TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead `COLD' STONE STILL SWEET: After a hiatus from Hollywood, Sharon Stone is ready to heat up the screen again. In the new thriller ``Cold Creek Manor,'' Stone, infamous for her racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. revelation in ``Basic Instinct,'' has another revealing film moment. It's a rear-view walking away from a bed. Despite Stone's public assertion that its hard to fight gravity after 45, she still looks great leaving a room. The actress soaked up the limelight at Wednesday's ``Manor'' premiere at the El Capitan El Cap·i·tan A peak, 2,308.5 m (7,569 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of central California. Its dramatic exposed monolith rises some 1,098 m (3,600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. in Hollywood wearing a sexy black Vera Wang number. She'll next appear in two episodes of ``The Practice'' this fall. And she's already wrapped her next film, ``Catwoman,'' with Halle Berry. In her current film, Stone plays a Manhattan mom who moves with her kids and husband (Dennis Quaid) to the country where they buy and renovate an old house with an unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. history. On her own romantic history (she's divorcing newspaper honcho Honcho A slang term describing the leader or person in charge of an organization. Notes: The CEO of a company could be referred to as the honcho or "head honcho." See also: CEO, CFO, COO, Insider, Leprechaun Leader Phil Bronstein) Stone's still sharp: ``Women may be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake entire relationships.'' Ouch. Stephen Dorff (``Blood and Wine''), who plays the suspicious former owner of the house, has a pretty intense relationship with Stone. But they looked comfy together at the after-party at Hollywood's hot club, White Lotus, where that other Fab 40 Femme femme adj. Slang Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men. n. 1. Slang One who is femme. 2. Informal A woman or girl. Demi Moore was seen dirty dancing with her young dude Ashton Kutcher the night before. But Stone isn't resorting to ``doing a Demi'' to pump up publicity. She was flying solo and Dorff brought his blond model girlfriend May Andersen, who chatted up Vincent Gallo and Lukas Haas while Dorff went off to talk with his mother. Told he was scary in the film, Dorff demurred ``My mom just told me that, too. But she likes the movie. Usually she yells at me for bad-guy roles. When I read this script, it reminded me of 'The Shining,' which I loved. And I loved doing this because director Mike Figgis gave me such a juicy role.'' Co-starring with Sharon Stone - what could be juicier? OOPS! SHE DRESSED HERSELF AGAIN: Fed-up fashionistas waiting for the Diesel show to start Wednesday night during the 7th on 6th gala in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of booed loud and long when Madonna's smoocher Britney Spears sauntered in late, wearing an oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. men's sweater as a minidress. The loud booing surprised the former Pop Princess, who looked a little frightened and quickly tried to curry favor to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n. os> to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. See also: Curry favor by signing an autograph for one faithful young fan. ``It was such a fashion moment,'' said one amazed onlooker afterward. ``I think it was the fashion world's way of saying, 'We are so over you. You do not belong here.' '' BEN ON THE RUN?: Rumors of Ben Affleck hiding out at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, far from the wrath of his just dumped ex-fiancee, Jennifer Lopez, are not true, say reps for the hotel. He may well be in Vegas but he's not bunking at the Hard Rock, which was where he and Jen (and her mother, sister and entourage) hung out just a few months ago, during their much-reported buying spree that included a Mercedes-Benz for his mother-in-law-to-be. Hey, wonder if she has to give the car back? Photos of La Lopez partying in Miami showed her frolicking in the waves sans her pink diamond engagement ring. GYM DANDY: Where's Hollywood's hottest new sweat box? Equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the , a New York-based spa/gym (with boxing, Pilates, yoga and spinning) in Sunset Plaza. Spotted at Equinox's opening party: Daisy Fuentes, currently making Pilates workout videos; David Allen Grier, hopping out of his black Escalade es·ca·lade n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart. [French, from Italian scalata, ultimately from Latin sc wearing a red Adidas jacket that read ``Zimbabwe'' on the back; ``The Boss's Daughter'' Tara Reid in her serious actress phase, with mousy mous·y also mous·ey adj. mous·i·er, mous·i·est 1. Resembling a mouse, especially: a. Having a drab, pale brown color: mousy hair. b. brown hair, a long-sleeve black shirt and blue slacks; Regina King (next up in ``A Cinderella Story'') showing off her buff biceps; Jonathan Silverman, strangely jazzed about the free shampoo goodie good·ie n. Variant of goody1. bags; Melissa Rivers, looking more like her mom every day; and Nicole Richie, Lionel's daughter, with really brassy blond highlights. DEVIL'S ADVOCATES: Not-so-young lovers Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton looked cozy arriving together and hanging in the Founders Circle at the opening night of the Los Angeles Opera's ``The Damnation of Faust.'' The pair has a love scene in the upcoming comedy ``Something's Gotta Give'' in which Nicholson and Keanu Reeves both fall for Keaton's character. Hey, who says they don't write good roles for older actresses? Also enjoying ``Faust'' and the glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. after-party: Paramount studio head Sherry Lansing and husband/director William Friedkin. we saw U That red-haired rascal, ``CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International Miami'' star David Caruso (wearing a baseball cap pulled down low) sharing pasta with a young voluptuous brunette at Cuchina on Melrose Avenue Saturday night. Anyone for dessert? People at the next table tried not to snicker when Caruso's credit card was rejected. Ouch. Hey, like that hasn't happened to ALL of us at least once. Irish hunk Gabriel Byrne and friends dining at Ago. ``Alias'' super sleuth Jennifer Garner keeping in top secret shape running the Santa Monica stairs. Owen Wilson, like, just hanging at the bar of the Standard Hotel. Five-months-pregnant Justine Bateman sporting a short sexy black dress and knee-high boots, at the after-party for ``A Series of Comedic Lectures by John Lehr'' at the Santa Monica Powerhouse Theatre. Rosanna Arquette and her brother Alexis at last week's Hugo Boss reopening party in Beverly Hills. She was the DJ; he wore a blond wig, black mesh top and a red velvet hooded cloak that made him look like Little Red Riding Hood Noun 1. Little Red Riding Hood - a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother . CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) STONE: Demi who? Steve Granitz/WireImage.com (2 -- color) SPEARS: Linus needs his sweater back. Ron Galella/WireImage.com (3 -- color) BATEMAN Barry King/WireImage.com (4 -- color) RICHIE Amy Graves/WireImage.com (5 -- color) CARUSO Jim Spellman/WireImage.com |
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