• Apparently on a boozy limo ride home from a few Halloween parties where they were dressed as matching tooth fairies, Paris Hilton's boyfriend Doug Reinhardt threw her phone out the window. It appears that excessive texting annoys him too. Paris got out of the car to find it on the side of the road to no avail. When she got back into the car, Reinhardt started to choke her. Of course, the paps were swarming and friends tried to stop them from taking pictures. Like a good girl, Paris fought back, kicking and screaming at her man. The good news? A photographer found her phone and returned it. [NY Post]
• Real Housewife of New York Kelly Bensimon showed up on time for the Halloween party she hosted on Saturday night, instead of showing up two hours late like she did last year. Hurray for lessons learned. Bensimon was dressed as a sexy Heidi or some such. Also in attendance was Jill Zaron dressed as Poison Ivy from the Batman comics. The real news is that Bensimon and fellow Housewife Zarin are apparently new besties now that Zarin had a falling out with former partner in crime Bethenny Frankel. Because she's still on the show this season, Bethenney has been relegated to hanging out with crazy-eyed Ramona Singer and Brooklynite Alex McCord. As goes Jill Zarin, so goes the audience, so maybe people will start to like this Kelly creature now. [Gatecrasher]
• Speaking of Halloween parties, Tinsley Mortimer showed up with reality crew in tow for an event to benefit cancer charity City of Hope on Friday night at Marquee. "She showed up with 20 people. The crew shot her walking into the venue, but not inside the party as promised," says City Of Hope's Jocelyn Levy. "They just hung out and drank, for free, even the producers. We didn't ask them to come, they called us." Hmm. That's funny, because we were there and we saw with our own two eyes that Tinsley did, in fact, film inside the party. Sure it was in the back by the dessert bar and the production kept a tight perimeter around Ms. Mortimer, but she did actually film inside the party. Don't go trying to tarnish our Tinz unfairly! [Gatecrasher]
• Nicolas Cage is going to miss a New York screening of his movie Bad Lieutenant, because his father, literature professor August Coppola (brother of filmmaker Francis Ford), died of a heart attack. We love it when celebrities actually do the right thing. [P6]
• Elton John has been hospitalized for a bad case of the flu and a minor case of e. coli and has canceled several concerts. All his pairs of sparkly glasses tell him to get well soon. [AP]
• Because her life hasn't been charmed enough, Dakota Fanning is now a cheerleader and the homecoming queen at North Hollywood's Campbell Hall Episcopal High School, which she is attending. Transformation into mean girl is complete. [E Online]
• Mel Gibson's girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, might have maybe had her baby (Mel's eighth) two months early. We hope this isn't like Heidi Klum baby thing where all the tabs were trying so hard to scoop each other that they just started making up the birth. [People]
• John DeLucie the fancy chef at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn isn't leaving. That's great news for all of us who couldn't get a reservation even if we wanted one. [P6]
• Gossip dowager Cindy Adams is obsessed with the making of Wall Street 2. Has she not seen a film in the movie theater since the original came out 22 years ago, or does she just have a huge crush on Shia LaBeouf? You decide. [Cindy Adams]

[Image via Getty]

• Ha! Here's a dose of reality: The Hills "star" Stephanie Pratt tried to buy a bottle of champagne at a VMA after-party and her credit card was declined. She was later seen crying hysterically. [Page Six]
  
  
• Speaking of "reality," apparently no real socialites want to hang out for Tinsley Mortimer's reality show, so producers are trying to concoct new A-listers to help provide some energy, because Mortimer is not "dynamic" enough to carry the show on her own. That's hardly surprising, but still amusing. [Page Six]
  
  
• There's video of Michael Jackson making the shocking confession that he was a pain killer addict. [The Sun]
  
  
• Jennifer Grey says she will always remember Patrick Swayze — and his arms — with fondness. Funny, because we always heard that they hated one another. [ET]
  
  
• Katy Perry sure does get around — and doesn't have the best taste. The singer was spotted smooching John Mayer last Friday and then, after Sunday's VMA awards, locked lips with Russell Brand. Bleck. We need a mint just thinking about it. [Page Six]
  
