Larry King at Nate 'n Al

My weekly Sunday Morning breakfast trip led me today to Nate 'n Al. A family owned 64 year old Deli, and a Beverley Hills institution. A guy in the booth next to me was going over his Sunday Football picks and he mentioned to the Waitress that he was going to go with the Raiders because Larry just said he should.

Now being Dick Hollywood , I knew that Larry King frequented this establishment from word of mouth and the fact that his name is on one of the breakfast dishes,(LARRY KING MATZO BREI). So as I looked around I sighted him and his wife and a couple of friends all enjoying their breakfast two booths to the left of me.

You can always count on the good old Beverly Hills shopping district for some great people watching and the occasional Celebrity Sighting!

(Not My Pic, but it looks to be the same booth)

2 Celebrity Sightings at BOA Steakhouse on Sunset


Last night Ms. Vaughn Karman and I decided to get some happy hour drinks and apps at BOA Steakhouse on Sunset. Boa has become one of the 'IN' spots for the Celebs to come out and be seen especially on the weekends and last night was no exception. Even if no celebrities did show up, we knew it would be fun people watching at least. But about a half an hour into our food and drinks I spotted Celebrity Chef and Reality TV Host Gordon Ramsay with his family. They Hurried past the bar to their table and I pointed him out to Ellora, but she did not know who he was. Spotting Celebs is what Dick Hollywood does and is very good at  ; ) Mr Ramsay is the Host of  shows, "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares"

Here is Pic of Gordon with his same Entourage that was with him at BOA...



A few minutes later I noticed multiple flashes going off outside, so I looked to see who the Paparazzi were bugging as he walked in... Well it was none other than David Spade. I pointed him out to Ellora and she giggled as he walked through the doors and went straight to his table. He seems to frequent the place, cause when I did a quick Google for him, I found some footage of him leaving BOA a week or two ago.

Enjoy:

Until the next Sighting...

Harry Potter Sighting

OK so a few weeks back I was at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. As I was checking out the show times I noticed a familiar looking fellow walking past me. He looked very familiar to me and I did a double take... Well it was indeed Harry Potter! Not Daniel Radcliffe the actual actor who plays Harry Potter, but it was Kevin McDonald from "The Kids in the Hall" fame, and of course you all do know that he played Harry Potter in the comedy spoof film Epic Movie!

OK so I tricked you... So What! It is still a very good Star Sighting.

-dick out

In the Desert

well it is fucking hot in the desert and sometimes i have to go out there to work... a few months ago i was working out there close to the Empire Polo Fields where the Cochella Music Festival is held every year. At the end of the night we went for drinks at the Tack Room Tavern on the Empire Polo Club premises. While sipping on my beer and watching a the Baseball Playoffs i sighted a craggy looking older gentleman with a very recognizable face. it took me a few minutes to figure out who it was, but it finally came to me... it was none other than William Devane. an actor with numerous credits to his name and still earning a living from movies and television. hell, even in the desert i can spot them!

-dick out

Back in LA!

Well, it has been quite awhile since my last post. I moved back home to San Francisco and there was no Star Sightings to be sighted and posted. I thought that I Left My Heart in San Francisco, but realized that I Love LA!

So... My very first night back a few weeks ago i was going to meet up with Ellora at one of usual spots for wine and munchies, Le Pain Quotidien in West Hollywood. As I approached the restaurant I sighted none other than Actress Minnie Driver sitting with a friend, facing the street and sharing conversation and some wine... I found Ellora sitting at another table around the corner and mentioned the Star Sighting to her right away. Unfortunately Minnie was sitting around the corner from us, so Ellora was unable to verify, but with my keen sense of Star Sight, I can verify 100% that it was Minnie Driver.

It's great to be back in LA!

Reality Celebrity Star Sightings come in Threes....

Reality Sighting #1: The Ellora sighting from the last post of Johnny Fairplay from Survivor.

Reality Sighting #2: Walking home one night from work in Beverly Hills, I noticed a bunch of people taking photos of some blonde in a Range Rover. She was stopped at a light on Canon and Little Santa Monica. There was a guy standing next to the car with his arm reaching in the window draping around this girl, like hey were good rinds at a party. Onlookers form the sidewalk snapping multiple photos. No Paparazzi were around that I could see. All of this was going on as I was crossing in the crosswalk. Who could this girl be that was getting so much attention? I stopped at the corner to try and see who it was. The light turned green and she pulled closer. It happened to be none other than Reality TV Star,Actress,Rapper,Socialite Heiress, Paris Hilton. Too Funny!

Reality Sighting #3: Ellora and I were meeting friends at Mirabelle for a couple of drinks and Apps. Standing by the Bar, I noticed a couple walking up to the Restaurant. He had really bad hair and looked like he had just come from the gym and she looked like a stereotypical Beverly Hills Woman with the beginnings of too much plastic surgery... Just before we walked to Mirabelles, we were flipping the channels at home and came across Dr. 90210. She had never seen it and I had glanced at it once or twice. I made the couple out to be one of the Doctors from the show and his wife. It was Dr. Robert Rey the martial arts enthusiast... He looked sillier in person than on the show.

