April 4, 2006
I Saw Matthew Broderick Kissing Santa Claus
A recent development at the celebrity gossip site Gawker has left some stars seeing red -- angry red, that is! As in the color of anger!
The popular "Gawker Stalker" feature, in which people can text-message sightings of celebrities in New York (e.g. "Saw everyone's favorite Oscar Host Jon Stewart making a left from 50th Street to go north on 11th Ave.") was modified to include maps pinpointing the exact location of the sighting. (e.g. 50th Street and 11th Ave.)
In response, some publicists have called the feature irresponsible and dangerous. Last week, George Clooney went even further, urging his celebrity colleagues to recruit their friends to flood the site with fake sightings, thus rendering it useless.
This is an initiative we at Fametracker heartily endorse; in fact, we'd like to get the ball rolling. In the spirit of rolled balls, we submit the following fake sightings. Friends of celebrities, feel free to cut, paste, and text.
LOL! Who should walk into Scoop in the Meat-Packing District but Julia Roberts!?! Did I say walking!? She was riding a camel.
Coming out of Bergdorf's, I saw Matthew Broderick and Matthew Modine, arguing about why there can only ever be one famous person at a time named "Matthew." Then Matthew McConaughey came by and they all started tickling each other.
Spotted Jennie Garth at the Dean & Deluca on Broadway looking FABULOUS. Seriously, is she in a Broadway play or something? She looked great, and I can't wait to find out what her next project will be. Maybe film?
Saw Dirk Benedict of TV's A-Team, playing speed chess with Burt Bacharach in Washington Square Park, while Rebecca Lobo, ex of the New York Liberty, stood by, possibly pleasuring herself. No lie.
So I'm standing in line at the Astor Place Starbucks, and my friend like makes this face, and I'm like, what? And she's like still making the face, so I turn around, and who should be sitting in the corner sipping something that was maybe a latte or maybe a chai drink? I couldn't tell? It's Johnny Knoxville and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan. Like, making out.
Jennie Garth on UES -- seriously! And the way the light caught her hair -- breathtaking. Man, I wanna know what she's up to! Something hot?! No doubt!
Samuel L. Jackson begging for change outside the Atlantic Ave. subway station, I'm pretty sure.
OMG! I just totally saw Wilfred Brimley breakdancing in Central Park.
So I'm at Jamba Juice just off Union Square and who should walk in but Tom Cruise! And Natalie Wood! And I'm all, isn't Tom Cruise with Katie Holmes? And isn't Natalie Wood dead?
Dan Brown, the Da Vinci Code guy, scaling the Empire State Building. He's almost to the top. You can probably catch him if you get there fast.
Is that Marilyn Monroe sitting at that other table at Morimoto? Or is there a contemporary star who possesses that same combination of glamour, mystique, and sex appeal? LOL! There is -- Jennie Garth! And she's sitting in the restaurant right now! My mistake, "Marilyn"! Wow does she look fantastic! Memo to Hollywood: I need to see that face on a movie screen -- pronto!
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