Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Cameron Diaz Eats Taco Bell, Drives Fuel-Efficient Vehicle

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In today's episode: Cameron Diaz; Brett Ratner and Jesse Metcalfe; Matthew ‘McConaughey; Luke and Andrew Wilson and Harry Dean Stanton; Jack Black; Tyra Banks; Shawn Wayans; Frankie Muniz; Topher Grace; James Woods x2; Diane Lane and Josh Brolin; David Geffen and Joy Behar; David Cross; Jason Bateman and Lee Arenberg; Ryan Reynolds; Jesse Metcalfe; Kelly Carlson, Doris Roberts, Maria Menounos, Cynthia Nixon, and Kyra Sedgwick; Maura Tierney; Anne Heche; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Aisha Tyler; Robert Blake; Neil Patrick Harris; Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips; Melinda Clarke and Daphne Zuniga; Tori Spelling; Judy Reyes; Kerry Washington and David Moscow; Luke Perry; Mayim Bialik; Ryder Strong; Eddie Kaye Thomas, Shane West, Mary Carey, and David Lascher; Gregory Smith.
· This may be old news by now, considering the hub-bub it caused at the time, but Cameron Diaz was eating at the Taco Bell near the Bev. Center with a pretty brunette friend a little over an hour ago (9/27). Cam does like to fart and burp, right? Speaking of gas, she pulled out of the lot in a brand new Prius!
· saw director brett ratner having lunch at the ivy on sunday afternoon (9/4). he pulled up in a very very loud black ferrari. jesse metcalfe from desperate housewives was also there at the same time with a shaved head and a male companion but was already waiting for his car at the valet when we arrived.
· I was at the el rey on Saturday night (9/24) when I viewed matthew ‘wooderson’ mcconaughey singing every word to the opening act Mishka set. I unfortunately got stuck at the venue during the horrible headliner set so I bellied up to the bar hoping the booze might down out this Australian nightmare. I then notice mr. wooderson doing, I kid you not, the funky chicken dance in front of a horrified group of onlookers. This was not just a one off either as he continued doing this repeatedly. Needless to say this was more than enough reason to finally get my friend who drove to leave. Needless to say his cream colored tapered pants and wet looking facial sheen were overshadowed by dance floor routine.
· Saw two out of three Wilson brothers at the Kris Kristofferson show at UCLA Sun. nite (9/18), Luke and Andrew. Perhaps Owen was lecturing some co-eds elsewhere on campus. Also saw Harry Dean Stanton, who must be nearing 100 years old at this point. 'later!
· Not the most exciting celebrity sighting, given that he was only drinking bottled water, was dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, and threw no hissy fits, but I saw Jack Black at the Decemberists show last night (9/14-Wednesday), up in the balcony seats. While he may have been at a Decemberists show, he was apparently there to see Petra Haden (showing his good taste, as it was truly excellent) - he showed up just before her set, and left before the headliners appeared on stage.
· On Friday evening I went to the the Cheesecake Factory on steroids restaurant The Grand Lux at the Beverly
Center on Friday. Who should be enjoying a meal with about 10 people? Tyra Banks! She was with her mom and what looked like other family and friends. She looked absolutely stunning and perfect! Just like she does on Top Model, everybody in the restaurant was staring and taking extra long trips to the bathroom to walk slowly by her table. She didnt seem to notice or mind.
· Saturday, September 17, 2005: Took my NYC best friend for his first trip to The Griddle where he horrified our waiter by ordering "double toast", only for my friend to be horrified in return when he learned that "toast" in Griddle-speak is one slice, not two slices, of bread. Thankfully, he didn't order "quadruple toast" or our waiter may have dropped dead on the spot. Later, a young, pretty blonde passed our table wearing a great gold lame micro-bolero with matching handbag. She waited outside with her friends and, as I admired her outfit, I noted her clingy high-schoolish boyfriend looked like a young Frankie Muniz. My friend pointed out that's because it was Frankie Muniz. I know he's small and slight, but he looks even younger in person. In short order, a nearby suburban mom and her two or three teen girls were outside doing the fan thing with him. Then Mr. Muniz, who stood directly in my line of vision, mistook my admiring his girlfriend's retro-futuro wear for more Frankie worship and grew increasingly irritated with me — but what was I supposed to do, avert my eyes? Turn my chair around? It's not like I was taking pictures! As they were escorted to the back, he made far too big a deal of rolling his eyes and expressing his disgust with me, when I actually couldn't have cared less about him beyond idle curiosity. So now I'm telling the world on Hollywood PrivacyWatch, Frankie. Sure, it sucks to not be able to go to breakfast in peace even in LA, but then I'm not driving a $250,000 car.
· Saw Topher Grace looking very skinny and clean cut at Hamasaku, where the westside hipsters were overflowing, waiting hours beyond their reservation time to eat overpriced (but great) sushi. Topher was listed as a “V.I.P.” in the reservation book and was taken to the semi private, behind screen table to the right of the sushi bar. He was dining with non-descript men and actressy/model looking women. Appeared as if he generously picked up the tab (don’t think the others with him are getting residuals up their asses to the same degree that he is). Otherwise he came and left with little fanfare.
