The question still remains, however: What happened? The brother of Mark Ruffalo, Scott was discovered unconscious in his apartment December 1, a bullet having penetrated the top of his head. Shaha Mishaal Adham, the "Saudi princess" at his apartment the night of the shooting, turned herself in to Beverly Hills PD on a warrant for attempted murder. She was released a week later, the same night Ruffalo died at Cedars. Her version of events was that the death was the result of a round of Russian Roulette, but the coroner dismissed that as inconsistent with their findings, and ruled it a homicide. We're not criminal justice experts or anything, but maybe they should bring the princess back in for some more questioning?

• Scott Ruffalo: Traces of Coke, Morphine and Alcohol [LA Weekly]

In the former case, Hudson's brother-in-law William Balfour was formally indicted on murder and home invasion charges in Chicago. Balfour continues to proclaim his innocence.

TMZ also reports that an arrest is imminent in the shooting death of Scott Ruffalo, though their sources declined to reveal who is being targeted by the police. However, the report can't be good news for Shaha Mishaal Adham, the "Saudi princess" who was present during the shooting and claimed it was the result of a misbegotten game of Russian Roulette. As TMZ says, "the L.A. County Coroner begs to differ."

• Indictment Handed Down in Hudson Murder Case [E!]

• Arrest in Ruffalo Case Imminent [TMZ]

Adham, who apparently raised hell back at her tony LA prep school, Harvard Westlake was caught by buzzing TMZ cameras and, sadly, was happy to talk to them. She's glad, and quick, to call her old friend Scott "crazy." So that's nice. I was also kinda hoping, when I first heard about her, for someone more mysterious and worldly. Instead she sounds like that one girl from My Super Sweet 16 who said "moooommmmm" in this really annoying way and got carried into her party by a group of hunky mens. So that's stupid.

Also stupid is the tale she spun about Scott dying from a Russian roulette accident. Rumor is that the cops are starting to not so much believe that story, because of little details like the gunshot being to the back of his head.

So the mystery thickens and begins to ooze into smeary Hollywood scandal territory, with a blasé party girl in the center, talking willingly to TMZ. I'd say that the brother of a classy, artsy actor like Mark Ruffalo doesn't deserve this (and he doesn't), but really, ain't nobody who deserves this.

Because if Ruffalo isn't keen to work on Greenburg in the wake of his brother's staggeringly tragic death this week, we can't imagine he'd be up for doing the press rounds either on a troubled film that needs all the star support it can get. And filmmaker Rian Johnson's official explanation on his message board doesn't quite make sense:

January is crowded with an insane amount of Oscar movies (some being released, some expanding) and Summit decided that Bloom would play better as counter-programming to a few summer movies than to a few dozen Oscar ones. [...] January is definitely crowded, and May may prove a better spot, so there's logic to Summit's move. So May it is.

"Logic"? Going up against Angels and Demons and Bruno in limited release on May 15, then opposite a Pixar movie when Bloom goes wide May 29? It is probably better than the wasteland of January, we suppose, but still. Come clean, guys.

• New Release Date - May 29th [Rian Johnson via Cinematical]

Hairdresser Scott Ruffalo was mortally wounded on Friday, with a gunshot to the head. He was taken off of life support on Monday. A friend of his, the daughter of a wealthy Saudi businessman, was held for questioning in what police were then calling an execution-style murder, but later released. She claimed that Scott had a nasty habit of playing Russian roulette while hopped up on goofballs, and the game had finally caught up with him. Russian roulette being, for those of you who have never shrieked "ditty MAO!" at your friends and captives, a game in which you put one bullet in the barrel of a revolver and keep putting the gun to your head and pulling the trigger. Whoever gets the bullet, well... well, he loses.

