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In this traditional edition of Gawker Stalker: a sweaty Bonnie Fuller, a smelly Anna Wintour, conflicting reports on James Wood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kelly Clarkson, Tobey Maguire, Spike Lee, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Piven, Liev Schreiber, Heather Graham, Salma Hayek, Jessica Simpson, John Travolta, Jodie Foster, Sandra Oh, Amanda Peet, Ludacris, Chloe Sevigny, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Stipe, Rocco DiSpirito, Chris Klein, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Baldwin, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Hilary Duff, Cynthia Nixon, Barbara Bush, Jerry Seinfeld, John Legend, Michael Kors, Anderson Cooper, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, James Franco, Mark Wahlberg, Ann Coulter, Kirsten Dunst, David Cross, Farnsworth Bentley, Nicolette Sheridan and Michael Bolton, Isaac Mizrahi, Anna Paquin, Elvis Costello, Karl Lagerfeld, Matt Lauer, Danny Masterson, Sean Hayes, Tim Allen, Jenny Garth, Beth Ostrosky, John Leguizamo, Luke Perry, Dustin Hoffman, Cameron Mathison, Faye Dunaway, Bernadette Peters, Oscar De La Hoya, Steven Van Zandt, Savion Glover, and, last but certainly not least, Boss Tweed Nick Denton.
Bonnie Fuller jogging on a path around the East Side of the Pond at Central Park. She was wearing black spandex-y shorts and a fugly taupe sports bra/top thing, it looked like multiple layers, but probably was just one ugly item. She had her brown hair back in a pony-tail and was sweaty as she was running/jogging at a pretty good pace. I guess she was wrapping up her work-out at Radu's on 57th Street with a little outdoor cardio. We made eye contact, she's scary... I wonder how she is feeling about the pictures of the Messiah? Star's editor is just like us and looks like crap while exercising.
Just spotted none other than Anna Wintour in the lobby of 72 Spring. Was likely coming from the Marc Jacobs compound upstairs and not, say, the poets and writers office one below. Had to smile since the scent coming from her and three other fashionistas on this rainy Wednesday morning fell somewhere between wet dog and menopausal chic. Lovely.
James Woods at Nobu 57 on Monday night. Had a major bimbo with him who proceeded to be all over him throughout dinner and kept looking around so everyone would know this was her man!
Cocksman-Brainiac-Gambler-Actor James Woods just had coffee at the Starbucks on 7th Av & 49th. He was chattin' up a pretty young nubile thing. She jabbered on about auditions as he sat and listened intently, sans coffee.
Jake Gyllenhaal at West Village Italian restaurant Bivio with an unidentified beautiful female friend last night.
Just passed Kelly Clarkson signing autographs in a black SUV in Union Square.
I saw Tobey Maguire yesterday (6/5) around 7:00 pm outside the Cingular Wireless store on 52nd & Broadway waiting for his girlfriend. He was standing with 2 "industry types" outside their black sedan. He's a cutey. As soon as she walked out, the 2 of them jumped in the back of the car and sped away. They looked like an average casual NY couple (minus the other people in the car).
Just saw Spike Lee walking down 5th Avenue (at 45th street). He had a yellow soccer jersey on, and looked upset.
I saw Maggie Gyllenhaal walking alone on the west side of Union Square near 16th Street at 2pm today (June 6). She was smiling, talking on a cell. Nobody seemed to notice her.
Saw Jeremy Piven at the Entourage party at PM (Gansevoort & 9th Ave) last night. Also, the guy who plays Turtle stood with us for a while, but I like to fantasize about Jeremy Piven much more.
80th and Columbus, 6:45 PM 6/8/06—saw Liev Schreiber crossing Columbus from the Museum of Natural History, heading into Andy's Deli with two friends, one male and one female. Almost didn't recognize him—he was shorter than I expected, given the reports of his height.
Saw Heather Graham looking hot as she noshed on edamame and had drinks with an unidentified male at the sushi bar at Sushi Seki (1143 1st Ave, Btwn 62nd & 63rd St) at 8:30 pm on June 7th.
Salma Hayek at Cirque du Soleil last nite June 7, with a tall American man in his 40s, well behaved un-Hollywood type. She was wearing low slung jeans with sequined squiggles on back pockets with short black jacket. Dark and very little, hot looking Latina but not magical as on screen.
Saw Jessica Simpson leaving the Ritz Carlton Central Park at 2:45pm.
Just saw John Travolta at W Broadway and Chambers at 3 PM today (Tuesday). He looked OK but has aged decades since "Grease" and his complexion looks like a dog might have chewed on his face. The wonders of lighting and makeup...
