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In today's episode: Al Pacino kicking some game at Il Sole; Renee Zellweger avoiding a meltdown at Quality; Kirsten Dunst exercising her dog; Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupree, and Michael Vartan at Katana; single gal Nancy Reagan shopping at Neiman Marcus; Penny Marshall communing with soccer fans; Giovanni Ribisi, Taryn Manning, and Kevin Weisman at Alcove; Jason Bateman; Jason Priestly, Adam Brody, and Rachel Bilson; Nicky Hilton; Alicia Silverstone; Dennis Franz; Dylan McDermott; Kathleen Robertson; Vincent Gallo; Michelle Trachtenberg; John Stamos; Simon LeBon; Kristen Kreuk; Felicity Huffman; Claudia Schiffer; Eve; Peri Gilpin; Jonathan Silverman; Nick Stahl; Peter Facinelli; Anthony Michael Hall; Ilan Mitchell Smith; Jason Mraz; Mark McGrath; Giuliana DePandi; Travis Tritt

· Saw Michael Corleone aka Al Pacino at Il Sole on Sunset today (wed). He was with an older, hollywood mogul look alike with huge lew wasserman glasses, and two chicks. One of them was the blonde from models inc - the tv show - old school shiiaat - she was hot and looked good, maybe 29-32 to pacino's 60 something. She was obviously with Pacino as they sat across from each other and he pimped on her all night - they had dinner for over 3 hours. the brunette was across from the Wasserman guy and was older - 40 ish - and not hot. And btw Pacino looked great, thin, debonair, sexy, etc. - like he did in Devil's Advocate- mos def impressed.

· at quality this weekend, saw renee zellweger—looking mighty twiggy and pale—sipped java with her oppositely plump manager. when going out to a table, he accidentally spilled coffee on her to which she was visibly annoyed. i thought i was about to witness yet another a-list shitfit. but said shitfit was avoided once rene calmed down and the fatty apologized.

· I saw Kirsten Dunst walking her dog in my neighborhood (Crescent Heights and 3rd area). I noticed the outfit first- supertight jeans, cuffed, some trendy indian boot things, blazer, and ginormous orange hat. Then I saw who it was. You couldn't miss the person in that outfit. This is the fourth time I've seen her in the past couple years, and she really just isn't that cute any more. As she gets skinnier she looks so much older and breakable, you know?

· Was at Katana on Friday night. Saw Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupree. Didn't recognize her at first because she was wearing baggy pants, an oversized jacket and a baseball cap. From the back she could have been a guy, but as soon as she turned around and smiled there was no mistaking her. Such a cutie and looked very happy. Both were much shorter than I ever would have guessed.

Also saw Michael Vartan (by FAR the best looking man in the place) with three buddies. He was waiting for his table in the bar area the same time we were and looked a little bored (but gorgeous). We made eye contact from across the room and within minutes he had bought me a drink and asked my friends and I to join his group. Later that night we drove to Vegas and eloped and plan on having lots of babies very soon. Ok, so those last two sentences didn't actually happen, but you can bet I'll be dreaming they did for weeks. Did I mention how good he looked??

· I had a close encounter with Nancy Reagan while walking into Neiman Marcus the other day. I did a double take trying to figure out who she was, but as soon as I heard some employee introduce her to the head of security, I
knew that I had an affirmative. Woman has some large glasses. She looked pretty fabulous, though.

· penny marshall lurking around the ticket window at the home depot center as the game was starting. noteworthy because a )she wasn't at the simultaneous lakers game b) the glasses were a shitty disguise and c) she was waiting for tickets with the common will call and day of folk-doesn't she still have people to do things like that for her?

· Sunday brunchin in the eastside: sited within 2 hours at Los Feliz hotspot eatery "The Alcove" : Giovanni Ribisi - chitchatting in line about his previous evening's night out at the Disney Hall, then chowing with family and a bunch of kids. A few minutes later Crossroads / 8 mile / Boomkat bad girl Taryn Manning and a beau, then electronic music film composer extraordinare BT, wheeling a lil' tyke in a mega-trendo Bugaboo stroller. Then Alias resident techno-geek Kevin Weisman strolling in for a latte, and soon after Battle for Ozzfest's reality metal hero Adair, who wound up sitting down with BT. Maybe they're getting ready for some techno-metal mash-up action...

