| Tribute to Christopher Reeve |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| Fashion Group International's Night of Stars |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
 |
Thanksgiving
2004 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
New York, November 23-25 – We’re thankful that celebrities don’t stop working even for the Thanksgiving holiday, so we ventured out between bites of turkey and TV football, and rustled up a holiday roundup. Colin Farrell introduced a new “interactive Alexander Experience” at Madam Tussaud’s Times Square location on Tuesday, far enough in advance for visitors to regain their appetites by Thursday’s big feast. We’re not sure exactly what “interactive” means, but what can you do with a life-sized wax version of Colin Farrell? Anyway, Colin did what you’re all thinking, and lifted the Alexanderesque skirt, bent for a look and gave us a nod of approval, implying that the image is “authentic”. Check this out at your own risk. More in the spirit of the holiday, Mariah Carey spent Thanksgiving eve serving up cornbread at a Fresh Air Fund dinner at a Brooklyn church. Mariah wore an apron embroidered with "Mimi", her alleged new name. She later sat at a table with the preacher and a little girl, and bopped along to a gospel choir concert. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade put a lot of hardworking celebs out on the street. Fantasia, Jimmy Smits, Jose Feliciano, Joe Namath, Barenaked Ladies and country-music sensation Julie Roberts all rode down Broadway on floats. Ryan Cabrera had the biggest hair. Steve Irwin, host of the cable TV show The Crocodile Hunter, rode astride a giant crocodile. Being Australian, he was no doubt not otherwise engaged on this solely American holiday. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| |
Closer
Premiere |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Los Angeles, November 22 – Natalie Portman’s publicist had us straining our eyes at the premiere of her new film, Closer, on Monday. While on the red carpet, the watchdog kept checking Natalie’s dress, and then issued orders to the press corps: “She’s wearing a flowered pastie. I think you can see it. If there are any pictures of it, they better not go anywhere.” Despite being about six weeks from her due date, Sony flacks kept insisting that Julia Roberts would make an appearance. She didn’t, but costars Jude Law and Clive Owen were there. No word on what was covering their nipples. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| |
Alexander
Screening |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
New York, November 22 – The hotter cast members – Angelina Jolie, Colin Farrell, Rosario Dawson and Jared Leto – joined Oliver Stone for last night’s preview screening of Alexander at the Walter Reade Theater. Once past the red carpet and inside the theater lobby, with outer coats removed, Jolie suffered a wardrobe malfunction, her bra clearly visible under her black jacket. Jolie got very upset - "Lost it", according to our sources - and with the help of publicists, checked the displays on the cameras of the six-or-so photographers present, and made them erase the photos. Then she posed all over again, everything in place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| |
Jury
Appreciation Day |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
New York, November 18 – We’re glad our trial wasn’t going on when the annual Jury Appreciation Day struck the New York State Courthouse in lower Manhattan. The boatload of celebs distracting jurors and jurists alike included Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Rudy Giuliani, Anne Curry, Ally Sheedy, Leslie Uggams, Ivanka Trump, Michael Imperioli, Clive Davis and Rosanne Cash. No, we're not making this up, and there were more. Conan O’Brien revealed to jurors his method for getting out of jury service: “If they’ve [defendants] gotten this far in the system, you have to figure they’re guilty.” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| |
Clive
Davis' American Music Awards Party |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Los Angeles, November 14 – Ashlee Simpson wasn’t even at the American Music Awards, but that didn’t stop her from hitting the after parties, including Teen People’s and Clive Davis’. Ashlee came with Nicky Hilton to Clive Davis’ Esquire House bash. Nicky’s good friend Bijou Phillips was at the party with her brother. Bijou was having a very good time. A very good time, indeed. Ashlee’s sister Jessica Simpson, who was nominated for an AMA, came to the party with husband Nick Lachey; and the place was teeming with couples, including Eva Longoria and J.C. Chasez, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri, Josh Groban and January Jones and Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster. John Mayer’s date was British actress Rhona Mitra, and the two are reportedly a couple. Others at the music-business legend’s party included Diana Ross, Usher, Toby Keith, Kenny G and ZZ Top. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
| |
American
Music Awards |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Los Angeles, November 14 – We’re going backwards here, only now bringing you our very own special view of the American Music Awards. It’s been one of those weeks, we got sidetracked by the melee at the Vibe Awards and have been trying to catch up ever since. Anyway, as you all know, Anna Nicole Smith stole the AMA show with her slurry introduction of Kanye West. But maybe you don’t know that Anna followed that stunning performance backstage in the pressroom with more rambling and marathon posing. Anna spent at least ten minutes working the cameras, and simply wouldn’t leave. When her handlers tried to literally drag her from the room, the paparazzi started chanting her name, and Anna pleaded, “I want to go back. I want to go back.” She did, and stayed until her people did physically drag her from the room. Oh, Anna’s necklace bears the slogan “Trimspa, Baby”, but she left before we found out where we could purchase our own. The evening’s big winner, Usher, juggled his four awards in both arms. We asked him to remove his sunglasses, and rather than put the statues down, he had a member of his entourage take the shades from his face. Gwen Stefani, in top hat and tutu, did actual setups with Japanese backup dancers on the red carpet. Her gigantic bodyguard blocked the group while Gwen’s manager and a guy from her record company set up their tableau, and only when satisfied, allowed photos. Then the little troupe packed up, moved six feet down the carpet, got back into position while being blocked from view - kind of like changing your clothes on the beach while your friends cover - and were again ready for closeups.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to This Article |