I guess Reality TV Star Sightings really do come in threes...

-Dick Out

Ellora Sightings

Ellora occasionally spots celebrities around town when she is on her own. Theses sightings are unverifiable by moi, so I have to take her word and so will you. These sightings will be called Ellora Sightings.

She recently was shopping at Whole Foods for her dinner and while standing in line she noticed a blonde curly haired guy arguing with his girlfriend behind her. Now celebrity come in all shape and sizes and classifications. With the advent of Reality TV, these wannabe TV stars are recognized by many people, myself included. Well if you a fan of Survivor as I am, you would be excited to see Jonny "Fairplay" Dalton form Survivor: Pearl Islands. He cam in third place and no one and I mean no one has out-lied him since...

"In order to understand society, we must embrace popular culture." -Randolph R. Rhodes

Great Reality Star Sighting Ellora!

-Dick Out

Drive-By Sighting

Driving to Urth Caffe in Beverly Hills, I glance over to the driver of a silver Mercedes Benz SUV. It was a quick glance but long enough to notice that it was an unshaven-aviator-sunglasses-wearin' real life Movie Star...

Brad Pitt

No really, it was Brad Pitt, but I really couldn't say if Angelina Jolie was in the car or not. Sorry...

-Dick Out

Stan the Man

A couple of weeks ago as I was walking to work I noticed a group of people walking towards me. They were all listening to an gregarious and animated (pun intended) older gentleman. The man was immediately recognizable to me, since I am a comic book geek. He was none other than Stan "the Man" Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk just to name a few. He is a Legend in the comic industry and it was fun to see him outside of a Comic Book convention...

Nuff Said

Dick

The Ivy

Went to the Ivy with Ellora and my Dad for my 39th Birthday. We sat outside on the Patio with a great view of the people coming and going. A guy who was dining alone looked very familiar and when he exited there was two autograph hounds who asked for his John Hancock. I recognized him as Captain Adam Fuller from 21 Jump Street. His name is Steven Williams and has over 50 credits to his name. As we were leaving my Dad went to look around inside the Restaurant to see what it looked like and he swears that he sighted Roscoe Orman who has played Gordon from Sesame Street from 1974 to present. He then said that he saw "that child actor that stopped making films and then made a come back years later on Hill Street Blues. I could not think of who he meant and then it hit me he was talking about NYPD Blue and Little Ricky Schroder... uhhh, I mean Rick Schroder.

Good food and good sightings!

-Dick Out

Car Sightings

Car Sight-ing: A sighting of a celebrity either:

A. From a car (Ellora or I someone while driving in our cars.)
B. Into a car (Ellora or I spot a celebrity in a car.)

A few weeks ago we were driving on Melrose in the shopping area and we saw what appeared to be a crazy homeless man yelling at someone or something. Someone was filming him with a video camera. I took a close look at the man and made it out to be a well known character actor Glenn Plummer. Best known to me as Pernell, a character in Menace II Society.

Past Car Sightings include:

1. Vincent Gallo: Waving and pulling in front of us on Beverly Blvd.
2. Conan O'Brien: Almost hitting us as he pulled into traffic onto Beverly Blvd.
3. Richard Lewis: Driving on Fairfax in his Mercedes.
4. Richard Dreyfuss: Years ago with Beach. He was driving in a convertable on Sunset Blvd and he waved to us.
5. Jennifer Lopez: Ellora spotted her driving in her bigass SUV.
6. Kirsten Dunst: Parking he BMW X5 in front of Urth Caffe.
7. Larry King: I was driving down Santa Monica and he was crossing the street at Rodeo Dr.
8. Keanu Reeves: Walking down Sunset Blvd near the Chateau Marmont.
9. Christina Ricci and Adam Goldberg: Walking a dog on Sunset.
10. Jamie Lee Curtis: Driving her car near Rodeo Dr. Sighted her with my dad.

Whew...

-Dick Out

Gram Rabbit Rocks

Went to the Echo a couple of nights ago with E and Brooke to see the band Gram Rabbit. They rocked! Really fun show and excellent showmanship. As we were waiting for the 2nd band of the night to come on, I looked around the crowd, I noticed a guy who looked like Long Duk Dong from the 80's teen flick Sixteen Candles. E and I were just talking about the film and that character just a few days before. I was going to joke with her that Long Duk Dong was standing right behind her and then I took a look again and realized that it really was Long Duk Dong! Well actually Gedde Watanabe the actor who played him, but he will always be Long Duk Dong to me...

-Dick Out

The Sunset Strip

I was driving back from the Burbank Airport driving home on Sunset Blvd. I looked over at a few people walking a dog near the Argylle Hotel. I could tell the guy was Indie Actor Adam Goldberg. I had read somewhere that he was dating Christina Ricci and when I took a closer look at the girl he was walking the dog with, I verified that it was her. She is tiny... Celebrity Star Sighting on the Sunset Strip!