· saw arrested development star jason bateman squeezing his land rover into a truly compact space at the poquito mas on olympic and westwood.

· Strange LA teen soap opera day at the Grove on Monday: A scowling Jason Priestly walking towards the garage, followed an hour later by a smiley, hand-holding Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson from The OC going into Barnes and Noble.

· I love spotting hollywood trash while they're shopping, because they're always so conspicuously inconspicuous. Shockingly enough, Nicky Hilton does venture east of Robertson -we spotted her at the Beverly Center Bloomingdales of all places...what's next, ROSS? she was perusing the shoe department. Up close she looked really bad. Bad skin, skinny and shlumpy body type, and wearing a lilac juicy sweatsuit. She was shopping with a friend who ventured off to look at purses, and no one seemed to be bothering them...Usually Nicky only buys her own Samantha Thavasa ugly-ass bags at Kitson, much like Paris only buys Paris. Maybe she was researching the competition because she's developing a line of ugly-ass Nicky shoes with stars printed all over them and maribou trim for the masses. We should be so lucky.

· Beverly Hills street sightings: Thursday 12/9: Alicia Silverstone waiting for the light to change at one of the civically excessive new mid-block crosswalks. Jeans and a long brown wool winter coat. Her skin looked traumatized, but it might have just been the chilly air. A few minutes and two blocks later, Martin Short in sunglasses with a shopping bag walking with his eyes cast downward, fixed to an imaginary point on the street, looking up only to avoid smashing into lightpoles, parking meters or other pedestrians. Wasn't a good enough ruse for me Marty.

· 5pm at Century City last night (12/7), Dennis Franz, holding his wife's hand, while strolling in the rain. He was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and looked like a totally normal guy, probably better looking in real life than on NYPD Blue, though the hair is still lacking.

· Celebrities seen Christmas shopping or Hanukkah shopping. Or shopping because they don't have real jobs. Dylan McDermott and that wife in L'Occitane on Beverly yesterday in the afternoon. He was bearded and still hot. Hours later I rode on the elevator in one of those parking garages on Beverly with Claire Arnold (does she have a real name), [Ed.note—Kathleen Robertson] Chancellor Arnold's daughter, from 90210. She really should have married Steve, rather than moving all the way to Europe with her father. She was TINY. And totally caught me starring at her. Maybe she knew that I loved Brandon as much as she did.

· saw Vincent Gallo with a young girl (barely, barely legal) at Swingers diner on Beverly, friday night
(12/10) around 2 in the morning. They sat at the counter and cuddled affectionately... I just don't get the Gallo appeal. Also saw Michelle Trachtenberg (from Buffy fame, if you can call it that) sitting a few booths away from the couple.

· Spotted: John Stamos, lost and searching everywhere for a bar still serving, in an attempt to make it through the "Kevin Spacey impersonates Bobby Darin" show at the Wiltern.

· Sightings: Simon LeBon (god, he really is tall) requesting to sit out of view, eating breakfast at the Four Seasons, solo. Tears actually welled up in my eyes. Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) at LACMA ducking into the Duncan Phillips exhibit at the premiere of SCI FI's 'Legend of Earthsea' (which she stars in). Felicity Huffman looking um 'desperate' and sorta schlumpy in a skirt and blazer outside Lucky Strike at Hollywood & Highland. Waiting for a ride? Finished an afternoon bowl?

· Saw Claudia Schiffer shopping at Madison in Malibu Country Mart. I wouldn't have looked twice at her had she not been speaking another language to the girls (teens) she was shopping with. Extremely tall and EXTREMELY thin (but surprisingly not sick looking - she simply has a small frame). No makeup, and was cute, but not stunning (again, I couldn't tell it was her at first). Hair was short and wow she is totally flat - not at all as voluptuous as I have seen her look.