  
• Brittany "Bre" Scullark, a semifinalist on America's Next Top Model, was arrested for disorderly conduct in New York City yesterday and berating another woman at Starbucks. We all have our ugly side, huh? [TMZ]
  
  
• Bea Arthur once described Betty White as a "cunt." If anyone could get away with talking trash about White, it was Arthur. [Page Six]
  
  
• Ouch! Kim Kardashian wanted to meet Gerard Butler, but he told a would-be facilitator "No thanks." [MSNBC]
  
  
• Oh no! Elton John announced he wanted to adopt a Ukrainian lad, but officials claim that, at 62, he's too old. [NYDN]
  
  
• Speaking of old men: Harrison Ford says he's signed on for the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. Because the world needs more bullshit movies, right? [People]
  
  
• Colin Farrell has successfully impregnated his girlfriend, Alicja Bachleda. [People]

• Oh no! Mischa Barton's handlers won't let her get wasted after her hospitalization this summer. Poor thing can only smoke cigarettes. [Page Six]
  
  
• Elton John's turning into Madonna! The singer has his heart set on adopting a little Ukrainian AIDS orphan. [Daily Mail]
  
  
• Speaking of the gays: Neil Patrick Harris says he and his boyfriend have discussed raising children. Baby Doogie, we love you already. [NYDN]
  
  
• Iran couldn't fight public outcry and has given the green-light to television drama Lost. [Guardian]
  
  
• Philippe van den Bossche, who headed Raising Malawi and helped Madge adopt her two black babies, has resigned to live with his girlfriend, trainer Tracy Anderson. [Page Six]
  
  
• Lily Allen has given up on music and wants to become an actress. Good luck, you silly young thing. [3am]
  
  
• Soho House has enacted a strict bathroom policy to deter coke heads and public sex aficionados from getting their kicks in the john. [Page Six]
  
  
• "Real Housewife" Sheree Whitfield brought her "fashions" to New York for fashion week. And, really, that's all we can say on the matter, because she sucks. [Gatecrasher]
  
  
• We're not sure why, but Robbie Williams wants to be on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Sad. [The Sun]

• Nadya Suleman said in her first RadarOnline videoblog that her older six kids attacked a picture of her newest eight kids. The tykes are slapping her, as well. At least when she wears the wrong colors. [Scoop]
• Rihanna and her reported batterer Chris Brown must really be trying to reconcile, because her family is flipping out. Sean Combs is hosting the pair, since a disturbing young couple in need (of a place to hide from public shame) is a disturbing young couple indeed. [People]
• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes went to dinner with fellow actor John Lithgow and his wife Mary Yeager. Holmes was crazy in a catatonic way; Tom was crazy in manic way. As usual with the couple. You crazy Operating Thetans, you! [Gatecrasher]
• The Brazilian dumped by young model Jesus Luz so he could date Madonna is not at all bitter, especially if not being bitter will get her own model pictures in the papers. [Mail]
• How good was Elton John's Oscar party? "Vomiting for days" good, raves one guest. [P6]
• At "21," Chelsea Clinton supposedly sent back a birthday cake because she and her father Bill are allergic to chocolate. Really? [P6]
• BREAKING: Peaches Geldof was "outclassed" somewhere. (This time it was a fashion event where she wore a "simple cream sheath over black tights" more appropriate for "a casual night out with friends.") [Mail]
• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson like to travel, so they can have screaming breakup fights in new and exciting locations. Tear-stained floor of a London nightclub, anyone? [London Paper]

• Everyone wanted to be at Vanity Fair's Oscar party, even people the magazine has slammed in print. People left Madonna, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's party early to attend. And Prince gave up on his own party, moving it to a nightclub. [P6]
• Elton John went to the Vanity Fair Oscar party. It's not clear if he also attended the Elton John Oscar party. He was joined by a drinking-and-swaying Natalie Portman and a comedy clique of Sacha Baron Cohen, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, who made jokes about pot, Jewish culture and masturbation. [Gatecrasher]
• How cool is Sean Penn? Too cool to go to the Oscar party thrown by Milk's producers. By now you can guess which party he was at, smoking and talking to Mickey Rourke. [P6]
• Penn to Madonna, on meeting her 22-year-old Brazilian lover: "Another kid already?" [Sun]
• Madonna did something serious to her face right before the Oscars. [Gatecrasher]
• If Parker Posey tips you less than 500 percent, she does not think you are cute. [P6]
• Pars Hilton ambushed Robert Pattinson of Twlight fame and did something ungodly to him in a garden after an hour of "deep conversation." Even the Olsen twins were shocked. [Mirror]
• Apparently there was a Beyonce nipple slip during the Oscars. [Egotastic]
• Britney Spears smuggled home a pre-paid cell phone to call her scuzzy ex-boyfriends in the middle of the night to complain about her father. [TMZ]

