Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Peter Jackson Eating a Failure Pile in a Sadness Bowl Edition

STV · 01/29/09 05:10PM

1/28 — I was at the Beverly Center food court last night having an overpriced Haagen Dazs with my pretty Indian date, fighting the urge to bring up Slumdog Millionaire because I'm sure a bunch of white guys like me have already used it as a lame conversation piece, when I see PETER JACKSON eating KFC for dinner with his wife and some other woman. He was nursing one of those bowls that looks like something a dog would turn down. I wonder if he valeted or parked across the street at the Beverly Connection like me... [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

The Galleries' Last Gasp

Richard Lawson · 01/29/09 04:29PM

From a tipster: "I saw this bunny standing pacing in front of galleries on 24th street off of 11th have this morning...unusual marketing by galleries? legit unemployment performance art?" Likely because galleries are all closing.

Eating & Drinking: Thursday Edition

cityfile · 01/29/09 04:28PM

• Ago partners Robert De Niro, Richard Born and Ira Drukier have tapped Andrew Carmellini as chef; Ken Friedman is the design consultant. [NYT]
• Is Justin Timberlake opening a Southern Hospitality in Chelsea? [GS]
• Peasant in Nolita finally has menus in English. [Eater]
• Martha Stewart went to Momofuku Milk Bar on her show today. [EMD]
• Scores may be gone, but you can still pick up bottles of the former strip club's private-label blanc de blancs. Perhaps you wanted a keepsake? [GS]
• Many places are extending their Restaurant Week menus. Here's a list. [W&D]

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Kevin McDonald

STV · 01/29/09 04:19PM

1/28 — Saw KEVIN MCDONALD (Kids in the Hall, fool!) at the Arclight on Sunset. He was wearing jeans and T-shirt, and fiddling on his phone. Looking kind of old, but I guess he sort of is? I didn't rush up to him and ask for a Sir Simon impression, just gazed adoringly from afar. No one else seemed to notice, but maybe they're just not into Canadian sketch comedy. Their loss, though, amirite? [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

Today In We're Screwed: Disney-ABC TV Lays Off 400

Seth Abramovitch · 01/29/09 03:43PM

Disney-ABC TV president Anne Sweeney sent out one of those stomach-dropping memos today, informing employees that 400 would be let go—from every division, and running all the way up the flagpole. It's after the jump.

Top Editor Out At OK!

Hamilton Nolan · 01/29/09 03:20PM

Celebrity-friendly photo-heavy gossip rag OK! just can't find any stability in this cold world! Its latest editor has been fired, just months after taking over. (Updated below)