Texas Celebrity Travel News
October 30, 2006 by Paris and John
Filed under News and Festivals
by Grace Sydney
Dallas
In September, the Big D was the place to be for stargazing. Rose McGowan “Charmed” the patrons of Dallas’s favorite new haunt, Ghostbar on the rooftop of the W Dallas-Victory Hotel, while attending a bash held for “Prison Break” star Lane Garrison. Later in the month Clint Eastwood and his wife Dina, who celebrated ten years of marriage in March of 2006, also walked along the 100-square-foot glass deck at the hotel’s luxury lounge……Former Dallas denizen Morgan Fairchild, whose ABC Family version of “The Initiation of Sarah” will terrify TV viewers this October, sampled the Italian cuisine served at Campisi’s restaurant when she returned to her hometown recently…..Two top-selling songbirds enjoyed the amenities at The Mansion on Turtle Creek during their stays in the state’s third largest city. The AAA Five Diamond and Mobil 5-star sanctuary welcomed both Jewel, who unpacked her luggage in the hotel’s swank Terrace Suite, and Mariah Carey, who arrived with Jack, her constant canine companion…..Silver-haired singing sensation Taylor Hicks unwound after a concert appearance amid the avant-garde ambiance at Club Dada, Deep Ellum’s hippest hotspot.
Austin
Alt rock queen Fiona Apple, who created aural abstract masterpieces on her latest CD, joined the king of renegade movie-making Quentin Tarantino at a cocktail party held amid the contemporary art work on display at Volitant Gallery, a 5,000-square-foot space inside Austin’s Koppel Building which houses pop art creations in a variety of media.
Horror movie fans enjoyed a hair-raising encounter with Leatherface himself when “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”’s Gunnar Hansen arrived for two nights of terror at The Nightmare Factory, voted Austin’s scariest haunted house attraction.
Corsicana
Looking out through a series of sepia-toned portraits, the world-weary faces of “Lonesome Dove”’s Gus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, as portrayed on the small screen in the late 1980’s by acting icons Robert Duvall and San Saba native Tommy Lee Jones, look at home among the cowboy paintings and Native American sculptures showcased at the Pearce Civil War Museum and Western Art Collection at Navarro College. Both Old West enthusiasts and fans of Hollywood history will enjoy the exhibition of 58 photos, on display through December 22, which capture the tale’s transformation from literary masterpiece into one of television’s most beloved mini-series.
San Antonio
Residents of The Alamo City may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of actor Steven Bauer, better known to fans of the gangster classic “Scarface” as Manny Ribera, and Kuno Becker, who starred in the soccer move “Goal!,” as the two thespians step in front of the camera for the upcoming boxer flick “From Mexico With Love,” which will be filming throughout the month of October.