· In the biggest film festival coup since maybe ever, veteran Sundance director Geoff Gilmore has defected to Tribeca Enterprises, where he will serve as "Chief Creative Officer." Which will surely thrill the festival's dozen regular attendees. [THR]
· Patrick Goldstein asks: "What happened to the fabled Oscar bounce?" And, right on cue, David Poland says he already answered that question. Much hair-pulling ensues. [LAT]
· Chinatown scribe Robert Towne will collect the AFI Dallas Film Festival's lifetime achievement award. Congrats to Mr. Towne. [Variety]
· Breaking: Actors are poor! [The Wrap]

Elton, a touchy man, sued the Guardian over a satirical piece making fun of him. He did this because libel laws in the UK are absolutely bananas, and if you print anything bad about anybody you will be sued, to death. But in a stunning reversal of tradition, Elton lost!

In a groundbreaking libel decision, the judge said that "irony" and "teasing" do not amount to defamation. The ruling offers protection to writers of satirical articles clearly not meant to be taken seriously and was welcomed last night by media lawyers and journalists.

The Guardian was awarded costs and the singer, who brought the action, was refused leave to appeal by Mr Justice Tugendhat. John's legal team indicated that he might now seek leave to appeal.

I hear Elton John and The Queen wear dirty knickers! USA! [Guardian UK; pic via]

Elton John: I’ve got to try and write a film musical for Ben Stiller.

GQ: What’s that about?

Elton John:It’s about a guy on Broadway who is gay, has HIV and AIDS, and has to go back and face his wife and his kids that he left. It’s very funny.

GQ: It wasn’t sounding funny, so far.…

Elton John:No, it’s very funny. The premise doesn’t sound funny, but it is. All right?

We admit that we too are having trouble seeing the humor in the premise of an AIDS-sufferer facing down the family he abandoned to pursue the Broadway lifestyle. Once the material falls into Stiller's capable hands, however, we have no doubt he'll find the funny in soulful numbers featuring the supporting harmonies of Rescriptor, Sustiva, and Virmanune— a backup trio of doo-wopping pills-on-legs, better known as The Meds.

• Sir Elton John's Weird Third Act [GQ via Yahoo!]

The story involving Lohan is hardly new, and appears to be taken directly from last year's suspect News Of The World feature in which one of Lohan's cohorts turned over a tape allegedly showing Lohan snorting lines at Teddy's. The item, accompanied by grainy stills from the tape which have yet to convince us Lindsay's the girl peer pressuring everyone around her into joint key bumps, did provide a classic Lindsay quote: "I'm going to New York tomorrow to fuck Jude Law!" Funny. And sad, because of just how funny that objective would be today. As for the other excerpts, Johnny Depp is the actor who said he'd spent most of his life in a fog, but his comments on cocaine and all the "teeth-grinding" that came with it were made in retrospect during a 2001 interview with The Guardian. The star who relied on the drug socially? Shockingly (!), Elton John. Who provided the book's quote to the LAT back in 1992. And guess what? Robin Williams, believe it or not, was once fond of the same drug! Too bad that news is so old Williams was still using the memory of it to plug movies to People in 1988.

The book's authors also promise revelations from the secretly drug-filled lives of Whitney Houston, Courtney Love, Amy Winehouse, and George Michael. But rather than sit around in heated anticipation of the day you can waste $28.95 on the hardcover, we'll give you the Cliff's Notes:
Whitney Houston: "Crack is whack."
Amy Winehouse: "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no."
George Michael: "Why can't I set my monkey free?"
Courtney Love: "im sur ei am quite Nuerotic."
[Photo credits: Wireimage]

• DOPE STYLES OF THE BOLD-FACES [NYP]

Elton John 16th Annual AIDS Foundation Oscar Party:

Elton John coddled Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard, while model Petra Nemcova and Sean Penn canoodled all night as the newest couple in Hollywood making their big debut on Oscar night.

