When you meet Mike and Carolyn Dufano, you'll likely feel right at home in their Grant Park residence. Their glorious Victorian-style house has appeared on the big and small screens a number of times in recent years. Crews from HGTV have been by for two different shows, a scene in "The Blind Side" took place on the street right in front of their home and, most recently, the home is prominently featured in the box-office champ "Hall Pass." In one scene Owen Wilson, who plays a real estate agent, meets with prospective buyers on a front porch -- the Dufanos'. "We're proud of our porch. We've been working on it for years," Mike Dufano told us during an interview there this week. The scene doesn't last long, but filming took all day. It was just about a year ago, but because the movie takes place during warm weather, crews dyed the grass and taped leaves to the trees to change the season on-film. "We got to meet Owen," Carolyn Dufano said. "Mr. Wilson," Mike Dufano quipped. "It's not like we're best buddies!" On the day of filming, he just happened to leave his copy of "Wedding Crashers" out, and Wilson graciously volunteered to sign it. In between takes Wilson wanted to know all about the house, built 10 years ago following plans from the 1890s. "He asked intelligent questions," Mike Dufano said. They went to see the film, which has been pretty roundly panned by critics. (The New York Observer called it "garbage waiting for the dump truck.") Carolyn Dufano was more gracious, observing that unlike "The Blind Side," for which Sandra Bullock won best lead actress honors, "I don't think this one's going to win an Oscar."
Tweet of the day
"Just got invited to do the Nancy Grace show. I'd rather go on a long road trip with Chuck Lorre in a '75 Pacer."
- Charlie Sheen, who has taken to Twitter after a series of rambling interviews where he has discussed his "tiger blood" and "Adonis DNA." Whether he and Lorre, a writer on Sheen's currently shelved sitcom, "Two and a Half Men," will reconcile remains up in the air. We guess his Media Meltdown Tour won't include a stop in Atlanta, though.
Overscene
Actress and model Eva Marcille dined at Spice Market last week, enjoying spiced chicken samosas and black pepper shrimp with a group of friends...Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck, who are in town with their children while she films "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," have taken a shine to Fellini's Pizza in Buckhead. They've been spotted there a number of times.
Celebrity birthdays
Bluegrass musician Doc Watson is 88. Actress Hattie Winston is 66. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 64. Actor-director Tim Kazurinksy is 61. Singer-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock is 58. Guitarist John Lilley of The Hooters is 57. Actress Miranda Richardson is 53. Rapper Tone-Loc is 45. Guitarist John Bigham (Fishbone) is 42. Actress Julie Bowen is 41. Country singer Brett Warren of The Warren Brothers is 40. Actor David Faustino is 37. Actress Jessica Biel is 29. Guitarist Joe "Blower" Garvey of Hinder is 27.
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