It's a crazy weird story and no one, of course, blames Ruffalo for backing off of a movie or press or any other businessy type thing, but Ben Stiller? Ugh. I mean, he's shown some dramatic chops in flicks like Permanent Midnight and Along Came Polly (that's a joke), but Baumbach movies are such finely-tuned little Swiss clocks of aching, terrible precision. For that reason, sloppy old Jack Black didn't really work in Margot at the Wedding (not that same time that Rachel got married, bee tee dubs), and I don't think Stiller's typical broad strokes will be a good fit either. Ah well.

Pretty crazy though, huh? Russian f'ing roulette.

Police have concluded she was with him at the time of the shooting, but that the wound was self-inflicted during a round of Russian Roulette. We thought this was a Texan Poker town. The family issued this statement: "Mark Ruffalo and his family deeply appreciate the outpouring of prayers and support during this most difficult time of the passing of Scott Ruffalo, beloved son, brother and husband. The funeral service will be private. A memorial fund has been established in Scott Ruffalo's name." [ABC, TMZ]

We mean it! Take back his Nobel Prize! And boycott Blindness, while you're at it; that's the least you could do for a guy with grievances (after the jump) like NFB boss Marc Maurer's:

“The National Federation of the Blind condemns and deplores this film, which will do substantial harm to the blind of America and the world. Blind people in this film are portrayed as incompetent, filthy, vicious, and depraved. They are unable to do even the simplest things like dressing, bathing, and finding the bathroom. The truth is that blind people regularly do all of the same things that sighted people do. Blind people are a cross-section of society, and as such we represent the broad range of human capacities and characteristics. We are not helpless children or immoral, degenerate monsters; we are teachers, lawyers, mechanics, plumbers, computer programmers, and social workers. ...

Portraying the blind on movie screens across America as little better than animals will reinforce the unfounded fears, misconceptions, and stereotypes in the general public about blindness. It will exacerbate the unemployment rate among the blind, which is already higher than 70 percent because of public misconceptions about the capabilities of blind people. It will reinforce false public notions that blind children are ineducable, that blind adults are unemployable, and that all blind people are socially undesirable.

What are they talking about? Haven't Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx and Patty Duke all won Oscars playing blind characters? People love these guys! Still, director Fernando Meirelles was unavailable for comment this morning, but Miramax — which has had problems with the film since before it was seemingly the 87th choice to open this year's Cannes Film Festival — has since issued a statement insisting that he "worked diligently to preserve the intent and resonance of the acclaimed book." The NFB is moving ahead anyway with protests in at least 21 states and "dozens of participants" wherever possible, setting up an awkward showdown between authorities urging protesters to observe the police perimeter around theaters and seeing-eye dogs slyly trained not to stop before leading their masters to the box office. If you think it's ugly now, just wait.

• NFB Condemns and Deplores the Movie Blindness [NFB]
• Blind activists plan protest of movie 'Blindness' [AP]

Boomp3.com

Bucking the latest Hollywood fad, hunky indie film star Mark Ruffalo carried his own luggage after he landed in Toronto. The Brothers Bloom star is in town for the annual film festival and felt that carrying his own luggage was the normal thing to do. Ruffalo said, "It's my stuff. It's my wife's stuff. So, why make some driver carry it? It wasn't his decision to pack fourteen different outfits. It was my stylist's decision. Actually, come to think of it, she should be the one carrying all this stuff."

[Photo Credit: INF Daily]

*A Call To The Bullpen is a work of fiction. Although the pictures we use are most certainly real, Defamer does not purport that any of the incidents or quotations you see in this piece actually happened. Lighten up, people ... it's a joke.

But isn't this the same festival that opened in 2006 with The Da Vinci Code? Just how bad is "bad"?

Look at it this way: Festival organizers knew what they wanted two years ago, announcing Da Vinci's selection in January of 2006 — nearly four months before it screened. Moreover, Sony knew what it had: A shabby, critic-proof, mass-market lark. Cannes' previous two openers were different — Lemming (2005) and Bad Education (2004) were announced April 19 and Feb. 21 of their respective years. Wong Kar-wai's 2007 opener My Blueberry Nights was locked in by April 19 of last year. We're pushing May Day, and the odds-on favorite for 2008 — which most observers were already surprised to see left off the competition slate last week — has yet to receive the festival's official blessing.

