Someone Found A Photo Album With A Woman Next To Hollywood Stars In A Thrift Shop And It’s Like A Time Machine
A thrift shop in Belgium has caused quite a stir on the Internet. People at Opnieuw & Co, a local establishment in Mortsel, discovered an old photo album where a woman posed next to the biggest stars in Hollywood. After they shared some of the pictures, the online community immediately started their investigation. Who was this woman hugging Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Bruce Willis, and other A-list celebrities?
After a while, someone noticed a tag she had in one of the photos. Turns out, the 'mysterious' woman is actually Maria Snoeys-Lagler, a former member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It's a non-profit organization of journalists and photographers who report on the entertainment industry. The HFPA consists of about 90 members from around 55 countries, and they're the ones conducting the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles every January.
Looking at these pictures, it's clear that Maria Snoeys-Lagler has met virtually everyone dominating the biggest screens and stages. Or is it the other way around? Maybe, just maybe, there's a secret club in Hollywood of all the celebrities who have had their picture taken with Maria Snoeys-Lagler?
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"We still have no idea how the album got to us," a spokesperson of Opnieuw & Co told Bored Panda. "We are a thrift store and we rely on donations to fund our social workplace (we provide refugees and people who can’t find a job with work). That means someone probably dropped it off at one of our shops in a box full of other stuff as well."
"One of our people browsed through the album and realized this was not something that someone would get rid of voluntarily," they said. "We figured out the lady’s name through her press badge in one of the photos. Then, one of our country's national TV stations used their contacts and located her daughter in California. Nobody has any idea how the album ended up here."
Patrick Stewart
Love any photo with that extraordinary gent in it. The lady had a unique life, but so sad the album passed from her to a thrift shop. (But lucky someone was curious enough to buy it)
"Maria died in 2016 after being a Hollywood reporter until the age of 87. We have now contacted her daughter to make sure we can return the album to her."
Judging from the photos, it's clear that her job had meant a lot to her. Let's hope they reach California safely and Maria's daughter gets to keep these tributes to her mom's work.
Young Elijah Wood
Clarence Williams III, Kyle Maclachlan And Samuel L Jackson
Sir Anthony Hopkins And Richard Attenborough
Oh my I missed This one or did not show up before I signed IN?? Just love me some Anthony Hopkins! What an actor of our time!
Walter Matthau
He was great. Check out the original"Taking of Pelham 123" and "Hopscotch", two of my favorite Matthau films. Pelham123 is 1970s NYC frozen in time.
Kirk Douglas
Lawrence Fishburn
I wish she kept a diary of these meetings and her thoughts on the people she met.
Nicolas Cage
Ashley And Mary-Kate Olsen
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How did this album end at a thrift shop?
The old lady probably died and most of her personal stuff was probably given away. It happens.
She passed away in 2016 in Switzerland. Apparently her daugher doesn't know how the book landed up there, and it was only by chance that it wasn't destroyed or thrown away by the shop.
NaeNea- I got nosy and googled :-) article in Belgium that mentioned it. Think it also said pics were taken between 1995 and 1998 when she was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
I wonder if the lady worked in the film industry. It's clear that the pictures were precious to her.
R L : How do you know???
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b'dum tish!
She really did like her pearls.
Chances are she worked for the studios in some capacity. She may have been an agent or an agents assistant.
Her position in the industry is explained in the introductory paragraphs.
That involves reading. Better to be ignorant and jump to conclusions.
The article says She worked for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Cause we didn't read that part. Doh!
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How did this album end at a thrift shop?
The old lady probably died and most of her personal stuff was probably given away. It happens.
She passed away in 2016 in Switzerland. Apparently her daugher doesn't know how the book landed up there, and it was only by chance that it wasn't destroyed or thrown away by the shop.
NaeNea- I got nosy and googled :-) article in Belgium that mentioned it. Think it also said pics were taken between 1995 and 1998 when she was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
I wonder if the lady worked in the film industry. It's clear that the pictures were precious to her.
R L : How do you know???
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
b'dum tish!
She really did like her pearls.
Chances are she worked for the studios in some capacity. She may have been an agent or an agents assistant.
Her position in the industry is explained in the introductory paragraphs.
That involves reading. Better to be ignorant and jump to conclusions.
The article says She worked for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Cause we didn't read that part. Doh!
This comment has been deleted.