Just saw Jodie Foster at the Whole Foods on 7th Avenue. She's very tiny and blond. She bought quite a lot of milk.
Tuesday 6/6. Sandra Oh eating vanilla ice cream at the Mr. Softee truck, in front of the 8th street Kmart, dwarfed by her Amazonian companion who wore this fugly maroon hat.
Waited for the Elevator with Amanda Peet at the Starrett-Lehigh Building on W. 26th Street. She was coming from a photo shoot I think. She was talking with her assistant, etc about flowers for her wedding and when they got on going up, she said "bye team!" We waited for a few more minutes for the elevators and she made some phone calls. I wasn't sure it was her until she said "Hey it's Amanda" on the phone because she was only about 5' 5" but really pretty and had amazing skin. She was wearing a tan trench coat with jeans, converse, and a aqua blue Birkin bag and also had an amazing rock on her finger.
Waiting to be seated at Blue Water Grill on Tuesday at 915 and in walks Ludacris with an entourage of semi-skanky looking girls. Then the hostess walks back to her other hostess friends, shaking her hand in their face and exclaims, "This is the hand that Ludacris shook!"
Saw Chloe Sevigny at 7:15 p.m., on line at the concession stand in the Union Square movie theatre. She looks more beautiful in person, though I didn't really understand the white socks with black chunky shoes thing she had going on. She didn't buy much but promptly ran away to whatever movie she was seeing (X3, maybe?).
Last night at Spotted Pig (6/6) saw Ralph Fiennes, Michael Stipe, Rocco DiSpirito, and Chris Klein. Rocco well aware of being noticed. Chris Klein was too good to sit in the bar, and was ushered into the private room right after walking in. Better looking in person, but no justification for the room when Ralph Fiennes sat among the masses...
Last night I was at the Grand Havana Room, 666 5th Avenue, from 7-10pm for a work function and saw Quentin Tarantino, Billy Baldwin, and the Rev. Al Sharpton there each dining separately.
Saw Hilary Duff eating lunch at the new Hearst tower. She was surrounded by a large black guy who was obviously a bodyguard and a bunch of queens. 1:30pm at 300 W. 57th st
Cynthia Nixon was out with the rest of the wet and bedraggled this morning. Getting off the downtown 1 train at 79th Street. She waited patiently in line for her turn to go out the turnstile. Her hair is a very pretty shade of blonde. Although her big blue backpack was a little lesbionic...
Barbara Bush (the child), now living at 35 w 9th. Ate lunch with mom (and security entourage) at French Roast a few days ago. Had freedom frites with their burgers
June 6th 8:00 pm: Jerry Seinfeld, John Legend, Michael Kors seen going to a MOMA event for Sarah Jessica Parker. Jerry was looking good, except he was seen exiting a light blue van, not too cool.
Anderson Cooper on this morning's 7:30am Delta Shuttle to DC. Sleepy, but foxy.
Nicole Kidman was at the NYC ballet last night at 7:30, sitting in the orchestra. She looks her age but is really beautiful.
Spotted Kate Winslet struggling to hail a cab in the rain this morning at the corner of Greenwich Avenue and 8th Avenue. She was employing the "maybe if I walk further down the street away from everyone else trying to hail a cab at this corner I will get a cab before them" tactic that we've all used before.
Saw James Franco, at Awake & Sing! at the Belasco Theater, looking as sweet & gorgeous as you'd expect. At both intermissions, he was tailed by a very indiscrete gang of teenage girls—he graciously nodded & said "how's it going" to them, which of course sent them into giggle fits.
Mark Wahlberg sighting last night at marquee with friends/entourage at table around 1am.
I stole a cab from Ann Coulter after seeing her come out of an apartment building on the Upper East Side. She didn't look happy, dressed in a yellow raincoat and hailing a cab and it was her dejected face that first caught my attention...when I realized who it was I decided I had to steal the cab even though I had no where to go...
I saw Kirsten Dunst and some friends eating a late lunch at Sascha on Gansevoort between 9th ave and Washington around 3-4 pm. Some other people joined halfway through the meal.
Saw David Cross on 6/7 at around 6:15pm on Broadway and 14th walking south. He looked scruffy and wet (it was raining). He had some bounce in his step and was wearing light jeans that seemed a bit big in the legs. Very skinny guy. He's more attractive as Mrs. Featherbottom.