· I was shopping on Rodeo today (12-12) and saw rap honey Eve in Ralph Lauren. She seemed very cool and down to earth (no entourage), talking to a fan, and being very polite to salespeople. She was much shorter than I had thought (is listed on internet as 5'7", but I am 5'7" and she couldn't have been over 5'5"), slimmer than she looks on film (still curvy though), and had noticeably gorgeous and flawless skin. Was buying clothes for a guy.

· I was at the opening night of School for Scandal at the Mark Taper Forum and saw Peri Gilpin of Frasier
fame. She seemed very nice and down to earth. Looked pretty much like she did on TV, not shorter/taller/skinny or fatter than I would have guessed. She was wearing these amazing sparkly shoes that barely peeked out of her long pants. Also saw Jonathan Silverman, again with that cute little blond. His face looked a little rounder then his single guy days but he still looks like he could play 25! [Ed.note—Silverman publicist alert!] They all seemed to enjoy the show and came to the after party to meet Brian Bedford and the cast.

· I wouldn't even really qualify this as a 'celebrity sighting' except that entertainment dregs like reality show scrubs and Chris Kattan regularly make it into the HPW. Last Sunday (12/5) I was trying to work off my hangover and monitor my NFL gambling with some breakfast at Yankee Doodle's in Santa Monica. Sneaking out the door to catch a smoke was future savior of the human race himself John Connor - Nick Stahl. Looked like....Nick Stahl. A bit skinnier than you might think. Is he still trying to keep up the emaciated carney look for 'Carnivale'? Or is he smoking 'ice'? After he finished he walked back into the nether regions of the bar and didn't see him again for the remainder of the one o'clock (that's right, I'm East Coast, bitches) games.

· Was at Cafe 50's on Van Nuys Blvd. Saturday to meet up with an old friend. Who should walk in after we are seated? A gaggle of girls fresh from their soccer game — with Peter Facinelli. His eldest daughter is on the team and we think he may be the coach. He is HOT!!! About ten minutes later Jennie Garth joined the group (there were other parents there as well). Jennie had no makeup on and is absolutely gorgeous as is. Peter and Jennie both seemed very cool.

· At the entrance to the Santa Monica Mall on 3rd Street Promenade, a heartbreakingly swollen Anthony Michael Hall looking very serious indeed while talking to an unidentified male. I came thisclose to asking if he still had Molly Ringwald's panties, but then I remembered I'm an adult & I'd hate to have to admit that Farmer Ted kicked my ass.

[Ed.note—We usually don't do sightings from outside of LA, but we're going to make a special Weird Science exception in the hopes that this account is true.]
· I was in Charleston, SC for "business" and doing "research" before my afternoon jaunt to the Tokyo Spa. We went to eat at a fairly nice joint, "Miratage", and there was a crowd that had wrapped some sort of Hallmark/or Mary Kate and Ashley straight to video movie. I recognized a few gaffers and extras from some Red Shoe Diary episodes but clearly
noticed a blast from the past. After some minor prying, the identity was revealed and Ilan Mitchell Smith was unveiled-yes Wyatt Donnelly from Weird Science fame. After a few apple martinis, we conned him into replaying the bar scene where Gary spilled his guts to Fats and Wyatt remarks,"That's the truth baby." Thank God he didn't ask me to shower
with him-in his jeans.

· It was like a special "mediocre/washed up musician two for one" at the grove yesterday (friday): Jason Mraz looking like he was about thirteen, and Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, who had that unfortunate worn out drug addict face going on— compounded by some ill-advised botox.

· Just came back from Trader Joe's on Santa Monica Blvd at Poinsettia. Giuliana DePandi was in there. Is E! doing something on TJ's? She was all dressed up and calling someone on her phone — not shopping. She seemed annoyed, but looked decent. Much cuter in person than on television.

· There is nowhere to escape the red staters! Had dinner at Nozawa in Studio City last night, and it was a subdued scene except for one group at the bar with the loud southern accents and bad hair. One of them was Travis Tritt, still rocking the mullet. I don't know if he is bulletproof, but he is definitely not 10 feet tall. My friend had no idea who he was even when I explained. Ignorance is bliss.