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'One Tree Hill' star dating Bono's daughter
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Published: Monday, January 3, 2011 at 12:47 p.m.
I’m the local film reporter. Not a gossip columnist. Frankly, I could care less who’s dating who among Wilmington’s movie elite. Although, I’m sure they don’t think that.
But this story has so many Wilmington connections that came together in such serendipitous ways, that even I couldn’t ignore it.
If you’re a “One Tree Hill” fan and keep up with one of the show’s many unofficial blogs, you’ve likely learned that James Lafferty (Nathan on OTH) has been dating Bono’s (of U2 fame) daughter, Eve Hewson, since about the end of November. Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson, get it?
Even the Daily Mail is reporting on it.
How did a TV actor sequestered in little Wilmington, far from the lights and paparazzi of Hollywood, end up meeting a descendant of rock ‘n’ roll royalty? It seems it was one of those weird series of events that seem to happen only to Wilmingtonians.
My editor, John Staton, and I put our heads together and came up with a theory. Try to follow.
Back in 2007 Hewson acted in a movie called “The 27 Club” written, directed and produced by Erica Dunton, who has strong ties to the area. Part of that movie was filmed in Wilmington.
It’s possible she and Lafferty, who’s lived here since “One Tree Hill” began filming in 2003, either met through that production or through mutual friends with connections to the movie.
But here’s where it gets even odder. Dunton, whose dad Joe Dunton used to own a camera rental business here, was once hired by Bono to be a nanny for his kids. We can assume that would include Hewson, who is now 19 years old. Lafferty is 25.
And there’s more! According to those pesky Internet sources, Lafferty and Hewson were recently seen canoodling at a Wakey!Wakey!concert in New Jersey. Wakey!Wakey! is a band often featured in “One Tree Hill” and headed by Mike Grubbs, who has played a bartender on the made-in-Wilmington show.
So what does all this mean for you and me? Nothing. But it does kind of show that Wilmington might be at the far edge of the continent, but we’re still in the game.
StarNews file Buy photo
Published: Monday, January 3, 2011 at 12:47 p.m.
I’m the local film reporter. Not a gossip columnist. Frankly, I could care less who’s dating who among Wilmington’s movie elite. Although, I’m sure they don’t think that.
But this story has so many Wilmington connections that came together in such serendipitous ways, that even I couldn’t ignore it.
If you’re a “One Tree Hill” fan and keep up with one of the show’s many unofficial blogs, you’ve likely learned that James Lafferty (Nathan on OTH) has been dating Bono’s (of U2 fame) daughter, Eve Hewson, since about the end of November. Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson, get it?
Even the Daily Mail is reporting on it.
How did a TV actor sequestered in little Wilmington, far from the lights and paparazzi of Hollywood, end up meeting a descendant of rock ‘n’ roll royalty? It seems it was one of those weird series of events that seem to happen only to Wilmingtonians.
My editor, John Staton, and I put our heads together and came up with a theory. Try to follow.
Back in 2007 Hewson acted in a movie called “The 27 Club” written, directed and produced by Erica Dunton, who has strong ties to the area. Part of that movie was filmed in Wilmington.
It’s possible she and Lafferty, who’s lived here since “One Tree Hill” began filming in 2003, either met through that production or through mutual friends with connections to the movie.
But here’s where it gets even odder. Dunton, whose dad Joe Dunton used to own a camera rental business here, was once hired by Bono to be a nanny for his kids. We can assume that would include Hewson, who is now 19 years old. Lafferty is 25.
And there’s more! According to those pesky Internet sources, Lafferty and Hewson were recently seen canoodling at a Wakey!Wakey!concert in New Jersey. Wakey!Wakey! is a band often featured in “One Tree Hill” and headed by Mike Grubbs, who has played a bartender on the made-in-Wilmington show.
So what does all this mean for you and me? Nothing. But it does kind of show that Wilmington might be at the far edge of the continent, but we’re still in the game.