Farnsworth Bentley (Diddy's former valet? Man-servant?) walking north on 7th Ave at West 4th Street. What made the sighting classic was the fact that he was holding an umbrella for some beautiful girl/model type. Is that all the dude knows how to do? Hold umbrellas for people who are more important then him?
Saw Nicolette Sheridan and Michael Bolton at JFK airport on Saturday 3rd June. She was having an absolute hissy at the check-in counter as was unhappy with their seats. He was very quiet during his fianc s tantrum and was surprisingly hot in person. Shocking, I know.
Some guy stopped me on my way to get lunch and asked me to do an interview with Isaac Mizrahi. I said yes, and I was whisked over to him to be asked a bunch of questions about what I wear on dates and to work. Thankfully, he did not grab my breast.
Saw Anna Paquin on Tuesday morning (6/6), crying into her cell phone across the street from NYU's Third Avenue North dormitory. She was in a frumpy ensemble of all green (top, skirt, shoes, and bag!) and it looked as if her skin had broken out. In fact, I almost second guessed myself, until I turned around and saw the "A" tattoo she has on her right ankle.
Elvis Costello is currently at Bloomberg News, 12:30 god knows why. He's lost more hair than you would think, but he's so very earnest
Saw Jay Z entering Universal Music Offices at Worldwide Plaza (309 W 49th ST) at 12:45... alone, with no entourage in sight.
Monday (Tuesday morning), 1:00am, Rivington and Suffolk: Karl Lagerfeld was taking pictures of a skinny guy in a cut-up sweater, with about twenty kids hanging around and pretending not to watch. Karl had on his sunglasses, even in the dark and was trying to use a viewfinder. And I'm sorry to say that the whole Karl Lagerfeld diet doesn't seem to have panned out very well for him; his shirt was untucked and it wasn't pretty.
Saw Matt Lauer dining with a cute brunette at Nobu 57 about a half hour ago (5:40pm). Maybe that's who Page Six was referring to in their "We Hear..." column last month. Because this definitely wasn't his wife...
Saw Danny Masterson at the Alister Doomington show at Delancey lounge. He is a total cutie.
My friends and I had the pleasure of meeting/bombarding Sean Hayes—"Jack" from Will and Grace—at the Soho Grand at about 12:30am. One of the nicest celebrities I've come across...approachable and super friendly. Much taller than he looks on TV.
Tim Allen at Friend of the Farmer on Irving. He was finishing up breakfast, al fresco, with a male companion.
Saw Jenny Garth at Three Days of Rain tonight. At first didn't think it was her because she looked a bit chubby plus she asked the guy behind her where he got the peanut M&M's he was eating, but after the show realized that it was because she was pregnant. I think she was with her husband and another older woman.
Saw Beth Ostrosky inside the lobby of 11 Penn Plaza today at 2pm. She is as tall as a giraffe with legs that don't quit. She was standing next to the Fuse television studios with a suited man who I would guess is her publicist.
I spotted John Leguizamo at Butai having ginger cucumber sangria, chicken and rolls at 2pm
Saw Luke Perry walking down Park Avenue around 18th. He was chatting with a girl and another dude, although mostly to the dude. He looked super thin, yet kinda cute.
Dustin Hoffman walking down the street at 75th and Columbus.
Cameron Mathison was at St Luke's/Roosevelt hospital. We saw him entering with food at 8:30pm and take an elevator upstairs. We rode in the elevator with him. He is very tall and was wearing a t shirt, jeans and flip flops. I smiled and he smiled. He seemed friendly and in a good mood. Kept looking at his cell phone.
Faye Dunaway at Orso 322 W 46th St last night 8PM. After years of being a recluse, Faye has a fresh new face pulled so tight she is barely recognizable, hair extensions fit for rapunzel, and the same old tired Diva snob attitude. She had pasta and is still trying to master the fork and spoon.
Saw Bernadette Peters at The Drowsy Chaperone (8pm, 1535 Broadway). I recognized that hair instantly. She's gorgeous.
Saw Oscar De La Hoya in a black SUV posing for cameras and being amused by PETA activists doing an Anna Wintour "The Devil Wears Fur" protest outside of the Conde Nast building at about 1pm.
Saw Steve Van Zandt today at 3:00 pm outside the Waldorf Astoria. He was getting into a black SUV limo, dressed in the rockstar Little Steven mode rather than the mobster Silvio Dante mode.
Savion Glover, 6:30 pm, 49th and Broadway. Talking to a guy about some DVD project. One of them smelled pretty bad...not sure who, though.
Monday 3:15pm, Cafe Gitane: none other than Nick Denton sitting in the window with a suspiciously young boy.