· Spotted Shawn Wayans at the Whole Foods on Fairfax and Third this Sunday (9/25). He was wearing a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants tucked into Uggs. He's cute and tall with very long legs, so the overall effect of his shitty footwear wasn't as off-putting as it could have been. He drove off in a black 3-Series BMW.
· Was at Jones for dinner tonight (9/23) and saw, of all people, James Woods sharing a steak with a girl who did not appear a day older than 22. It was kind of ew. He was the oldest person there by far, although I guess since he was there with the youngest person in the restaurant, it evens out. Not to mention the fact that why the hell is James Woods taking a date to Jones? Although tonight 100% of the proceeds went to Katrina relief (or else that was the greatest scam ever) so maybe he was just being a mensch. A cradle-robbing mensch.
· For the list of celeb sitings this weekend... saw James Woods Sunday night at the Grove in a showing of "History of Violence." Got there late and and his (kinda slutty looking and very young) date couldn't find good seats... they ended up in one of the front rows. Also Ashton Holmes (from the film) was there with a big group of his friends. They all cheered when his name flashed across the screen in the opening credits.
· So I'm strolling to my lunch date at the Real Food Daily on La Cienega and who do I see motorcycle shopping at the Ducati shop next door? Diane Lane and hubby Josh Brolin. She is a teeny, tiny, skinny, homely buttless little thing. How did she get so famous? Her hubby looks like every single "hip" guy in LA trying desperately to hold on to their youth. While eating lunch, we spotted Sandra Bernhard enjoying a salad. She looks good, for her age.
· Had a nice chat with the hilarious Joy Behar at The Ivy earlier today (9/17). She mentioned that she was in town for Bill Maher's show. She was dining with her very pretty daughter, Eve, and handsome Indian actor, Subhash Mandal. They seemed to be having a great time and were very friendly. Also spotted David Geffen but didn't speak to him.
· Glad to see that David Cross has lived up to previous "Privacy Watch" expectations...Sept 9th:
..."Mr. David Cross in an A4 (a fairly modest yet acceptable Hollywood star car; though I’d peg him more as a Prius, Saab or Volvo type) stopped to let us, er, CROSS the street"..... I just saw him pulling out of Fox Studios parking lot in none other than a brand new black Prius, and it was nice to see him smoking a cigarette while promoting clean air and a smog free environment.
· While I was at Dart Rexall ( La Cienga and Beverly) Saturday morning picking up my Vicodin Rx like any normal person in this city, I spotted Jason Bateman and Lee Arenberg (Pirates of the Caribbean, with his wife: sorta slutty Silver Lake librarian vibe) meeting up at the end of the mouthwash aisle, with their swish n spit supplies in hand. Bateman scored a large bottle of Blue Ice Listerine, while Arenberg went for the new Listerine orange flavor in a smaller size. They discussed a poker game they both play in regularly, some online poker stuff and Pirates 2 & 3 shoot. Style tips—Bateman in grey tee shirt jeans and hoodie, Arenberg in Edun tee and jeans.
· standing in line to get my picture taken for my driver's license renewal at the Santa Monica DMV, my mind was multi-tasking thoughts: whether or not to sexy it up like Janice Dickinson's license photo and how the DMV must be a great place to work if you're aspiring to crack the the biz and if you're of a certain personality type because even Tom Cruise needs a license. Anyway, I get my photo taken (not sexied up like O.S. original supermodel) and as I was leaving, who do I see but Ryan Reynolds (looking like the hotttnesss that he is) being escorted by what seemed like a special DMV celebrity escort to a window ready to serve his hotttnesss. I deliquesced.
· Friday, 9/19: at spider, i saw that vaguely hispanic actor (Jesse Metcalfe) from desperate housewives who hooked up with the eva longoria. i went to the restroom twice that night. he was in the stall there both times. the second time he went in with some other dude, closed the door, but then obviously thought better of it, and kicked the guy out after a second. what the hell?
· Damn, "The Miracle of Flight 292" makes my boring sighting of Kelly Carlson at The Peninsula Hotel over the weekend to be even more boring. Kelly was overly made up for day time and was toting some ginormous gift bag. She honestly looks like a life sized Skipper...if Skipper grew up porny. She was followed by Doris Roberts. The comparison did not do any favors to good ole Doris, but hell, she's got a wall of Emmys and Porny Skipper, nothing. An anxious Maria Menounos was circling the bar prompting most people to look at their watches and say to themselves "Shouldn't she like be on the air right now?" She ordered either water or a giant tumbler of Vodka. Who can tell these days. Good tipper. Outside during the pre-Emmy crush, we saw a blonde Cynthia Nixon getting into a Lexus SUV. She looked pretty and girly but the same could not be said of her girlfriend who made Doris look sexy. I did see the back of Kyra Sedgwick so I could not verify that the new boobies are store bought.
