to develop a new reality series based on home improvement.
I didn’t hear back from Trista after I e-mailed her Thursday. But US Weekly quotes her: “Ryan and I have always said we would never do something invasive or 2 4/7 again. We are open to other ideas, though, and wouldn’t rule anything out.”
Convention confidential.
Melissa Etheridge is set to play a Win the Vote Concert at the Fillmore Aug. 26 . . . Philanthropist and gay activist Tim Gill is throwing a party at Rioja Aug. 26 . . . Billy Bragg at Red Rocks Aug. 25 with Denver Film Society’s Cinemocracy, along with some shorts that won votes at , and an election themed film TBA . . . Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck throws a party Aug. 24 at the Denver Art Museum . . . Rumors have Oprah renting a house at East First Avenue and Humboldt Street in Country Club. Helicopters have been checking out the neighborhood . . . Rumors also have Donald Trump in Country Club for the convention . . . Jon Stewart tapes “The Daily Show” at the Newman Center Aug. 26-29 . . . New Jersey Gov. John Corzine throws a closing-night party Aug. 28 at The Oceanaire with the Soul School Band.
Panic attack.
Widespread Panic continues its record run at Red Rocks. After the band’s gigs June 27-29, their bragging rights will be bolstered for having played the most consecutive sold-out dates at Red Rocks: 32.
Willie Nelson has played Red Rocks 26 times and Grateful Dead has played there 22 — and not all those shows were sold out.
On Friday, Mayor John Hickenlooper is set to salute the boys before the show.
Dakota does Aspen.
Dakota Johnson, daughter of Aspenites Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, gets the star treatment in this month’s glossy Aspen Peak.
She grew up in the gulch, went to Aspen Community School and she “gets” Aspen.
“Knowing that Aspen exists, that it’s home and there’s a community there — really helped me become the person I am today,” says the budding actress/model. “It’s just this little town that’s amazing.”
City spirit.
On Thursday, I credited CSN&Y with writing “Woodstock” — but, as many readers pointed out, the song was penned by Joni Mitchell . . . The doc “Molly Brown: Biography of a Changing Nation” debuts on KRMA-Ch. 6 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Patricia Limerick intros the movie, which was produced at Denver’s Molly Brown House and directed by Denver filmmaker Jim Havey . . . Sez who: “I can’t remember anything I ever wrote.” Joni Mitchell
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