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TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.


Byline: Emily Feimster and Elizabeth Snead

OH, REAL MATURE: It felt like an ``E! True Hollywood Story'' reunion at the ArcLight Cinemas for the Hollywood premiere of David Spade's ``Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.'' In what easily could have been a ``Where Are They Now?'' episode, some formerly famous child stars, including Corey Feldman (``The Lost Boys''), Leif Garrett Leif Per Nervik (born November 8, 1961) better known by his stage name of Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous as a teen idol and received publicity as an adult for his drug abuse and legal troubles.  ('70s boy toy boy toy
n. Slang
A young man who is the lover of an often older, more prosperous person.
 pop star), Barry Williams Barry William Blenkhorn (born September 30, 1954), known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.  (Greg Brady Greg Brady is the name of:
  • Greg Brady, a character from The Brady Bunch
  • Greg Brady (broadcaster), presenter on WDFN
 of ``The Brady Bunch''), Todd Bridges (``Diff'rent Strokes'') and Emmanuel Lewis (``Webster'') were called on the red carpet for the first time in years.

But they had good reason to be there - all had cameos in Spade's comedy about a child star (Spade) who has sunk to parking cars. He desperately wants a role in a film to spark his career. But the part requires him to be ``normal,'' so he hires a family to experience a ``normal'' childhood. Call it method play-acting. Spade was quick with his usual straight-faced snappy banter as he walked the carpet with co-stars Mary McCormack, in a frilly frill  
n.
1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat.

2.
 Zac Posen dress, and Alyssa Milano, clad in a very low-cut tight black dress that left little of her to anyone's imagination.

Charlene Tilton (``Dallas'') strolled by in a pink shirt and wide-leg jeans. Comedians Rob Schneider, Tom Arnold and former child star in-the- making Frankie Muniz added to the glitz glitz   Informal
n.
Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis.

tr.v.
. Showing support for Spade: his ``Just Shoot Me'' co-stars George Segal, Wendie Malick and Laura San Giacomo.

The ``ah, for the good old days'' mood continued at the Hollywood Palladium after-party with comfort food like In-N-Out burgers, Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Jamba Juice smoothies. Many guests, and even some former child stars, tried their feet at roller-skating (most very clumsily) in new Skecher skates. OK, so maybe motor skills are the first thing to go. Dax Shepard from MTV's ``Punk'd'' kept folks in stitches as he skated back and forth, pretending to be an Olympic in-line skater while Lewis and Garrett - the latter wearing a head-scarf UNDER his fedora, making it look like he'd just had a lobotomy lobotomy (lōbŏt`əmē, lə–), surgical procedure for cutting nerve pathways in the frontal lobes of the brain. The operation has been performed on mentally ill patients whose behavioral patterns were not improved by other  - chilled and soaked up the limelight. Hey, sure beats sitting home watching your reruns.

PRIMP primp  
v. primped, primp·ing, primps

v.tr.
To dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail.

v.intr.
To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care; preen.
 LIKE A CELEB ce·leb  
n. Informal
A celebrity.
: Hollywood stars get practically everything free, from designer duds to cell phones to spa treatments. So when a star actually pays for a product, you know it's pretty special.

Some of Tinseltown's trendiest gals, Courteney Cox, Kate Hudson and Mandy Moore, have placed orders (using their own credit cards) for Eyeko, a line of London-based cosmetics that's reached cult status, from Max Leykind (formerly of Hard Candy) and his publicist wife, Nina Motahar. The Eyeko line is girly girl·y  
adj.
Variant of girlie.
 and fun and comes in funky, chunky pink plastic containers. Eyeko, the pink-haired animated cyber-cutie mascot who hosts the Web site (eyebeauty.com) helps keep the mood upbeat.

``Life is so serious, and I think makeup should be fun,'' says Motahar. ``Every beauty product now says its anti-aging, fights wrinkles. I don't want to be reminded that I'm getting older!'' The marshmallow-scented products and nostalgic packaging were inspired by Hello Kitty, Pop Art and all things Japanese. And every item is itty-bitty enough to fit in your jeans' back pocket.

Cox loves the Fat Balms ($11) in strawberry, raspberry and mint for lips and cheeks. Moore adores the mascara-in-a-tube ($13.50) and Make out Kits ($19.50) with shadow, blusher and lip gloss. Claire Danes, Charlize Theron and Hudson stock up on Sunshine ($14), a cream bronzer with sun block, and Bronzer, ($12) a brush-on bronze powder. Look for Eyeko at Fred Segal (Hollywood and Santa Monica) and all Sephora shops. And, of course, on the cunningly cute eyebeauty.com Web site.

CAPTION(S):

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Photo:

(1) SPADE: These kids today.

(2) MILANO: Not a child anymore.

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com
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