Aug 16th, 2006 @ 8pm
On Greenwich when I hear the boop of a cop car and a female officer on the loud speaker saying, "Pull it over to the right." The driver of the car being pulled over, Philip Seymour Hoffman! I think he ran the red light at Charles and Greenwich.
108 AVENUE B
Aug 16th, 2006 @ 7pm
David Cross and a tall rocker looking chick went into Esahi Sushi and sat at the window. I was waiting for a friend outside and had to move away so as not to look stalkerish.
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Aug 16th, 2006 @ 6pm
At Jack's when a BMW with NY plates rolls up, with Jude Law behind the wheel. We stared at him trying to see if it was really him and he stared right back, eyebrow cocked, giving us the "God, I cannot believe you are staring at me this long."
70 LINCOLN CENTER PLZ
Aug 16th, 2006 @ 5pm
The Divine Miss M on the microfiche machine! Bette Midler doing research at the New York Public Library of Performing Arts, Lincoln Center.
E 25TH ST AT MADISON AVE
Aug 16th, 2006 @ 6pm
In Madison Square Park we saw a film crew clustered about. Frank Whaley was chugging a soda, wearing shorts and a knapsack. He looks very thin, got a Christian-Bale-in-The-Machinist thing going on.
posted 8/16/06
8/12, 6 PM: Joe Lieberman and his wife were walking through the park surrounding the Museum of Natural History. People definitely recognized him. I started singing "I'm a Loser" loudly enough to be heard.
So I arrive at LaGuardia and while I'm waiting for my suitcase, I duck out for a smoke at the curb. My lighter's in my suitcase, so I look for someone to bum a light from. I walk over to a tall skinny guy wearing shades, and he gives me his cig to cop a light from. Later as we were both standing at the baggage carousel, I realized who it was: Johnny Knoxville.
W. 10th and 6th. August 14th, 12:45 PM: Just saw Janeane Garafolo walking in a colorful outfit and her glasses. She looked really thin and was reading as she walked.
Saw Edie Falco getting an iced latte at Cima (Corner of N. Moore and Greenwich St at 2pm). She looked like she just woke up in her sweats and definitely forgot the makeup. She seemed a little confused looking for the straws, too. Guess she needed a little caffeine to get her going.
I was walking down 23rd st today (8/11) at around 12:45, headed towards 5th ave when none other than Alan Cumming breezed past me. He was looking rather sporty in a sleeveless tee, some sneaks, and trendy shades. As he passed I said, 'Alan?' 'Yes,' he replied. All I could think of saying was 'You're great!' 'Thanks,' he replied (with a smile). Seems like a cool guy.
Alec Baldwin was in my cafe/restaurant in the West Village again early Monday morning with his girlfriend who lives in the neighborhood, she comes in all the time and they have been coming in together for years. She is so sweet, absolutely gorgeous. He looked very happy and kept rubbing her back while they were waiting for their drinks to go at the counter.
posted 8/8/06
Mr. Adrien Brody, exiting the Intermix on Prince Street. He was with two girls, both unknown, one wearing a yellow off the shoulder shirt and boots and nothing else. He, however, looked stunning in jeans and a black t-shirt, aviators, and messy hair. Would have liked to have sexually assaulted him, but had a 1:30 meeting.
Just walked by Schiller's on my way home tonight (around 12:30) just as Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, and an unidentified woman were coming out, all very loud and boisterous (i.e. drunk). The foursome got into a black SUV waiting outside and drove away.
Saw Chloe Sevigny dining al fresco and looking very much like anyone else (a bit tired, no makeup). I thought she was someone who only looked a lot like Chloe Sevigny. My bf had no idea who Chloe Sevigny was, so when I mentioned she was there he yelled, "Chloe? I like your work!" to which she only shrugged and gave him a thumbs up.
After finishing lunch at gramercy tavern, spotted Jimmy Fallon bouncing a baby on his knee at a window table in the tavern section.
McCarren Park, Williamsburg, on the way to pick up my dog from the kennel, drove by a ridiculously massive film production encompassing about thirty square blocks of the north side. Slowed to a stop in front of the Turkey's Nest, and who should be chumming up to some PA on the corner but an strangely babyfaced Russell Crowe. What an asshole. I had to park about a thousand blocks from the kennel because the production had blocked off all the street parking with orange cones. How is that legal, Bloomy? I called 311 to complain.
Spotted Jude Law at 3am Friday, Aug 4, at Cafe Noir in soho having a beer and cigarette with Tim Roth. He looked really scruffy in a white wife beater--Tim Roth looked much cooler.
...saw Erika Christensen filming the TV series "Six Degrees" in Soho on Wooster. I never thought of her as a very attractive actress- but of course she looked gorgeous and skinny; just makes you realize how ugly normal people are.
I saw Bill Murray today at 5:30pm walking up 5th avenue at Washington Square Park. He was wearing a T-shirt, on his head! He almost stepped on my dog and I almost fell over the curb. Good times.
Sunday, August 6, 2006. We saw James Gandolfini and his family on the boardwalk at Seaside Heights. We saw him several times between 6pm and 9:30pm. My husband introduced himself and we took some pictures. We even have a video of him on the roller coaster with his son. A lot of people recognized him but for the most part left him alone and didn't hound him too much. He is very tall and lost some weight. He looked good and was friendly, gave a few autographs and took pictures with some people. He won two huge stuffed basketballs for his kids. Seemed like a nice, normal family.
We saw Sophia Coppola coming out of seeing "Talladega Nights" with us at the Battery Park Theatre on Friday night 8/4 at 9:15pm.
Saw Ryan Gosling singing karaoke at Mr. Biggs on 43rd and 10th Friday Night, Aug. 4th. (He sang "My Way" by Sinatra.)
Thursday night at the pizza place on Stanton and Orchard, Michael Showalter of Stella, The Baxter, etc. He was awkwardly chatting with pretty brunette. Didn't seem to be romantic, though he did keep checking out her cleavage.
E HOUSTON ST AT 1ST AVE
Jul 30th, 2006 @ 7pm
Jude Law with three fabulous-Euro types and looked unwashed and poorly dressed. He's about 5'8'' and really does have a gorgeous face and would be much better looking if he were introduced to a shower once in a while.
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Jul 29th, 2006 @ 3pm
Spotted Horatio Sanz. My friend turned around and started a confab with him as if they were the bestest of friends. He looked like he lost some weight.
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Jul 29th, 2006 @ 6pm
Saw Wes Anderson and a short buddy walking up Madison by the Whitney. They were turned away b/c of a private party, then the two ducked into the Carlyle. His pants were too short for him.
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Jul 28th, 2006 @ 10pm
Sat next two Mel Brooks at Gotham Bar and Grill. Seemed like a genuinely friendly and nice guy. Looked older than I had expected and more like Yoghurt (Spaceballs) these days. May the schwartz be with you!
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Jul 28th, 2006 @ 7pm
My boyfriend and I were just dining next to Slayer at monster sushi - no joke!!! We were dying cos we so do not look like people that would even know who the hell they were. Seasons in the Abyss rocked!
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Hollywood
Last night (7/19) at Ita Cho saw Adam Goldberg and on-again galpal Christina Ricci.
posted 7/18/06
I saw Rob Corddry (the Daily show) yesterday (the 16th) storming down Atlantic Ave. by Smith St--pretty big guy in a Hollister-type outfit (well maybe the shirt was vintage or something) of a t-shirt and khaki shorts. His face seemed to be contorted in rage, or possibly indigestion.
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Saturday 10PM Ed Helms of the Daily Show walking around Ave B and 11th St with a cute girl. Cuter than a goofy looking guy like him can normally get, but not cute enough for somebody of his comedic stature.
Seen at Soba-ko in the East Village at 9:30 in the evening: Kate Hudson and hubby Chris Robinson walked in for dinner. Kate did not look nearly as anariffic as has been recently reported and her husband looked his usual Oklahoman militiaman self. This was probably the most boring celebrity sighting experience of my life.
At M1-5, weird-chinned Shepard Smith was with a tall blonde, walked in after the Scene concert ended, the DJ stopped spinning, and there were only about 5 other people at the bar. I wanted to say, Anderson, you're great.
Bea Arthur downing sake shots at Koi...spicy in a red capelet and had a much younger man. Girlfriend got it going on.
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Jul 12th, 2006 @ 1pm
Saw boxing promoter Don King at 1:20pm today on 48th and 6th exiting a limo and talking to some fans before entering the Fox building. He was also carrying a small American flag.
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Jul 11th, 2006 @ 9pm
B.J. Novak (aka Ryan the temp from "The Office" U.S.) with a few friends at the Jolie Holland show last night on Canal. He's a lot taller than he looks on the show but he has the same piercing eyes.
BROADWAY AT W 77TH ST
Jul 11th, 2006 @ 8pm
Sat next to Woody Allen last night at the Elvis Costello show at the Beacon Theater. He stayed for about 20 minutes and left without his wife. She left after sitting 25 minutes by herself.
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Jul 11th, 2006 @ 9am
Just saw Lou Reed walking his terrier and sporting some wild pink plastic shoes. A 6 year old girl and her mom were also passing by, and I heard the girl whisper, "Mom, it's a MAN wearing LADIES' shoes!"
