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This week: Elle McPherson, Leo and Giselle, Martha Stewart hardly working, Michael Rappaport, Anthony Anderson, Vanessa Carlton and Steven Jenkins, David Eigenberg, Shandi from ANTM, Janeane Garofalo, Big Pussy, Clare Danes and Billy Crudup "talk deeply" about art at MOMA, Luke Wilson, Barbara Walters overhears in New York, Julia Stiles, Karl Lagerfeld, B.D. Wong, Don Cheadle, Larenz Tate, Rev. Al Sharpton, Anderson Cooper, Famke Janssen, Olivia Newton-John, Bernadette Peters, Mariska Hargitay, Hugh Jackman, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, Reese Witherspoon, Jai Rodriguez, Domenic Moneghan (the Hobbit from "Lost"!), Elizabeth Berkley, James Lipton, Kerri Russell, and David Hyde Pierce.

Last Sunday afternoon (May 1) I was in the dressing room at Scoop in Soho, when Elle MacPherson walked in with some hot guy. She looked disgustingly good...tight jeans, boots, fur vest, the whole supermodel look. She was very friendly, trying on and squeezing into Levi's and a couple other things; she was in and out pretty quick.

Last Thursday May 5 at about 9:45 PM, me and my friend went to Spice Market and who do we see but Leo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen - they're both beautiful. She has super long gorgeous hair; his hair was pretty short, and he still looks like he should be carded.

So my friend and I are waiting to pick up our order at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park when I notice a blond woman walk up to thank the counter staff and say how great things were. It's Martha Stewart ... and with only one bearded, gay assistant. I tried to get a look at the ankle bracelet, but her pants didn't ride up so far. She did stop to pet someone's dog and then was off. Had a camera in her hand ... I suppose to make it look more like she was "working" and not just lolly-gagging around the city on a nice day.

Yesterday, May 5th I saw Goldie Hawn in the Lobby of the News Corp building. She was wearing a white suit and looked beautiful. Then on the corner of 45th and 5th around 6 p.m I spotted Michael Rappaport and Anthony Anderson chatting on the corner and looking at pictures in Rappaport's camera. Rappaport was wearing a black Yankee baseball cap. It looked like they had just bumped into each other on the street. I was going to tell Rappaport that I enjoyed his article in Jane Mag but I'm a guy and what was I doing reading Jane?

Went to Strip House Steakhouse last night 5/5 and spotted piano pop princess Vanessa Carlton with her early 90's 3rd Eye Blind (and older) boyfriend Steven Jenkins (I'll admit I still listen to my old 3rd Eye Blind tunes). The two sat in a private banquette all the way in the back of the restaurant. Vanessa looked pretty in a long white tunic and jeans and Steven, to my surprise, looked pretty good as well, he looked fit and not as blobby as I thought he would be. My boyfriend and I debated whether they were canoodling or not, alas we did not catch them, but they seemed like a cute couple anyway.

David Eigenberg (Steve from Sex and the City) almost bumped into me on Cinco de Mayo on the corner of 23rd and 5th. He is absolutely adorable, had on a blue hoodie and some thick emo-kid glasses, looking a little confused as to where he was going. Two minutes later Shandi from America's Next Top Model walked past with wearing a bunch of Walmart hairclips.

Last night (5/5) saw Janeane Garofalo coming out of an ATM on 23rd and 8th. She was wearing sweats and a backpack and had the most amazing skin and looked kind of in shape. She held the door open for me and my friend with a friendly smile. Nice to see a famous person who seems normal and not all stuck on themselves.

I saw Vincent Pastore a.k.a. Big Pussy on Mulberry and Hester yesterday (5/5) morning around 8:45, getting out of a black Caddy with tinted windows. Perhaps he was revisiting the scene of his (alleged) crime? (He was due in Criminal Court later in the day on charges of beating his fiancee.) Either way, he's looking older than his "Sopranos" days, but still fat. Taller than I expected.

Thursday was a nice day to play hooky and hit the new moma with my lady. We spotted Clare Danes and Billy Crudup doing the same. Clare was with long blond hair and Billy was unremarkable. I forget what floor they were on when we spotted them, but I noticed they were talking deeply about a Cy Twombly painting. They looked pretty unremarkable to me. There seem to be a slight buzz to the room, but no one was bothering them.

Saw Luke Wilson (or a guy that looks like him) by himself in an elevator at the Time Warner Center on Thurs (5/5) at around 9:20p. He looked nice and well-groomed in a navy suit, and prepared to enter V Steakhouse.

Yesterday evening as I strolled down 5th avenue, I called my mother to console her after a horribly painful chemical peel. she was in such bad shape she couldn't hold the phone up to her face, so I was practically shrieking my words of comfort - something along the lines of "BUT YOU'LL BE SO PRETTY IN A FEW DAYS! YOU'LL LOOK YEARS YOUNGER LIKE ALL THOSE WOMEN ON TV!!!" ...when who should emerge from 825 5th but Barbara Walters in an immaculate cream-colored suit. she clearly heard me, but her sagging jowls have been so heavily botoxed that she couldn't even muster a dirty look. I mean a diwty wook.