Director Fernando Mereilles was being either skeptical or falsely modest a few months back when he told one of us in a interview: "I'd love to take it to Cannes. I don't know if I'm going to get a slot, but I'd love to. It's a very dark story. But that's our goal. It's sold all over the world — there will be some support." Hey, man, you don't need to convince us. Also, we know there have been at least a few Miramax test screenings, and if the studio knows it has a misfire on its hands, the last thing it wants is to sacrifice it publicly four months before Oscar season.

If it were up to us, we'd just insist that Cannes get Indiana Jones 4 out of the way on opening night and let the rest of the fest speak for itself. But if it's not Blindness, what else should we be looking for? Four hours of Che? We'd take anything at this point.

UPDATE: Surely in swift response to our well-placed suspicions, the Cannes Film Festival just officially announced Blindness as its opening-night selection. Confirming other speculation in its same dispatch, the fest also named the Barry Levinson/Robert De Niro pairing What Just Happened? as its closing-night film.

• 'Blindness' Tipped to open Cannes [Variety]

· Warner Bros.' Jeff Robinov gets a promotion or a new title or something. Get excited! [Variety]
· The first installment of the two-part Dancing with the Stars finale is Monday night's top-rated show, an impressive Nielsen performance no doubt boosted by Marie Osmond's terrifying dramatization of a demon-possessed doll trying to murder her unsuspecting playmate. [THR]
· Mark Ruffalo is invited to the Leonardo DiCaprio/Martin Scorcese reteaming party Shutter Island. [THR]

In today's episode: Laurence Fishburne; Mark Ruffalo; Marg Helgenberger and LeBron James; Victoria Beckham; Pierce Brosnan, Hayden Panettiere, and the Victoria's Secret Angels; Adrian Grenier; Eric Idle; Neil Patrick Harris, Laura Cerón, and Geoffrey Owens; Robert Zemeckis and Roger Avary; Ben Silverman; Morgan Spurlock; Mark Curry; Erin Daniels and Katherine Moennig.

· Saturday, November 17th at Bristol Farms built on the grave of the old Chasens; Laurence Fishburne in the sparkling water aisle. Tall and bit heavier than I remembered him, gave me a very nice looks that said "Yes, I am Morpheus, please don't bring it up".

· I saw Mark Ruffalo hiking in Fryman Canyon with his two cute kids. (Sunday November 18)

· last saturday night at the delicious but loud and obnoxious "cut" in b.h. — slim and trim marg helgenberger celebrating a birthday (while magically appearing to be ageless) and, at another table, the enormous and very casual lebron james...

· I was eating breakfast at The Farm (Grove location) on Sunday when Posh Beckham showed up with her kids and a nannie in tow. She spent the whole time on her cell or texting, while the nannie watched her noisy kids. I didn't actually see her eat anything, either.

· Waiting for my virgin america flight to sfo on the 16th and just saw hayden the dolphin saver walk by me with 2 of her friends to their nyc flight. Also walking by are the victoria secrets angels to board the nyc flight. Tsa was going crazy opening a dedicated line for them to pass through... Pierce Brosnan just walked by on his way to the virgin america flight with his personal assistant. There are lots of male police officers standing around the victorias gate.

· Adrian Grenier at the High Wires show (at the Tangier) on Sunday night. Going a little too far on the Medellin/Pablo front, but accompanied by a bevy of girls—way to live up to that Vinnie Chase rep, boo.

· My nerdy heart leapt at the sight of Eric Idle at the Arclight on Friday evening. He was a bit scrawnier than expected in person, and wearing tartan trousers and a jaunty cap, but in a low-key way.

