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Bed Bath & Beyond Hosts A Swank-Lowe Reunion

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In today's episode: Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe; Jack Black; Colin Farrell; Dustin Hoffman; Michael Bay, Seth Green, Joshua Jackson, Lance Bass, Efren Ramirez, Josh Henderson, and Ben Lyons; Jennifer Jason Leigh and Noah Baumbach; Tom Freston; Cybill Shepherd; Wentworth Miller and Tia Carrere; Adam Brody; Benjamin McKenzie; Jonah Hill; Wayne Newton; Peter Cambor; Sanjaya Malakar and Phil Stacey.

· Spotted Chad Lowe at the West LA "Bed Bath and Beyond" store this afternoon (Wednesday, June27). He was slumming it in jeans, t-shirt, and ball cap, in the small kitchen appliance section of the store. Looked good, but definitely not a Defamer worthy sighting.

I ended up behind him in the check out line, and this is where the story finally becomes interesting. He suddenly jumped out of the line and ran over to a brunette he spotted in the nearby return section. They enjoyed a loooong hug and when they pulled apart, lo and behold, I could it was ex-wife Hilary Swank, looking quite beautiful while dressed down in a white t-shirt and beige jeans.

They spoke and beamed at one another for about a minute before returning to their separate check out lines. They were quite comfortable with one another, and it was a sweet little moment to witness.

· 6/28 - I had lunch at Mozza on Thursday and to my surprise saw only one celeb (though the place was probably crawling with industry types). Jack Black was seated at the table next to me and had a lengthy lunch with a couple of non-famous, or at least unrecognizable, guys. He looked pretty subdued but appeared to be enjoying himself.

· June 26 I just saw Colin Farrell drinking a latte or some other coffee drink with three other guys at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf behind CAA's deathstar building in Century City.

· 6/27/07 at 4pm Just saw Dustin Hoffman pull up to the Brentwood Longs Drugs in his prius (of course). Wandered casually into the store and added a few pumice stones to his cavernous cart, while talking on his cellphone. Looked a little lost, but who isn't since they did remodeled. Khakis and polo and a gorgeous antique watch complemented the relaxed Westside afternoon loafer look.

· At the "Transformers" premiere in Westwood on 6/27 - Josh Henderson (looking just like you'd expect of someone who's done Paris - totally gross and totally out of it), Joshua Jackson (thin, in skinny man jeans, but still looking really good, still don't want him to be Fletch), Lance Bass (he had dark hair, looked like, you know, himself), star Kevin Dunn (very nice to fans), Seth Green (dark hair, short as ever, on the non-star blue? carpet), Efren "Pedro" Ramirez (he, frankly, looked insane), Ben Lyons (the E! guy, actually really cute and really nice), and Michael Bay (the man himdamnself, whom I accidentally got drunk and accosted with weird compliments; sorry, dude, your movie rocked!). Is it wrong that even after this motley crew of sightings, I still feel empty inside because of NO Shia sightings???

· Tuesday night was on my way to meeting friends at a bar on 3rd and outside Orso ran into the valet stand hubbub. Slowed down drive-by style and was rewarded with Jennifer Jason Leigh hugging it out with dining companions including hubby Noah Baumbach (sporting a beard to stave off the ravages of age?). Speaking of which, JJL was looking good for an actress of a certain age.

Deposed Viacom CEO Tom Freston was also there, digging up some scratch to tip our red-vested friends. Unclear if they dined together to discuss The Anniversary Party 2 as comeback vehicle for Freston.

· Stopped by Amoeba yesterday afternoon (6-27) to see if Paul McCartney was doing some pre-show shopping, spotted Cybill Shepherd instead. Is she a fan??