BROADWAY AT E HOUSTON ST
Jul 10th, 2006 @ 9pm
Johnny Knoxville walking out of Duane Reade in the same outfit he's been wearing for the past 10 years.
posted July 6, 2006
I saw Jared Leto yesterday at Spring Street Natural Restaurant in Soho on Spring and Lafayette. He was wearing all black, including a black hat, but unfortunately he was also wearing those horrible Croc shoes, or whatever the hell you call them, those new rubber clogs that everyone and their mother is wearing...his were in silver...but, nonetheless he was looking pretty gorgeous, flying solo... My friend and I couldn't keep our mouths shut; the drool was just spilling out!
Keri Russell in front of the Cornelia Street Cafe on her cell phone at around 8:00pm today. For someone famous, she was dressed like something out of Gap circa 1997.
On July 2nd I saw John Legend in the Rite Aid on 1st Ave and 5th St. I was in a hangover haze so I'm not sure I would have recognized him if not for the fact that the cashier started freaking out and yelling about how hot he was. The manager confirmed that it was in fact him and that he comes in fairly regularly to pick up prescriptions.
Saturday I ran into Dominque Swain drunkety, drunk, drunk in Tribeca at only 10:30 or so. While she was gracious in meeting people, she was also screaming like a freshman--sad, because the dame has potential. For all her drunken starlet stumbling, it must be said that she looked fantastic in a silvery satin cocktail number. She may not know how to drink, but she does know how to dress.
The Daily Show's Rob Corddry in line behind me at the Starbucks kiosk at Mount Sinai Medical this morning. I think he just had a kid a few days ago. Looked tired.
108 AVENUE B
Jun 28th, 2006 @ 11pm
At 7B, minding our own biz when a pitcher of Miller Lite landed on our table. We looked up and David Cross was making a get-away after giving us beer. We get the feeling that he did this was so someone would post it on Gawker Stalker.
posted 6/27/06
I saw Philip Seymour Hoffman walking down St. Marks this afternoon, between 2nd and 3rd, with Parker Posey. Some Midwestern tourist dad with a bunch of kids ran up and asked if they could take his picture. Seymour said “I appreciate that, but no!” and kept walking.
Saw Johnny Depp eating an ice cream cone outside the Carlyle hotel just now at 8:30 pm. Said hello and he nodded.
Saw Josh Lucas yesterday (6/25) at brunch in Nolita with what seemed to be his girlfriend (who looked a LOT younger than him). They were cuddled up in a corner and he kept leaning over to kiss her on the check, head, etc. I didn’t even notice him at first, but once I caught a glimpse of those eyes I knew it was him. Looked exactly as I would have imagined—had on cargo style shorts, an old Texas style snap button shirt, very Southern-rugged boy.
Saw Kirsten Dunst walking west on Houston between Thompson and Sullivan on Friday night (6/23) around 10 p.m. Skinny as hell, pale (almost gray) face, wearing a denim miniskirt and blazer, with hair pulled back in a ponytail. I can’t tell if she saw me see her from behind my wafer cone of Cookies & Cream Tasti D’Lite, but either way she had her NYC mask on tight—marching quickly ahead with a “don’t recognize me” look in her eye. I like her OK but when I’ve seen her in movies, I’ve kind of wondered what the big deal is about her… and seeing her in person reinforced this feeling. I see 20 non-celebrities a day in New York whose beauty and style turn my head way more.
Robert Downey Jr at Mo Pitkins on Ave A for his father’s birthday party, Sat 8pm. He was very social and easy going while taking pictures with guests and in an all round fantastic mood. Super fucking handsome.
Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper dancing on tables at Mo Pitkins after the Murray Hill show Sat, 1am. Cyndi looked amazing in tight jeans and top…looks like she’s 25 years old. Allen sported a mohawk and held court with many queens celebrating Gay Pride weekend.
6/23/06 (Hudson River Park near Christopher): Hanging out along the Hudson River Park while taking a break from a bike ride, a super friendly Queen Latifah, setting aside her cell phone (mid conversation) to say hello to a very sweet and good looking yellow lab named Daisy. So nice!
100 W 67TH ST
Jun 27th, 2006 @ 12pm
I saw Alan Alda having lunch at Nick and Toni's looking totally adorable. Maybe he was meeting with people from ABC. The other diners were playing it cool, but as soon as he left the restaurant, everyone ran over to the window to watch him get into a cab.
5TH AVE AT E 13TH ST
Jun 26th, 2006 @ 7pm
Saw Mike Myers talking on his cellphone. He looks like the lovechild of Diane Sawyer and Isabella Rossellini.
E 17TH ST AT PARK AVE S
Jun 26th, 2006 @ 5pm
I just stood in line next to Andrew McCarthy at the Green Market Deli next to the W Hotel in Union Square. Gotta say, still looking good after all these years.
150 W 48TH ST
Jun 22nd, 2006 @ 12pm
Washed up loser Jim Breuer looking just utterly pathetic. Thought he was a homeless person. Hell, he might be, I haven't seen/heard from him in years. He wore a black T-shirt, ragged jeans, a backpack, & his eyes looked like he was on a 3 day coke binge.
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Jun 22nd, 2006 @ 10am
I just spotted Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction walking up Broadway with a trashy-looking woman who seemed like a stripper. I guess that's probably his wife?
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Jun 21st, 2006 @ 2pm
Just saw Natalie Portman and Macaulay Culkin having lunch together in the west Village on Carmine & Bedford. They looked very friendly very into the conversation, they were all smiles.
posted 6/15/06
Saw Thom Yorke with wife and kid (she was looking alt-beautiful with maroon-ish hair) this afternoon (Monday, June 12) at the Bryant Park witchcraft kiosk, around 1:00 PM.
Mark Ruffalo sighting in Central Park crossing the road with his son. Cute, had curly floppy hair. Holding his son’s hand, that was VERY cute.
Spotted Rob Corddry from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at Taku on Smith Street in Brooklyn Friday night, June 9. He was with his pretty wife Sandra, who looked happy and relaxed at 8 months pregnant (the couple’s first baby, a girl, is due in July, or so I read online). At one point Rob leaned across the table and kissed her affectionately on the forehead. He looked happy too. One of the restaurant’s staff said it was Corddry’s third visit to the restaurant since it opened about a year ago.
I totally spotted Kurt Vonnegut outside of the garages behind the NY times building on 44th between 7th and 8th. At first I thought it was just some old guy, then I realized it was an old Kurt.
On Tuesday evening (June 13) I saw Janeane Garofalo strolling down Greenwich Ave., near the PS 41 schoolyard in the Village looking like she just came from the gym. She was decked out in bummy, casual clothes, including sweatpants and a windbreaker tied around her waist. I have to admit, she had some wacky hiking boot/sneakers on her feet and my friend blurted out, “You know, I once threw a girl out of my apartment for wearing those.” She must have heard him, because she immediately crossed the street right in front of a double decker tourist bus.
posted 6/16/06
...I passed Vincent Gallo on Prince St. near Broadway on Friday at about 6:20pm. His beard is extra heavy as is his gut, making him extra creepy.
Denis Leary was at the We Are Scientists / Arctic Monkeys show with 2 young lads (Let’s hope his kids) on Wednesday evening. His mid life crisis is raging with his leather jacket and tight jean ensemble. That’s not cute.
After Radiohead, walking back to my friend’s place yielded the best sighting…maybe you hear it first, but Edward Norton escorting Scarlett Johannson (brunette) into a cab with a polite kiss. Friends or not, he walked away with a pep in his step.
Keri Russell
17 W 9TH ST
Jun 12th, 2006 @ 1pm
9th street, carrying 2 boxes of kitty litter in a Stanford t-shirt.
posted 6/9/06
I stole a cab from Ann Coulter after seeing her come out of an apartment building on the Upper East Side. She didn’t look happy, dressed in a yellow raincoat and hailing a cab and it was her dejected face that first caught my attention…when I realized who it was I decided I had to steal the cab even though I had no where to go…
Saw David Cross on 6/7 at around 6:15pm on Broadway and 14th walking south. He looked scruffy and wet (it was raining). He had some bounce in his step and was wearing light jeans that seemed a bit big in the legs. Very skinny guy. He’s more attractive as Mrs. Featherbottom.
Saw Anna Paquin on Tuesday morning (6/6), crying into her cell phone across the street from NYU’s Third Avenue North dormitory. She was in a frumpy ensemble of all green (top, skirt, shoes, and bag!) and it looked as if her skin had broken out. In fact, I almost second guessed myself, until I turned around and saw the “A” tattoo she has on her right ankle.
Jun 6th, 2006
James Dean, I mean James Franco, at Awake and Sing, looking as sweet and gorgeous as you'd expect. At intermission was tailed by a gang of teenage girls, he graciously nodded & said "how's it going", which sent them into giggles.
I saw Maggie Gyllenhaal walking alone on the west side of Union Square near 16th Street. She was smiling, talking on a cell. Nobody seemed to notice her.
Saw Oscar De La Renta in a black SUV posing for cameras and being amused by PETA activists doing an Anna Wintour "The Devil Wears Fur" protest outside of the Conde Nast building at about 1pm.
posted 6/5/06
Ethan Hawke (and his SUPER fluffy gay dog) annoying all in line at a bagel shop on 8th and 22nd. It went a little something like this: “I’ll have a whole wheat bagel and a sesame with butter…and two plain with light cream cheese. No wait…two whole wheat and three sesame no butter…but I want the cream cheese on the side. Wait, wait…lemme get three whole wheat with butter and cream cheese, one plain with butter….and two of those muffins. Fuck! Wait…just give me five everything bagels and some butter and cream cheese on the side…and a coffee with three sugars to go.” He looked like he’d just been coughed up by a very old cat.