·Saturday 11.17, Van Nuys: While playing some great mini golf for a friends birthday (happy bday, JJS), saw Neil Patrick Harris at Castle Park Mini-Golf with some friends. NPH (sans unicorn) is looking uberhot sporting some nice pecs. Go Doogie! Later, at Caoiti Pizza in Studio City, saw Cosby Show son in law Eldin (Geoffrey Owens) having an early dinner with his adorable kid.

Sunday 11.18, The Dive, ER Veteran Laura Cerón nurse Chuny, chatting with a friend. Sadly, The Dive (formerly Highland Grounds) is closing. no more breakfast pizza. -

· On our way in to the Arlington Theater (up in beautiful Santa Barbara) for the 4pm showing of Beowulf my fiance and I were treated to an unexpected sighting of Robert Zemeckis and a guy who I'm pretty sure was Roger Avary. As for fashion... Mr. Z. was wearing black glasses while offering those who cared his best version of "Hollywood incognito". Roger was rocking the hip T-shirt and expensive jeans frequently seen in numerous picket lines as of late. They all seemed happy... and content... and very, very rich. The movie, by the way, was freakin' AMAZING - and this director/writer combo-sighting put it right over the top!

· Ben Silverman running the 4th St. stairs in Santa Monica last Saturday morning (11/17). He was in better than average shape, clocking in at least 10 sets. Shouldn't he be in the office attempting to revive his network's dismal ratings?

· 11/18/07 At Borders' bookstore at Sunset and Vine, saw "Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock walking around by himself. I thought he was killing time to watch a movie at the Arclight, but found out later he was interviewed by "Geraldo" via satellite. Which makes sense since the CNN building is a block away.

· Thursday 11/14. Seen-better-days, hasn't-worked-a-lot-lately actor/comedian Mark Curry at the Burbank Airport, in his expensive black Mercedes, honking like 35 times in eight seconds at the car in front of him to let him in to the curbside lane. Really? It's like 6:15 AM, dude. None of us have had our coffee yet. Two honks wouldn't have done it? Three? 34? Inside, seen-better-days, hasn't-worked-a-lot-lately actor/comedian Mark Curry had an iPhone, a Louis Vuitton bag, and a "don't look at me" baseball cap pulled down over his eyes. (Insert your own "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" reference.)

· On Saturday the 17th I was putting back a James Perse shirt at Bloomingdale's in Sherman Oaks when I noticed a woman with a hat pulled down over her face. Then I looked three feet in front of me at the pretty blonde woman on the other side of the shirts, and it was Dana from the L Word (Erin Daniels). The woman with the hat was shopping with her, and was the ACTUAL Shane from the L Word, Kate Moennig. "Shane" and "Dana" in James Perse is my favorite sighting at this Bloomie's since Loni Anderson in denim, although I understand the President of Armenia was in the store on Saturday, too.

In today's episode: Ben Stiller, Laura Dern and Ben Harper; Sacha Baron Cohen and Dustin Hoffman; Alanis Morissette; Mark Ruffalo, Fab Moretti and Danny Masterson; Emily Blunt, Courteney Cox and John Glover; Ellen Pompeo, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.; Gwen Stefani; Tony Hale; Jason Lee, Adam Goldberg, and Giovanni Ribisi; Rebecca Gayheart; Sharon and Kelly Osbourne; Whitney Houston and Ray-J; Busta Rhymes; Tony Shaloub; Mischa Barton; Christina Ricci; Verne Troyer; Scott Bakula; Jonathan Tucker; Robert Best and Nyabel.

· Saw Ben Stiller Monday Morning 3/5 at The Brentwood Market. He was meeting with two industry guys, one flowing locks, one a fat bald producer looking type, wearing sprocket glasses. He was late to see them and totally apologetic. The guy acts genuine like a successful actor. Then moments later laura dern walked in with her Ben(Hey aren't you Lenny Kravitz?) Harper, husband. Well, Ben Stiller was SO glad to see them. He gave Laura's Ben a total soul brother handshake(Is this guy always on?) Then Laura Dern acted like she'd never been as happy as she was the moment she laid eyes on the fat, bald producer. She must've thought he might offer her a part. Has she worked since Jurassic Park?

