Gawker Stalker: Baby Heathelle Not a Sham
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In this edition: Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams make the list only because they're seen with baby and accompanying bjorn. Also: Lindsay Lohan, Karolina Kurkova, Kevin Spacey, Chris Martin and Helena Christesen, Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, and Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, David Kelley, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Anna Wintour, Kevin Bacon, Chelsea Clinton, Logan Marshall Green, and Cynthia Nixon, Mike Myers, Mariah Carey, Devon Aoki, Karl Lagerfeld, Debi Mazar, Joshua Jackson, Elizabeth Berkley, Lou Reed, Leona Naess, Naomi Wolf, Huey Lewis, Dylan Baker, Paul Giamatti, Aida Turturro, Heather Matarazzo, Chloe Sevigny, Helmut Lang, Chazz Palminteri, and Sofia Coppola.
Spotted Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams and the Baby (in the requiste BabyBjorn) on Dean Street between Bond and Hoyt. Unlike the rest of us, I guess they have a snow day and don't have to be at work.
Friday night at Bungalow 8 sighted a teeny Lindsay Lohan in inexplicably hideous black and-white striped top. LiLo's bodyguard needs to be fired and shot for failing to prevent this kind of abuse to Lohan's person. Give the girl a fighting chance. Looking decidedly more appealing was model Karolina Kurkova—though she never took off her long black coat (so blond , soooo mysterious...). Also quickly weaving his way through the corridor of velvet rope whores was Kevin Spacey, looking...short.
Last night (12/6) I went in to Hudson Bar & Books in the West Village with a friend for post-holiday party drinks. Being as it was incredibly packed in there, we managed to only get one seat at the bar. while walking over I noticed an attractive guy sitting there, talking to a few friends. I managed to make eye contact on my way to the seat and noticed that it was Chris Martin of Coldplay. And after i sat down, i saw that Helena Christensen was one of his friends that he was sitting there talking to. He drank a Coke and water, seemed very nice and laidback, very appreciative to the bartender. He was much taller than i expected...at least 6'...she was pretty but looked a little rough. The two of them left together after about 30 minutes...are they friends? Wonder where Gwynie was?!
I was at marquee on friday (12/2) and saw Bruce Willis there around 4am. He seemed to be by himself and he was very friendly - said hello, gave me a hug. i always thought he was hot, but he's much hotter in person. he only stay a few minutes and then took off.
so i was in dean and deluca (the one in soho) on wednesday looking at all the nice, overpriced food and then i look up and see this pretty girl standing in front of me. then i see that she is wearing a cute chanel tweed jacket and i realize that it's mischa barton. she was talking rather loudly to a girl who was next to her (maybe an assistant?) about some pr thing. but mischa looked exactly like she looked on televison, all fresh-faced and cute.
Eating at Jean Georges Monday night (12/5) and noticed a woman with a sparkly little spaghetti-strap black top with her big ole' granny arms and boobs hanging out, stringy blond hair, and a glazed over drunk look. Thought to myself - it's the typical Long Island grandma in the city for a big night. Upon closer inspection realized that it was Goldie Hawn - I could not believe it!! She was there with Kurt Russell and Meryl Streep - who, by the way, looked absolutely fabulous and about twenty years younger then her contemporaries at the table! Would have never guessed that Meryl was so beautiful in person.
Even the breadsticks at their table had a movie deal.. Wed night at Il Mulino (coincidentally the last great italian restaurant in NYC) my family sat next to Steven Spielberg & wife Kate Capshaw, with television writer David Kelley and his wife Michelle Pfeiffer. They all looked great and happy.
Spotted: Anna Wintour at the December 8th performance of Sweeney Todd! Not that one would be surprised by Hazy Shade's connections to all things dark, stylish, cannibalistic and bloody.
Kevin Bacon in an elevator at Barney's. He is SCARY SKINNY!!! I don't think one of my legs could even fit into his jeans. Not that his pitbull wife would ever allow it. I was once checking invitations at the door of a major event, and when I asked to see her's she just looked at me like I was dog doo and said "Tch!" and walked thru without ever showing her invitation. I guess her C actress face is her ticket into everywhere!
I'm on fire with the celeb sightings - three in one week! Sunday (12/4) I saw Chelsea Clinton in the whole foods at union square, standing amidst the brou-haha, seemingly in deep contemplation of something. She's looking like any other 20-something new yorker, and pretty with those curly blonde locks. Number two was Logan Marshall Green (The O.C., 24) on the downtown C train after work on Monday. He's in town for his play Dog Sees God. He looks like a scruffy Ashton Kutcher, and he was totally playing the "oh my god, I hope no one recognizes my unbearably famous self!" Dude, you're not that famous. Number three was this morning - Cynthia Nixon, striding up the ACE platform at 42nd street, probably on her way to rehearsal for Rabbit Hole. She looked pissed off as the rest of us dealing with this shitty weather, walking a million miles an hour, hair matted, no makeup, and still looked completely radiant. She glows.
Last night outside Webster Hall at around 7:30, Mike Myers of SNL/Shrek fame stumbled past us, then proceeded to stumble up 11th street toward 4th Avenue, lingering on the block while looking terrible and talking on a cell phone. Perhaps he was practicing for his upcoming role as Keith Moon, but the man looked as bad as its possible to look, and after about 20 minutes of awkwardly bumping into walls and such, hopefully found his way somewhere safe.
Saw Mariah Carey getting out of a limo on the corner of 36th and Broadway on Wednesday night. She waved when she noticed me and a few other people staring at her. She's really pretty in person. (And coincidentally this is the exact same place I saw Tim McGraw a few weeks ago but figured it wasn't worth mentioning until now.)
