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TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.


PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT: Double Grammy winner John Mayer

For other people named John Mayer, see John Mayer (disambiguation).


John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
 was acting like the mayor of Los Angeles when he held court in a pink-hued outdoor cabana at the Sony/BMG post-Grammy party at the Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel.  on Sunday night.

The most enthusiastic buss occurred when Mayer excitedly greeted girlfriend Jessica Simpson, now a brunette, with a bear hug Bear Hug

An offer made by a company to buy the shares of another company that is too high for the board of the target firm to refuse.

Notes:
If the target company says the merger is okay but they want a higher price, it is called a "teddy bear hug.
 and lip lock, as daddy Joe and sister Ashley looked on. When the Simpson clan drifted off, the shaggy-haired, Armani-clad musician with an ever-full cocktail glass met with the Dixie Chicks. Then he huddled with Chris Daughtry, chatted up Clive Davis and traded style notes with Wyclef Jean.

Mayer's main topic of conversation? Not Jessica, but his upcoming tour. "I'm going to mix things up, do some different arrangements of the songs," he said.

Back in the ballroom, Beyonce made a quick entrance and exit, heading off to the People magazine party that she was theoretically hosting at Eleven.

John Legend was surrounded by a partying posse. Carrie Underwood sat demurely 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.
 on a couch and Imogen Heap wandered by in her delightfully ornate Halloween-in-February get-up. Natasha Bedingfield showed off her skintight skin·tight  
adj.
Fitting closely or clinging to the skin.


skintight
Adjective

(of garments) fitting tightly over the body; clinging

Adj. 1.
, bright-red Herve Leger vintage dress while Gina Gershon smoked up a storm on the patio.

Orthodox Jew and reggae rapper Matisyahu -- with his yarmulke and beard, and his tiny infant clutched in his arms -- stood out in the crowd. Bringing a newborn baby to a Grammy Awards after party?

Now that's weird -- even for Hollywood.

HAUTE NIGHT: Donatella Versace poured herself into a skintight golden gown, lit a cigarette and reigned supreme over an incredible array of the uber famous when she received, along with late brother Gianni, the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award last week.

How did the doyenne doy·enne  
n.
A woman who is the eldest or senior member of a group.



[French, feminine of doyen, senior member; see doyen.]

Noun 1.
 of Italian fashion seduce a crush of A-listers -- including Jennifer Lopez, Penelope Cruz, Mary J. Blige, Drew Barrymore, Demi Moore and Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is married to actor/rapper Will Smith. Biography
Early life
Jada was born September 18 Jada Koren Pinkett in Baltimore, Maryland to Robsol Pinkett, Jr.
 -- to don her couture and strut down the black carpet at the Beverly Hills City Hall?

Simple, darling.

Donatella sent personal notes inviting/begging each star to join her and co-host Rupert Everett to sip champagne, nibble Half a byte (four bits).

(data) nibble - /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, a nibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore be represented by one hex digit).
 on caviar and wear a fabulous gown for the night. It worked. House of Versace admirers turned up in droves and draped drape  
v. draped, drap·ing, drapes

v.tr.
1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure.
 themselves all over the couches in the private VIP petting zoo.

Who else did we see? Sharon Stone (who imitated Donatella's accent during the auction of a Versace Lamborghini to benefit Elton John's AIDS Foundation), Eva Longoria, Jennifer Hudson, Mischa Barton, Christina Ricci, Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell. The Versace-clad male musical contingent included John, Kanye West, Marc Anthony, Quincy Jones and Axl Rose.

Elton and Axl performed, but the Guns 'n Roses set almost didn't happen because guitarist Ron Thal was being kept out by the fire marshals.

He pulled the "I'm in the band!" card, but no such luck for Courtney Love, who couldn't buy or scream her way past security into the VIP section. The buzz is that she did more than just leave Donatella's letter of admission at home.

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(1) MAYER and DAUGHTRY: Grammy night a time for schmoozing

Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

(2) MATISYAHU: Bringing up baby Bringing Up Baby, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is a 1938 screwball comedy telling the story of a scientist winding up in various predicaments involving a woman with a unique sense of logic and a leopard named Baby.  

Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com

(3) EVERETT and VERSACE: Champagne, caviar and lots of style

Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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