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[orchid2]

I have heard that Julia Roberts is an honorary Phi Mu because of the movie "Steel Magnolias." Does anybody know if this is true... or is it just another greek urban legend?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by orchid2

I have heard that Julia Roberts is an honorary Phi Mu because of the movie "Steel Magnolias." Does anybody know if this is true... or is it just another greek urban legend?

OK, I know that everyone knows that Susan Harling (the woman who Shelby in Steel Magnolias is based on) is a Phi Mu. But wasn't there a rumor going around that the composite you see in one scene was a Chi O composite? I just watched SM again the other day and unless someone had a theater size screen and was able to freeze it I don't know how they could tell.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by 33girl

But wasn't there a rumor going around that the composite you see in one scene was a Chi O composite?

I met the Chi Omega whose family home in Natchitoches, LA was used in the movie. I met her quite a few years ago -- I think she went to Vanderbilt, but maybe the composite was from L.S.U.?

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

The author of The Help is now being claimed by Phi Mu.

Originally Posted by IrishLake

The main character and her friends were Chi O's in the book.

Wonder why she didn't make them Phi Mus? If you are going to use the name of a real NPC group -- why not make it your own?

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by 33girl

OK, I know that everyone knows that Susan Harling (the woman who Shelby in Steel Magnolias is based on) is a Phi Mu. But wasn't there a rumor going around that the composite you see in one scene was a Chi O composite? I just watched SM again the other day and unless someone had a theater size screen and was able to freeze it I don't know how they could tell.

I remember catching that the last time I watched it, years ago. I think I posted about it at the time.

It's pretty easy to catch the differcence between them; when spelled out, 3 letters 5 letters versus 3 letter 2 letters.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I remember catching that the last time I watched it, years ago. I think I posted about it at the time.

It's pretty easy to catch the differcence between them; when spelled out, 3 letters 5 letters versus 3 letter 2 letters.

Nah, it's a Phi Mu Composite. My mama has the Making of SM book, and I'm pretty sure you can see it in a picture.
There is also a picture of Julia Roberts with my old Surgery Dept Head, Dr. McDonald. He was Susan Harling's transplant surgeon, so they invited him down while they were shooting the movie to meet everyone. I knew a lot of people in S'port who knew her. Apparently her husband was a pediatrician, not a lawyer IRL, and married the mother of one of his patient's three months after her death. Yeah, Jackson wasn't as nice as in the movie.

[joliebelle]

Heather McDonald of Chelsea Lately fame is a Gamma Phi Beta from USC

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Nah, it's a Phi Mu Composite. My mama has the Making of SM book, and I'm pretty sure you can see it in a picture.
There is also a picture of Julia Roberts with my old Surgery Dept Head, Dr. McDonald. He was Susan Harling's transplant surgeon, so they invited him down while they were shooting the movie to meet everyone. I knew a lot of people in S'port who knew her. Apparently her husband was a pediatrician, not a lawyer IRL, and married the mother of one of his patient's three months after her death. Yeah, Jackson wasn't as nice as in the movie.

Jackson doesn't come off as the husband of the year in the movie, either. Think of the scene when Shelby tells her mother that she's pregnant.


As for Betty Crocker, she is NOT a real person! Several women have either posed for her picture, several women have edited the cookbook. An ADPi was one, I think the first, but I'm not going to swear to it.


Another call for a Pi Beta Phi!!!!