· I overheard Maura Tierney order a glass of Chardonnay from a flight attendant as I walked through first class on my way to steerage on a Sunday night flight from JFK to LAX. She was much much prettier and much skinnier in person, I almost didn't recognize her.
· 9/22 11:30 am Fox Plaza Rotunda—A surprisingly put together and actually cute and sexy man-hater Anne Heche exiting the building to her surprisingly dirty black land rover....funny I would have bet on an immaculate car and disheveled Anne. aside - I know many celebs are ...well...not smart...but why does every single one have a stupid land rover? Come 'on Anne mix in a unique whip!
· Saw Robert Blake today (9/27)—alone—walking the streets of BURBANK, with his white hair still not dyed. He was in a full suit, like he wears it everyday, lighting up a cigarette, and looking very much like a murderer. My friend and I wanted to stalk him, but we were kind of scared.
· Last night (9/20) at La Poubelle on Franklin, saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt (aka the kid from Third Rock From the Sun) with a small group of people, sporting the WORST. HAIRCUT. EVER. Seriously — I think part of it was braided, but I'm not sure, because I didn't want to stare directly at the offending 'do. This weekend, tried out the Hungry Cat on Sunset for dinner before a movie at the Arclight and sat near Aisha Tyler, who is tall and strikingly beautiful, despite her C-list status.
· Saturday night went to Ciudad downtown before heading to the Basquiat party at MOCA, and while waiting for the car at the valet saw Neil Patrick Harris and his special friend get into a socially conscious Prius. Doogie had a stuffed animal monkey suction-cupped to his rear window and he looked happy, notwithstanding the fact that his new sitcom is utterly unwatchable and destined for cancellation.
· Saw Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips at Susina (10/24) on the corner of Beverly and La Brea. Danny was dressed in his Saturday Afternoon Best — crappy T-shirt and basketball shorts, looking like an archetypal fraternity brother just about ready to scratch his balls. Didn't get a great look at Bijou, but she seemed similarly dressed down. They picked up their coffee and I think hung out outside for a bit by the tables.
· Saw Melinda Clarke (Mischa's mom on the "OC") at Runyon Canyon Thursday 9/22 afternoon. Daphne Zuniga outside of the Urth Cafe in Beverly Hills 9/23. She looks great.
· fresh off the people magazine article re: Tori Spelling and her 1 million dollar wedding, Tori and new beau Dean McDermott were canoodling at the belmont with friends celebrating some lame occasion, maybe a get well party for tori after that embarassing article. Not that cool, really just pathetic. I hope it gets in.
· Yesterday (Sunday, 9/25) saw "Carla" from "Scrubs" (Judy Reyes) on Runyon Canyon. Barely 5 feet.
· Saw Kerry Washington and former minir-Tom-Hanks-in-Big/Newsie David Moscow strolling the Abbot Kinney Festival today (9/25). Both looked normal and inauspicious, though homeboy could use a haircut. She looked adorable.
· I saw dylan mckay (Luke Perry) on sunday morning (9/25) at IHOP on wilshire (mid wilshire-ish I guess) with his two blond kids. He's strangely thin, yet much cuter than he looks on tv. Although he'll never be as cute as he was on 90210 circa high school junior. He's short. He also seems to like his children. And he was nice to the "help." Not such a classy establishment for a someone who was left so much money when his dad, jack, blew up down by the docks (but we later find out he was still alive. Thank GOD!)
· Prior to going to work on Friday 9/23/05, around 8:00a.m. I wandered into Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and while I was waiting in line, I noticed a woman in Lennon wire-rim glasses with a large nose who was at a table reading and taking notes, who looked familiar but I wasn't sure where I knew her from. I figured I knew her through my friends or work so I went over to say hello. I introduced myself and told her I think we've met, she said no but I may have recognized her from t.v.'s hit show "Blossom". She told me her name was Mayim Bialik, and she was the lead character. I guess I do remember watching her show. Its funny how faces never really get forgotten. By the way her show apparently had a real long run, like 8 years or something from what she said. I was going to ask for her autograph but it was sort of awkward already since she had to tell me who she was, so I left.
· Perhaps the celeb sighting of the year. "Boy Meets World" Co-Star Ryder Strong driving out of the greeting card/gift wrap store Party on LaCienega in a black SUV. How did I even recognize him, you ask? I'm just that awesome.
· Was out at LAX (9/21) with some friends. Although I didn't see him myself, I heard from my girlfriend that her favorite actor Leonardo DiCaprio was there. I saw Eddie Kaye Thomas (AMERICAN PIE) with a cute long haired blonde - he not only left with her, but with 3 other girls too. Shane West was hanging out with a couple of friends. David Lascher (SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH) was also there. Lastly, Mary Carey who was standing in line waiting for the restroom started to dance with her girlfriend, lost her balance and both fell onto the floor. She was in good spirit and laughing as she got up. Was out at Cabana Club (9/29) and saw James Wilder (MELROSE PLACE) and David Lascher there.
· Saw Gregory Smith (Everwood Fame) leaving the Warner Brothers lot, gabbing on his cell phone, driving a new blue porsche around lunch time today. Boy is looking good!