On my way home last night, about 10:15, I had to walk directly through the movie filming on my block (S. 3rd and Roebling in Williamsburg), and I had a close encounter with the lucky leprechaun himself, Colin Farrell, as he waited between takes. He was wearing butt ugly plaid pants that reminded me of the Skidz all the boys wore in middle school, but he still looked pretty hot. I think I might be pregnant.
I saw a very hot and short wearing Chloe Sevigny at Mailbox plus on Friday afternoon at 6pm. She was actually sending out her own Fed Ex. I was so proud of her.
Saw Parker Posey making out with some dude I didn’t recognize at Kim’s (St. Marks).
...my friend and I bump into this dude standing in the middle of the sidewalk on Broadway blocking foot traffic by his continual texting. Annoyed, we turn around and are about to say something when we notice it’s Scott Speedman of Felicity fame…we had a laugh as we just walked out of dean and deluca. Anyway this is where it got a bit odd, or coincidental… I turn around to look again and now am staring not just at Scott but Meg Ryan, right next to him - but they’re not aware (?) of one another, and they seem to be walking together down the street, in a very ‘we’re not walking together’ way (must be all those great acting skills) they are either pretending not to notice the other…but to my friend and I, it just appeared odd. Are they together?
Dan Abrams with a male date at BLT Fish on Friday night. Dan looked OK, definitely greying hair, wearing a blazer with open necked shirt with the tails out. His date was tall and blondish. They seemed very close with some touching and climbed into a cab together around 10:15 in the pouring rain.
In the waiting room at the soho/tribeca animal hospital with old (but sweet) Edie Falco. Pretty, petite, sans makeup, and was very sweet about my hyperactive puppy. I made a crack about how “appropriate” it was that Star Jones and her stupid fru-fru dog were on the cover of “Manhattan Dogs” and she laughed and said “totally.” I made Carmela laugh!
...this evening I spotted Aida Turturro in the IGA in Montauk. She asked me for the time, which I gave, although the answer seemed to alarm her. I briefly feared a Janice Soprano-like response.
posted 5/31/06
I saw Anderson Cooper, Ralph Fiennes, and a short blond woman standing outside of Cooper’s building on 38th street this evening, about 15 minutes ago. They were just talking and laughing, and Cooper’s hand was on the woman’s back. Maybe the rumors aren’t true? Yeah, right.
Passed Parker Posey on E. 12th and 3rd Ave today (Sunday). She was walking her dog. I didn’t see what kind of dog it was because I was too busy praying that she’d trip over the leash and fall onto my cock.
I am walking down 5th ave near 49th street right next to Ed Norton. He’s talking on his blackberry phone, carrying a manila envelope. He’s in sunglasses on a very cloudy day. Wearing jeans, lace up shoes on small feet, a button down shirt. Close cropped hair, goatee. He looks good. I think he knows I’m stalking as he just looked over and saw me feverishly typing on my berry. He made a left on 45th. I’ll leave him alone now.
Thursday night, The Delancey: Rachel Dratch drinkin’ some hooch.
Just saw Joan Rivers at the new Starbucks in the Bloomberg building. Bought coffee for everyone behind her in line saying “Momma’s buying!”
Looking summery and at least ten years younger than she actually is, Ali MacGraw (clearly a dog lover) stopped to pet my dog and others on her way to and from the Whole Foods at Columbus Circle.
Kate Winslet at Awake and Sing looking stunning in a purple dress… Yummy!
I just saw Kyle MacLachlan at Best Buy on 23rd and 6th. He was returning something. He was in what looked like workout clothes and an AWFUL doo-rag! And I must say, he has the skinniest chicken legs I have ever seen!!
Richard Belzer (by far the tallest, skinniest man since Ichabod Crane) strolling across W. 79th before meeting two “unknowns” and lunching at Nice Matin (79th & Amsterdam).
Saw Dave Attell about an hour ago at an empty bar on 51st between 8th and 9th. He looked pretty chubby, but seemed to be enjoying himself. He wasn’t very friendly.
Last Friday, 5/19/06, 2ish. Dan Rather completely checked me out on 56th between 5th and 6th… he looked me up and down and I almost threw up.
Saw Depeche Mode hottie Dave Gahan on the corner of Washington and Jane today at 1:00pm. He was walking down Jane St. dressed in a navy army jacket, tight black pants (ow!) and giant sunglasses, like the ones from the Suffer Well music video. Seemed like he was coming back from the gym, as he was carrying an Adidas bag. Was tempted to run up to him and do the breathing sequence from Personal Jesus, but his utter hotness made me just stand and stare like a dumb idiot. He’s old enough to be my Dad, but boy does he look good.
May 24th, 2006 @ 10pm
Sexy beast, Chris Meloni, was walking with few of his friends in Hell's Kitchen. He was wearing a green flannelshirt and faded slim fit jeans.
Just saw Lou Dobbs talking to a salesperson in the Bose store in the Shops at Columbus Circle. Ironically, the salesperson looked to be of Mexican descent and was talking with an accent.
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May 23rd, 2006 @ 12pm
Jon Stewart walking through Union Square talking on his cellphone. Wearing a gray shirt and baseball cap, looking very good! As a PA I wanted to grab him and beg for a Daily Show gig. As a chick I just wanted to GRAB him!
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May 22nd, 2006 @ 11pm
The Gnarls Barkley show at Webster Hall was quite the event. Waiting outside I watched James Blunt shyly enter with scraggly hair, stubble, and babe in check. He looked depressed, or maybe just high.
E 59TH ST AT LEXINGTON AVE
May 22nd, 2006 @ 7pm
I've been kissed by a Gilmore Girl. Just ran into Gramma Emily herself, the regal Kelly Bishop. She was very gracious, signed an autograph and pecked my cheek. I'm so happy!
(duh..)
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May 22nd, 2006 @ 8pm
I saw Seth Green today at Serendipity. He was wearing a hat pulled down low, trying to go incognito. He was really short!!
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May 22nd, 2006 @ 9pm
Jeremy Sisto at Island Burger, sporting a wild do and 5-a.m.-with-a-hangover stubble. Looked crazy enough to have sex with his sister, though if the sister is Rachel Griffiths, I could get down with that.
(hmm..)
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May 22nd, 2006 @ 6pm
Just saw Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman on the corner of Bleecker and Perry, walking past Olive and Bette's--they looked like friends without the benefits.
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May 22nd, 2006 @ 12pm
Saw Isaac Mizrahi being interviewed by a TV crew. Not sure what it was for, but he was dressed casually and wearing a red bandana. My friend was hoping he'd grab her boob, but no such luck.
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May 19th, 2006 @ 1pm
hey, just saw Carrot Top at w 58th @ 8th, at 1:15pm. He looked like a dog had been chewing on his face. Does he qualify as a celebrity?
posted 5/12/06
Saw Aaron Eckhardt with his arms around a pretty blonde, her arm encircling his neck, on University Place & 10th Street. He looked hot, just scuffy enough, in that $250 highlight and $300 pair of jeans kinda way. They were both tall and good looking, all over each other. Presumably they were headed home to start a new master race.
Sunday, 4pm-ish: Anthony Kiedis, in jeans and blue & grey striped shirt, walking up the Bowery, passed our humble film crew shooting host wraps for the ToxicPop podcast in front of the Bowery Poetry Club (Bowery between Houston and Bleeker). He’s TEENSY TINY and still sporting that overgrown Prince Valiant look. He was with two normally-heighted people, and seemed intrigued that we were ignoring him. However, the saleswomen from Patricia Field’s new store ran out of the doorway shouting, “We love you, Anthony.” He’s so small! Who knew he was that small?
Saw Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel with boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia on Park Ave at E 69TH ST at around 12 noon. Alexis, who was walking a little white dog stopped when boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia nearly pushed her to the side rather hard which led her to fall to the ground as he stormed off. When I went to ask Alexis if she was alright she was rather polite and sweet and let me pet her dog.
Saw Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins at the Pearl Jam show at Irving Plaza last night. They were up in the balcony with Eddie Vedder’s wife and baby daughter.
Saw the Scarecrow himself, Cillian Murphy, with a blond girl on 14th and 8th Ave. Much slighter than you’d expect in person…and tough to recognize bundled up in a blue wool sweater and black skinny jeans (in this weather?), but the cheekbones/eyes/lips were a dead give-away. I swear, his eyes glowed through his sunglasses…
I just saw Jon Stewart on the corner of Worth and Church, waiting to cross the street. He had some Dunkin’ Donuts in his hand. He looked older than I expected.
The sick part of this is that I recognized her daughter first, but sprinting across 9th avenue was Kate Winslet, holding the tot’s hand. Hair in a pony, not a speck of makeup, couldn’t have looked more normal. Had that frazzled “I can’t believe we’re late to school again!” look. She frankly looked more regular and less snobby than even most of the non-celebrities in that neighborhood, and there wasn’t an SUV stroller in sight. It was beautiful.
