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By Drew Grant 11/29/11 11:42am

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Peter Facinelli (Photo via Patrick McMullen)

Peter Facinelli Speculates On ‘Breaking Dawn’ Seizures At Gotham Independent Film Awards After-Party

“We love you in American Horror Story,” we gushed to recently-outed actor Zachary Quinto last night. We were at the Andaz Hotel, where directors, producers, and actors (along with alcohol sponsors) gathered to toast the winners of Gotham Independent Film Awards, held earlier that evening at Cipriani’s. We had cornered Mr. Quinto, whose movie Margin Call was nominated for Best Ensemble Performance (though it lost out to Beginners).

“I’m only going to be on one more episode,” the ethereally attractive actor told us. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/16/11 12:06pm

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Elijah Wood on 'Today'

Elijah Wood Rides Subway Like Plebeian, 'Today' Hosts Shocked [Video]

Even though it may seem like an inordinate amount of coverage has been given over to the Occupy Wall Street movement, we here at The New York Observer are still committed to giving you the full taste of what is happening in NYC. Like this morning, when the cast of Today gave Elijah Wood major props for being quirky enough to ride the subway to Rockefeller Center. The subway! Can you believe it?

Al Roker couldn’t. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/04/11 3:01pm

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Topless Paparazzo Flashes Bill Cosby

We imagine that it takes a lot to faze Bill Cosby. Maybe a worldwide JELL-O shortage? But that man has been around the block and back again. “Unflappable” is a word that comes to mind when thinking of Bill Cosby. Also: pudding pops.

So how does a paparazzo get that classic deer in the headlights from Dr. Huxtable? For Holly Van Voast, New York’s Topless Paparazzo (who also sports a Dhali-like mustache), the answer came au natural-y. Read More

By Drew Grant 11/02/11 12:44pm

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James Franco. Art. (Photo via Patrick McMullan)

James Franco and Harmony Korine Team Up To Do Something Horrible to Selena Gomez, Emma Roberts, and Vanessa Hudgens

Look, we all love Harmony Korine here. Well, not all of us, but some of us think that Julien Donkey-Boy was pretty good, all things considering. Trash Humpers we didn’t like. And we certainly aren’t fans of Mr. Korine enabling James Franco‘s artitude by making a movie starring him getting pounded on by female bikers for the Venice Biennale where the actor carved Brad Renfro into his arm. What? What.

But even if we allow Mr. Korine and Mr. Franco some leeway into their ideas on what constitutes “art,” we would appreciate it if they didn’t try to work it out using all the Disney princesses. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/30/11 6:54pm

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Confirmed: Skarsgard is boring. (Photo via Getty)

Alexander Skarsgard Wraps New York Film, Still Very Tall and Boring

Alexander Skarsgard was in town? Really? For something other than the Straw Dogs premiere? If the filming for What Maisie Knew was a little more conspicuous, we might have gone down to Chinatown and tried to talk to the True Blood star himself.

As it was, we just happened to stumble into the wrap party for the movie — a Henry James novel adapted by way of The Squid and the Whale that costars Steve Coogan — as it was winding down at a bar near 46th and 10th street last night.

“You just missed Julianne Moore!” one enthusiastically wasted crew member told us. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/23/11 2:08pm

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Lindsay Lohan and Dream Hotel owner Vikram Chatwal back in April

Lindsay Lohan Ruins the Dream Downtown for Everyone

We were wondering what the story was behind the Lindsay Lohan checkpoints at the Dream Downtown earlier this week during the Marc Jacobs party, but were satisfied with the answer that LiLo’s tanty at the V Magazine event the night before was the reason for her Dream-ban.

Page Six tells a much more sordid story of Ms. Lohan’s relationship with the hotel…and its owner Vikram Chatwal, with who she’s been photographed kissing (and has possibly moved in with?), apparently unaware that Mr. Chatwal’s estranged wife Priya Sachdev would be coming back from India this week. Read More