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CHICAGO – It was Twenty-Twenty Five and we’re still alive
But for how much longer I just don’t know
Sure I can paint a pretty picture
But I’m not a penny richer
Shooting pretty big celebrities all in a row.
Life is so surreal
Where’s my development deal
Or the backing of Seth Rogan’s studio?
Cause it’s hard to concentrate
Living in a Fascist state
Just another day in Trump’s new shit show,
Still you know I can’t resist
Sharing this annual list
Of my favorite portraits
From the completed year.
So sit right down
And ignore that clown
Let this feature fill both your eyes and ears
With a moment of relief from all our fears.
Photographer Joe Arce … Welcome to Our National Shit Show
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
25. Oscar Winning Producer/Actress, Odessa Rae
Odessa Rae
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
If you want to play
Odessa Rae, can produce your artistic vision.
With an Oscar and a BAFTA too,
She’s the brilliant, easy decision.
Like Night and Day
From Michael Bay,
Or Bialystock & Bloom.
You can see the sparks fly in every eye,
When she enters any room.
Photographed October 18th* at the at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.
*All dates 2025
24. Comic Actor Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Rob Schneider making copies…
Once upon a time, he was a star.
From “Deuce Bigelow”, to sad MAGA troll,
When he’s not too busy waxing Sandler’s car.
Photographed August 15th at Fan Expo Chicago.
23. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Three Cheers for Mayor Brandon Johnson!
For refusing to bend the knee
In our sanctuary city,
Cause Chicago has no pity
Making Fascists like Gregory Bovino flee.
Photographed October 24th at the at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.
22. Musician/Actress/Artist Kate Micucci
Kate Micucci
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Kate Micucci, no need to check my notes…
Is far more than just the quirky brunette
In Garfunkel & Oates.
A comedic actor of first degree,
She’s always “Raising Hope”
With her heartfelt portrayals
Of awkward outsiders,
Just struggling to cope.
A gifted artist her cartoon drawings
Are highly prized as art.
And if you ask her nicely,
She’ll cover any surface
With a little landscape from her heart.
Photographed August 16th at Fan Expo Chicago.
21. Actor Mckenna Grace
Mckenna Grace
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Rising star Mckenna Grace
With a haunting voice and angelic face,
Should have no trouble carving out her place
As an It-Girl ingenue
And we know this much is true.
One of the best child actors of her generation
Having already earned an Emmy nomination,
Before she could even bid her teens adieu
Her leading lady status- long overdue.
Photographed August 16th at Fan Expo Chicago.