TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead DO RON RON: Tom Ford threw a big party last week at the Gucci Boutique in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. to celebrate a new book of photos by Ron Galella Ronald E. Galella (b. 1931) is an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo. Photography career Galella is most widely known for his photographs of celebrities and his technique, which was innovative in the mid-1950s, of catching the subjects of his photos in , the notorious paparazzo pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. who made a fortune from hit-and-run close-ups and long-lens invasion shots of stars from the mid-'60s to the late '80s. The glossy coffee table tome, ``The Photographs of Ron Galella,'' is admittedly a guilty pleasure, with candid snaps of famous folks such as Nancy AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club, based in Nancy. The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965. It was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979. and Frank Sinatra, Cher and Gregg Allman, Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman and Robert Redford Noun 1. Robert Redford - United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Charles Robert Redford, Redford to Roman Polanski, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbra Streisand Noun 1. Barbra Streisand - United States singer and actress (born in 1942) Barbra Joan Streisand, Streisand and Joey Heatherton Joey Heatherton (born September 14 1944) is an American actress, dancer and singer who reached the peak of her popularity in the 1960s. Daughter of Ray Heatherton Christened Davenie Johanna . Galella was not always so popular. In fact, he was a pariah. Jackie Kennedy Onassis got a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. to keep him away from her and her kids, and some stars in the book are photographed throwing punches (Sean Penn) or running from Galella's lens. But Ford, who wrote the book's glowing intro, calls Galella's photos ``iconic'' and says no star could possibly complain because they look so fantastic in the photos. But the stars didn't agree. Despite Gucci's star-seduction, the only celebs who showed up were Diane Keaton, who wrote the book's flattering forward; Tom Hanks' lovely wife, Rita Wilson (in black lace Gucci, natch); ``90210's'' Shannen Doherty; and People magazine's Couture Jester Steven Cojacaru, clad in a furry coat. WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WEAR: The stars sure turned out later that night for Women's Wear Daily's Oscar party, held in a private Hancock Park home for designers, models, stylists, stars and their publicists. The headliners were ``Leaving Las Vegas' '' Nic Cage, ``Gladiator's'' evil emperor Joaquin Phoenix and a red-haired date, ``Six Feet Under's'' Rachel Griffiths, Shannen Doherty (again), the traveling Arquette sisters (Patricia and Rosanna), Kelly Lynch, ``Gosford Park's'' Jeremy Northam and three ``Showgirls'' stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon and her lips. But wouldn't these A-listers have been horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. to know that the exclusive fashion bash was held in a house owned by a notorious tabloid personality, Janet Charlton, gossip columnist for the Star. And the intrepid scribe was walking among them, albeit in disguise (a black Jackie O wig and plaid Chanel suit), sniffing around the par-tay for good juice for her column. Charlton regularly rents her home out for photo shoots and parties, and when megastar Gwyneth Paltrow walked through her front door, greeted by more flashbulbs than artillery over Kabul, Charlton smiled like the Cheshire Cat and whispered, ``The value of my house just shot up 50 grand!'' AFFAIRS OF THE ART: Michel Comte's benefit for ``People and Places Without Names,'' held last week in L.A.'s Ace Gallery, drew lots of people with names. Mixing, mingling, sipping and noshing on ceviche ce·vi·che or se·vi·che n. Raw fish marinated in lime or lemon juice with olive oil and spices and served as an appetizer. [American Spanish, from Spanish cebiche, fish stew, from and noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. in the spacious, sprawling gallery were hostess Geraldine Chaplin; artists Julian Schnabel, John Baldessari and Ed Rucha; Natasha Gregson Wagner; Bryan Adams; Daryl Hannah; Alan Cumming; singer Macy Gray; director Adrian Lyne; Oliver Hudson; Billy Zane; Donovan Leitch; Salma Hayek; Chloe Sevigny; and Dennis Hopper. Viggo Mortensen, his ``Lord of the Rings'' long hair now in a conservative crew cut, perused the artwork with his girlfriend, Lola Schnabel (Julian's daughter), while a solo Uma Thurman, in a very snug sweater and very snug skirt, chatted with Vanity Fair's very pregnant photo editor Elizabeth Saltzman about birthing babies. The lively auction featured artwork by Peter Beard, Jeff Koons, Irving Penn, Leni Riefenstahl and Andy Warhol. In the fiercest bidding, ``ER's'' Eriq La Salle won Thomas Hopker's '55 photo of Muhammad Ali for 9 grand, and Chateau Marmont owner Andre Balazs snagged a huge Schnabel carpet painting for $180,000. All proceeds went to Comte's fund to aid the victims of conflicts in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Angola. Pretty much the same cast of characters also turned up last week at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills to admire Julian Schnabel's latest works, a collection of Big Girl Paintings, enormous brightly colored portraits of anonymous women, all without eyes. Hmmm. All the better to see the painting, says Schnabel, who certainly should know. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) DIANE KEATON: Kind words. (2) OLATZ AND JULIAN SCHNABEL: At the gallery. |
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