· 3/2 - Alanis Morisette getting drunk and rocking out to UK singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch at the El Rey

3.6 - dustin hoffman & son buddying up with sacha baron cohen & friends in a private booth during albert hammond, jr.'s gig at the el rey. sasha was actually pretty hot.

· celebrity trifecta. checking out the mooney suzuki / albert hammond jr. show @ the el rey, last night (3/6/07), when about halfway through the mooney's set, danny masterson strolls in. full beard, rolled up sleeves on his western shirt, looking good. he's with a small group of friends and alternating between doing the dude rock head bob thing and blackberrying furiously. slight titters of recognition travel through the crowd. funny because i was so transfixed by his bushyheaded hotness, that when my friend tapped my shoulder i turned around (annoyed) and noticed another bearded beauty. mark ruffalo and pretty blond and two male buds. no one seemed to notice the guy. not surprising since the average age of the crowd was 12. right before albert hammond jr. came on, their were a few girly shrieks and then there was fab. fab moretti obviously there to support his fellow stroke, graciously stopped for every fan with a camera phone and posed for pix. swell guy.

· last night at orzo 3.6 dinner inside at 7ish watching the door, my dinner compagion was dull meal was great..... 1st john glover straight to the patio after hugs with the staff, then emily blunt blew kisses then to the patio....then as we were leaving courteney cox, very tall to a table inside with 2 gal pals. 3 in about 15 minutes what fun!

· 3-7 Ellen Pompeo(alone and VERY THIN), Sarah Michelle Gellar(not as thin) and Freddie Prinze Jr. (together), at Whole Foods, at about 330pm today, Riverside and Coldwater Canyon, in the Valley(oh my God), all intently shopping, no eye contact

· 3-7 I was at Barneys (the store, not the Beanery) hoping that the bagels were flown in today so that I could take care of my rancid hangover, when who should I see, but Gwen Stefani and the beautiful little baby and the rest of Gwennie's pack. I really don't care for her music so much. She is much more angular in person. Really quite striking, not that it means I will buy her music.

· At the Sunset/Vine Borders, 3/5, 8pm-ish, I saw Tony Hale searching the DVD New Release aisle. He was dressed like every film school nerd I know, cords, oversized-non-descript shirt, baseball cap - but still adorable. After seeking help from an employee he found what he was looking for - a copy of Stranger Than Fiction.

· saturday march 3rd - midlake show at the troubadour. jason lee, complete with 'earl' stache and what looked like a knit hat he stole from the set of 'almost famous.' was whisked upstairs to the lounge, but came down a couple seconds later to rock out with the rest of the plebes. on the way out pushed to the exit with adam goldberg who stopped to talk to Giovanni ribisi. apparently the entire contents of silverlake/los feliz emptied out and carpooled to weho for the show.

· Monday, March 5, midday, Los Feliz:

was coming out of Soap Plant/Wacko on Hollywood, walking towards Vermont, when Giovanni Ribisi came swaggering past me in the opposite direction - we passed each other in front of the second hand store next door. That's right, he was *swaggering*. And wearing a motocross leather jacket despite the very warm weather. He's short. We stared at each other: I was trying to remember his name, and he may have been intrigued by the t-shirt from my employer I was wearing, which said "film crew" on it. I didn't turn around to see if he went into Wacko; I was too annoyed that it was the last day of my first trip to LA, and my only celebrity sighting the whole time had been a bloody Scientologist. What a gyp.

· Saw Rebecca Gayheart at the Peet's Coffee in Larchmont yesterday (3/8). She looked thin and trim but her famed noxema-caressed skin looked a tad leathery, perhaps from one too many cigs. She sat outside a friend. She laughed, smoked, talked on her cell, and smoked some more.

