Star Sightings


Adrien Brody Walking down Sunset Blvd. in front of Virgin Megastore	Richard Lewis Arguing with someone on his cell phone in front of a doctor's office building in Beverly Hills	Jonathan Frakes Getting gas for his Mercedes convertible at the station at Beverly and La Cienega	Tim Russ Leaving the Sunset 5 theater at Sunset and Crescent Heights Interesting fact: He asked my friend Dawn out when she was working as an extra on Star Trek
Wayne Knight Cautiously exiting an office building in Westwood Village	Charisma Carpenter Having coffee at Urth Caffe	Emilio Estevez Visiting a lawyer in my office building in Westwood	Jennifer Love Hewitt Riding the elevator in my office building in Westwood
Jay Leno Interviewing people on Melrose in front of Johnny Rocket's	Tom Waits Strolling with his main squeeze around the shops in Larchmont Village	Paul Stanley 1. Walking down Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, 2. having breakfast with his son and parents at IHOP in Sherman Oaks at the next table	Willem Dafoe Returning to his condo on Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood in the early morning with the newspaper
Christina Ricci Driving behind me in a beige Infiniti up Laurel Canyon on the Hollywood side	James Woods Waiting with Heather Graham outside the DGA for an unknown event	Heather Graham Waiting with James Woods outside the DGA for an unknown event	Tim Robbins Sitting in my aisle at a show at his Actors Gang theater
Patricia Clarkson Trying to flag someone in a car down in front of Urth Caffe	Mena Suvari Attending a tutorial at the Apple Store at the Grove	Very tan Love Boat guy Attending to his grandchildren on two occasions: 1. a street festival on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, 2. outside the FAO Schwartz store at the Grove Reward: If anyone can tell me this guy's name, I'll try to think of something nice or useful to do in return; he was in a lot of '70s TV, often costarred with his wife, and always looked overly tanned with--sorry--a somewhat ratlike face	Ethan Hawke Tightening his belt outside the men's room at the Arclight theater during the L.A. Film Festival
Miguel Ferrer Driving through Westwood Village in a Mercedes	Kristy McNichol Having breakfast at Jinky's in Sherman Oaks	Woody Harrelson Walking near the Whole Foods in Westwood Village, carrying his motorcycle helmet and pointing out to his friend the parking ticket on his Jag	Charles Martin Smith Walking with a friend through Westwood Village
Danny DeVito Jumping up and down to demonstrate something while waiting to direct a scene on Westwood Blvd. in Westwood Village	Janeane Garofalo Drinking coffee with some friends at the Starbucks on Beverly Blvd. near La Brea	Jason Mewes Smoking a cigarette outside Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic book store in Westwood	Curtis Armstrong Watching a Shakespeare play at the Topanga Theater Company's outdoor theater in Topanga Canyon
Rodney Bingenheimer Stuck in the middle of the intersection of Fountain and Fairfax in a big old '70s sedan trying to turn left	Jack Black 1. Walking through the Westwood Farmer's Market with some friends, one of whom was looking around to see how many people could see that he was with Jack Black, 2. eating a burrito at Baja Fresh across the street from the DGA during the AFI Film Festival	Crispin Glover Shopping at the Erewhon natural foods store on Beverly Blvd. in his signature black suit	Billy Zane Buying a rather large bunch of dark red flowers at the Sunday morning Farmer's Market in Hollywood
Pam Dawber I was walking down the street in Westwood Village when I heard some guy say "You look great" as I walked past a pair of people. As I turned around, the woman said "Thank you. Now if I could just find the store I was looking for..." It was Pam Dawber, and, you know, she really did look great.	Kal Penn Buying food at the Baja Fresh across the street from the DGA--this place must be a mecca for hungry youngish actors	Lauren Hutton Getting out of a limousine and going into the Ralph's supermarket on La Brea near 3rd Street	Jeffrey Jones Wandering by near the Napa Valley Grille in Westwood, seemingly one of his favorite lunch places
Rebecca Pidgeon Walking toward the Geffen Theatre in Westwood, during the time she was starring in the play Boston Marriage	Jamie Lee Curtis Walking toward the Geffen Theatre in Westwood with her husband Christoper Guest to see Rebecca Pidgeon's play (weeks later)	Christopher Guest Walking toward the Geffen Theatre in Westwood with his wife Jamie Lee Curtis to see Rebecca Pidgeon's play (weeks later)	Nicolas Cage Dressed all in black with giant aviator glasses and dyed black slicked back hair trying to buy something at the Rite Aid in Westwood Village
Dominic Monaghan With his girlfriend at Amoeba Records in Hollywood watching the band Band of Horses play an in-store concert	George Segal As usual, walking into Westwood Village with a friend near the Italian Institute.	Camryn Manheim Grocery shopping with a friend in Trader Joe's on the corner of Sepulveda and Palms.	Edward James Olmos Attending screening of "Of All The Things" at the AFI Film Fest.