Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Nic Cage Mourns In Heels

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In today's episode: Nic Cage artificially enhancing his stature (with bonus photo!) at the Johnny Ramone memorial, as Lisa Marie Presley, Eddie Vedder, Vincent Gallo, and former Ramones mourn; Kirsten Dunst squealing at her own image on the movie screen at The Grove; Will Ferrell and 9-0 regular Christine Elise at the Tenacious D show; William H. Macy letting his hair fly; Nicky Hilton shrugging off the paparazzi; a very special Andy Dick double-header; Kyle McLachlan and David Duchovny having a silent agent-off at the Chateau; Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna; Michael Rappaport; Ron Jeremy; James Denton; Flavor Flav; Steve-O; Henry Rollins; Adam Garcia; Ian Ziering; Philthy Taylor; Kato Kaelin.
· At the Johnny Ramone memorial 1/14: I never knew that Nicolas Cage wore heels. Is he really that uncomfortable with his height? I noticed them as he walked up to give his little spiel/eulogy. It was also pretty funny that Lisa Marie was there. The two of them were in close proximity, but never made verbal and/or eye contact. Vincent Gallo rambled on for much longer than Johnny's former bandmates CJ and Tommy, it was pretty self-serving garbage (Johnny is dead so I must be the most awesome person here type shit). Eddie Vedder's baby is adorable, which makes sense since his wife is F-I-N-E. The Pearl Jam frontman even (sorta) gave into the press and showed him off for about 30 seconds. The whole thing was very classy, if you consider selling memorial t-shirts at a memorial service for $20 a pop classy.

Here are photos of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Cages' feet.
· Saw Kirsten Dunst at The Grove watching Hotel Rwanda on Saturday afternoon. No Jake in sight, just two female friends and one guy (who was clearly involved with one of the other girls, not Kirsten). Right before the movie started one of those slides came on informing the audience "Kirsten Dunst got her start in commercials at age 3..." She let out a giggly "Oh my god!" She was noisy during the movie too. Right after that ran into Katie Holmes at Ralph's on 3rd and La Brea. No Chris Klein in sight. She was being stalked by an obnoxious group of frat boy types. Maybe it's those references in Harold & Kumar. Poor girl.
· As the opener for the Tenacious D show, Will Ferrell lipsync-ed to Coldplay "Clocks," and then apologized to the audience for not singing the whole song, saying "I didn't sing the whole thing, but I did the best I could." Hilarious. Also saw Christine Elise, aka Emily Valentine, of 90210 fame at the show. As you recall, she guest starred in episodes such as "A Walsh Family Christmas" and my personal fave, "Up in Flames" as the Brandon-obsessed arsonist girlfriend. I instantly recognized her voice when I heard her yelling at people not to cut her in the beer line.
· I was driving home from work though the bottle neck of traffic that is Barham Blvd leaving Burbank when a convertible Carrera pulled up. I looked over and smiled because I thought it was great that someone was so
excited about the rain finally letting up that they decided to go top down, I got a smile right back from William H. Macy. He looked great and friendly and didn't seem worried about people recognizing him, he was probably just enjoying the dry sky....
· Spotted Nicky Hilton shopping at Madison on Robertson yesterday. She was with two other girls, one of whom looked like a publicist-type. She was wearing what looked like a Marc Jacobs tweed overcoat, black pants, and
black ballet flats. My boyfriend was shocked by how short she was in person, and also deemed her unattractive. She left empty-handed. There were about 10 paparazzi waiting patiently outside to mob her, but she seemed pretty laid back...although she was wearing her large sunglasses inside the store, which can be annoying.
· I was a Toi on Sunset Friday having a post-bar snack, when in walked Andy Dick with another guy. I cursed myself for leaving my phone in the car, as I would have taken a pic to capture him grazing in his natural environment. There was a big table of friends near his table, and they were all getting up to talk to him. He seemed to enjoy interacting with
his multitude of fans, as Toi does such a good job feeding all those hungry Andy Dick fans out there. I was very disappointed when I looked up from my Tom Kha Gai and saw that he had left. Oh how I pine for another close encounter with Andy.
· Andy Dick was at dive bar The Roost tonight on Los Feliz, Fri night with another friend, both of them with digital camcorders videotaping "someone special" in the corner booth where we were celebrating a friend's
birthday...(was it for a new show, who knows?) Little did Andy know, right next to the friend he was filming was none other than Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock. Isaac Brock's female companion took digi-snapshots of Andy while he filmed. I told Andy that I loved him in "Trading Spaces" and then asked him if he knew who he was taping....then
broke it down for him..... he asked for a vodka and then didn't drink it... bastard
· At a reading of a compilation about men and relationship fears- in the Chateau Marmont lobby, featuring Andy Borowitz: the faces of television paranormal FBI investigators for the 80's and 90's. Not ten feet apart - Special Agent Dale Cooper [Kyle McLachlan], leaning against some woman on a sofa and Special Agent Fox Mulder [David Duchovny], standing center floor throughout the reading. All attempts to bait them into a Superman vs. Batman, heroes showdown fell on deaf ears.
· Was at the Studio City Farmer's Market on Sunday morning and bumped into Harry Hamlin and Lisa "The Lips" Rinna. She must have half of the collagen supply of the Western seaboard packed in just her upper lip alone. Wearing a cowboy hat, I couldn't help staring as to which stood out further — the bill of her hat or the bill of her <Donald? Daisy? Daffy? Howard the? The Ugly..?> duck like lips. Her hair under the hat? Reminiscent of Sharon Stone in her "LOOK, I'M NOT CRAZY" phase. Maybe she'll soon be going in for a lobotomy/brain surgery too. Harry? also trying a little too hard. He's a little too old for the unkempt rocker look —- black jeans, faded Yes tour shirt, dark glasses, unshaven face and a perfectly messy head of hair. Maybe he's in a band and they were gigging beyond the animal petting zoo?
