Hope everyone had a fun and festive 4th of July. Here’s a special Independence Day shout-out to our girl Sandra Bullock. Her divorce from he whose name shall not be spoken was finalized last week here in Austin and there have been quite a few Sandra sightings in the capital city lately – driving through for burgers at P. Terry’s, dinner at her restaurant Bess, and shopping at kids clothing boutique Izzy and Ash.

Welcome to Austin Louis! Let’s get you suited up in some Longhorn gear!

Rumor has it you know who is hot on her Louboutin heels, but not to worry Sandra. We in Austin won’t mistake “having your back” for stabbing you in it. Don’t mess with Texas.

And it’s movie premiere time…….Predators debuts Wednesday night at the Paramount! Adrien Brody fans get psyched! Maybe you’ll get a kiss like Halle Berry did at the Oscars. Okay….maybe not, but it’s something to aspire to!

Happy star gazing!

Hello Austin Celebrity Confidential fans!
Please excuse my absence….I was on vacation in Italy and Malta. It was dreamy….and NOT to worry- I got my share of celebrity scoop while I was there.
I went to a prayer service at the Vatican led by….you guessed it…..Pope Benedict XVI.
I’d say he’s pretty famous. Here he is driving through St. Peter’s Square before it started. I love a papal drive-by! It was a great experience.

And in Malta, I stayed at the same hotel that Madonna stayed in while she was filming Swept Away. The staff told me they couldn’t believe how tiny she is in real life! Steven Spielberg also stayed there while filming scenes for Munich. His entrances/exits to and from the hotel were pretty elaborately planned out due to the throngs of press and fans who were staking out the place while he stayed there.
I even managed to visit a movie set while I was there….well sort of….we sailed by the set of the 1980 movie Popeye starring Robin Williams. It was built for the movie and then converted into a theme park called Popeye Village.
And just to squeeze in a little more celebrity news out of the tiny Mediterranean island, I had dinner at a restaurant called Assaggi- the owners and chef trained with Gordon Ramsay of “Hell’s Kitchen” fame.
So there you have it- I wasn’t TOTALLY slacking on my vacation. Managed to get at least a little local scoop.

But now back to Austin- there’s no place like home!
And there was no place like Austin Studios Friday night for the Make Watch Love Film event! It was a great night honoring Moody Anderson (proprietor of Texas Traders- supplier of props for many movies filmed in Texas) and also celebrating the release of the new book called Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids- Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin. The author, Alison Macor, was sweet enough to sign my copy and I can’t wait to read it!
Honorary hosts were Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Elizabeth Avellan……Elizabeth is co-owner and VP of Troublemaker Studios (the artist formerly known as Los Hooligans which she founded with the artist formerly known as her hubby- Robert Rodriguez). What a sweet and gracious lady!
It was a great night celebrating 30 years of film-making in Austin. Can’t wait to see what the next 30 bring!
Hint……there’s a premiere coming up at the Paramount in a few weeks so more to come on that soon
Ciao y’all!

These are a few of my favorite things……………

Dan Aykroyd was in town signing bottles of Crystal Head Vodka at the Twin Liquors in Hancock Center. Apparently Dan the man can still draw quite a crowd. There were even about a dozen people dressed up in full Ghostbustin’ gear.
I ain’t afraid of no ghost! Nor am I afraid of vodka in a skull!

Face of Cover Girl and Las Vegas star Molly Sims made an appearance at A Touch of Sass to promote her line of jewelry called Grayce. I really liked the bling and there was a particularly discofabulous necklace I was coveting. I should have just shelled out the dough already! Oh well. Here we are to the left……JUST in case there is any confusion, the tall gorgeous supermodel on the right is NOT me. Shocking, I know.

In retrospect, I am not sure I recommend having your picture taken with a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover model……hmmmm….but she was very sweet and friendly. Now where’s that bottle of Crystal Head vodka???

Sigh.