Harrison Ford (victim of perhaps Jon Stewart's worst joke of the evening) arrived with the (finally) well-dressed Calista Flockhart; Courtney Love managed to clean up her act; Seal turned the cameras on the cameramen.

Kate Beckinsale proved having kids does not a schlumpy mom make; Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres continued their Lesbians Are Cool, Just Deal With It Tour; Jeremy Piven took a break from his yoga pursuits to swing by The Rocket Man's shindig.

Other guests included:
Simon Cowell, Sharon Stone, Diddy, Minnie Driver, Heidi Klum, JC Chasez, Chace Crawford, Len Wiseman, Al Roker, Billy Joel, Chris Noth, Chris O'Donnell, Christian Slater, Faye Dunaway, Tara Reid and Zoe Saldana.

[Photo Credit: Getty Images and Wire Image]

PandoraSpocks' new line beats the original, "I'll Show It To You If You Want!!"

• Britney Spears hanger-on Sam Lutfi must henceforth keep 250 yards from the singer because as Britney's mom reminded us, he "gave Britney Spears pills ground up in her food to keep her quiet and at one point he told Britney she had to take 10 pills a day if she wanted to see her two young children." [Reuters]
• Lutfi's lawyer tried to say he wasn't properly served with the restraining order paperwork. The judge basically laughed. Lutfi's legal team then asked if the judge would like maybe a home-made scone or some coffee or maybe an "aspirin."
• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will supposedly come to Prince's hot Oscar party, along with Penelope Cruz. When the catfighting and Scientology recruiting speeches begin, scoot on over to the real LA Oscar party, hosted by queen diva Elton John.
• Ryan Phillippe endorsed Obama, and has the cool Shepard Fairey t-shirt to prove it. Against all odds, the left-of-Hillary, cool and charismatic black Democratic candidate is dominating among gorgeous celebrities. [X17]
• Brangelina were confused, until they realized Clint Eastwood and his wife were waiting for them at the uncool restaurant across the street. Then everyone not pregnant ordered wine and got drunk and happy. Lesson: Clint Eastwood likes to drink. Oh, and you'll usually have a better time at the uncool restaurant! [Showbiz Spy]
• Teen star Miley Cyrus apologized for not wearing her seatbelt in a movie or raising your children for you or transforming you into a responsible human being who has better things to do than yell at a teen star over some stupid shit. [AP]
• Riverbank Hotel staff "baffled" that Amy Winehouse trashed her room over two weeks, leaving "the floor strewn in champagne bottles and unwashed knickers." Maybe if she had checked in under the assumed name "I Live To Trash Hotel Rooms" they might have seen this coming. Probably not, though. [Showbiz Spy]
• Eminem to finally let the world in on his family dramas and emotional issues, in a book. [People]
• Moby thinks people hate him because Natalie Portman was his girlfriend this one time. Oh, Moby. [P6]

Earlier: Longtime 'Interview' Editor Ingrid Sischy Out At Magazine

• Jim McGreevey is so gay, having sex with only one man does not satisfy him! He craves still more man-sex! [Page Six]
  
• Nonapology nonaccepted, Jimmy Kimmel. [Page Six]
  
• At a benefit concert, Elton John dedicated "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" to the Don Imus scandal. [R&M]
  
• Girls Gone Wild's embezzling molester Joe Francis is getting into even more trouble in jail, smuggling in pills and bribing guards. [TMZ]
  
• Britney Spears keeps wearing the same pair of ugly boots. [Us]

In today's episode: Jeremy Piven; Jennifer Aniston; Val Kilmer; Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor; Elton John, David Furnish, Fergie, Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Naomi Campbell, Joe Pesci and Rashida Jones; James Woods; Kiefer Sutherland; Nick Nolte; Stephen Hawking; Aimee Mann and Michael Penn; Matthew Fox; Kal Penn; Tim Daly; Jeremy Sisto; Giovanni Ribisi; Hilary Duff; Ian Ziering; Sean Hayes; Amy Smart; Tim Gunn; Dr. Phil; Kevin Weisman; Kyle Howard; Matthew Lawrence and Cheryl Burke; Wilson Cruz, John Ameche and Tiffany Fallon. In Vegas: Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.