· Friday morning 6/29 - stopping at my on-the-way-to-the-office
Starbucks in Larchmont Village and hit a two-fer: As I'm parking,
the former 'Babe-Raham Lincoln' of Wayne's World, Tia Carrere getting into her german import in the spot next to mine. Not so much with the "Schwiiiing" these days. Next, as I await my new and rather tasty breakfast sandwich to emerge from the microwave, I notice Wentworth Miller of Prison Break waiting for his venti soy latte. Very normal and unassuming in shorts and tee albeit for the trademark buzz-cut and blue eyes. The actor cum barista says to him "you ready?" which I assume is a reference to production starting up again and he replies "I don't have a choice". Really? Come on guy things be worse, you could be on the other side of the counter kissing the ass of some pretentiously named TV actor, cheer up millionaire!

· My boyfriend and I saw Adam Brody at Canter's Deli around 1:45am on Sunday night/Monday early morning. He had about a few day's worth of facial hair growth, generally looked unclean and was skinny as hell. I covertly told my boyfriend it was him and he was skeptical until he spied his name on his driver's license (boyfriend was standing behind him in line, waiting to pay). Some girl noticed him and was vaguely trying to talk to him even though he had his hood up and looked like he really didn't want anyone to be noticing him. Still, he seemed nice to her even though he bolted out of there once he finished paying.

· Thursday, June 28th Just had lunch at the 3 Square Bakery on Abott Kinney where I saw Benjamin McKenzie enjoying a salad and perusing a script at the empty communal table. He is cute and compact in that "weren't you on the varsity soccer team at my high school?" kind of way. I was hoping he would reenact one of his Emmy worthy freak-out-and punch-the-wall scenes that made Ryan from Chino such a crowd pleaser, but sadly, he was just another cute guy eating organic greens in Venice.

· 6/26, around 8pm. Spotted a cute husky guy on a bike on the corner of 3rd and Crescent Heights. Upon closer inspection/abject staring I figure out its Ebay-store scene stealer Jonah Hill. It took me a second to recognize him because he had a serious beard going along with his fro, which made him look a lot older. I was taken back by how cute he looked in his black t-shirt and jeans, and also the fact that he was riding a bike (although it was in distinctly hipster-ish way). He stopped on the corner to mess with his Ipod, which he returned to his bright red messenger bag before continuing down the street. I was in my car, so therefore resisted the urge to ask him for Seth Rogen's number.

· Leaving an appointment on the Disney lot (6-28). I see a weirdly skanky looking blonde. 50ish with really bad roots and leathery tan. "Who could that woman be with?" I think to myself. Then I saw him and realized there really was only one possible answer: Wayne Newton. Wearing sunglasses with the blackest hair you've ever seen. Is it fake? Real? Plugs? I couldn't tell, but there was definitely something odd about it. My friend and I and the security guard shared a nice giggle.

· Location: Abbot Kinney - Stroh's Coffee Shop
Target: Peter Cambor (ABC's Notes from the Underbelly)
Date/Time: 6/28 10AMish

My co-workers and I stopped by to grab some much needed coffee. Even before I entered into the café, I noticed a cute guy (sunglasses on) sitting outside with his dog and a friend. He looked really, really
familiar.

I get my coffee and stand outside the café with my co-worker as I rack my brain to figure out where I've seen that "cute" guy. Not from show Office... Was he in Knock Up — no, he wasn't Paul Rudd.

As my co-workers and I neared the office, I ask them if they saw that guy and recognized him. My co-worker comments that the dog was beautiful.

Then I realize that it's that guy from the show about people being
pregnant on ABC. Of course, I look it up on ABC.com but the show isn't listed anymore (cancelled?!). I then remember it had that girl from the Rice Cake commercials in it too (she was pretty funny actually).

Googled: Rice Cake commercial which led me to Yahoo Answers which led me Rachael Harris' imdb site which led me to Notes from the Underbelly which finally led me to Peter Cambor. If anything, this made me realize that I have way too much time on my hands.

Thanks for listening,

· Tuesday June 26 2:30pm @ Urth Cafe on Melrose...TWO! American Idol Contestants walking down Melrose in front of Urth Cafe. Phil Stacey (the bald dude) and Sanfuckingjaya!! There was a third person with them but I didn't see their face. For all I know it could've been that beat box dude. No crazy hairdo for Sanjaya. He and Phil were not holding hands.