Last night (12/10), just as I was closing the stall-door in the Balthazar restroom, I spotted the face of model/actress Devon Aoki. I overheard the towel-lady telling her that all the stalls were filled, to which she quietly responded "Oh, ok". Exciting! She later passed right by my table and I spotted hers. She was with some Asian guy and girl. Anyway, she's absolutely adorable and obviously quite tiny for a runway model, although she wasn't as short as I would have expected (she was my exact size, and I'm about 5'7 with heels). I wanted to compliment her on her tie-dyed newsboy cap, but figured it would be cooler if I said nothing.
Saturday afternoon, the Apple store in SoHo: ipod enthusiast Karl Lagerfeld and entourage - including a videographer who seemed to think he was a filmmaker. Mr Lagerfeld was sporting his signature look - a mock turtleneck, sunglasses and ponytail (the hair was looking a bit frizzy, he might want to consider a smoothing treatment). His presence caused such a commotion that people were actually following him into the store to get a better look. KL did not bother to acknowledge the plebes, of course.
Friday night Dec. 9, shared a guest-room elevator at the Mandarin Oriental with character actress and friend of Madonna Debi Mazar. She wore a sweeping faux-leopard cape and matching funky hat, has great skin, and looked pretty sans makeup. She was friendly though obviously tired and frazzled with adorable tiny daughter in tow. We all encouraged the kid to press the appropriate elevator buttons, and she loved it.
Went to see the always enchanting Leona Naess at The Living Room last night, 12/8, and my friend noticed Dawson's not-so-frumpy-now old friend, Joshua Jackson, standing at the bar, hands in his pockets, wearing a puffy North Face coat. Who doesn't wear North Face besides me? Then, my friend spotted the never-was-or-will-be-frumpy Jacquetta Wheeler, who'd just come in from the cold. I don't know what she was wearing, but I bet no one else was wearing it or could afford it.
Last night, friday 12/09, around 11:30p i saw elizabeth berkley of showgirls fame ducking into the sushi restaurant my friends and i were eating at, shima, on 12th street in the east village. she was with her amazing husband, and she looked absolutely BEAUTIFUL! her hair was all long and blonde and curly, and she looked so happy she was just RADIANT! go JESSE!! kicking the caffeine pills most definitely does a body good!
Lou Reed and a group of his companions spotted at the Grand Sichuan Chinese restaurant in Chelsea, between 24th street and 9th ave. I was eating there with my friends, and kept glancing in the direction of an oddly familiar looking man in green, who sat right next to me. We would make accidental eye contact a few times and he would scowl at me. On the way back from the restroom, I bumped into him, and the man glared at me, finally I realised it was Lou Reed! Overall he was very surly, he acted uppity and entitled. Age has affected him; he looked old and unhealthy. Serves him right.
Just saw Naomi Wolf during a coffee run at News Cafe on University Place. She was using one of the computers then and I nearly fell over when I saw her use the payphone in the joint! She was shorter than I expected and looked slightly chunky, wearing a hideous polyester spandex Pucci knockoff top. Beauty myth or not, the outfit was fug, even though I'm a total feminist.
12:45 pm, Wednesday, 12/7. Saw Huey Lewis ambling down the platform of the 81st Street downtown B/C line. Shorter than I had expected, but there was no mistaking the bulgy eyes. He was oddly lifeless and exhausted looking I think the grueling Chicago performance schedule must be wearing him out. I considered suggesting that he plunge his face into a sink of ice water,
Longtime character Dylan Baker (Spider-Man, Road to Perdition) shopping at pet store in Hell's Kitchen. It seems he has two dogs with very bad breath, and he was wondering if he could brush their teeth with the same toothbrush or if he should use two. He bought some sort of cheese enzyme product to counteract the plaque and said he'd be back for some doggie harnesses.
Sunday, 11/27, around 5pm, I spotted a scruffy Paul Giamatti walking towards his apartment building in Brooklyn Heights carrying a fussy toddler-aged boy.
Sunday, 12/4, around 8:45pm, Aida Turturro riding the down escalator at the UA multiplex movie theater in Union Square. I wouldn't have noticed her as I rode the up escalator — she looked liked a regular dumpy middleaged woman — but when I heard her say something to her friend, I mouthed to my brother, "That's Janice Soprano!"
I just saw Heather Matarazzo (12/6, 2pm) on 53rd between 5th and 6th. She was standing next to a small tree (sapling?) talking to an older man and smoking a cigarette. She was very skinny and pretty in person, but her hair was strangely orangey. I totally stared at her and we made eye contact, but I refrained from screaming "DAWN WIENER". As I walked away, she laughed extremely loudly at something the older guy was saying. No idea who he was.
While waiting for a friend of mine at the corner of University and 13th, I spotted Chloe Sevigny walk by. She was wearing a leather bomber jacket, tight jeans tucked into knee-length boots, little make-up, and had her hair in a bun. Had more of an ass than I would have ever suspected. Not big, but not small either.
So my showing of Aeon Flux ended just as the NY Premiere of Brokeback Mountain began and I was faced with a bunch of stonefaced security people and dressed-up-and-pleased-with-themselves homos as I exited the theater. On my way out I spied a happy, smiling Kyan Douglas (oh sure, it's no big deal to see a queereye, but he keeps getting cuter) an unemployed Helmut Lang, a taller that I thought he would be Chazz Palminteri, and a lovely Sofia Coppola. I could have hung around longer to see the big stars, but I try to pretend I have things to do and places to be.