TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead and Joel Stratte-McClure THIS ONE'S FOR YOU: Monday night's 14th annual Ella Awards definitely featured, as host Eric McCormack Eric James McCormack (b. April 18 1963,[1] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American actor of Canadian, Irish and Cherokee descent. He maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver. so aptly put it, the ``hottest karaoke bar in America,'' for the Society of Singers event honoring artist/activist Sir Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. . The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) has been a notable part of the Southern California performing arts community for over twenty-six years. Formed July 12, 1979 as a volunteer effort of 99 gay men from all over the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, GMCLA has opened the evening at the Beverly Hilton performing a hilariously choreographed version of ``The Bitch Is Back'' that cracked up the audience, as well as Elton and his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. k.d. Lang had the audience holding back tears with her version of ``Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word.'' LeAnn Rimes and Smokey Robinson did a sparkling duet of ``Don't Go Breaking My Heart "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was a duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche" (a pun on the expression "carte blanche"), and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Tamla Motown style, .'' Michael McDonald belted out ``Take Me to the Pilot,'' and Joss Stone rocked out ``I Believe in Love.'' British singer Lulu sang her classic hit ``To Sir, With Love,'' adding afterward ``I never thought I would sing this song, and mean it, to another Sir.'' Barry Manilow confessed ``I always wanted to marry Elton John,'' before deftly marrying Elton's ``Your Song'' and his own ``This One's for You.'' After an hour of incredible performances, Elton accepted his Ella Award from Manilow with a short speech: ``I am truly humbled to accept this award because I grew up listening to the masters - Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. I didn't start singing until I was 20, and before that I was a really bad organist in a band. So Barry might well have ended up with someone else. But I couldn't really have married you, Barry. There would have been too much fuss in front of the mirror.'' DIGGING DEEP: It wasn't easy to outshine out·shine v. out·shone , out·shin·ing, out·shines v.tr. 1. a. To shine brighter than. b. To be more beautiful, splendid, or flamboyant than. 2. stunning Charlize Theron at the premiere of ``North Country'' at the Mann Grauman's Chinese Theater Grauman’s Chinese Theater famous for the imprints of movie stars’ footprints in its forecourt. [Am. Cinema: Payton, 284.] See : Fame Monday night. Theron, playing a grimy grim·y adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty. grim  i·ly adv. Minnesota miner whose actions lead to the first-ever class-action lawsuit for sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. , wore a sparkling Cartier diamond necklace and a sexy black Stella McCartney dress. She even took a few puffs on a cigarette inside the after-party at the Roosevelt Hotel before stuffing it into a bottle of mineral water. But she still wasn't the center of attention. ``Charlize, Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson and the other actors aren't the real heroes here tonight,'' explained New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. director Niki Caro. ``They would be the women miners who flew in from Minnesota for a film that celebrates their real-life winning legal battle against abuse in the workplace. Pat them on the back and give them a drink.'' And that's what everyone did. ``These women were courageous, and this film underlines the epic nature of what they did to express their outrage and improve the lot of women everywhere,'' said Sean Bean, who comes from mining country in Yorkshire and plays McDormand's partner in the movie. ``Although everyone's dressed up tonight, Charlize and Frances remarkably caught their working-class look and attitude.'' The real-life miners weren't a bit overwhelmed by Hollywood and the stars - including Alicia Silverstone, Amy Davidson, Drea de Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972[1]) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. , Taryn Manning, Stuart Townsend and Michelle Monaghan - at the after-party. But they were humbled by ``North Country'' and do consider Theron their hero. ``Charlize made us realize how much we changed things, and for the first time we feel really good about what we did,'' said Diane Hodge, who worked in the mines for 25 years and cried four times during the premiere. ``Things were often worse than they're portrayed in the film, but the guilty men back home still won't like this movie.'' 'DOMINO' STYLE: Two of Hollywood's most stunning style setters, Keira Knightley and Mena Suvari, sizzled at the Hollywood premiere of ``Domino,'' a film loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey, actor Laurence Harvey's daughter, who gave up a privileged Beverly Hills lifestyle to became a notorious bounty hunter Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. . Knightley, who plays Domino, looked hot in a scandalously sheer and snug black vintage Missoni halter halter the simplest form of restraint for the head of farm animals. Comprises a poll strap, a nose band and a halter shank that brings the ends of the nose band together under the mandible. Made of leather or cotton or manila rope. gown with dark sooty soot·y adj. soot·i·er, soot·i·est 1. Covered with or as if with soot. 2. Blackish or dusky in color. 3. Of or producing soot. eyes. Her co-star Suvari kept her fashion statement short in a gold, silver and black minidress by Alessandro Dell'Acqua with gold spike heels and a tousled blond 'do. Lucy Liu, who plays Taryn Miles, sparkled in a strappy champagne-colored gown with long platinum, diamond and pearl earrings designed by Neal Lane. Mickey Rourke, who plays a very convincing bounty hunter, was also on hand, clad in a bright red satin shirt, metallic paisley jacket, jeans and aviator shades. We're not sure who designed his face. WE SAW U Rod Stewart and his noticeably preggers fiancee Penny Lancaster dining at Il Piccolino on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood. Il Piccolino, taken over by legendary L.A. restaurateurs Eddie Kerkhofs (formerly of Le Dome) and Silvio De Mori (formerly of Mimosa, Cafe des Artistes), is now stiff competition for Morton's, the Ivy and Orso. If you get a table, try the infamous tuna carpaccio car·pac·cio n. Very thinly sliced raw meat or fish, especially beef or tuna, garnished with a sauce. [Italian, after Vittore Carpaccio, who favored red pigments. . How many skirts does one pregnant star need? ``Alias'' hottie Jennifer Garner snatched up three NOM corduroy corduroy, a cut filling-pile fabric with lengthwise ridges, or wales, that may vary from fine (pinwale) to wide. Extra filling yarns float over a number of warp yarns that form either a plain-weave or twill-weave ground. skirts to update her fall maternity wardrobe. Dining on the terrace at Orso on Third Street in West Hollywood: Stockard Channing with a male friend, and Alan Cumming with an impressive entourage. Diana Ross, wearing all white with enormous hair, was spotted buying deli stuff at Ralphs on Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood. Caught shopping at Ron Herman's exclusive invitation-only sale at Fred Segal on Melrose: Anthony Kiedis, Salma Hayek, Sara Gilbert, Molly Stanton (``Twins''), Sarah Chalke (``Scrubs'') and Lisa Ling. Weren't invited? Check out the sale at RonHerman.com, the new Web site that'll make you feel so Hollywood elite. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) JOHN: Man in the mirror. (2) RIMES and ROBINSON: They know how to duet right. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (3) KNIGHTLEY and SUVARI: Fashion statements. Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com (4) THERON: Miner matters. Chris Pizzello/WireImage.com |
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