TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.DISAPPEARING ACT: ``We're running late!'' Hugh Jackman whispered to Christian Bale when they hugged in the lobby of 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. Theatre on Tuesday night. Then the two, who play rival Victorian-age magicians in ``The Prestige,'' which opens today, took everyone at the premiere by surprise. They disappeared. They didn't show up at the after-party in the Hollywood & Highland complex, where eight professional magicians deftly performed card tricks against a quaint backdrop of antiques, artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , posters and magic props from late-19th-century England. Nor did they join co-star Michael Caine, who regularly pops into the nearby Magic Castle when he's in town, to feast on Yorkshire pudding, shepherd's pie shep·herd's pie n. A meat pie baked in a crust of mashed potatoes. shepherd's pie Noun a baked dish of minced meat covered with mashed potato Noun 1. and other typical British fare. And they definitely disappointed guests, including Minnie Driver and Ricardo Chavira, who expected them to magically appear at the party in the denouement de·noue·ment also dé·noue·ment n. 1. a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot. b. of their vanishing act "Vanishing Act" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 21 July, 1996, during the second season. Introduction Trevor McPhee makes a quick trip to the shops, but after a strange experience he returns home to find that ten years have . Just before midnight, rumors were circulating that the two might have been ``disappeared'' for violating the magicians' code of ethics Code of Ethics can refer to:
``The interesting magic in the film is authentic and very well done, but nothing is really exposed,'' said Gay Blackstone, director of the Magic Castle, as she made a strawberry trifle desert disappear the old-school way (by eating it). ``They didn't give anything away, and I think they're safe.'' Then where were the two actors? A studio rep mumbled something about Jackman taking a flight to 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 and a party hack said Bale never attends social functions. But the eight magicians were mum. PUT IT IN DRIVE: James Denton is still somewhat comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m on ``Desperate Housewives.'' But the plumber was certainly conscious when a German sponsor offered him a ``free'' SUV before he presented awards to Teri Hatcher and Nicollette Sheridan at the Pacific Design Center last Sunday night. ``Can you believe that I've been given a car because an executive's wife watches the show in Ingolstadt?'' Denton said at the Hollywood Style Awards as he joined Avril Lavigne, Jessica Biel, Melinda Clarke, Kim Raver, Isaiah Washington, Anastacia and other presenters. ``Nobody gave me anything when I was a poor, starving actor, and I'm certainly not going to refuse a new car.'' Hatcher was equally enthused about accepting another award. ``This is important because it acknowledges the work I do for charity,'' she said before Denton presented her with the Hollywood Soul prize. Then she urged Sheridan (Style Siren), Rebecca Romijn (Hollywood Glamazon), Janet Jackson (Ultimate Trendsetter trend·set·ter n. One that initiates or popularizes a trend: "The Golden State, ever the trendsetter, reformed its property tax" New York. Icon), Brent Bolthouse (Hollywood Stylemaker), Gunnar Peterson (Star Body Sculptor) and other stylish winners to help others. ``Our biggest challenge as actors,'' said Hatcher, ``is to stop thinking about ourselves and start thinking about others who are grateful for anything we can give them.'' One honoree was mystified mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. that anyone was thinking about giving him something. ``They've got to be digging real deep when they give a body trainer an award,'' said Peterson, whose clients include pregnant emcee Dayna Devon. Yet the possibility of a free car may keep many coming back for future events produced by Hollywood Life Magazine. ``I'm going to keep riding the Teri Hatcher gravy train as long as I can,'' concluded Denton. ``I just hope that they keep my character alive on the show.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) JACKMAN and BALE: Now you see 'em, now you don't Kevin Winter/Getty Images (2) HATCHER: Life beyond Wisteria Lane Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com |
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