I saw Julianne Moore about a half hour ago walking around the West Village with her little daughter. She was very petite and chic, wearing huge sunglasses, of course. It took me a while to recognize her because she just seemed like a normal person.
Friday 9 p.m. Bleecker & W. 11th Lucy Liu with a group of 7 others (looked like tourists) standing in line at Magnolia Bakery. She bought the group their cupcakes then suggested they eat them in cupcake park. We were headed there too & got to watch her eat. Exquisite skin, surprisingly not as skinny as you’d expect.
My boyfriend just saw Stephen Fry walking on 59th near 6th Ave. at 9:30 AM on Monday, 5/8. Fry was listening to his iPod—he had to pause and remove his earphones to return boyfriend’s greeting. Shook his hand and was affable.
I saw Elizabeth Berkeley at the comic book store Forgotten Planet on 13th and 4th Avenue. Of all people at a comic book store. She was with some guy, probably boyfriend or husband, and it seemed like there were looking at superhero figurines. Totally random.
I tried to take Vincent D’Onofrio’s parking spot on 10th St. between A and B on Friday night (5/5). Somehow he misunderstood when I asked, “Are you leaving?” because he first said yes and then realized he meant no (which sucked for me). He drives a mammoth black pick-up truck, the king cab sort, and his son (I’m guessing) was playing in the back. He seemed very nice and looked good—tall and very guy’s guyish.
Saw Hugh Grant walking down 23rd street between 7th and 8th with Brad Garrett. Quelle Geezer! They’re filming something over there…he was wearing a beat up cable sweater and looked a bit gray, not the Hugh I remember from BJD. Time marches on, eh Hugh?
I saw Isaac Mizrahi having breakfast at Sant Ambroes on W.4th with another man. I see him a lot on the West Village, and he always looks like a recovering crack addict to me.
posted 5/9/06
Rode the 1 train this morning with Anderson Cooper and another man—they were clearly together. Both were smartly dressed, I’m guessing at least some Prada on Anderson and a definite Gucci loafer on the other guy. They kept their heads down reading newspapers—Anderson the Times and the other guy the Journal. Anderson smirked at his “friend”, who gave a woman begging for money some cash. As they got off at 42nd street, Anderson touched the small of the guy’s back and he smiled.
At Isla, waiting to be seated, shared hellos with Mo Rocca, who was there, glasses, bow tie and all, very comfy and chummy with good-looking male companion (lover?). Both were very friendly.
Caught a long glimpse of the adorable Mark Ruffalo as he entered side door at “Awake and Sing” on 44th. He was holding the gate open for an older woman (mom, maybe?) and caught me having an internal heart-attack. No reaction. Just as scruffy and cute as in all his films. Looked approachable but I could not open my mouth. Aww.
At the Alice in Wonderland statues in Central Park ran into Lisa Kudrow + kid. Sans make-up, wearing what looked like linen slacks and a skimpy blouse, and a hat + really big sunglasses. She’s fugly and waved some fans away “I’m with my child for God’s sake!”
Saw Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard last night at Gotham Hall for the Paris Review’s Spring Revel, honoring Joan Didion. Jessica still looks good and did a great reading of a Didion excerpt. I think at one point I caught Sam falling asleep during some of the other readings, but kept it together for Jessica’s.
Spotted: Gabriel Byrne, around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Church and White streets, outside the Tribeca Grand Hotel. Shouting loudly, and somewhat unsuccessfully, for a taxi, in his dramatic Irish brogue.
5th Ave and 8th St, 5/1: in stopped traffic, a scruffy Vincent D’Onofrio getting out of his F150 and confronting the driver who cut him off.
Last night @ 9:45 PM, E 11th Street and 3rd Avenue, Tribeca Film Festival. Michael Moore held court in the lobby of the East Village movie theatre taking pictures and signing autographs before seeing Jesus Camp. He sat in the last row of the movie with who I presume is his wife. Black sweat pants, New Balance sneakers, no baseball cap. Also, he didn’t smell.
I just saw half-celebrity Will Janowitz, aka Finn DeTrolio from the Sopranos, on 23rd Street, near Madison. Absolutely nothing to distinguish him from the rest of us.
Aidan Quinn & Steve Buscemi
450 W 37TH ST
May 9th, 2006 @ 9pm
At a preview of the new Billy Connolly show, together but not sitting together. Aidan was laughing his head off. Steve, er, not so much.
(Time magazine hosted its Time 100 party, honoring 100 of “the people who shape our world")
Alexis Bledel
E 15TH ST AT 3RD AVE
May 3rd, 2006 @ 8pm
Pretty Alexis Bledel having heated argument with Milo Ventimiglia in the corner of the Gramercy Cafe around 8 pm. He was in a black hoodie and said the C world real loud. She was weepy. Tried to ask if things were okay and he told us to F***k off.
Here's where Stv is totally crushed:
Saw Ed Norton and Evan Rachel Wood at the AMC on W 34TH ST last night around 8pm. They were holding hands and looking cozy while they waited for soda and candy in front of us. He paid for her diet coke and M&Ms but got popcorn (“NO BUTTER! MAKE SURE THERE IS NO BUTTER!”) for himself. We saw them again on the sidewalk after the movie kissing and smiling at one another. Isn’t she like 15? They stole the taxi my boyfriend flagged down for us. Assholes.
Chris Evans himself, in front of Marymount Manhattan College at 71st and 3rd. I told him that I loved his work, but he told me to “eat shit and die”.
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Was biking in the W. Village around 6 p.m. Monday when I spotted a line of black Mercedes outside Sarah Jessica Parker’s brownstone. I stood there & watched as SJP came out teetering on heels & dressed in a spectacular tartan evening dress. She was stunning. The female chauffeur & I smiled at each other & I said, “I feel like I’m on a TV show!” Chauffeur nodded & said, “I know!”
Yesterday I noticed an adorable yellow lab on Greenwich Street in TriBeCa, so I touched down and began loving on it like an absolute douche bag (e.g. “Aren’t you a pretty girl….Yes you are…”). Then I realized that Edie Falco was holding the dog’s leash.
posted 4/7/06
Were at Sweet n Vicious in Soho tonight. Jack White was there when I got there (12ish) and left soon after Dave Cross arrived. Didn’t talk to Jena Malone, but David was so nice. No negative at all (bad sweater, but hey…). My buddy bought him (and most the bar) a shot and he was sincerely grateful. I think it was his birthday. Unfortunately, I cheesed out and went over and shook his hand before I left, but again, he was totally nice.
Saturday night (4/1) at Striphouse steakhouse, spotted Will Arnett and Amy Poehler happily double dating with another couple.
Saw a very good-looking Ed Helms lunching at El Centro today. He was sitting at a corner table with a cute redhead.
Saw Luis Guzman at brunch Sunday 4/3 at Yuca Bar on 7th/A. Wanted to camera phone it, but couldn’t fit his entire head in the photo, seriously, it’s ginormous.
Sat next to Aida Turturro (Janice Soprano) at Trio restaurant on 33rd street last night. She was with a look alike that must have been her sister or a close family member. My god can that woman eat.
14th and A: Just saw Vincent D’ONofrio, getting out of teaching a class at the Actors Studio, hailing a cab with a young hottie on his arm. Is she a student?
Yesterday afternoon I spotted Lou Reed at the Target on Flatbush. He had a pack of paper towels and a can of caramel corn in his cart.
Right now (Tuesday night) Seann William Scott and Jeff Garlin outside The Comic Strip on 2nd Ave between 82nd and 81st, shooting a movie (Train Wreck). The lights are shining right in my bedroom, so I have no choice but to watch them through binoculars.
Apr 7th, 2006 @ 1am
I just walked past the eminently shaggable Jude Law talking on his mobile at 13th and Greenwich Ave. Oh why oh why can't he be gay?! Why do we get Tom Cruise?!
Apr 6th, 2006 @ 7pm
Walked by a small crowd of people hovering around some guy tonight. Thought it was a regular crowd of tourists trying to buy some fake designer purses, until I came closer and saw everyone was watching David Blaine performing some of his "illusions"
Mar 21st, 2006 @ 8pm
Edie Falco at the Knicks game tonight when they blew up her spot on the JumboTron. She looked like Sad Carmella because she didn't have any makeup on.
Last night (3/13) at the Union Square Barnes & Noble, saw Macaulay Culkin and Mila Kunis at his book signing for new book “Junior.” He was very nervous throughout the reading and Mila took a seat in the reserved front row only after he took the podium. She was grinning at him the entire time and at one point screamed to him to thank his girlfriend, which he did. They seem completely in love. He is tiny but has a big head. Wearing a black blazer, a t-shirt, and jeans. She had eyelashes that reached the moon but otherwise was makeup-less and dressed down in pale jeans and a grey sweatshirt. When he signed my book I asked him if his brother Kieran (whom I love) is still dating Anna Paquin. The answer is yes.
120 W 55TH ST
Mar 16th, 2006 @ 11am
At Osteria Del Circo for a business lunch, Katie Couric and Les Moonves were seated a couple tables away. Howard Stern emerged from the men's room came over and said "Hi" to Couric and flipped Moonves off.
posted 2/27/06
Saw Uma Thurman today on 18th between 5th and 6th, amazonian tall, flawless skin sans any makeup, lithe, beautiful, wavy blonde hair flowing behind her as she walked quickly with a medium height and average looking girl/woman. As we walked by, my husband said to me, “Uma Thurman is now on my list.”