Seeing Stars on the Streets of Beverly Hills

Ellora joined me on my lunch break a couple of weeks ago in Beverly Hills. We stopped for an espresso at the Euro Cafe. On our way back to work, I noticed Andre Braugher one of the stars of the Television Series, "Homicide: Life on the Street", sitting at another cafe having a conversation with somebody that I did not recognize.

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Sunset Strip's Book Soup Celebrity Sighting

Walking off my Taco Hell Burrito, Ellora and I went to Book Soup for a little light reading and browsing the film section. As I was paying for a magazine, a couple of guys walk into the store and right away a recognize Robert Sean Leonard. I remember him best as the guy who commits suicide in Peter Weir's, "Dead Poets Society". He currently can be seen in the new Television Drama, "House, MD" I love living and Star Sighting in LA...

-Dick Out!

Television Star at Pavillions!

Ellora and I went to Pavilion's to get some dinner. I opted for cheap Chinese food at the Panda Express inside the store. As we were making our way to the Yogurt section, I spotted "Six Feet Under's" Father, Richard Jenkins strolling down the cereal aisle. I pointed him out to Ellora and we both reminisced about our Thanksgiving weekend marathon viewing of season 2 on DVD...

-Dick Out

Sandra Bullock sighted in Beverly Hills...

Sitting here watching Reservoir Dogs with Ellora and do to much pressure from the fans of the Blog and Ellora, after two months of ignoring this writing down nothing, I now have many Star Sightings to report. So here goes:

Last Wednesday at the Magic Castle I spied Character Actor J.K. Simmons best know as J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man films.

Earlier that day, Ellora and I were doing some shopping at the Beverly Hills Crate and Barrell. As we were walking in, we both sighted Sandra Bullock leaving the store with an older woman. Ellora thought that she looked very good.

Then last Sunday, Ellora and I go out to brunch with our friends Scott and Catherine to Le Pain. As we are waiting for a table, we notice Sandra Bernhard and her girlfriend walking out. Then while we are waiting for our food to arrive, I spot Jerry O'Connel (the fat kid from Stand By Me) and his new gal pal Rececca Romain Stamos... Oops I mean Rebecca Romaine. Then if that wasn't enough Star Sighting for one morning, I also notice Walton Goggins, Michael Chiklis' partner on the Sheild. Whoooo... that's alot of Star Sightings in a couple of hours!

Television Talk Show Host Conan O'brien tried to run us down!

It has been 2 months since my last celebrity sighting BLOG and for some reason I got lazy and did not finish all of my blogging. The very next night after seeing EG Daily at the Book Soup News Stand, Ellora and I were driving down Beverly Blvd when a Volvo cut into traffic and almost side-swiped us. Thanks to my quick reflexes, I was able to avoid a near collision. When we both looked over at the driver we immediatly knew that it was Conan O'Brien. First there was Hal "Barney Miller" Linden (Long Story), and now Conan. Coiencidence? I Think Not!

Then the following day I Star Sighted a young actor Chris Owen from American Pie shopping with a friend at Tower Records on Sunset. I Sight them as I seem them.

Then a dry spell...

And just the other day in a deli on Beverly in Beverly Hills, I noticed Indie Cult Actress/Writer/Director and Hal Hartley's muse Adrienne Shelly. Damn, I'm good...

NEXT: Look forward to telling you about all of the Stars coming to my office...

-Dick Out

Television & Movie Star Sightings come in 3's

So my friends Catie and Paul came for a visit and on the day that they were leaving, i took them to Urth Caffe for breakfast. As we were walking up, I spotted a familar looking face.. It was character actor Jeff Kober , who is best known China Beach. Not a huge star sighting, but a recognizable star none the less...

Ellora (the Artist formerly known as Dee Dee) was at a cafe, go figure, when she noticed someone who looked like one of the daughters on Rosanne. When she got home, she asked me what her nam is, and I said that she probably sighted Sara Gilbert. I showed her a pic and she verified that was who she saw...

Ellora and I wanted to check out the happs at the Paris Hilton book signing that was going on up the street from us at Book Soup. We walked up our SF type hill and noticed a long line of people wating to get their book signed. Across the street next to Tower Records were about 30 protesters, protesting Paris Hilton. It was quite odd. They were chanting slogans like, "Don't buy her book, she has enough money". Come On! what a silly protest... Well we noticed this small mother and daughter. The mother had really short shorts and Ugg boots. She looked familar, but I could not place her, then one of the Papparazzi noticed her and asked if she could take her photo. I heard her call her EG, and then I realized it was EG Daily. Best know for playing Pee Wee's girlfriend in Pee Wee's Big Adventure and being the voice of Buttercup, one of the Power Puff Girls...

Just when I thought that it had been way too long for a Star Sighting, we get three for the price of one...

-and that's not all