· I saw Jeremy Piven dressed to the nines Friday (3/30) night outside of Citizen Smith. He was wearing man jewelry, a fedora, and he was holding an unlit cigar. He went to the valet, changed his mind, and went strolling up Cahuenga instead. He was—no shock here—with a very tall brunette model type.

· Another Friday night of strong cocktails at the Tower Bar. Tonight, the view from the stool is enhanced by a casually-dressed Jennifer Aniston celebrating something with The Gays, a somewhat dumpy female manager/publicist type and (what looked like) Orlando Bloom (no promise there). Lots of red wine, lots of gift bags, lots of attention from Dimitri and really frequent and long ciggie breaks on the patio (like the whole table smoked).

· So, I'm in Zuma Jay surf shop on main street in Santa Monica. I see this kid who looks like one of the kids in Dogtown and Z boys and sitting there talking to him about surfwear is a guy that appears to be his father. I'm thinking to myself kid, with that burned out, beer bellied, sunburned loser as your dad, you are really up against it. Then I heard the guy talking loud and my god if he didn't sound just like Val Kilmer. But he looked like hell, I mean he looked worse than Jim Morrison after he Od'd. Completely unrecognizable. Like I said, Fat, beer bellied and sunburned. Think Val Kilmer mixed with Jim Morrison in the summer of 1971 then devoured in a Chocalate Sundae by Marlon Brando. Bad.

· While idling just south of Sunset near Beverly Hills, spotted Ben Stiller getting out of a black car-service car. The driver gave me a look like "OMGZBenStiller" and I was happy for him. Stiller, who is surprisingly broadshouldered for a little guy, then greeted wife Christine Taylor who was waiting further down the street. I can't figure out why they meet in the middle of the city instead of, like, at home, but they got in Christine's black Benz—Ben took the wheel—and rolled off in the direction of B.H.

· Major celeb cluster at the GQ party at the Beverly HIlls Hotel, 2nd April. (Note this was the British edition of GQ, so bad teeth, smoking on the patio and Brit atti-tood.) Elton John was there with life-partner David Furnish. (Elton was wearing black ankle booty things, like comfy granny shoes from a catalogue.) Fergie arrived in stilettos with a gal pal. Jason 'Crank' Statham dragged his 'bird' around, looking short but densely buff with cartoonlike dark stubble and gulping the champagne. Saffron Burrows swanned in with big blond hair and gold lamé dress. No acting career as such, but supermodel hot in the flesh. And then the capper - in marches Naomi Campbell dragging Joe Pesci by the hand. Random! He's a homunculus with so much nip and tuck and tan, he looks like a Mayan petrified head. She's a total Amazonian - big and tall. Can you imagine the angry sex that goes behind the blinds. Back down to earth, Rashida "The Office" Jones and her model waif sister Kidada. Rashida were there being normal, but apparently my wife says Rashida has long arms.

· 4/1 - Saw a guy walking a dog down Burton Way, and when I was about to shout, "Hey, cute doggy!" I see that it was James Woods near the Hermitage where I always see him and I didn't say anything. He did check me out on my bike though.

· 3/29/07 at around 3pm saw Kiefer Sutherland at the Mayfair on Franklin. He looked trim and relaxed, wearing what looked like paint-spattered Adidas.

· very unsettling sighting yesterday 4/2. had to go to a doctor's appointment in Santa Monica (at St. Johns) in the afternoon. got off the elevator and headed towards my doctor's office. as i was walking up to the door, this really disheveled guy was coming out. his hair was ratty, face was beat down. it's at the end of a narrow hallway, so we came quite close as we passed each other. as i looked up at him, i realized it was NICK NOLTE. the really sad part? he looked just like that crazy mugshot that was making the rounds a few years back.

· Saturday, March 31st, Denny's at Sunset and Gower: Brian fucking Wilson.