Spotted: Matt Dillon walking north on Second Avenue in front of Ko Sushi. He was wearing a hideous orange north face jacket that looked like it was donated to him by a shelter. To complete the look I guess, his hair looked like he just woke up after a 2 week nap.
harvey keitel pushing a baby stroller in tribeca with a face that looks like, oh, i don’t know, an ancient leather handbag?
I saw Charlie Rose on Sunday buying Ralph Lauren tighty whities at Bloomie’s.
Spotted Frances McDormand at the downstairs bar during Friday night’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs show at Bowery Ballroom. Very no-nonsense, dressed down in a simple white top and jeans—hair pulled back and no makeup. Seemed incredibly down to earth and is surprisingly attractive in person. Ladies and Gentleman, meet my unexpected new crush.
Last night (2/21) while having a very tasty and “grown up” dinner at Mas on Downing Street, I spotted Michael Stipe at the corner table, breaking bread with 3 other men. Every single one seemed gayer than the other: a youngish Asian dude, a bespectacled platinum/spiky hair dude, and a muscle-type one.
New York—Feb 25—I went to see Bad Brains at CBGB and standing among the hipsters and New York hardcore faithful was none other than Steve Buscemi. Buscemi stayed until the end of the show.
Last night (2/22) I was on Kenmare and Lafayette, across the street from La Esquina (in that little triangle park/no man’s land). I wanted to throw away my gum, but there was a guy in an old brown leather trenchcoat and gray fedora sitting with his legs outstretched on a ledge by the garbage can, and he looked shady/homeless. I approached the garbage can anyway, at which point the guy looked up—he had twinkling brown eyes, sexy scruff and an earring: it was Colin Farrell, on his cell phone. We made eye contact as I dropped my gum in the can, and I heard him say “diye tink yer gawnna scars letter?” which is Irish-accented English for “do you think you’re going to Scores later?” Ew. He’s definitely straddling the line between appealing and appalling.
For some reason, Mister Dirty Dancing Himself, Patrick Swayze, was in the lobby of my building on E 42nd Street. I brushed past him briefly while walking in, and not 5 seconds afterward there were women literally lining up for autpgraphs from his short, old self. Weird. I wonder how many people shout NOBODY PUTS BABY IN A CORNER when they see him.
posted 2/23/06
Enjoying the day off, I joined my good friend Petrit for brunch at Balthazar. After not too much of a wait, we scored a table adjacent to the corner table by the bar. Engrossed in conversation we barely noticed the guy who sat next to us in the corner. A little chubby, he was dining alone, took the seat facing the wall and kept his hat on with the brim pulled over his eyes. Hung over maybe? He had ordered waffles as well as fried eggs with French fries, but that wasn’t odd…what was odd was that he was reading “the Master Cleanser.” (a cleansing program as reading material to go with your double entrée?) “Hey,” I asked him, “is that the program where you drink nothing but water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup for a week?” He barely glanced up at me, “I don’t know, I just started reading it, someone gave it to me.” He then lowered his head re-adjusted his hat and continued with his reading and his food. Probably some D list celeb—eating like that, he’ll need a good cleanse. Hat boy finished his waffles and his eggs, we finished Brunch and asked for the check at about the same time he did. I noticed he was almost through with the book. “So is it the program with the lemon juice and the maple syrup?” He purposely ignored me, so I asked again, and once more he ignored me. Petrit nudged him, “she’s asking you something” I repeated my question. “I don’t know.” He answered. “Well it looks like you’re midway through the book, when do they tell you what you get to eat?” He ignored me one last time and looked around for the waiter. It was then I noticed who it was. Jared Leto. I couldn’t help but laugh.
Paul Rudd shuffled past me on 6th Avenue and 11th street today. We made eye contact and he looked very cute, despite his oversized army green parka. It looked like he was wearing a tent. I’d sleep with him anyway.
On Friday afternoon a friend & I were walking down Bleecker, feeling really worn down after the Barney’s Warehouse Sale, and I saw Harvey Weinstein walking toward us. He could tell I knew who he was and he clearly didn’t care. There was absolutely no color in his face. He was sumo-size and was wearing lots of ruddy caramel-brown layers that matched his hair just so. He was working a cyborg look, with a big silvery hands-free phone device emerging from the left side of his head. We had a mini staring contest. He won.
Saw the non-fake David Cross at Hifi late on Friday night (2/17). My (admittedly drunken and Arrested Development-obsesed) friend approached him and showed a picture from her camera phone of her boyfriend dressed as (a surprisingly accurate) Tobias for Halloween. Non-fake David, who was talking with an attractive (female) brunette, remained pleasant and even appeared to be slightly flattered.
I saw Oscar-nominee Matt Dillon this morning on Madison at 97th, apparently walking to Mount Sinai. I hope he’s OK. I stared lovingly. He noticed, and didn’t scowl.
I was sitting in a coffee shop in the west village this morning and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son was making fish faces into the window. He is absolutely adorable with red hair and P.S.H. and his wife were laughing and sitting on a bench outside. They looked so hella awesome and happy but not in a boring west village way.
After work on Tuesday, saw Cynthia Nixon and her lady love walking through Times Square. Only noticed it was them after I passed them, but they didn’t look too happy. Anyway, they were holding hands amongst the out-of-towners, which made me a proud fag for my dyke sisters.
posted 2/21/06
Unemployed male celebrity edition: Mon 2/13—Starbucks on Union Sq West—Gay American Jim McGreevey (with a hot young man); Tue 2/14, same Starbucks—Kyle Gass from Tenacious D; Tue 2/14, Broadway & 70th or so (can’t exactly remember)—I’m 99% certain I saw former Love Monkey Tom Cavanaugh; Fri 2/17, 17th St near Broadway—Michael Showalter, from Wet Hot American Summer and Stella.
Still nauseous from my Fung-Wah bus ride from Boston, saw Michael Stipe at Matsuri tonight (2/18). He sat on the bench next to my table as he waited for his. He’s graying but otherwise looks pretty good. Pretty much exactly like he looks on TV. Sat with his bleached blonde male friend while they stared at their cell-phones. At one point he put his arm around said friend while they stared at friend’s cell-phone together. Is he gay and I’m the last person alive to hear about it?
Jena Malone in the interview room for the Motherfucker documentary at Avalon on Sunday night. She was wasted out of her mind and barged in on her friend’s interview countless times. She was singing to herself about an apricot she had just taken from a fruit tray. She also sang to herself about stealing a Nutrigrain bar, which she proceeded to do. She took it out of the box, slid it into her boot and barged in once again on the interview. She was then removed by a few members of the crew.
posted 2/2/06
Juliana Margulies got her nails done next to me on Sunday—she made the pedicure woman put her socks back on for her. Possibly this is because her nails were wet or possibly because she hates Koreans.
posted 1/25/06
I saw Natasha Lyonne on 14th between 2nd and 3rd at about 7pm. She was walking and eating a hot dog and was wearing ripped dark clothing. At first I didn’t recognize her b/c she currently weighs about 90 lbs at most and had sores/scabs all over her face especially near the nose area - but since she was so out of it I decided to move closer to her and confirmed.
I can hardly believe it but I’m pretty certain I saw Natasha Lyonne yesterday at Duane Reade on 34th and 5th Ave. I wouldn’t have noticed her but she was startled by a security guard trying to get ahead of her. Not to be blunt—but there is no other way to put it—she looked like a homeless crack whore. She was extremely thin, and her clothes were hanging off of her, had sores all over her face, was wearing a cap but it looked as if she was balding. Someone needs to get this girl in rehab- stat.
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On my way home from dinner with a friend last night I was lighting a cig. As my head came up with cig in tow I came face to face with Paul Rudd. We were close enough to kiss, but that unfortunately did not happen. The Clueless cutie wasn’t phased by my space invasion. He kept puffing away on his own cancer stick while standing under the Pluck U sign on 9th. He is very short in person, standing at about 5’6”, but still looks good all the same.
posted 1/20/06
Last Wednesday, I was walking past Groove on 3rd St in the Village and I saw Colin Quinn walk out of it. Thinking he was walking in the other direction, I pointed to him and told my friend that he was a “famous comedian” but I couldn’t remember his name. I began brainstorming (“Colin…Farrell? No…Firth…No”) out loud and then started badmouthing his show, calling him something like “a ridiculously right wing nut” when I decided to look behind me. Not three feet away is Mr. Quinn walking in the rain with his hood on, not looking very happy. Needless to say, I hyperventilated and ran down 6th Avenue.
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Level V, Josh Lucas and the entire cast of Glory Road was there. He had his shirt unbuttoned with chest hair puffing out and was making a catcall noise at me as I left. Awkward. His chauffeur, who was also driving some of the other guys in the movie, talked to them and then invited me to go with them to some late night thing. I declined. Josh gave a homeless guy a ton of cash, but wasn’t talking to anyone. He is ridiculously hot.
