TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead, Joel Stratte-McClure and Greg Hernandez MAYOR GOES ALL OUT: On a day that began with a 3:30 a.m. call advising him of the London bombings, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wrapped up a marathon Thursday by surprising the opening night audience at Outfest 2005. It marked the first time a Los Angeles mayor has ever appeared at the gay and lesbian film fest. Villaraigosa got a standing ovation from the crowd at downtown's Orpheum Theatre and said he wanted to participate to honor ``a community that has given so much to our city and our country. The honor is mine, not yours.'' THE LATEST WEARS: How do Hollywood's hot stars look cool this summer? Stars such as Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Ripa went shopping for the latest summer chillin' trends: turquoise and coral earrings; wood bracelets; long, flowing, gauze gauze (gawz) a light, open-meshed fabric of muslin or similar material. absorbable gauze gauze made from oxidized cellulose. skirts and baby doll tops; and Swarovski crystal-covered flip flops ($125) from www.funfeet.com. Other famous fmmes, including Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan and Drew Barrymore, are forgoing heels for Jimmy Choo's new Momo flat. And they're no doubt on the waiting list for Choo's hot new jelly thong flats. The casual sandals come in purple and brown Purple and Brown is a claymation short on Nicktoons Network. The story is about two clay blobs, one purple and the other brown, friends who get caught in ridiculous situations. Despite any given predicament, the duo can never help but giggle with a low, recognizable laugh. with bubble plastic soles and multicolored beads, a mere $230 at all Choo boutiques. But high spirits also keep stars cool. Black Eyed Peas This article is about the American hip hop group. For the vegetable, see Black-eyed pea. The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. The group is currently composed of will.i.am, apl.de. rocker will.i.am pops his cork for Pommery POP Champagne, called the unconventional bubbly. Jimmy Smits and Jamie Foxx went wild for Giovanni, the Margarita King's tart mixers. And what would a party be without tunes? Foxx takes his new Portable Satellite Radio system everywhere. Just call it his very own My-Fi. Lohan spend the July 4th holiday in L.A., relaxing before starting to shoot her new film, ``Fashionista.'' Bet she watched the holiday hours pass on the new Ice Tek watch she got at the Wango Tango concert. Sexy Latin crossover star Paulina Rubio hops into her new Harley boots for long summer bike trips. And Katie Holmes has been wearing her new Habitual Glory Nocturnal jeans when she rides Tom Cruise's bike around town. Bet Holmes won't be seen wearing the hot new ``Free Katie'' T-shirt sold on freekatie.com, a site that proudly purports to be ``dedicated to rescuing sweet Katie Holmes from the clutches of the mad Scientologist Tom Cruise.'' The block-lettered ``Free Katie'' is the fastest seller ($11.99 to $19.99) in Hollywood, followed by ``Let Katie Go,'' ``Pseudo Religion,'' ``Toxic Tom,'' ``Team Prozac,'' ``A Few Good Meds,'' ``You Can't Handle the Truth'' and ``Stop Sofa Abuse'' styles. Oh, and they also sell ``Free Katie'' mugs, bumper stickers, bikinis and baseball caps. FERTILE GROUND: Oh, don't be so glib! L.A.'s literati literati Scholars in China and Japan whose poetry, calligraphy, and paintings were supposed primarily to reveal their cultivation and express their personal feelings rather than demonstrate professional skill. gathered in a posh Beverly Hills high-rise condo to fete David Plotz's new book, ``The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. Sperm Bank sperm bank Reproduction medicine A registered tissue bank that collects, stores, tests, and sells frozen sperm to be used for artificial insemination. See Artificial insemination. .'' The crowd was nothing if not diverse: author/politician Arianna Huffington, who, if you believe idle party chatter, will soon embark on a two-week Mediterranean cruise aboard Viacom 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 David Geffen's private yacht; ``The West Wing'' writer/producer Eli Attie; Meghan Daum, whose novel ``The Quality of Life Report'' has been optioned by Nicole Kidman's production company; Nora Ephron's wacky sister Amy Ephron, whose novel ``One Sunday Morning'' is getting rave reviews; high-octane publicist Stephen Rivers; acclaimed political blogger Mickey Kaus (kausfiles.com); Media Bistro gossip blogger Michael Sonnenschein; and former New Republic D.C.-based writer Ruth Shalit, now a pregnant and aspiring L.A.-based novelist. Plotz briefly read a tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. snippet A small amount of something. In the computer field, it often refers to a small piece of program code. about donations from his bizarre history of the Repository for Germinal Choice The Repository for Germinal Choice (originally known as the Hermann J. Muller Repository for Germinal Choice) was a sperm bank that existed in Escondido, California from 1980 to 1999. The repository accepted only donations from Nobel Prize laureates and others with a proven high IQ. , a California sperm bank founded in the '80s by notorious millionaire Robert Graham, who sought to raise the value of genetic stock by inviting Nobel Prize winners Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Year Recipient(s) 1969 Ragnar Frisch Jan Tinbergen 1970 Paul A. Samuelson 1971 Simon Kuznets 1972 Sir John R. Hicks Kenneth J. to donate sperm to be used by Mensa-minded women. Since the Repository's dusty records, like those of all sperm banks, were confidential, Plotz used the Internet to attract and track down donors, recipients and offspring. Maybe that's why the evening's parlor game was trying to figure out which three guests were actually two genius-factory donors and one genius-factory spawn. Sorry, our lips are sealed. You'll just have to read the darn book. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) We Saw U Farrah Fawcett, wearing dark shades, black skirt, white shirt and black V-neck sweater, reporting for jury duty at the Beverly Hills Municipal Court on July 6. Lucky jury! Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images (2) no caption (Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa) Kevin Winter/Getty Images (3) no caption (sandals) (4) no caption (shirt) |
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