· Perhaps some will disagree, but I think my Friday (3/30) sighting kicks butt on the traditional "Tara Reid chugging everclear in the Ralph's parking lot" sort of thing. The husband and I were at the Getty Center around 3:30pm and found ourselves standing next to Stephen Hawking, right under that flatulent art organ thing of Tim Hawkinson's that's hanging overhead in the lobby. Hawking was in his tricked-out wheelchair of course, with the communication device and whatnot, and was dressed casually. He appeared to be there on pleasure instead of any super-brainy physicist business, and was with some folks who could have been family, aside from one dude who looked like a bit too bleach blonde, black-clad and rico sua-ve for the rest of the group assembled. Perhaps he was an escort of some kind or just a well-manscaped relative. We didn't bother them, but was very cool to see Hawking in person. I mean how often does that happen on the space-time continuum?

And later that evening, stoic indie music power couple Aimee Mann and Michael Penn sat near us at the UCB theatre for the Doug Benson Interruption (sans Benson but still hilarious). Apparently they do laugh sometimes. It looked like they came to see Andy Kindler, as they were chatting it up with him outside on the sidewalk after the show. He's never been my particular cup of geek, but was funnier than expected in person, who knew?

· 3/30 - Matthew Fox + entourage (including big bald bodyguard in a black Killers tshirt) came out for tv on the radio at Fonda tonight. He met up there with "Nikki," (Kiele Sanchez) the new chick on Lost. I don't know her real name. He was very tall and fucking HOT in some tight dark gray long sleeved thin material shirt. He even had a Jack-esque black necklace on. And she was very skinny of course. I think he came with his wife, but maybe not, now that I think about it. She was some very pretty asian woman but I think his wife is hispanic. He was rocking the fuck out and singing along to all the old TVOTR songs, and left before the encore dripping with sweat. I love this guy so much. But I was too shy to say anything to him even tho he's on my favorite TV show.

· 3/30 - Friday night at the Century City food court saw Kal Penn with a bunch of hipsters. He actually locked eyes with me and smiled as I made my way up the escalator towards him. Flirting perhaps? Worth considering if there are some free White Castles involved.

· 4/1 - Tim Daly getting a few coffees to go at the Starbucks at Santa Monica and Wilshire. He looked good. Not terribly exciting, but there you have it.

· Wednesday the 28th: Elton/Billy Chenowith hotness Jeremy Sisto at Jeffrey Sebelia's fashion week show. He's super tall, and I tried to brush by him, but our bodies never met. I cried myself to sleep and cut off my tattoo.

· Saturday 31st: Prince of Scientology Giovanni Ribisi in a motorcycle jacket at Alcove in Los Feliz, 10am ish. No dark vultures circling overhead. No voice of Satan. Very pleasant and adorable. Perhaps worshipping across the street?

· Tuesday morning, 12:30am - Burbank Bob's Big Boy

Hilary Duff and a few equally (frightfully) skinny loud girls stumbled into Bob's. Seriously - if you are going to pick an establishment to come into, and be loud enough to guarantee you get noticed, your first choice is Bob's!?!

A few people even shushed her and her posse of skeletons before they sat in a large booth in the back, and sipped milkshakes.

I sat and tried to enjoy my Chili Spaghetti, while other customers were not-so-quietly mocking her with phrases like "you tell them, Hilary", and "What?"...clearly mocking how loud they were all being.

They left in an ugly white Range Rover with equally ugly white wheels, after being snapped by the Paparazzi.

I liked her better with the blonde hair...and the original teeth.

· Saw Ian "Twinkletoes" Ziering at the Griddle Sunday 8 AM, where I've seen him a bunch of times before, but this time is different! Because he's hot hot hot again! Ride that wave, Sanders! He was with an older man I assume was his lover/provider, and was eating something healthy-ish, despite the pancakey temptations all around him.

· i went to house of blues last night (thursday) to have a drink with my cousin from nashville, the tour manager for jeremy camp. apparently he is a very popular christian singer, the show was sold out, and there was no parking on the strip. we were in the balcony vip shouting conversation to each other when my wife pointed out sean hayes eating ribs with two people in the foundation room, right up against the glass partition. it seemed strange for a gay advocate to be around so many christians shouting "hallelujah" with their hands in the air. lucky for him, i don't think anyone else noticed . . . or did he want to be noticed? pretty weird.