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On Saturday 1/14/06 I saw Anthony Michael Hall (of 80s teen flicks with Molly Ringwald and more recently of “The Dead Zone” fame) walking east on 44th street. He had the trademark Dead Zone intense glare and seemed to be on a mission. Not very impressive in person—kind of short (I am 5’6” and could not have been more than 5’8”), pasty white with really bad skin. Someone should forward some Proactiv to him.
posted 1/5/06
Saw Quentin Tarantino at Bungalow 8 on the morning of Jan.5. To his credit, he actually seemed pretty normal, interacted with the plebeians and not as cracked-out as his embarrassing talk-show appearances would lead one to believe.
Thursday, Dec 29, I was dragged to the women’s denim sale on the 8th floor of Barneys by my gay friend. While he hounded for his size, Scarlett Johansson appeared with an ugly man. She didn’t like that I was looking at her ring and scowled at me. Too bad for her, I’m really good at dirty looks.
My friend saw Elijah Wood at 7B on New Year’s day evening, playing “BuckShot” and trying to ignore all the girls who were milling around him. He is apparently really fragile looking. My friend yelled “Froooooodooooo!” at him, and he didn’t even blink.
Spotted a bearded Jared Leto working out at Crunch gym on Lafeyette last night (1/3). Looked slightly bulkier, was wearing gray long pants and gray long-sleeve thermal type shirt, and held onto his jacket and fuzzy headwear throughout his workout. Very hot in person and amazing eyes. He kept talking on his blackberry in-between sets. Nobody paid him much mind, we were all just wondering why he didn’t leave his ‘berry in the locker like the rest of us.
While waiting at the bus stop on Broadway and 60th, saw Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn casually walking together towards Columbus Circle. Goldie (dressed in a white fur belted coat and Chanel sunglasses) was makeup-less and looked normal but totally itty-bitty. They stopped a few feet away from me—I almost thought they were going to wait for a bus!—but all was right with the world as they were just pausing to admire the new mulit-million dollar condos coming up along the park. Goldie remarked on how $4 million sounded reasonable for a two-bedroom place, and Kurt said he would call somebody tomorrow to check out the floor plans. After a few more minutes of rich-people chatter, they left and went into the Mandarin Oriental … while I, on the other hand, boarded my bus and silently celebrated $1 holiday fare day.
I’m a little late on this one, but it’s still noteworthy. Had some celebrity sightings courtesy of JetBlue while flying from JFK to Syracuse on December 22nd. As we began lining up to board I noticed Alec Baldwin standing guard in front of the flight desk, he was definitely hoping to be noticed. He had his young daughter with him, which I believe is the one he is battling Kim Basinger for. He was sharing his ipod headphones with a woman (I couldn’t figure out if it was his assistant or his girlfriend) and was seat-dancing around like an idiot to the music when I walked by him en route to the bathroom. The daughter was really cute, looks just like her mom, but he seemed to be ignoring her for the assistant slash girlfriend slash ipod.
I’m typing this one a bit late, but I had almost forgotten about it. Saw Chevy Chase at LGA on Dec. 29th—he was checking in at the NWA first class counter and wearing a huge parka. He was whisked through security in front of what must have been a thousand others waiting, but he’s Chevy, dude. Then I get on my plane to Minneapolis, and there he is again in the first class cabin trying very hard not to make eye contact with anyone.
Jena Malone (Donnie Darko, etc), Nick Zinner and some unmemorable hippies from Maroon 5 all hanging out with each other at Mama’s bar last Thursday. Yeah, makes no sense to me, either.
On Saturday 12/31 saw Alan Rickman (Professor Snape from Harry Potter movies) at the Sweeney Todd matinee. He’s actually gorgeous in person with white hair, but it took everything in me to not run up to him and say, “You’re going to kill Dumbledore.”
Apparently the elevators at 1271 (Time Inc.) are working this morning—just saw Rev. Jesse Jackson lumbering through a security checkpoint to catch a ride upstairs. Burberry scarf, wrinkled trenchcoat, very slow, sort of crippled-seeming gait. Was pressing the flesh of several (African-American) security guards, who were beaming in his presence. Boy, he looked old.
Yesterday (1/2) at Duane Reade on Broadway between 8th and 9th Streets, saw Ian Somerhalder in Duane Reade around 6:40pm. It was raining outside and he was looking to buy an umbrella. He looked very young in person and had piercing blue eyes and naturally rosy cheeks.
Last night (1/02), while at Buster’s Garage in Tribeca, my friends and I spotted Chris Carmack, better known as Luke for the OC. He seemed to be there to watch the Notre Dame game, but stayed through the Georgia game to hit on a trashy looking blonde girl in camouflage pants.
In my office building on E. 42nd Street this morning (01/04) I was temporarily blinded by spangles and shiny skin. It was none other than Richard Simmons, dressed in an unseasonal blue and white sparkly tank top and bright blue short shorts. He was strutting his stuff and just loving himself, and stepped into the brisk morning air like he was stepping into his Sweating to the Oldies workout video. I was going to shout, “Hey it’s Richard Simmons!” but I didn’t feel like getting knocked out.
posted 1/3/06
Had a nice spotting as I headed home for the holidays. In the security line at LaGuardia made eye contact with Ryan Gosling of The Notebook fame. Or psuedo-fame, since I’m not sure he’s been in anything else.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247199/combined
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I was home in Minneapolis for Christmas and went to see Brokeback Mountain with my cousin on the 26th. The theatre was packed, but I noticed this gorgeous blond girl sitting behind me. She looked familiar, but it’s Minnesota, and everyone is pretty and blond, so I had to flip through my mental rolodex to figure out whether or not I knew her from High School. I turned around again and smiled at her when it clicked that it was Scarlett Johansson, sitting next to boyfriend Josh Hartnett, a Minneapolis native. She. Was. So. Pretty. They went unnoticed by the rest of the audience, who was only there to see some hot cowboy action.
It was weird enough walking to work this morning (1/2) up an abandoned Madison Avenue when the rest of the planet obviously had the day off. Then it got much weirder when I passed UN “Ambassador” John Bolton walking down the sidewalk around 50th Street. Absolutely no doubt it was him: That walrusy got-milk mustache, that soulless glower, followed at five paces (out of bitch-slap range?) by two bodyguard types. Mommy, I feel dirty.
Juliette Lewis and her boyfriend on the F train from Manhattan to York Street, Brooklyn. She was reading People Magazine, he was reading Us Weekly. The woman across from them was also reading a celebrity news magazine and she started up a conversation with them. The three of them discussed how gay Ricky Martin looked in the photos of him taken at a beach. As she got off, she left an empty beer can on the floor.
Was checking out how much bigger the TVs are than mine in the Broadway Best Buy (12/31) when I spotted Peter Dinklage, the diminutive star of The Station Agent and Elf. Was hugely tempted to be non-PC and play peekaboo with him but realized I would probably receive a well-deserved knee in the balls.
Was outside smoking a cigarette when Heather Graham walked into Max Fish last night. I have never seen a female celebrity there who wasn’t obviously sleeping with Josh Hartnett, so I was a little surprised to see Rollergirl stroll through the door. I wish she was all coked up and asking for a mommy, but unfortunately, life below Houston is never that interesting.
Saw Jack Osbourne playing trivia at Black and White last night (Tuesday 12/27) with a friend. Their team was called Awesome Sauce. Lame. He hung out all night and was fairly quiet. He is looking good these days, but his trivia skills are weak.
The other day (12/23) at Betsey Johnson on the UWS, I was shopping alone. When I do that, I have a tendency to ask whoever is around how I look in whatever it is I happen to be trying on. I happened to ask the lady chilling out on the store’s couch, whose daughter was trying on some dresses, what she thought of my look. When she gave me a throaty (and hopefully honest!) response of “you don’t look fat,” only then did I realize that the shopper was none other than Kathleen Turner! Feeling like a total ass for asking a screen legend if my butt looked too big.
Sat next to Christy Turlington, Ed Burns and their kids at an Easthampton bowling alley this Sunday. Ed was wearing some sort of “I’m Irish!” wool cap that looked as ridiculous as his Bud consumption was prodigious.
I saw Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn holding up the lengthy ticket line at Loew’s Lincoln Center theater yesterday. They failed to notice that everything halfway decent was sold out, and when they got to the counter, they stood there forever conferring on an alternate choice. Finally the counterperson called more customers over to buy tickets, and they continued to stand there for a while longer, eventually talking to someone who appeared to be the manager. It looked like the ticket sellers were trying to figure out where they knew Kurt and Goldie from- guess they didn’t catch the TBS classic Overboard on TV last week. Goldie has porn star lips.
posted 12/20
12/16 Shopping for last minute gifts at the woman’s Banana Republic in Soho, when I spotted a familiar face. Sporting a knitted hat with way too big for NYC gold hoops was none other than Jessica Alba. She was with her boyfriend? The girl can do much better. Being a true new yorker, I ignored her completely. But the boyfriend caught me looking at her and gave me a dirty look. What an ass.
Was walking down Prince Street (12/17) and saw a ridiculous amount of cameras flashing toward a stall by the Apple Store. Got closer and saw a rough-looking Debra Messing casually shopping. Most people kept on asking who she actually was while one woman complained that she didn’t know what the fuss was about as she could see her on TV if she wanted instead.
I was at the Waverly Diner last night and saw Sam Shepard walk by outside, twice (probably doubling back to get Jessica Lange some American Apparel metallic hotpants for Christmas). Eye contact was made. He’s hot - a definite PILF (playwright I’d like to fuck).
