Tag Archives: fame

My Next Big Fork in the Road?

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Yes, that’s (not) me in the center. My Real Memoir At age eleven, I’d had an offer to move to Japan and become an artist. That was my first big fork in the road. Then at eighteen, I’d had a … Continue reading →

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Flying High Into the New Year

Posted on December 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Stardom was imminent! True, I hadn’t had any lead roles in our college theatre productions so far. But near the end of my first semester, the school paper had complimented my cocky Irishman performance in an otherwise … Continue reading →

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(Still Not Famous) So Off to College

Posted on October 17, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “I apologize for not winning” (Best New Music Group in the U.S.), I told my pen pal. But on the other hand, my band The Daily Planet remained our tv producer, publisher Robert “Bob” Petersen’s personal favorite. … Continue reading →

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A Head Full of Dreams

Posted on September 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “You’re so full of dreams, I gotta kiss you just to shut you up!” (from my novel Healing River). Those could have been my girlfriend Marty’s words the day we graduated from high school. Yes, I was … Continue reading →

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I Was (Almost) a 12-Year-Old Star!

Posted on July 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir By the time I was 12, my focus had shifted from drawing to storytelling. Although, in truth, even my art had been visual storytelling; I loved movies, after all, and what were movies but visual stories? The … Continue reading →

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A Worthy Life

Posted on March 22, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Christian Holzinger Thought for the Week No one who lived for riches or fame or power ever died satisfied. So live for what is worthy, what neither moth nor rust can destroy (Matthew 6:19). It may or may … Continue reading →

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Rebel Without Applause

Posted on November 14, 2019 by mitchteemley

The first film I starred in, apart from home movies, was a cheesy low-budget Rebel Without a Cause knockoff called Eden Cried. And by starred in I mean, of course, that I was an extra. I’d just gotten out of … Continue reading →

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To be Immortal

Posted on July 26, 2019 by mitchteemley

High School graduation was a big deal. We were finally adults! En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, I threw an all-night party, … Continue reading →

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What the Academy Awards are Really About

Posted on February 23, 2019 by mitchteemley

The Academy Awards exist to sell tickets, particularly for Hollywood movies. Which is why American studios and American movie stars dominate the event. There’s nothing particularly evil about that; every industry promotes itself. Movies cost megabucks to make, after all, … Continue reading →

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To be Immortal

Posted on May 19, 2017 by mitchteemley

High School graduation was a big deal. We were adults, and underclassmen suddenly seemed so young. En route to prom, my lacey-gowned girlfriend and I were asked if we were married. Married? That’s what grown-ups do! A few days later, … Continue reading →

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