Denver’s No. 1 child star isn’t such a child anymore. AnnaSophia Robb is 15 and celebrating her latest movie, “Race to Witch Mountain,” which opens today.
“Mountain” also stars Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, but Robb is used to working with big names: Charlize Theron and Dennis Hopper in “Sleepwalking”; Johnny Depp in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”; and Hilary Swank in “The Reaping.”
Good company.
Robb attends high school in Denver — and she gets shout-outs in the mall, especially when a new movie arrives.
“And I am so proud of this one,” she said this week from Los Angeles, there for the premiere.
In the film, she plays a space alien, and although she talks in a spacy monotone and uses big words, she doesn’t sound like a Conehead.
For much of the pic, she’s in a cab driven by Johnson — careering and crashing through special effects. She wasn’t allowed to do her own stunts because she’s a minor, remember?
She’s back in Denver next week, but not back to a boyfriend. Yet.
“I don’t have time for boyfriends,” she says.
Meadow memorial.
The memorial service for Rocky Mountain News writer James Meadow starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Colfax Event Center, 1477 Columbine St. Expect laughs and tears as colleagues share stories. And James left us with quite a few, like the time . . .
You do that voodoo.
A woman in Aspen is making 7-inch voodoo dolls of Bernard Madoff. A lot of people were hurt there. The dolls are $15 each, but she hasn’t sold any yet. “This is supposed to be light and fun,” she told the Aspen Times. “You know, I’m not chopping chickens’ heads off anywhere.”
Getting dressed.
Durango has been fighting its rep as one of the 10 worst-dressed towns in America, so anointed by USA Today. In October, the citizens even held Fashion Week Durango, with 20 events in 15 locations. Can you say sashay?
Now comes word that TLC’s “What Not to Wear” wants to shoot some scenes in Durango. Hide the Sorels!
Oops.
Wicked Garden, the underground nightclub at 1403 Larimer run by the Jet Boys, reopens tonight with “The Night of Bad Decisions” theme. All patrons must sign a release — relieving the club of all responsibility if things happen, such as damage to friendships, waking up alone in Brighton with nothing on but a T-shirt, loss of virginity, loss of Saturday.
City spirit.
“Catch Me If You Can” con man Frank Abagnale Jr. speaks May 12 at the Jewish Family Service Luncheon. . . . U2 cover band Under a Blood Red Sky rocks under the big white tent at 9 tonight outside of Fado. . . . Sez who: “It doesn’t matter what you think.” Dwayne Johnson
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. Reach him at 303-954-1486 or bhusted@denverpost.com.
