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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Johnny Depp And Juliette Lewis
"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
"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.
Sam Neill And Robert Downey Jr
Bruce Willis
Young Elijah Wood
Kevin Bacon And Tom Hanks
Keanu Reeves
Angelina Jolie
Drew Barrymore
Jon Bon Jovi
Denzel Washington
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!
Kevin Costner
Walter Matthau
Jack Nicholson
Christopher Walken
Hugh Grant
Liam Neeson
Cary Elwes
Lawrence Fishburn
Nicolas Cage
Tim Roth
Helen Hunt
Ashley And Mary-Kate Olsen
Gary Oldman, Francis Coppola And Winona Ryder
Luke Perry
Jack Lemmon And Sophia Loren
Tom Seleck
Ed Harris
Tommy Lee Jones
Julia Roberts
Nicole Kidman And Michael Keaton
The other fella would be Bruce Joel Rubin. He directed Nicole and Michael in the movie "My Life" in 1993. Loved Nicole's hair back then. And I love how Bruce and Nicole are looking at one thing, Michael's looking at someone else, and Maria's the only one facing the camera, lol! Actors, eh?
Cuba Gooding Jr, Lawrence Fishburn
The other gentleman is Cuba's father, Cuba Gooding, who was probably best known as the lead singer of the band, The Main Ingredient ("Everybody Plays the Fool"). He passed away in 2017.
Steven Spielberg
Meg Ryan And Andy Garcia
When a Man Loves a Woman, 1994. Lots of these seem like they’re from around that time.
Matt Dillon
Michael Douglas
It would have been neat to put the pictures of her with the father and the son next to each other
Meg Ryan
Jean Claude Van Damme
How does this woman look exactly the same in both old and new pictures
Jonathan Pryce
Love him to bits. The movie Brazil is in my top ten list of all movies.
Tom Cruise
That moustache gap is doing nothing but show off his weird centre tooth.
John Corbett
Ludacris
Heather Locklear
Emilio Estevez
Cast Melrose Place
Pamela Anderson
Cast The Bold & The Beautiful
Mary Mcdonnell
The old lady probably died and most of her personal stuff was probably given away. It happens.
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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.
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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.
I've got the impression all these stars actually wanted a photo taken with her...
Pretty cool, these photo look like they date from the late 80s to the early 90s.
With only a couple of exception all of those celebrities still look like those photos, in my mind, especially the cast of 90210. RIP Luke Perry we remember.
Fun to see who she's happy to be photographed with. Watch for: her smile, the weird hand -like growth on her right shoulder in some photos, who she puts her arm around, her almost ubiquitous pearls.
Does anybody think she had to be in the business?? A costume designer or caterer or something behind the scenes?
It's explained thoroughly at the top of the post.
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It's nice to see that like 95% of them look really happy to be taking a picture with her.
I hope one of her kids sees this post, and ends the mystery of her identity!
She must have been a favorite, or loved by many famous people. Many have their arms around her and their hands on her shoulder. Normally don't do that with complete strangers or people you are not fond of. She is probably missed in the circles she traveled.
I think this woman is too much famous than any actor and actress here.
nonono, I know who she is - she is that secret boss-like lady running Hollywood so in order to get famous you must meet her... and then she pulls some strings and tabs for ya
I wonder if any other person has had the opportunity to be photographed with so many famous people. It certainly would be interesting to see other peoples' experiences with this.
Take this: https://observer.com/2020/02/clearview-ai-social-media-photos-law-enforcement/ Then take: https://youtu.be/gg0F5JjKmhA?t=85 and.... https://youtu.be/l_6Tumd8EQI?t=111
At the same time as it intrigues me immensely, it really saddens me to imagine HOW this treasure ended up in a thrift shop. Did she die without family or friends? If she had friends and family, did they not care enough to glance at something so obviously personal as a photo album (it's not like its' a sauce pan)? If someone has the means to find out, they should post the answers here on BP.
This is the kind of thing opportunist day workers filch when they can, then can't find a way to sell it.
...or maybe this is the latest test of Nvidia deep fake technology and planted. The people behind this would of course know that a photo album of an unknown regular person with so many celebrities would make news. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Misinformation will soon be absolutely impossible to detect. Goodbye truth, hello controlled chaos.
Oooorrrrr.....she's a former member of the Hollywood foreign press and her story is well known and she was indeed in the industry which a quick trip to the Googles would've told you. Jk, all you had to do with read the gd article. I'm sorry that your limit seems to be pictures.
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The old lady probably died and most of her personal stuff was probably given away. It happens.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
I've got the impression all these stars actually wanted a photo taken with her...
Pretty cool, these photo look like they date from the late 80s to the early 90s.
With only a couple of exception all of those celebrities still look like those photos, in my mind, especially the cast of 90210. RIP Luke Perry we remember.
Fun to see who she's happy to be photographed with. Watch for: her smile, the weird hand -like growth on her right shoulder in some photos, who she puts her arm around, her almost ubiquitous pearls.
Does anybody think she had to be in the business?? A costume designer or caterer or something behind the scenes?
It's explained thoroughly at the top of the post.
Load More Replies... It's nice to see that like 95% of them look really happy to be taking a picture with her.
I hope one of her kids sees this post, and ends the mystery of her identity!
She must have been a favorite, or loved by many famous people. Many have their arms around her and their hands on her shoulder. Normally don't do that with complete strangers or people you are not fond of. She is probably missed in the circles she traveled.
I think this woman is too much famous than any actor and actress here.
nonono, I know who she is - she is that secret boss-like lady running Hollywood so in order to get famous you must meet her... and then she pulls some strings and tabs for ya
I wonder if any other person has had the opportunity to be photographed with so many famous people. It certainly would be interesting to see other peoples' experiences with this.
Take this: https://observer.com/2020/02/clearview-ai-social-media-photos-law-enforcement/ Then take: https://youtu.be/gg0F5JjKmhA?t=85 and.... https://youtu.be/l_6Tumd8EQI?t=111
At the same time as it intrigues me immensely, it really saddens me to imagine HOW this treasure ended up in a thrift shop. Did she die without family or friends? If she had friends and family, did they not care enough to glance at something so obviously personal as a photo album (it's not like its' a sauce pan)? If someone has the means to find out, they should post the answers here on BP.
This is the kind of thing opportunist day workers filch when they can, then can't find a way to sell it.
...or maybe this is the latest test of Nvidia deep fake technology and planted. The people behind this would of course know that a photo album of an unknown regular person with so many celebrities would make news. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Misinformation will soon be absolutely impossible to detect. Goodbye truth, hello controlled chaos.
Oooorrrrr.....she's a former member of the Hollywood foreign press and her story is well known and she was indeed in the industry which a quick trip to the Googles would've told you. Jk, all you had to do with read the gd article. I'm sorry that your limit seems to be pictures.
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