· Saw Michael Rappaport on Larchmont today (Golden Globes Sunday!). He was with a male friend who had two small children...and MR had a small toddler girl of his own. Or at least he acted like she was his. Huh, I had no idea MR had a kid, or was even married...? MR and his offspring actually spoke to me as they petted my dog. Actually, not really my dog - my friend's dog - but she was in Larchmont Pizza getting her hung over ass a slice, so I pretended the dog was ALL mine in the face of "celebrity". MR was very nice and polite and looked pretty good - he's gotta be late 30s at least, right? Then he, his buddy, and their assorted children went and sat at the Coffee Bean. Totally seemed like "single father" Sunday out.
· I am a privacy invading MACHINE this week, although I am concerned about the declining quality of my sightings. From Michelle Pfeiffer to Alan Cumming to... Ron Jeremy. Midnight, at Mel's on Sunset. He really is as
grotesque in person as you would imagine, bless him. At this rate, I expect my next sighting will be either the lead fister
from Dwarves with Dildos 6, or Lindsay Lohan.
· i saw deserate housewives james denton at barnes and noble in burbank, he was walking out as i was walking in...he was carrying his son and singing Marroon 5 "she will be loved" loudly!
· 1/12/05, LAX, 10:03 pm (pst), American Airlines gate 42A. Sitting at the gate waiting for my plane to get
into LAX from JFK so that I could get on and return home to NYC...Mr. Flavor Flav himself (sans Brigitte
Nielsen or any visible posse) getting off the plane wearing a pink hoody (the hoody part was pulled over
his head but I'd know that understated clock anywhere). He wasn't one of the first through the gate
(as first class and business class flyers always should be. But if VH1 was paying for the ticket he
could have been flying as baggage). But maybe it was just because it takes him a long time to switch his
clocks to pacific standard time.
· Steve-O from jackass was at the airport….wouldn’t have known who he was until some little high school girl went running over to him (with her mom) asking if she could have a picture with him.. she had braces and the whole obviously under age thing going on.. he kept saying he was going to rub his penis hard that night to her with her mom standing right there!! She was such jail bait!! .. it was so weird. So, we go to get the luggage and Steve-O is laying on the ground by baggage claim with a blow up doll talking on his cell phone. It was all very strange. He’s gross.
· This past weekend I saw Henry Rollins at Rite Aid on Sunset and fairfax shopping for, i don't know, but hopefully something to cover up the gray in his hair. I was with a woman who was looking for UTI detectors (who's the man!? who's the man?!) inside as i stood outside talking on the phone. Being new to the star gazing, saying outloud, "its henry rollins" doesn't make me so inconspicuous. I walked inside and found the ailing woman, again proclaiming "there's henry rollins," who was standing about 15 feet away from us. He didn't even flinch and was looking at notebooks to buy, probably to get his thoughts out so he didn't rip my arms off. Mr Rollins was wearing a gray "Washington DC" sweatshirt and green cargo pants (an outfit, I have since dreamt about), looking like he just woke up.
· Spotted Adam Garcia (the boyfriend from Coyote Ugly if you're scratching your head) dressed WAY the f down in Pavillions on Vine last night. He was in pajama pants, flip-flops, a grey t-shirt and a driving jacket.
Now, I'm not famous, but there's NO WAY I'd go to Pavillions in my pajamas, lest I run into someone I know. If you've been in a couple of B movies with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan and you have a grating, recognizable Aussie aceent, you should DEFINITELY put some pants on lest someone like me... (who has only seen part of Coyote Ugly once on cable)
recognizes you and goes trumpeting it to the media that you're a slob. His girlfriend was carrying around the empty basket while they jibber-jabbered.
· Saw 90210's Ian Ziering at the Baja Fresh at Santa Monica & La Brea (no, not working there). He was at a table with some old man in thick glasses and a newsie cap.
· I'm most excited to write to you and report my first star-sighting at Ralphs in Silverlake! Sunday night I noticed a scummy, scruffy-looking old guy pushing his cart up and down the aisles. He seemed kind of Sunset Strip for Silverlake, but whatever. I took my items to the checkout and noticed he was in line next to me and finally recognized him as former Motorhead drummer Philthy "Animal" Taylor. OK Defamer, I'm giving you and NOT Metal Sludge the exclusive on what Philthy shops for on a Sunday night:
2 Large Cartons of Low Fat Yogurt (unflavored)
1 ENORMOUS (3 liter?) bottle of generic orange soda
1 40 count box of generic tampons (ouch!)
1 loaf of white bread
Diapers ???
Assorted weird crackers
And he asked for a pack of Camels.
Draw any conclusions that you may from the content of his cart. He seems a bit domesticized for a headbanger, don't you think?
· Saw witness for the prosecution/celebrity houseguest Kato Kaelin coming out of the Von's on Pass Ave in Burbank Wednesday night around seven thirty. He was carrying a small bag and was wearing a cell phone earpiece but didn't appear to be talking to anyone (maybe waiting for that call from OJ asking him to move back in?). He looked at me a little sheepishly with the don't-recognize-me face as we crossed paths, and then a woman cried out, "Oh! It's you! How are you?" He mumbled something in return and hightailed it to the parking lot. It might just be me, but it appears he hasn't changed his hair since the mid-nineties.
