Kevin Spacey, celebrating the New York debut of “The 24 Hour Plays,” was spotted at Kanvas with a young actor from the production. The New York Daily News reported Spacey asked the bartender: “What’s the fruitiest beer you have?” The bartender answered, “a Black Dog Ale called Honey Raspberry.”
Hunky or not, a bare-chested Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend were turned away from a Santa Monica, Calif., restaurant because the actor was wearing only shorts and sandals. The National Enquirer’s Mike Walker reported McConaughey and his Brazilian model girlfriend Camilla Alves politely were turned away because of its “no shirt, no shoes, no service … and no exceptions” policy. The couple chowed down at a beachfront taco stand instead.
Chrissie Hynde is the latest musician-turned-restaurateur. Hynde is opening an eatery called VegiTerranean in Akron, Ohio, where she grew up, according to. A Sept. 15 grand opening is planned and Hynde is performing.
In her new novel, “Rules for Saying Goodbye,” former New York bartender Katherine Taylor puts real-life details into the story. The barmaid heroine, named after the author, talks about lousy celebrity tippers, with Gwyneth Paltrow near the top of the list. “I wanted to tell her that I had been making a list and she was on it, but
Gwyneth was not stingy, only stupid. I thought she probably couldn’t calculate 15 percent,” Taylor wrote. David Byrne topped the list, though. “(Byrne) never tipped in any of the three bars where I worked in New York. Rupert Everett, Parker Posey, Madonna, no tip. Tobey Maguire … Barbra Streisand, John Travolta’s wife (Kelly Preston). Almost no tips at all.” Taylor confirmed through her publisher, she worked as a West Village bartender and vouched all the celebrity anecdotes are true, the New York Daily News reported.
People compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