· Saturday 3/3/07 - Sharon and Kelly Osbourne shopping on Robertson. Same night spotted The Office's BJ Novak (Ryan the temp) having a late night meal at the 101. He looks exactly like he does on TV. 3/4/07 - Busta Ryhmes with 3 HUGE dudes looking for some shoes at Sportie LA on Melrose. He is tall and was sporting a lot of ice. 3/7/07 - I was having dinner at Crustacean in Beverly Hills - I saw Whitney Houston and her young love Ray-J walk by my table. It seemed that people in the restaurant weren't paying attention to them until they were outside and a ton a camera flashes went off.

· 3-8 I saw Tony Shaloub at Cafe du Village on Larchmont, sitting in a corner, back to the rest of the patrons, very scruffy, with another Lebanese looking dude. I restrained myself from going up to inform him that I haven't watched his show since Bitty Schramm got canned............

· What kind of losers photograph Mischa fucking Barton? Paparazzi morons, that's who. Today. (3-8) Through the window of a nail salon in thestrip mall at Wilshire and San Vincente. I can't believe I saw the gaggle and thought they were photographing a celebrity. So lame.

· 3-8 I thought I was in a celebrity safe zone at my new favorite sushi joint, Ike, on Hollywood and Gower. Turns out I was right. However, that still didn't stop east side somewhats like crazy-eyes-wannabe-killah Adam Goldberg and his little daughter, I mean woman, Christina Ricci, from barging into the peaceful space this past Monday night. Goldberg would be creepy, perhaps, if it wasn't so obvious that he wants to be thought of that way. Now please don't go to Ike! It is my haven, and clearly not a true celebrity peep zone.

· 3-9 Was doing some shopping at the Ralphs on Ventura and Vineland (where it's not unusual to spot that guy/girl from that TV/reality show you've never actually watched but know from the promos running in for some cigarettes after wrapping at Warner Bros./Universal Studios) when suddenly Verne Troyer rounded the corner and came rolling down the cereal aisle right towards me. He was in his own little Rascal, while a buddy (bodyguard?) pushed the cart behind him. I was highly amused as the 3 year-old in the cart next to me leaned down to say hi, and Verne gave him a high-five and a big smile as he rolled by. Unfortunately, the little Rascal wasn't as pimped as his custom Mercedes.

· 03/07/07 — VCA Animal Hospital at Melrose & Robertson — 7:40 a.m.

Necessary Roughness's Scott Bakula. His dog, "Cooper", was going in for surgery. Pray for Cooper. Pray for us all.

· Monday 3/5
Jonathan Tucker (from The Black Donnellys) at Truly Vegan in Hollywood with two cute girls. Wouldn't have recognized him if it weren't for the building-sized poster of his face down the block. Gotta say, vegan food sure is working for him - kid showed off some damn fine abs last episode. I still can't believe that Haggis melodrama took Studio 60's slot tho!

· My theater buddy and I randomly bumped into friends at the bottom of the escalators of Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater this past Sunday night. They had just finished a workout at Crunch. We were deciding where to go for diner after catching Forest Whitakers's Oscar Winning performance in the Last King of Scotland. Totally went for the performance- ended up loving the entire movie. Anyway, we caught auf'd season three Project Runway contestant Robert Best's tightly toned ass walking into CPK. I still say he's a fat boy trapped in a muscle queen's body.

We also noticed Nyabel from Janice Dickinson's Modeling Agency ordering up what I hope is a calorie deprived caffeine concoction from Buzz Coffee. Okay, I hate myself a little for the last sentence but girlfriend needs to lose another 15 pounds if she wants to be the poor man's Alek Wek. Oh and we choose Bossa Nova on Sunset.

