TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead, Meaghan Murphy and Joel Stratte-McClure GRAND CANYON Grand Canyon, great gorge of the Colorado River, one of the natural wonders of the world; c.1 mi (1.6 km) deep, from 4 to 18 mi (6.4–29 km) wide, and 217 mi (349 km) long, NW Ariz. : Let the campaigns begin! The Oscar race got off to a great start Wednesday at V-Life's Oscar Portfolio bash. Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. sits on the cover of the Oscar contender issue. Inside are fab photos of everyone from Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx (born December 13, 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray, and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. , Nicole Kidman, Clint Eastwood and Kevin Bacon to Christopher Walken, Hilary Swank, Don Cheadle Donald Frank Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Donald Cheadle, a child psychologist, and Betty, a bank manager and a and Julia Roberts. The party was held at director/producer Brett Ratner's Benedict Canyon Benedict Canyon can mean:
Why the open house? Why not! Ratner was the guest editor of the previous issue of V-Life and got in spreads on his famous home and $1 billion imaginary studio. Due to the mudslides in the canyons, the road was bumper-to-bumper. Most of the frazzled guests hung on the patio around the pool or attacked the fruit 'n' cheese table in the center of Ratner's high-ceiling living/screening room. But some special folks, like Ratner's ex-squeeze Rebecca Gayheart, were ushered to an upstairs room, away from the common folk. No sign of his recent date, tennis star Serena Williams. Industry 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 Peter Guber, producer Kevin Williamson (``Scream 2,'' ``Dawson's Creek'') and the infamous Bob Evans were also floating around. Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American actress who was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin. Although she is of mostly Irish descent, Boyle also has an Italian-American great-grandfather. and a gal pal arrived around 9 p.m. and immediately hit Ratner's outdoor photo booth (just like the ones in local malls) to pose for a strip of four black-and-white mug shots. Word is Ratner is planning a follow-up to his recently published ``Hillhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures'' ($35) featuring stars in his private photo booth. This we gotta see. Golden Globe contender Javier Bardem stopped by after the special ``The Sea Inside'' screening on Robertson Boulevard, where he was joined by Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman and Kelly Lynch. FAT ACTRESS: ``It's my birthday, I'm on a diet, and they're taunting me with food,'' complained Kirstie Alley as she surveyed mountains of burgers, chips, cookies, candy bars, fries and ice cream at a press party at Universal Studios. ``But I'm not going there! I want to be skinny again.'' But a little cake never hurt anyone. Alley, who turned 54 Wednesday, took a tiny 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). from her ``Happy Birthday Kirstie'' chocolate cake before talking up ``Fat Actress,'' her Showtime comedy/reality sitcom, and her ads for the Jenny Craig weight-management program. ``I didn't realize how fat and funny-looking I'd become until I saw myself on camera last fall and realized that, uh, I was a pretty scary sight,'' said the 5-foot-7-inch Emmy winner who tipped the scales at more than 200 pounds in 2004. ``But I've just lost 10 pounds and want to drop another 60 to slim down to my 'Cheers' size by the time the program airs in March.'' With the whole world watching ads documenting her progress? ``I was on public display as the weight went on, and I'm on public display as it comes off,'' said Alley, who also contends she's sworn off sex until she regains her figure. ``Hey, if I'd known it would have been this good for my career I would have gotten fat years ago.'' Alley wasn't the only birthday kid at the bash that included Ted Danson, Neve Campbell, Paget Brewster, Amy Spanger, Alan Cumming, Christine Lakin and Julie Benz. Another Showtime (``Huff'') star, the beefy beefy, beefyness 1. in dog conformation, used to describe overdevelopment of musculature in the hindquarters. 2. in cattle, used to designate the desirable physical conformation of a beef animal, but an undesirable character in dairy cattle. Oliver Platt, who also celebrated a birthday Wednesday (his 45th) looked perfectly content with his weight as he blew out his candles. Or maybe he just wants to add a few pounds and follow in the professional footsteps of the fat actress. ``Everybody with any kind of problem just needs his or her own reality show to solve it,'' said Alley as she headed home to eat a Salisbury steak. When do we get ours? We Saw U ``Kinsey'' star Liam Neeson having a light lunch at the Four Seasons restaurant. Delroy Lindo chatting with pals in the hotel lobby. Selma Blair, bundled up in a brown winter coat and red scarf, leaving the Cheesecake Factory in the Sherman Oaks Galleria Sherman Oaks Galleria is a shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley. Locals colloquially refer to the mall simply as "the Galleria. with new husband Ahmet Zappa. ``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 : New York's'' Eddie Cahill waiting under the valet umbrella at Cafe Bizou on Ventura Boulevard. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (Kirstie Alley) Lester Cohen/WireImage.com (2 -- color) BARDEM, KIDMAN: From `Sea' to Canyon. Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com |
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