THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT in Las Vegas! Earlier this month at the new Bellagio resort, my reader "Perry" was amazed to find himself sitting next to KING5 newshound Jim Forman at a blackjack table! But Jim was not overjoyed to meet a new admirer, and gave him the icy ass. For shame, Icy McAss! A pro like you should know, fawning fans are the heart and soul of TV disaster reporting!
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INFOMERCIAL QUEEN Susan Powter was spotted being rather flirtatious with a hot male video clerk somewhere north of the canal--and her spunky moves caught the cute clerk off guard. According to a witness, after Ms. Powter left the store, the clerk muttered, "Wait a minute... isn't Susan... I mean, she looks kind of... with that short hair and all... I thought she was... oh, never mind!" Not that he's complaining!
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DEFUNCT MELROSE PLACE HUNK Kyle McBride--a.k.a. actor Rob Estes--was seen holding court Wed 4/15, 4:20 pm, at Starbucks downtown by Nordstrom. Rob's not out of place here, as he's married to former Seattleite and fellow Melrose Place alum Josie Bissett (best known for her TV movie Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear). My spy Cameron says, "He was looking awfully precious in a backwards blue baseball cap and fuchsia jacket [Fuchsia? How L.A.!--SRS] He was sitting out on the street with two blonde women (bad dye-jobs, dry stringy hair, roots for days) and a man." Hey Josie: I hope the bad dye-job wasn't you! Just because you're in Seattle doesn't mean you can let yourself go!
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"ONE SERIOUSLY BIG NOGGIN!" That's the word on veteran TV personality Ken Schram, spotted noshing on sushi Fri 4/9 at Yoshinobo in the ID. "Mitch" notes that in person the KOMO 4 Town Meeting host is much leaner and shorter than he appears on the tube, yet just as warm, friendly, and glib! Mitch, would you care to elaborate? "He chain-smoked Salems, exchanged long, starry-eyed glances with a very sensible looking brunette, and ordered the green tea ice cream." Was he a good tipper? Let's just say that the wait staff would welcome Ken back at his earliest convenience!
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ONLY ONE PERSON in Seattle enjoys showing off their tattooed ass more than Evening Magazine's John Curley... and that's local KVI radio personality/former MTV VJ Kennedy! I hear she's traipsing around the Entercom office pulling down her britches and showing off that pink elephant tattooed in her "swimsuit area"! Then she's all like, "Look everyone! It's an elephant--you know, that stands for Republican? And it's on my hip! Get it? Republicans... are... 'hip'?!" I enjoy a feminine rump every now and again, but honey, Curley's ass beats yours hands down!
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SO GUESS WHO turned up on Kennedy's radio show last week? Real World expat Irene McGee! No, she didn't go on because of Kennedy's MTV connections... she was there in spite of them! And sister, Miss Irene is looking goooooood! Wm. Steven Humphrey (speaking of superfine asses!) saw her at the Crocodile, and said girl was slim, tanned, and put together! Not being on "nosy-cam" 24/7 agrees with Irene! · · · So that couldn't have been Irene looking puffy and downing a double-dip a couple weeks ago in Green Lake, as I previously reported. Irene's hotness quotient was confirmed by a Mr. Orbit, who ran into her at "a Capitol Hill discount T-shirt shop," and was also floored by her cuteness.
Keep your eyes on the stars! shirley@thestranger.com