"Yeah, you hear stories about him being so hard and intense," Ruffalo said. "And then I met him, and I immediately just loved the guy and was thinking , 'Well, when is he going to change? When is this guy that you keep hearing about going to pop up?' And my relationship and friendship with him got deeper as we went along. I think Fincher, what he has no patience for is incompetence or just a casual attitude toward the work. If you come in and you don't know your lines and you're not prepared, Fincher's going to eat you for breakfast. You know? And so the actors who complain about Fincher are usually the ones who don't show up knowing their shit, kind of."

Ah. So that whole thing last week with Jake Gyllenhaal's thinly-veiled Fincher critiques ("So there came a point where I would say, well, what do I do? Where's the risk?") last week in The New York Times — was that blown out of proportion?

"Like I said," Ruffalo replied, "Fincher only has a problem with people if they're not prepared — if they're not ready to work when they show up. Whatever form that takes — whether it's a prop person, an actor or whatever. I thought there were a lot of weird sour grapes in that New York Times article. We're actors, man; we get paid way too much. It's like 'Wah, wah, wah' to me to hear an actor bitching and moaning when they get paid as much as they do and we have a pretty great life. I don't have much sympathy for it."

Let's give Ruffalo credit for having the sensitivity not to mention by name any of the unprepared cast members whose tears Fincher used to wash down his morning repast of unprofessional talent; spending so much time with his co-star on the set must have made him realize that being publicly called out as a whiner might cause a still-fragile Gyllenhaal to curtail the artistically ambitious part of his career in favor of the less emotionally demanding world of Nancy Meyers films.

[Photo: zodiacmovie.com]

• "Fincher's Going to Eat You For Breakfast" [The Reeler]
• Previously: Jake Gyllenhaal Still Working Through His David Fincher Issues [Defamer]

In today's episode Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and Scott Baio; Pamela Anderson; Mark Ruffalo; James Woods and Ashley Madison; Jessica Alba; Chris Klein and Ginnifer Goodwin; David Duchovny; Maria Shriver; Famke Janssen; David Lynch; B.J. Novak; Kate Hudson; Cesar Millan; Jean-Claude Van Damme; Tom Arnold; John Glover; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Judith Light and Juliette Lewis.

· Monday evening 12/18 - Polo Lounge - While having a drink at the bar I saw Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie & her strange looking husband with the hat. Scott Baio was at a nearby table.

On Tuesday afternoon 12/19 I saw Pamela Anderson buying a ton of toys at Tom's Toys in Beverly Hills. She's much tinier than I expected. Real friendly too - not even wearing much makeup or requisite huge sunglasses

· yo! totally invisible in his ball cap, Mark Ruffalo does Hollywood Home Depot Tuesday morning. dude looks like he knows his way around. nobody paid him a bit of attention. still too much the 'Art' film star?

· Jimmy woods @ dan tanas with ashley whatsherface ( Madison) right now. 12.19 9thirty

· I ran into Jessica Alba at the newly remodeled Century City mall on Wednesday evening (around 5pm) December 20th, 2006. She wore a baggy knit cap to cover some unkempt, highlighted hair, a light brown leather jacket, slim fit jeans and high heel boots while smiling and power walking with a spikey haired man and older woman (boyfriend & mother? i dunno). P.S. that new food court is like a futuristic space-station cafeteria...a whole vendor devoted to serving chile in all forms? amazing! My new favorite "less-crowded-than-the-grove" mall.

· Saw Chris Klein and Ginnifer Goodwin at John O'Groats this morning. He was tall, she was tiny. She has such a beautiful clear complexion (and is seriously Katie Holmes twin).. they were talking about her leaving on Saturday and some present he bought her in Nevada.

· Early afternoon at the Wild Oats off Montana in Santa Monica on 12/19. I was getting a muffin when a slightly greasy looking guy was waiting behind me...realized at the cash register that it was none other than David Duchovny. Looks pretty good, and exactly like he did on X-Files.

