TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Jenny Peters ALL ABOUT JESSICA: Who needs Nick Lachey, anyway? Not Jessica Simpson, who rolled onto Hollywood Boulevard Tuesday night amid a sea of screaming fans to celebrate the premiere of ``Employee of the Month,'' her second movie -- and first since her split with husband Nick. On a red carpet at the Mann Chinese Theatre strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. with cardboard boxes and Dunkin' Donuts containers, Simpson was demure de·mure adj. de·mur·er, de·mur·est 1. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior. 2. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. See Synonyms at shy1. in a '50s-inspired red polka dot Oscar de la Renta Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a leading fashion designer. Early years De la Renta (born Oscar Aristides Renta Fiallo) was born in the Dominican Republic to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father. and matching Manolos. After admitting to the massed reporters that ``I was going through a pretty rough time while making `Employee of the Month,' '' the perky blonde delightedly skipped across the boulevard to do a quick meet, greet and sign for her adoring fans. Those people were inside the theater, too, and as the lights finally went down (more than 45 minutes late), screams of, ``We love you, Jessica!'' rang out from all sides. Afterward, Simpson and her pride of male co-stars -- Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, Harland Williams, Efren Ramirez, Brian George and Andy Dick (who steals the movie as an almost-blind optician optician, filler of prescriptions for and dispenser of corrective lenses. An optician may grind lenses as instructed by the prescription of an optometrist (see optometry) or ophthalmologist (see ophthalmology) or transcribe the instructions for laboratory mechanics. ) -- basked in the glow of positive crowd reaction. The movie opens to the public Oct. 6. Everyone trooped across the street to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for the after party, where Cook joked about the romance rumors and tabloid attention that swirled around him and his pretty co-star. ``That was a learning experience! It was like I was at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , learning how to be astronaut in a minute. But the great thing about Jessica is that she's been through it, up and down the road, so she kind of helped me to understand it. ``You know what, though? It certainly didn't hurt that it made people know about the movie. But it was a little daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin to have that 24/7.'' Jessica, meanwhile was nowhere in sight, for the star who IS on 24/7 was doing a quick change, into a plunging Herve Leger dress and revamped hair and makeup. She and parents Joe and Tina Simpson joined the party very late, just in time to greet Jason Davis, who stumbled in close to midnight, as well as Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Griffin, Tom Arnold and the rest of the crowd, who stayed up by drinking Red Bull and vodka just to get a glimpse of the golden girl. AUTISM autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. FUNDRAISER: Inspirational words were in the air Monday night at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, all for the cause of curing autism. ``CSI'' star Gary Dourdan sat in on drums at the back of the stage and led a jazzy band, while a slew of actors -- the men in cream colors on high stools, the women in black on low chairs -- brought the evening's program, ``Acts of Love: Dreams,'' to life to help raise funds for the Cure Autism Now Cure Autism Now (CAN) describes itself as an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach. Foundation. There were Keith David and Richard Schiff remembering the dreams of Martin Luther King and Albert Einstein; Samantha Mathis and Talia Shire reliving the words of Amelia Earhart and Lucille Ball; James Denton, Christopher Gorham, Amanda Seyfried, Nita Whitaker, Don LaFontaine and Elizabeth Perkins breathing life into dream memories of Oprah Winfrey, Carl Jung, Christopher Reeve, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King and many, many others in the two-hour program. Gary Cole, who had a very personal reason for lending his voice and support to the party, read from Kafka's ``Metamorphosis'' and Shakespeare's ``Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. .'' Earlier, over cannelloni can·nel·lo·ni n. 1. Pasta in large-sized tubes. 2. A dish consisting of such tubes stuffed with meat, vegetables, or cheese and baked in a tomato or cream sauce. [Italian, pl. at the VIP dinner at Tanino, he proudly discussed his autistic autistic /au·tis·tic/ (aw-tis´tik) characterized by or pertaining to autism. teenage daughter, Mary. ``She's very high-functioning, and she's into this great performing-arts magnet school. She's completely into musical theater,'' he explained. ``She's doing really well, but there's still a lot more we need to do to find a cure for autism.'' A theater full of familiar faces agreed with him, as everyone from Brenda Strong, Scott Foley, Grant Show, Marc Blucas, D.B. Sweeney, Bahar Soomekh, Monica Potter and Jason Schwartzman soaked up the literary and musical moments, then gathered for dessert and drinks and a lot of un-Hollywood-like serious conversations about making the night's dream of an autism cure come true sooner rather than later. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) SIMPSON: Her fans went dotty. (2) COLE: Speaking out for autism's cure. |
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