Gossip Archive

Emma's Gossip Archive

Seen Around Town '08

Director Claus Drexel and actress Hande Kodja at the Chicago Film Festival screening of Affaire de famille on Oct 25. Rev Jesse Jackson at the Stevie Wonder concert in Grant Park on Jun 28. Victoria Beckham (a.k.a. Posh Spice) signing autographs at Saks to promote her DVB denim and sunglasses range on Feb 15.

Seen Around Town '07

Ellen Barkin dining with pals at Raoul's in New York's SoHo on Feb 5. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Bernie Mac, producer Jerry Weintraub and Extra TV correspondent A J Calloway at the Chicago premiere of Ocean's Thirteen at AMC River East on Jun 7. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson at a ceremony in her honour outside the Chicago Theatre on Mar 7. Multi-Grammy Award-winner Mariah Carey arriving at Heathrow Airport for the Brit Awards on Feb 14. Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd at a screening of Amazing Grace at AMC River East on Feb 8. Vince Vaughn filming a scene with Rachel Weisz for new movie Fred Claus outside our house on Jan 24.

Seen Around Town '06

Mike met Kate Jackson of the Long Blondes in a Bury St Edmunds pub on Sep 16. Winner of the UK's Big Brother 6 Pete Bennett in Primrose Hill on Sep 12. Actor Michael Emerson (Lost's Henry Gale) walking through Lincoln Square; two more of the All My Children cast Vincent Irizarry and Cameron Mathison at ABC Studios; and Kate Hudson signing autographs before appearing on the Today Show in New York on Jul 12. ABC daytime soap-star and Emmy-winner Jacob Young in New York on Jun 23 (I saw a couple of girls having their picture taken with him so just had to ask who he was!). R&B artist/model/actor Tyrese Gibson at Rockefeller Center after taping Late Night with Conan O'Brien; singer Nelly Furtado posing for photographers outside the MTV Studios in Times Square; Meryl Streep arriving at the Ed Sullivan Theatre for a Late Show appearance; and Today's Al Roker, Ann Curry and Natalie Morales broadcasting live from Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Jun 22. Lauren Conrad (of The Hills and Laguna Beach fame) at a bar in West Hollywood; and hotel heiresses Paris and Nicky Hilton shopping on Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles on May 28.

Seen Around Town '05

John Cusack and director Harold Ramis at the premiere of The Ice Harvest at the AMC Theatre on Nov 21. Nicole Richie at a Borders book-signing on Nov 19. Actor Rhys Ifans and TV presenter Gaby Roslin out and about (separately) in Primrose Hill on Oct 6. Jennifer Lopez opening her first US boutique at Marshall Field's on Sep 22 and being interviewed for Entertainment Tonight by Maria Menounos. Sarah Jessica Parker launching her new scent 'Lovely' at Marshall Field's on Sep 19. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston leaving the Park West (separately) after his comedy show on Aug 20 (see 'My Day As An Extra' and 'The Lowdown on The Break-Up' for more Vince and Jen sightings). San Francisco Giant Moises Alou carrying baseball bats outside a house on Sedgwick on Jul 27. The Bachelorette's Jamie Blyth buying ice cream at Coldstone Creamery in Old Town on Jul 2. Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert speaking about his new book The Great Movies II at a Michigan Ave bookstore on Mar 5.

Seen Around Town '04

Real-estate mogul Donald Trump and Bill The Apprentice Rancic at the demolition of the Sun-Times building on Oct 28. Tom Hanks, director Robert Zemeckis and producer Steve Bing (of Elizabeth Hurley fame) on the red carpet outside the Cadillac Palace Theatre for the Chicago Film Festival's Grand Finale film The Polar Express on Oct 21. John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, Jacinda Barrett and director Jay Russell at a firehouse on Chicago Ave to promote their new movie Ladder 49 on Sep 14. Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May at North Avenue Beach on Sep 5. Cubs first-baseman Derrek Lee on Rush Street on Jun 18. Mike saw Jude Law with eldest son Rafferty at Café 79 in Primrose Hill on May 1. Helena Bonham-Carter with her (and Tim Burton's) baby in Hampstead on May 1. Actor John Salthouse (The Bill, Dream Team) in Primrose Hill on May 1. Mike saw Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210) in a London bar on Apr 29. Jamie Blyth of The Bachelorette and Amanda Craig of Big Brother at the Hard Rock Hotel on Apr 21. CBS-2 reporter/news-anchor Derrick Blakley interviewed me outside my apartment building on Mar 8. Recent Grammy-winner Andre 3000 of Outkast with singer Kelis at Chi restaurant in Los Angeles on Feb 20.

Seen Around Town '03

Jessica Alba at a preview of her new movie Honey at the AMC Theatre on Nov 12. E! Entertainment Television's Brooke Burke at a promotional event on State Street on Sep 18. Cubs outfielder Moises Alou bar-crawling along Lincoln Ave on Sep 12. Actor Elden Henson at a Webster Place screening of his new movie The Battle of Shaker Heights on Aug 29. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne singing the half-time stretch at Wrigley Field, together with Cubs announcers Chip Caray and Steve Stone on Aug 18. Author Candace Bushnell reading from her new book at Borders on Jul 14. Actor John Mahoney (Frasier's Martin Crane) in the bar of Oak Park's Carleton Hotel on May 31. Actress Joan Cusack outside Adobo Grill in Lincoln Park on May 2. Brit director Stephen Frears at the Miami Film Festival Awards Night Party on Mar 1.

Seen Around Town '02

Sadie Frost and Gwyneth Paltrow (with an unidentified male companion) at Lemonia restaurant and Noel Gallagher's ex-wife Meg Mathews with their daughter Anais Gallagher at a café in Primrose Hill on Dec 4. Elizabeth Hurley and Evelyn Lauder at Marshall Field's on State Street for a charity event on Oct 25. Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani at a Borders book-signing on Oct 22. BBC Sports Personality of the Year Paula Radcliffe running in the Chicago Marathon on Oct 13. Actor Gary Sinise leading the Chicago Remembers Observance at Daley Plaza on Sep 11, together with the City's Mayor Richard M. Daley and CSO soprano Elizabeth Norman. Wicked Garden bass-player Mark Kennetz at a Lincoln Park bar after a Violent Femmes gig on Aug 18, and subsequently at Doves (where I finally approached him) and Vines concerts.

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