· Monday (12/18) I was visiting disneyland with some out of town guests. they wanted to see celebrities, but all the LA gods had to offer was first lady Maria Shriver. She was on the peter pan ride with another woman. Three kids were in the pirate ship in front of them and the blondest one gave the ride operator a "hang loose" sign—so apparently they have a pre-teen deadbeat surfer in the family. Maria, of course, looked fresh from chemo. incidentally, they didn't seem to have much in the way of security with them, so apparently her cheekbones double as weapons.

· As I was pulling into my Miracle Mile office building this morning (12-20), Famke Janssen was heading out of the driveway. Her extreme tallness is apparent even when she's folded into the front seat a gun-metal gray Prius.

· Speaking of the Grove... David Lynch was there on Sunday, Dec. 17, eating at one of the two restaurants with a much younger, seemingly Russian lady.

Right after that, ran into B.J. Novak at the Trader Joe's on 3rd and La Brea.

· I think I saw Kate Hudson, the baby and not Owen Wilson together walking East from Urth Cafe in West Hollywood (I think it was sunday, but I was boozed in a cab).

BUT....

La piece de resistance of sightings in my life.... It was a cold and wet Saturday night at the Petco parking lot on the corner of Doheney and Melrose. I was wearing worn out and slippery J Crew flips from last summer, walking as carefully as possible holding my shoppings. Out of the deep dark night, I heard dulcet tones of an angel "Do you need a hand?" I nearly fell on my ass. Cesar Millan. The dog whisperer himself, offering to help me to my car. He is small, and manly, and I love him

· Dec 17 - beautiful Sunday morning in Santa Monica - there was Jean Claude Van Damme at the Coffee Bean on Main Street. Recognized him right away since he hasn't seemed to age a bit since his first movie. Well, Ok - maybe a little extra chin.

· 16 Dec 2006, 10pm - I saw Tom Arnold at the Century City AMC with a woman who appeared to be, after a quick google image search, his wife. My boyfriend was buying tickets and I turned around and saw Tom standing in line. My boyfriend is a huge fan of his wacky personality and his former sports show. I tried to get my boyfriend to say hi, but he got shy and didn't want to disturb them - but I know he will regret it. This was a semi-exciting event because it was my first sighting after living in LA for a couple of years.

· On Sunday, Dec. 17, I saw John Glover going the WRONG WAY at the IKEA in Burbank. Dude totally came in through the exit and was swimming against the tide through the textiles department, towards the surprisingly dim lighting area. He was sporting a pony tail, long trench coat, and dark pants, and looked exactly like he did in that episode of Law and Order. Maybe he thought it was a reshoot, and we were all extras. Maybe he's too artsy to heed the call of the arrows on the floor pointing the other direction. Who knows what that guy's thinking?

· 4:45PM Thursday, while ducking out of work for some last second gift shopping, I saw Weird Al Yankovic walking around in the Apple Store at the Grove. He looks a little tired, and possibly a bit dazed as he circled the genius bar. He was wearing a grey 'Weird Al 2004' tour sweatshirt and some kind of faux-alligator print Vans. What was he buying? I have no clue. If there weren't a whole bunch of e-mail terminals right there, I might not have even bothered to send this in. Except that Weird Al's "In 3-D" was one of my favorite albums of all time, and I've been humming his "Eye Of The Tiger" parody all week because the new Rocky movie is coming out.

· 12/20 80's cheesy TV flashback at the coffee shop at the Beverly Hills Hotel — none other than Judith Light (tony danza's foil "angela" on the series "who's the boss") waiting for a seat at the counter. no attitude.

And the award for C-level Sighting Shamelessly Planted In A Misguided Attempt At Moving Some Of Your Store's Crappy, Outdated Merchandise goes to:

· Juliette Lewis was shopping yesterday in the Yana K Boutique on Melrose Ave (West Hollywood) where she purchased the "Turtle Up Dress". The turtleneck dress she bought was velvet with a blue black and tan 80's style print. So retro! Samples and images are available. Please contact Yana K directly as I will be out of the country beginning tonight!!! Her email is [redacted]. Happy holidays!