2:23 PM on Fri Jun 29 2007
By Seth
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Comments

  • That Peter Cambor sighting was lame and seems fake. Who cares? Here's a word for you: Edit.

  • @Miss Anne Thrope: Ha! I was thinking the same thing. "He looked really really familiar", yet they had to do six degrees of Rice Cake Commercial?

  • A friend who attended the McCartney Amoeba show told me that Cybill Shepherd showed up, huffily demanded that six tickets be produced for her out of thin air, and proceeded to have a complete nervous breakdown when she was only given four. Given the choice of seeing Paul McCartney or this, I would probably have to flip a coin.

    Said friend also told me she saw Barry Diller outside, looking shocked that little people got to go inside and he didn't.

  • Since I have a Sino-Vietnamese boyfriend, I recognize the cadence of the Cambor-sighting's writer. Honey, was that you? You swore it was OVER! That you'd never meet HIM at Urth Caffe again!

    The giveaway is the Rachael Harris tie-in. You didn't even know who she was till I took you to the Fat Actress afterparty!

  • That Wentworth Miller line was hysterical. The guy doesn't even break character in the off-season.

  • Getting shitty with Bay and smothering him with weird compliments ("Hey dude! Nice chest hair!") is bad.

    Getting shitty with Bay and bragging about it? Really bad.

    Getting shitting with Bay, bragging about it, apologizing to him online AND telling him his movie "rocked"?

    Seek help immediately.

  • Image of TedSez TedSez at 04:32 PM on 06/29/07 *

    "Hey, Hil, congrats on all those big movie roles!"

    "Thanks, Chad... Are they bringing you back on '24' next year?"

    "Um... well... actually, I'm not sure.... Say, do you have one of those 20-percent-off coupons I could use?"

  • If sightings on a studio lot are not in the true spirit of PrivacyWatch, wtf are we doing with movie premiere sightings? Isn't the idea to see celebs and celebutards in their natural habitat, not the zoo that is a red carpet event?

    Also, I call shenanigans on both the Peter Cambor and Jonah Hill posts. No need for forensics to spot the publicist (or Peter and Jonah) fingerprints on these corpses.

  • @BabylonSister: I was going to point out the flaw in premiere sightings, but I thought the Bay-Boozed Bro-mance more troubling.

  • So that Transformers thing ... were there no females in attendance, or is our Bay-fellating correspondent just blind to the double-X? I suppose if I want to hook up this weekend, I'll just have to hang out at Ratatouille.

  • Throw a fork in any direction in this town, and you'll hit a celebrity. Preferably one who deserves to get forked. See a star or starlet stuff their face? Don't be shy. Hit us with it. MOZZA: Funny guy Jack Black was having lunch with a couple "non-famous" looking guys at the pizzeria yesterday.

  • Image of raincoaster raincoaster at 06:45 PM on 06/29/07 *

    Rootin' tootin' Wayne Newton? That is teh awesum.

    re: hair. It's dyed, but probably all his. All that Native blood, ya know.

  • worst. privacy. watch. ever.

  • @BabylonSister: Aww... I believe the Jonah Hill one (he's hilarious!) and the Peter Cambor one was too long/boring/insulting to Peter to be from his publicist. If anything, that might have been Rachael Harris' publicist, but I kinda doubt it.

    And @Porkypine420: Agreed.
    Where the hell is Keanu? I miss the wearing a motorcycle helmet indoors stories.

  • I just wanted to make a quick correction. The sighting of Efren Ramirez at the Transformers premiere was actually Efren's twin brother Carlos Ramirez. Efren was in Vancouver at the time shooting National Lampoon's Ratko.

  • @Porkypine420: I agree PorkyPine - up until the last sentence of the last sighting. When I laughed out loud. Nicely done. Otherwise, what a snooze-fest. Life just isn't the same without Kiefer around.

  • So, the closest we have to a Kiefer sighting this week is Chad Lowe at the BED...BATH....AND BEYOND! (I've always thought store name works best when delivered in Don LaFontaine trailer voice.)

    Poor Chad...can't even buy a Mr. Coffee in peace.

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