· I saw Amy Smart (currently a brunette) at Yu-N-Mi sushi in Beverly Hills Thursday night when I was leaving after my dinner. The restaurant is small and was crowded, so she and her fellow diner were sitting on a bench waiting to be seated. so yes, even celebrities must wait sometimes....

· saw tim gunn stride through the lobby of the standard, downtown. looking dapper, dressed in a comfortable suit sans tie, he was on his way to the parking lot to wait for a car to pick him up, but took time out to stop and chat w/ crew people unloading equipment out of a van for the project runway auditions scheduled the next day. tim couldn't have been more nice, genuine, and warm to the workers. he seemed so pleasant, in fact, i dropped all semblance of blase l.a. star sighting cool and actually went over to the man and introduced myself. i blurted out what a big fan i was of him and he smiled, took my hand, shook it, listened ever so graciously as i babbled how given his courteous, diplomatic skills at negotiating conflict he should run for president. he only chuckled, thanked me again, as i walked away. what a nice man!

· Last night (4/1) as my friends and I were dining on some fine Italian
cuisine at the Rainbow, in walks Dr. Phil and some friends, who were then seated at the table behind us. Of course we all considered asking him for advice, but didn't want to interupt him as he was knee deep in chicken parm.

· It was supporting tv character night on Franklin tonight (4/1) - Kevin Weisman (Marshall from Alias) was at the next table tonight at the fabulous Pimai Thai, with a large group of people. He spent a lot of time outside pushing a baby around in a stroller. Next door at Mayfair, Liza Weil (Paris on Gilmore Girls) was in the next checkout line waiting to purchase her yogurt.

· thursday - starbucks at beverly and charleville, just an assistants throw from william morris, i saw the cute-as-hell Kyle Howard, currently of tbs' "my boys" and formerly of the hideously underrated "grosse pointe." he looks good and at about 6' tall is considerably taller than i imagined. however, the thrill of the sighting was undermined by some tedious dressed-all-in-black agent assistants ordering their lattes, blabbering about a whole lotta pretentious nothing, at a decibel level usually reserved for a judas priest or iron maiden concert.

· Lesser Lawrence brother Matthew Lawrence and the girl dancer who won Dancing with the Stars with Emmet Smith (my lady informed me her name is Cheryl Burke) waiting patiently for a table at Casa Vega in Studio City on Sat night (3/31). They were holding hands, definitely a couple — wasn't Joey on that show? I guess that was his brother's window of opportunity. Seemed normal, I guess. She's not that cute. They were bitching about having to wait more than 45 minutes for average Mexican food in the valley — but then again, so was I.

· Leatherfest was this weekend, so no surprise that there was an inordinate amount of hot homo guys at Marix in Weho on Sunday, but who would have predicted the high (homo) celebrity factor? First, John Ameche ( Mr. Out NBA) walks in towering above everybody. Looking a little shabby - just jeans and a t-shirt - but cute nonetheless. Had arms around some cute (and much shorter) guy. Then, among all the testosterone and steroid enhancees, walks in Wilson Cruz - from TV's pathetic Noah's Ark. Again, tight T-Shirt and tight jeans. Someone should tell him that the gym has other machines, than the one that works the chest.... just a (bitchy) suggestion. And, seated front and center, surrounded by all this man-flesh was former Playmate of the Year, Tiffany Fallon at a table of more hot guys. (The only straight guy at our table identified her) Unfortunately, with this crowd, her brand spanking new hard-to-get Louis Vuitton "Runway Bag" got more attention than she did. What can I say? I work in retail.

Special Warren and Annette Vegas Magic Edition:

· Not sure if this counts since it was Las Vegas but... last Wednesday I
was at MGM's David Copperfield show (you know you want to see it) and in walks Warren Beatty sporting a black leather jacket and a well-teased hairdo. He had a strange yet serene surprised look on his face as he looked around. (The look read: Yes, it's me - in the flesh.) Later after the show he emerged from the theatre with Annette Bening who look beautiful but with what seemed like ratty hair. When a fan stopped to shake Warren's hand the older daughter (?) seemed to yell something at the fan and Annette shushed her. Warren still had the surprised expression on his face.