Was at Columbia-area restaurant La Pertutti on 5/5 when fellow student Julia Stiles walked by. How long has she been going there? More important, how is she famous? The girl I was having lunch with was a hundred times prettier, give or take.

Yesterday 5/5 I passed Karl Lagerfeld walking (if one could call it walking— he was doing some weird robotic shuffle) down Mercer all by his lonesome. He looked totally pilled out.

I just followed supercool B.D. Wong into the Union Square Staples and watched him take plenty of time to pick out the perfect file folder. I had to fake lots of interest in spiral-bound notebooks in order to stalk him successfully.

Saw Don Cheadle, Larenz Tate, and the Rev. Al Sharpton being corralled in preparation for a panel discussion on race relations and other heavy issues after a private screening of new movie "Crash" on wed night (5/4).

Anderson Cooper in (no surprise here) Chelsea, 8th ave at 21st street, crossing toward Rawhide (didn't see if he went in) sporting the red hooded sweatshirt.

I saw Famke Janssen, Ava from Nip/Tuck, walking her dog this morning on 6th Ave and Bleeker. She was very tall and gorgeous.

I got chills, they're multiplying... Because I just saw everyone's favorite Aussie songstress — Olivia Newton-John! She blended right in with the mommies (and looked fabulous in head-to-toe black) at the Bleecker Playground (aka the Xanadu of the West Village) as the younger gent she was with made like a human jungle gym for an adoring gaggle of toddlers. This made my week.

Monday - saw Bernadette Peters walking down Madison Ave. with shopping bags. She looks exactly the same in person, except less shiny.

Monday - Mariska Hargitay coming out of Barney's and dressed like she was coming from an appearance. Tight jeans, silky halter top - gorgeous in person with a killer body. Taller than I expected.

Tuesday - Hugh Jackman and his wife crossing Columbus as they came out of a morning walk in central park. He is tall and lanky and gorgeous even in a hat, sunglasses and sweatpants. She looked happy, and soft with her blond hair all piled up on her head and in her warm-up suit and thinner than whenshe has appeared on TV with him at awards shows.

Caught Felicity Huffman and husband William H. Macy looking Fancy (with a capital F!), strolling east on 50th Street late Tuesday night. Adorable couple who look like the nice type who know how to "make it work." Of course, I gathered all that in a matter of seconds.

Sitting outside the Prada store on 5th Avenue, saw Reese Witherspoon with white-blonde hair, a gray birkin bag, and an expression that could raise fire from hell. She looked so pissed, but she was still just drop-dead gorgeous. Whatever happened to her cleft chin, so prominent in Election?

Two cute gay boy sightings in one block: first, Jai Rodriguez in a white linen suit strolling down Hell's Kitchen, then not 2 minutes later, Domenic Moneghan, the hobbit from Lost. He's gay, right?

Sunday, May 1, walking around soho, a lady came up to me to ask for
directions. She was tall, she was heavily highlighted, her skin was all glow with a non-oil-based sheen, and she was the tannest human being I have even seen. She was Elizabeth Berkley. Seriously, she was baked to a nutty brown finish. I became entranced while speaking to her and realized soon after that I gave her the totally wrong directions. Sorry Liz! Hope you found your destination! (In my defense, she was wearing a mangy sweater, black leggings and Ugg boots.)

Was having dinner with my GF at Babbo last night (still amazing) and
Amanda "What a Girl Wants" Bines, slid into the banquet next to ours with an enormous man, who looked to be either an agent or perhaps herRabbi.... They sat there momentarily then she asked if they could sit upstairs and magically they were whisked away. Dinner was still excellent.

Saw James Lipton ordering take-out at Mary's Fish Camp on Friday night 4/29. he was apparently disappointed that they weren't offering the smelt that evening and settled for some calamari instead.

Saw a roller skating Kerri Russell last night (5/4/05) at the Roxy. She was, of course, elf-like in her tininess, but with the most gorgeous chestnut brown wavy, messy, beachy long hair. V. good look for her, inspired by a new movie she's filming, I heard. She was with her INCREDIBLY hot boyfriend, who I heard is a construction worker. If her agent hasn't met him and/or can't get him a modeling contract, he/she's the worst agent in the world. He was uber-hot. Kerri apparently got the white tank/dark low rise jeans memo that several other girls got that night, but she rocked it right along with them.

Thursday (Cinco de Mayo!) I was visiting my boyfriend at Aero Studios on Broome and happened to see David Hyde Pierce shopping. He was trying to be incognito, ie. baseball hat, but we knew who he was. Too bad his hair in Spamalot is only a wig. I would ve liked to see him rocking that do.