Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Posh Go Home
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In today's episode: Victoria Beckham; Daniel Craig; Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard; Bruce Willis, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Allison Janney and Terry Bradshaw; Dustin Hoffman; Lindsay Lohan; Nick Stahl; Paris Hilton; Vanessa Marcil; Erik Palladino, Devon Gummersall and Barry Pepper; Eric Szmanda; DJ AM; Justin Berfield; Tom Green; Rickie Lee Jones; Kimberly Stewart.
· Talk about annoying! The woman is in this country for three days and she is already wreaking havoc for commoners trying to go about their business. The Grove was obviously not enough for one day. If it wasn't bad enough that at 5pm on a weekday, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham is in Kitson with the door locked and the paparazzi all over the place, her bony, ego-maniacal, British behind caused a ridiculous backup of traffic on Robertson Blvd from before Beverly. Forget the plebs. Our wallets obviously are no match for Vic's celebrity-mongering drive to be seen in her new hometown. Needless to say, my carefully planned errand to return a measly pair of shoes to Kitson was foiled. Guess I'll have to just give Fraser a call next time to find out his schedule for hosting the menagerie of self-glorifying, snobbery in this town and their little camera holding parasites that follow their every move. Thanks for everything Vic! Hope you had a swell time!
· Work over in Century City (twin towers)... As I was walking back from the Westfield mall, Posh Spice is entering the newly opened CAA digs...1 down, 90000 more Posh sightings to go now that she'll be everywhere in LA
· Today 1/18 saw Mr. James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, with girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell (thanks imdb!!) at Bristol on Sunset today around lunchtime. He is very easy on the eyes in person and was rockin' some great jeans and sunglasses. She was gorgeous- they make one nice-looking couple. Didn't see what they picked as we checked out before them.
· Saw Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard at AMMO Thursday night (1-19) at 9 p.m. No babes—infant, Jake, or otherwise—put Peter introduced her fairly loudly to their two dining companions as "the mother of my child." They seemed almost giddily happy, in much a way that I know I shall never be. I'm going to eat some Redi Whip directly from the can now. See ya.
· Went to the CUT (1-15), Wolf Gang Puck's place at the Regent Beverly Wilshire. I saw a few people there, Terry Bradshaw (Pittsburgh Steelers), Allison Janney...But two tables down from me was Bruce Willis eating dinner with Jeffrey Katzenberg and wife. Not sure who was sitting next to Bruce/ Possibly Daughter.
· Today I was walking back from grabbing a late lunch at the Whole Foods on San Vicente in Brentwood and who crosses my path but none other than the legendary Dustin Hoffman. Walking quickly in the rain, (caught without an umbrella) he seemed to be flanked by a 25-ish hipster guy. He looks really great for his age, although shorter than I expected (aren't they all?).
· I had a 7 day streak of being a celebrity pussy magnet, but unfortunately the only decent story I have is about semi-famous Nick Stahl's dipshit friend. Does that even count? Stahl, going for the 'too indie to shower' look and his hanger-on made eye contact with my friends and me at Winston's. They whispered something, then walked over and said dipshit hanger-on grabbed my friend's straw right out of her drink. She grabbed it back. He grabbed it again, dipped it into her drink, sucked up some liquid, deposited it into his mouth, then shimmied away. What the fuck was that?
Also, earlier that week - saw Lindsay Lohan (pre-rehab, post-appendix liberation) sharing a table with titty guru Joe Francis. I can't even imagine the STD that those two sleeping together would hatch.
· Back from visiting LA... saw a drunk Paris Hilton late Saturday night (1/13) at Area. She was stumbling across the dance floor as her security entourage pushed aside the gaggle of poseurs as she left.
· Saw Vanessa Marcil at Cobras and Matadors on Beverly Tuesday. She is TEENY TINY. She seemed nice, though, so my companions and I didn't ask her about her relationship with Brian Austin Green, the existence of which she has denied despite the fact that they have a child together.
· 1/17 Larchmont was filled with b-listers. At Peet's... Erik Palladino hanging out with the guy who played the sensitive guy on My So Called Life (not Wilson Cruz, the gay one, but the other kid who liked Claire Danes) [Devon Gummersall]. Barry Pepper also came in for a few minutes to chat them up.
· 01/17
I just saw Eric Szmanda (Greg from CSI) at the Starbucks at Olympic and Sawtelle sometime around 1PM. He was wearing plenty of blue (top, jeans, shoes) and looked a little older and meaner than he does on the show. Pretty skinny. No chit chat...just paid for his drink (I think it was bottled water — imagine that), grabbed some napkins, and almost ran out of the store.
· 1/17 - I saw DJ AM, nee Adam Goldstein, at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Sunset and Fairfax. He drove his little silver Prius in, was very polite to the baristas, and then sat talking shop with a blonde guy for about half an hour.
· I was with some friends on Catalina Island recently. Everyone is rockin and nazzing to the music in a bar El Galleon (i think) and it got to be a pretty wild scene. When 1am rolls around a girlfriend and I look up to the upper level of the bar/resturant because there was a group of people who were acting even more insane and loud than the lower level crowd below. Then we realized that in the center of that group was Justin Berfield (that cute, but hottie in person punk brother from Malcolm in the Middle) and he was clearly getting his lips licked by someone clearly older than him and he was the only one acting sober. Everyone downstairs starting chanting. To make things even more surreal we were told that all of our drinks for our group of girls had been bought by him when we went to sign our bill hours after he had left. YOU GO REESE, get that MILF!
· Tom Green is having lunch with an agent type at Frida in Beverly Hills. Looks serious and balding and dishevelled. Perhaps negotiating for work? What does he do these days in L.A...I thought he was back in parents basement in Ottawa.
· Lunching 3:30ish 1-17 at Victor's: Rickie Lee Jones.
· Not sure if she really qualifies as a celebrity but just saw Kimberly Stewart at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on North Beverly Dr in Beverly Hills. She was wearing an ankle cast and made her getaway in a white Range Rover. There was a lone paparazzi hanging around outside waiting to photograph her. I suppose the lone paparazzi pretty much clears up my uncertainty about her level of celebrity.