Friday, December 3, 2004

Happy Stupid Celebrity Gossip Eyewitness Day!!

Today is officially Stupid Celebrity Gossip Eyewitness Day! While this isn't a national holiday, Dec. 3rd is a day to be celebrated, according to me. This special day is in honor of all the stupid people (mostly in LA), who will say the most asinine things to be quoted as the unnamed "eyewitness" in celebrity gossip blurbs.

Example:

The New York Post says that Mary-Kate Olsen's ex-boyfriend, David Katzenberg (son of DreamWorks tycoon Jeffrey), flew to Los Angeles last weekend in hopes of bumping into her and perhaps wooing her back.

But Katzenberg's plan supposedly hit a major snag when he had an ill-timed run-in with Mary-Kate's current squeeze, businessman Ali Fatourechi.

And the Stupid Celebrity Gossip Eyewitness says! :

"They were both at [the L.A. restaurant] Toast, sitting across from each other at separate tables," an eyewitness tells the paper. "They were staring each other down -- it was really uncomfortable."

Ooooh. Deep thoughts. By non-celebrity attention whores.

So in honor of this special day, let's all proudly show our colors as Stupid Celebrity Gossip Eye Witnesses!

Here are some eyewitnesses in all their glory:

-Dennis Quaid was spotted at a light in West LA driving a late-model metallic blue 7-series BMW. According to an eyewitness, "When the light turned green, Dennis did not abide by merging rules and instead, sped up to merge in front of me instead of behind me. It was really uncomfortable."

-Queen Latifah was recently seen dining at [the LA restaurant] Toast, exhibiting behavior that shocked fellow diners. Said one eyewitness, "She ordered the salad/soup combo, but she wanted her dressing on the side with no carrots and extra croutons, but she wanted the salad served before the soup with a decaf nonfat vanilla latte to follow. And then she asked for a lowfat blueberry-lemon muffin to go! To go! What? She can't eat at the table like the rest of us human beings? The most atrocious thing was when the waitress cam back and asked if she needed anything else, and the 'Queen' quickly whipped out her credit card and asked, "Do you take American Express?" Are you KIDDING me? Who the hell does she think she is??? There were CHILDREN in the restaurant! Needless to say, and I think everyone else in the restaurant will agree with me, the whole episode left a very bad taste in my mouth."

-Ben Stiller was seen at a concession stand of a movie theater, looking puzzled at the menu. "It was like he didn't know what he wanted," said one eyewitness who was in line behind him. "I mean, there are only so many things that a movie theater offers. It's not like there's gonna be any surprises. And the longer he stared at it, the more it started creeping me out. And his wife just stood there and didn't say anything! Looks like either someone's on the verge of a breakdown, or a marriage is on the rocks to me..."

-Michelle Pfeiffer was seen in the Palisades picking up her son from his speech therapy appointment. According to one eye witness, "Let's just say, she was driving a car, but it most definitely wasn't a minivan. And when she pulled out of the driveway, she couldn't even be bothered to put on her turn signal! I'm not judgmental, but I think most people would agree with me that someone who hasn't had a box office hit in years doesn't get to act like a *$&@ing diva."

-Adam Sandler was recently spotted playing basketball at a public park in Westwood. One eyewitness observed, "He was wearing a heavy cotton-blend golf shirt while playing basketball. Who does that? And it was ugly, too. Frankly, I was appalled. And you know what else I think? Closet case..."

- At a Lakers game last month, Jack Nicholson was overheard mumbling, "His beady little eyes were dwarfed by his superior forehead and further deanimated by his angular, slacked jaw. But his skin was soft and translucent, like a baby rabbit's ass. Mmmm...baby rabbit ass. Wouldn't YOU like to know where I've hidden the baby rabbit ass, you beady-eyed robot man! Don't test me, kid. I want to wear your skin..." While the official word from Jack's people is that the actor was merely utilizing doctor-prescribed peyote in order to finish an erotic-western novel in honor of National Novel Writing Month, others believe he was actually commenting on former teen actor James Van der Beek, who happened to also be in attendance that night. Van der Beek, on the other hand, was apparently causing quite a stir. An eyewitness at the game confided, "At one point, the ball flew out of bounds and hit that Dawson's Creek kid on his forehead, but he didn't even blink. Not even a change of expression! And by the way, I saw him eating nachos AND garlic fries along with a bunless hot dog. Atkins my ass..."

-Ron Jeremy was seen backstage an Ashlee Simpson concert, fervently pitching a coming-of-age romantic-comedy to her agent. Kindly, he took the time to pose for pictures with fans and gawkers. But according to one eyewitness who wasn't so impressed by the man's numerous film credits, "He smelled funny. Kinda like a freezer-burned corndog."

-Zach Braff and Mandy Moore were spotted in a Century City movie theater canoodling at an opening-night screening of Kinsey. Despite the fact that the extraordinary actor turned writer/director triple threat has used his new found fame to snag (shag?) younger post-teen up-and-comers, the fame has not gone to the young man's massive orange-on-a-toothpick head. He was overheard graciously agreeing to have his picture taken with a group of fans (even though this promise must have slipped his mind as he and Mandy sprinted out of the theater as soon as the credits rolled). Though one eyewitness noticed, "He shushed someone in the theater for laughing too loud, even though I could have sworn his guffaws were the ones overpowering everyone else's in the theater over the clit joke." When asked about Mandy Moore's reaction to the scene, the eyewitness recounted, "I don't think she noticed. I think Peter Saargard's flaccid penis magnified on a large movie theater screen was making her uncomfortable."

-Sources say, Gary Busey was found passed out in an alley behind a Hollywood dive bar last weekend, laying in a pool of his own vomit and urine with his penis exposed. When Robert Downey Jr. was questioned as to why he was found behind a dumpster only six feet away with an empty syringe needle still hanging from his arm, he was quoted as saying, "I suck dick for crack. What's your point?" An eyewitness at the scene told this reporter, "My Secret Santa got me Robert Downey Jr.'s CD for Christmas last year. I tried to sell it to the used CD store and they gave me a buck sixty for it. I used that money to buy a Mounds bar and a taquito at 7-11. The taquito burned my tongue. I guess I ate it too fast." Calls to either celebrity's publicist were not returned.