Saw Conan O’Brien and his adorable baby on Saturday afternoon while strolling down Columbus around 72nd. The sidewalk was really cramped because of christmas trees for sale, so we all had to squeeze by each other. He’s taller than the trees.
Last Friday I was at LES bar the Living Room for my birthday festivities, and got totally distracted when Kevin Spacey walked in. Didn’t have a good look at him b/c the bar was pretty crowded, but he was with some nondescript guys. Left wearing what looked like the very same knit hat one of my friends had lost that night — she was convinced he somehow stole it and stalked him to the next bar he went to where she yelled at him as he was getting into a car.
Saw gwen stefani and gavin rossdale at soho house on friday night (12.17). they both looked good. especially gwen. gavin was dressed down in a north face jacket and knit watchcap. I wonder what it’s like being mr stefani. they took a picture with their driver and caused a bit of commotion on the sidewalk. a pedestrian doubled back to take a cell phone picture but he was too slow and missed the shot.
Saw Al Sharpton and an incredibly attractive ladyfriend going into the 2:15 Syriana at the Lincoln Center cinemas… It pains me to say that he was borderline well dressed with an expensive cashmere overcoat and turtleneck sweater. His hair also didn’t look as grey as I’ve seen it (dye job?) and overally looked way less sleazy than he usually comes across. The woman was shaking her head as they walked by a line of people inside saying “Don’t even…” Tried to hear the rest of the conversation, assuming it was “Don’t even think about not returning that campaign money…”
Hedwig himself, John Cameron Mitchell on the 14th and 7th Ave uptown subway platform on Monday midday. He looked cute, assuming you’re into gay, East Village, motorcycle jacket-wearing leprechaun types.
On Sunday afternoon, I spotted Isaac Mizrahi at 6th Avenue and 11th Street with pup in tow. It’s safe to say that Isaac had better hair than the pooch.
12/16 - 10pm showing of Dog Sees God (so freaking hilarious) Macaulay Culkin sat three seats in front of me - came in right before the show started with a group of guys.
Spotted Robert Wagner today in FAO Schwartz looking anxious to get in and find what they were looking for and get out. He was wearing sunglasses inside so as to disguise himself. Are the glasses really necessary?
Suck on this, Brokeback. An authentic gay cowboy sighting Wednesday night (12/14) at the Cutting Room: Randy Jones of the Village People, in the audience for the Joan Rivers show. Before the show began, Randy worked the entire room, seemingly happier than ever to see each and every fag, hag, or “other”. He even took off his hat for a couple of minutes, but I’m pretty sure they it’s in his lifetime contract to wear it at all times, even when he sleeps, just so he can be recognized as a Village Person.
posted 12/6/05
At intermission of Saturday night’s performance of Sweeney Todd (12/3), I was standing at my seat thinking “I wonder if there are any celebrities here tonight.” Just then, as if I’d conjured him out of the air, I saw Jay Mohr walking up the aisle. He was wearing a zip-up gray hoodie sweatshirt over a yellow T-shirt and jeans — couldn’t he get dressed up? About 10 minutes later, at the end of intermission, he came back down the aisle carrying a drink and wobbling slightly as he walked to his seat. How many drinks can someone get during one intermission? Basically, he looked like he had just woken up and come to the show.
So Saturday night at about 8:30 I was lost in the ghetto area a few blocks from the Atlantic Avenue subway and asked an incongruously strolling yuppie couple how to get to Smith St. I was slightly surprised when the guy turned out to be Michael Ian Black. He was extremely, almost oddly friendly, and his girlfriend (I had always thought he was gay, so maybe it was just a friend) was pleasant and normal-looking (a nice Jewish girl). His directions, btw, were totally wrong and had me further lost in the ghetto for another ten minutes.
In the lobby of my office building at E 42nd St on Thursday morning, I heard the loudest voice I have ever heard booming from the coffee shop. It was Tom Arnold, being loud, tall, and dressed like he was 20 years younger than he is. I immediately thought of Chris Farley playing him on SNL—so funny. It pains me to say it, but he actually didn’t look bad. You know, for a guy who used to bang Roseanne.
The day after that, while rushing toward the elevator, spotted Adam Goldberg exiting another elevator. He’s skinny and kind of bearded and soooo cute in person. Wished I could have been witty and charming and made him fall in love with me. Instead, I got in the elevator and went to work. Boooooo.
posted 12/2/05
About 4pm Pink crossed Prince alone on Mercer st. heading into The Mercer, complaining and cursing loudly about being photographed by 2 paparazzi until Naomi Watts pulled up in a big black SUV. The 2 photographers who had been photographing Pink turned their attention to Naomi Watts. That’s when Pink started screaming “There’s someone more famous! Good! You can take pictures of someone more famous now!” And then shoved a female photographer who had been shooting her until Naomi pulled up. The photographer fell back stepping on Pink who pushed her again and then told her that if she touched her again she would kick her ass. Okay - “If I push you again and you fall on me and then I push you again I’ll kick your ass”? “If you take my picture I’ll curse you out BUT if you STOP taking my picture I’ll shove you twice?”
11/28 - After getting some much needed birthday pampering at Bliss SOHO, I spied Scarlett Johansson at the 9 West store on Broadway. She was standing next to me checking out some boots. She was incognito with her hat pulled down and her collar turned up. Cute as a button. I wanted to wretch with envy.
Was in Bouley Bakery in TriBeCa on Sunday morning with my boyfriend. Had just woken from a late night with a terrible hangover and threw on my clothes from the night before, complete with 3 inch heels, to run down to the bakery for an eclair and coffee. I was standing in line and the person in front of me had his child sitting on the counter while he payed. Loving babies, I started to play with it-baby noises, peekabo, etc (I know it’s lame, but cut me a break). When the father turned around, I saw that the proud daddy was none other than Jon Stewart. He took one look at me, wearing a silk camisole and likely reeking of booze, and gave me a slightly horrified look. I managed to smile and say, “Cute baby.” I thought he was going to run away, but he just smiled back, laughed, and said, “That’s because he looks like his mother” and then picked him up and left.
Saw Michael C. Hall (David from Six Feet Under) on the 4 train today, smashed up against the doorway ‘cause the train was so crowded. No one elsed noticed him but my friend, because I freaked out and pointed with my eyes like a Warner Bros. cartoon. Casual, but well-dressed. Bobbing head to i-pod. I wanted to ask him about the gut-wrenching last episode, but played it cool. Awesome.
Yesterday [11/29] Lafayette just below Houston around 6PM, I was walking to X-Girl to stock up on skinny jeans when I spotted limos, trailers, and heaps of people scurrying about. Went South a few more blocks and I practically walked into Michael Pitt, who is so stunning that I had to stop and compose myself. He is mega skinny, shockingly so, and was wearing a knit ski cap and very loose levis. I think they were filming for an upcoming movie called “Delirious,” in which he plays a homeless person. Homeless or not, he is absolutely striking.
I was at Barfly near Gramercy Park at 2:30 on Monday night, and some jackass was clowning around at the bar — trying, I suppose, to make the bartender and the three patrons in the bar laugh. Upon further inspection, the jackass was Jimmy Fallon.
Tuesday, November 30th. Saw Billy Bush (is he considered a celeb?) at Soho House. He was going there to have dinner. When the receptionists asked his name/who the reservation was under he said his, which led the two girls he was with to start giggling and loudly say “celebrity news-reporter,”so all could hear. I thought that was as funny as it would get but then Billy kept repeating his name to try to get in and then said he “didn’t know” if he was a member or not. If one is a member of a club I’m pretty sure they would know, correct? Anyways they all seemed pretty trashy.
I had a quasi celebrity sighting this weekend. My friends and I went to crobar on Sunday night for a DJ Tiesto concert. Everyone at the club was having a great time until Dennis Rodman showed up onstage. He started half dancing/half stripping and was basically crying for attention. Basically Rodman was e-tarded. His awful dance/strip proved so distracting that DJ Tiesto stopped playing and only returned after the partiers at crobar booed Rodman off of the stage.
A guy walks out of the rain into 2A with 10 hula hoops over his shoulder. Who is the guy? Moby. Saw him and a nice looking woman at 2A last night. They tried to cuddle up in the booths at the end of the bar, but an annoying blond woman with bad roots promptly started talking to them. She then requested a hoop and started hula-ing to Moby. Then the hoop slipped down, hit Moby’s beer and spilled it onto the floor and into his lap. Embarrassing for everyone in the bar, except the blond, who kept talking to them and brought her eight friends over as well.
Saw Russell Simmons around noon trying to get into 114 Liberty St. A very black Range Rover was parked on the sidewalk. He was on his headset talking business so I didn’t want to interrupt. I think he noticed though.
So Joy Behar (that’s right, from The View - I am the queen of random sightings) was sitting behind me at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Woody Allen tribute/Match Point screening last night (11/28). She was wearing a truly unbelievable amount of makeup. When I first heard her nattering on behind me, I thought she was a friend’s mother, and turned around. I felt less bad about my potential rudeness when she proceeded to make little observations throughout the screening. Why is it that people feel the need to narrate movies in this way??
(editorandpublisher.com)
November 28, 2005 12:05 PM ET
NEW YORK As if responding to the escalating battle with famed TV personality Borat Sagdiyev, a character on HBO's "Da Ali G Show," the Kazakhstan government today published a four-page advertising section in The New York Times. The section, titled, "Kazakhstan in the 21st Century," carried testimonials to its oil production, its democracy, education system, and purported "power and influence" of women.
