people ------------------------------------------ Senior Patrick Cone experienced a corny encounter with "Friends" actresses Courtney Cox and Jenn ifer Aniston this summer. Cone, while working as an intern for Gaylord / Pandora, a film company in Hollywood, ate lunch in the commissary on most normal days. This particular day was anything but normal for Cone, he said . He was enjoying barbecue ribs and corn– on-the-cob when Cox and Aniston entered the room. "I didn't want to seem star-struck so I just kept eating, but I got to thinking that this • was my chance to say something," Cone said. Cone only smiled when Cox and Aniston approached his dining area. "I had to smile at them," he said. "It's Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox!" So Cone smiled without realizing what he would later see in the mirror. "Ri ght as they approached, I smiled ... with com stuck in my teeth," he said . Cone said the actresses p robably did n't see his true personality in those few minutes. "Not a great impression, but they did smile back," Cone said . Cone, who lived in Calabassas, Calif., during the internship, worshiped at the Malibu chu rch of Christ, where Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, figure– skater, attended . One Sunday Cone was saving a seat for a friend when a man, who Cone later realized was Hamilton, asked to sit in that seat. Cone asked Hamilton to sit somewhere else because his friend planned on returning. "The whole Scott Hamilton thing was an accident," Cone said. "I would have let him sit, but I was saving it. I didn't realize his pregnant wife was waiting in the aisle." . Even after Cone kicked Hamilton out of a seat, he still received the chance to attend Hamilton's wife's baby shower. "I almost went to the shower," Cone said . "It was one of those church of Christ bulletin invites and I thought it would be cool." Although Cone did have to work while in California this summer, he saw a number of celebrities incl uding Adam Sandler, Cher and Emelio Estevez. For the internship, Cone spent eight weeks reading scripts, planning p remiere parties and networking with film ind ustry executives. "I had the opportunity to read scripts first to even see if they were worth passing along," he said. "You can get some really weird stuff." Cone said overall the internship was beneficial. "I gained a good insight about the fil m industry because I saw it in a really good light," he said . Senior Patrick Cone relaxes outside the Benson Auditorium. Cone had the opportu– nity to intern for a film company in Hollywood over the summer. (Photo by Renee Lewis) "I had to smile at them. It's Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox! " -- senIOr Patrick Cone freshmen 11 117
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