1/2 — Monday night, I went to Via Veneto, a cozy and horribly overpriced little Italian place on Main Street in Santa Monica, there at the back table in the dark shadows...

... sat Mr. CHRISTIAN don’t-ever-walk-on-my-F*cking-set-again BALE with his wife, young daughter and an older couple – it was clearly a quiet family outing in a safe dark place from which to escape the storm of his words. They were mellow and relaxed, but not a lot of smiling going on. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]