The feud has been simmering for the past year, after Borat and his frank depictions of life in his homeland (where, he claims, gypsies are still hunted for sport and women rank somewhere below farm animals in the pecking order) gained wide popularity in both the U.S. and the U.K. He also wrote the popular folk song, “Throw the Jew Down the Well.” A feature length film, “Borat: The Movie,” is currently in production.
Many, for some reason, suspect Borat is actually comic Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Ali G.
The latest round of charges began this month when Borat appeared on an MTV awards show in Europe accompanied by a drunken, one-eyed Kazakh pilot and mentioned the joys of shooting dogs. (He also suggested that Madonna was a transvestite.) He signed off with: "To the world, I love you, apart from Uzbekistan, a--holes."
A Kazakh foreign ministry official responded: "We view Mr. Cohen's behavior at the MTV Europe Music Awards as utterly unacceptable, being a concoction of bad taste and ill manners, which is completely incompatible with ethics and civilized behavior." He added: "We do not rule out [the possibility] Mr Baron-Cohen is serving someone's political order designed to present Kazakhstan and its people in a derogatory way.” A lawsuit was mentioned.
Borat fired back at his Web site, http://www.borat.kz/, with this statement:
"I like to state I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my government's decision to sue this Jew.
"Since the 2003 reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world. Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats and age of consent has been raised to 8 years old.
"Please, I invite you to come to Kazakhstan, where we have incredible natural resources, hard-working labor and some of the cleanest prostitutes in all of central Asia. Goodbye."
In its New York Times ad today, Kazakhstan claims that it is a "model" for gender equality, at least in terms of women in "senior government positions."
Meanwhile, the daily newspaper, The Independent, in London has taken this all seriously enough to carry, earlier this month, a list of 50 things about Kazakhstan “you won't learn from Borat.” Among them: It is almost as big as western Europe, four times the size of Texas, and is "the ninth-largest country in the world.”
Also: "Despite Borat's suggestions that, in Kazakhstan, people hunt bears 'for fun,' hunting is no longer a popular pastime."
A British web site observed in a headline that his homeland "Kannotstand" Borat.
(dlisted.blogspot.com)
Saw Michael Pitt at 169 Bar on Saturday night, taking in local bands Stylofone, Aloke, The Octagon, something else. He had his girlfriend in tow, of course, and still seems intent on living out his Kurt Cobain fantasies through his hair, which is still blonde and cut in the Jordan-Catalano-grunge-era shag from Last Days. His face looks unusually small in person, which makes those lips look even chubbier. Yum!
Here's a paparazzi shot posted recently on justjared:
Jake and his new puppy, Mama Gyllenhaal (blocked by Jake's head), Sarsgaard, Maggie
Yesterday, we mentioned that a fake David Cross was running around Manhattan, impersonating the Arrested Development actor and comedian so as to nail some chicks (in fact, we think our most recent Gawker Stalker sighting may, in fact, have been a sighting of Fake David). Cross, rightfully disturbed and disgusted by this hipster-charlatan, writes us:
Hi,
David Cross here. So, about this Imposter guy running around trying to get free drinks and get laid by saying he’s me - There is a simple way to identify him/me. And first of all how fucking creepy is this? What a double douchebag! As well as possibly a potentially dangerous person. Anyway, up until last friday night I was in a 3 and a half year long relationship with my girlfriend whom I was very much in love with [Ed: Whoa — talk about burying the lede!] and wouldn’t have gone home with anybody much less taken them back to “my place” (I just got dumped, so ironically I am now single and this guy is really encroaching on me).
Full imposter-detecting instructions from Cross after the jump.
But here’s how you can instantly tell whether or not it’s me - ask to see my tattoo. It’s on my right arm/shoulder and it’s an intricate depiction of a Max Fleisher-esque smiling pig standing upright and serving you his own ribs straight from his open chest (because let’s be honest, I love bar-b-que). There is a pool of blood and entrails by his feet and in a bit of pure tattoo genius, the pig has his own tattoo of the Kosher “k” in a yellow star on his shoulder. If this guy won’t show that to you or he doesn’t have that tattoo, call him on his shit and humiliate him in front of everybody.
This whole thing really pisses me off and I am truly very sorry if anything untoward or worse, unfunny, was done in my name. I will try to make it up to you if I can (hint, hint ladies). Sorry, that last thing was a crude and tasteless example of something this guy might say. As the guy on Hill Street Blues used to say before everyone went off on that day’s assignments; “Let’s be careful out there”.
Thanks for your time,
David Cross (the real one with the tattoo)
(Unfortunately, I was unable to find a picture matching the phrase "God of Fuck" for this entry...)
I suppose this doesn’t really count as a “chance sighting”, but here ya go. Saturday (10/29) my friends and I went to the Audioslave concert at MSG, mainly to get a nice glimpse of Jared Leto during 30 Seconds to Sucks (I mean, um, Mars) opening act. To our gleeful surprise, they did a “meet and greet” at the merch table after their performance. Seriously, though, was Leto high on rat poison or something? The guy was weird. After he signed sloppy arrows on our rip-off CDs (while looking in the opposite direction, might I add) my friends and I waited on the side to get pictures with him. He came out like a total freak, with his big owl eyes not even looking into the camera. We mumbled a verrrry quiet “thanks” which he surprisingly returned with a long awe-filled stare. Strange.
I originally went to gawker.com to see if they had that article (?) re: Shepard Smith coming on to that guy in a piano bar when I saw all this celebrity sightings stuff.
Why didn't anyone tell me about this?!
Man, this shit is fucking addictive! It's like I don't even want to kill myself now.
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I saw Maggie Gyllenhaal and Adrian Grenier on University place yesterday (10/17). They ran into each other by accident, and gleefully hugged and chatted. I couldn’t figure out if they actually knew each other or if this is just something celebrities do when they see each other on the street. Even though he was alone Adrian said, “WE were just talking about you this afternoon,” and I wondered if he’s one of those weird people who says “we” instead of “I.” Anyway, she has great skin and looked completely beautiful, and he was smaller than I expected with overly baggy clothes and big Bob Dylan hair.
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...when I realized that it was Sienna Miller. She was wearing an oversized, gold-studded newsboy cap. I guess she’s not so pleased with her short new haircut, but I do not believe that the haircut itself could have been worse than this hat. She scuttled onto the elevator and apologized and then I felt badly because I guess she’s had a rough summer or whatever. I’m pretty sure she was doing research for Factory Girl because Brigid Berlin lives in my parents’ building and I truly cannot think of any other reason that Sienna Miller would ever find herself in a co-op in Murray Hill. Seriously though, her hat was retarded.
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I just saw Stevie Wonder at the Bed, Bath & Beyond on the UWS. He was testing out different humidifiers. He would stick his head in front of each one, and kept it up for a good 10 minutes. AWESOME.
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Saw Johnny Knoxville on Thompson St. between Spring and Prince around 7:30 p.m. last night- Monday, Oct 17th . He was wearing something similar to shapeless Capri pants, sneakers and a black hoodie, sunglasses and sporting a goatee. Walking with a cute girl with brown hair that didn’t look familiar.
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Dude, was that Mandy Moore and Zach Braff riding bikes along the East River on Saturday? I was jogging downtown somewhere between the Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges when I could have sworn I saw him riding uptown, with a cute-as-a-button Mandy pedaling hard to keep up.
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I was just walkin’ down 18th street and who do I see striding along cursing into a cellphone? Peter Dinklage, the silver screen’s go-to little person. He was wearing hemmed AG Jeans and a black shirt. Oh, and I would hate to be on the other end of that conversation…a mouth of a sailor that one!
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Spotted Jason Schwartzman jewin’ around the LES yesterday. He was grey flannel suited, sneakered, and bearded.
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New couple? Fred Armisen of SNL and Martha Plimpton shopping on the UWS Sunday. They came out of Staples and headed in to buy paper towel at Price Wise at 81st and Broadway.
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Saw Cynthia Nixon on the corner of 76th and Amsterdam on 10/17 with her two kids and a woman who wasn’t her scary looking partner (or are they over?). I’m guessing the woman was the kids’ nanny. Nearly missed spotting CN since she was sporting blond hair and looked really ordinary mom-ish, but recognized her funny mouth and teeth.
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Saw Michael Pitt around 11 AM Sunday morning on Montague St. He was running… and it was hurried running and not running-for-exercise running. Where in Brooklyn Heights could anyone be in a hurry to go? Who knows. But he looked h-h-h-ot.
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James Woods in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton, flirting with an absurdly chesty blonde who looked about 25% his age.
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Spotted playwright Sam Shepherd strolling down Broadway between 9th and 10th this morning. Sporting a well-worn brown leather bomber jacket and smoking a cigarette, he was accompanied by an older, portly man, who seemed to be a lawyer or agent-type.
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Walking down 35th Street between Third and Lexington. I spy a guy walking a funny little white puppy with black fur blotches. I stare at the dog. The guy stares at me. I stare at him. Then I stare at the dog again. Five paces later, it pops into my head – that’s Nick Stahl. Looking cute but rather unassuming in jeans, jacket, and droopy knapsack. I think the funny little puppy momentarily dismantled my celebrity radar.