Super Bowl Victory for Austin’s Drew Brees………..CHECK!

(He graduated from Austin’s Westlake High School in 1996. He led his team to a 16-0 season and was named Texas Class A Most Valuable Player!  DAT’s WHO!!!!)

Another award nomination for Sandra Bullock…………CHECK

(She received an Oscar nod for her work in The Blind Side)

Celebrity spotting equipped and a shout-out for local business…….CHECK!  

(Jake Gyllenhaal visited Austin and was spotted at Jo’s Coffee Shop on South Congress…..later in the month he was spotted wearing a Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop cap at a Laker’s game. Mellow Johnny’s is Lance Armstrong’s store here in Austin)

Sounds like a great month!

My prediction for March…….Oscar gold for Sandra Bullock and an influx of celeb spotting in Austin during South by Southwest! Should be a great month!!! Stay tuned  J

Will there be an Oscar nod? We’ll find out Tuesday, February 2! Hmmmm….that is Groundhog Day. Wonder if the furry guy will tell us if there are going to be 6 more weeks of washed out, super pale, flesh-tone dresses and oodles of ruffles to carry us through to the Oscars, or if we’re done with that and everyone can look alive again? We shall see.  But Sandra didn’t disappoint. She rocked the purple….in the rain Prince would be proud!

Under Jesse

And……do you hear what I hear??

That would be wedding bells! Last week Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights and Derek Jeter of the NY Yankees announced their engagement……as did UT Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy and his girlfriend Rachel Glandorf…..on the football field of Darrell K. Royal- Texas Memorial Stadium no less. Touchdown! Homerun! And various and sundry other sports related references that otherwise say CONGRATS to the happy, athletically inclined couples!!

Looking forward to the nuptials…..and, no, I am still not ready to talk about the game

Till next time!

  Colt & Rachel                                          On the 50!!

My name is Heather Brady and I will be bringing you all of the Austin Celebrity Scoop!

It’s a new year, a new decade, and a new baby for our Matthew McConaughey. What a great way to ring in the new year, and to ring in the Austin Celebrity Confidential blog! Matthew and girlfriend Camila Alves welcomed daughter Vida Alves McConaughey on January 3, 2010 at 12:13 am. A few days later, dad was able to break away from diaper duty to attend the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena to watch his beloved UT Longhorns. He ran into Reese Witherspoon at a tailgate- she was rooting for the Horns too! Atta girl Reese! I always knew we could be BFF’s!

And…..taking a bite out of  Austin was Jackson Rathbone who plays vampire Jasper Cullen in the Twilight series. He and his band 100 Monkeys were at Waterloo Music on Thursday to play some tunes, sign CD’s, and greet their fans. Super cool celebrity confidential scoop is that he got to meet his baby nephew for the first time at the appearance! Then they were off to play a gig in San Antonio. Normally sunny Austin, Texas isn’t an ideal place for a sparkly vampire, but with this weather lately, it wasn’t a problem!

(Jackson is in the middle)

Wishing you all a fun and fabulous 2010! Lots to look forward to in Austin over the coming months. I’ll be here to keep you informed of all the local celebrity happenings!

Till next time!

Sandra Bullock’s newest business venture is now open for business.  The actress recently bought the property on 609 West Sixth Street and turned it into a General Store.  Walton’s Fancy and Staple is a coffee shop, a deli, a florist, a bakery and a catering shop all rolled into one.  The 100 year old building has been completely renovated while trying to maintain the look and feel of an old time general store.  Sandra even got her sister, a professional baker from Vermont to come to Austin to consult on the types of food and pastries to be served.  Walton’s is just another venture to add to Sandra’s Austin collection.  She already owns Bess Bistro on West Sixth, Mellow Johnn’ys on Nueces, and Walton’s Florist and Nursery on Bee Caves.  Bullock recently name dropped Austin on a piece from the June Harper’s Bazaar magazine, she mentions that ‘I love New York, and consider myself an East Coast person, But I really appreciate Austin… I don’t want to talk about how much I love it because I don’t want anyone else to move there!’    C’mon Sandra just a few more celebrities moving into town wouldn’t hurt.  We’ll take whoever, I’m not picky, (except they have to be A-list….and good looking…and….)

 Onwards;

You can all breathe a sigh of relief because Rose McGowan will not be starring in Robert Rodriguez’ Barbarella Remake.  In fact no one will.  According to the man himself the movie is dead. He sited numerous reasons for the shelving of the film like Universal backing out because the budget got too big (80 mill), and not wanting to accept the offer to shoot in Germany which would mean being away from his five children -  but we all know it’s because him and his ‘muse’ called it quits.

In closing;                                                  

Taylor Kitsch

Why do I mention him well:

A) He Lives in Austin

B) He’s Canadian

C) He’s a handsome devil

and more current and relevant;

D) He appeared in the new X-men movie which opened last weekend.  He took on the role of Gambit. My only complaint is that I wish he got more screen time.   I’m a huge fan of the X-Men series, I just love the characters coming to life on the big screen.  I don’t think there will ever by a time where I would hate an  X-Men movie.  They could have wolverine standing on screen for two hours playing with his claws and I’d still love it.

This seems like an appropriate picture relating to Andy getting Married...

Sorry ladies AND gentleman, numerous sources have reported that Andy Roddick will be getting married this weekend in Austin. The lucky model (of course) is Brooklyn Decker, a 21 year old hailing from North Carolina. I love that they first got together by his agent calling her agent.  It’s so Hollywood.  It’s so impersonal, and I am so Jealous.  Note to self - secure an agent.  Note to self - have said agent call up Ewan MacGregor to set up a ‘meeting.’  Andy also wants to show us commoners that he definitely has friends in high places because none other then Sir Elton John is set to perform at the nuptials. Note to self - work on losing my friends in low places and aquiring friends in high places.

Austin’s own Benjamin McKenzie has made his return to your TV set. He is starring in the NBC cop drama Southland which premiered last week. McKenzie plays a rookie cop in the LAPD who is being trained by Veteran cop played by Michael Cudlitz.  To keep things simple the producers named McKenzie’s characeter Ben.  Southland has big shoes to fill after taking over ER’s thursday night time slot, and so far the reviews have been quite good for the cop drama, which also garnered strong rating for its premiere episode.  As for me, well I didn’t watch, as much as I love Ben McKenzie, cop drama’s just don’t do it for me.  I’m more into the show’s about troubled youth who become embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in a wealthy upper-class neighborhood in California.  Hmmm…that premise sounds vaguely familiar.