Texas Celebrity Travel News
February 4, 2008 by Paris and John
Filed under News and Festivals
Austin
Austin native Chantal Jones, who was a perfectly coifed hair away from winning cycle nine of “America’s Next Top Model,” won the hearts of the Gruv patrons who were on hand for the Beauty and the Beat runway extravaganza in late January, the Austin American-Statesman reports. The Fifth Street retreat played host to the stylish soiree, which showcased creations found at Slate and Soigne Boutiques. (Soigne Boutique, loacated at ther Rosedale Village Shopping Center on Burnet Road, offers an array of au courant attire and accoutrements from designers such as VOOM, To The Max, Hazel and Kenzie Girl).
Fame may have transported actor Owen Wilson to Tinseltown, but Texas is never far from his thoughts, and on January 27, 2008 the “You, Me & Dupree” star hobknobbed with fellow Lone Star citizens Lance Armstrong, Kinky Friedman, Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks, “Desperate Housewives” cast member Ricardo Chavira and the Red-Headed Stranger himself, Willie Nelson, who enjoyed the view of Lady Bird Lake from the vantage point of the Four Seasons hotel during a fund raising event, the Austin American-Statesman reports. A happening with heart, proceeds of the $500 and $1,000 per seat dinner will be used to support the Nobelity Project.
Actor Scott Speedman (better known to fans of TV teen dramas as “Felicity”’s college crush Ben Covington on the former WB series) was spotted at Austin’s newest themed retreat– Qua bottle lounge. Opening its doors in October 2007, the exclusive, 25-and-over oasis offers an environmentally aware atmosphere where patrons can drink in the beauty of a sting ray or reef shark’s balletic underwater movements in the bar’s aquarium. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the “Underworld” star enjoyed his night out on the town alongside Tinseltown twosome Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, who was also seen during their stay in the Live Music Capital of the World perusing for purchases among the vintage items found at Off the Wall, which is located on South Congress Avenue. The silver screen star will have another opportunity to shop for antiques when she makes a return trip to Texas this summer as the director of the upcoming comedy “Whip It!,” starring Ellen Page of “J
uno” fame.
Friday Night Lights fans will find a fairway to heaven as they watch their favorite stars putt for a good cause at the Hyatt Lost Pines on March 7, 2008. After a day of watching Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse PLemons and Zach Gilford on the green, golf enthusuasts and music lovers can tap their toes to the sounds of Stetson-wearing superstar Tim McGraw, who movie buffs may remember from the movie version of the NBC hit.
Dallas
During her recent stay in The Big D, two-time “Dancing With the Stars” champion Julianne Hough kicked her shoes off in one of the 20 well-appointed suites at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas after a meet and greet at Park Place Lexus, the Dallas Morning News reports, where future Fred Astaires and Ginger Rogers from Dana’s Studio of Dance performed for the bubbly blonde beauty.
Since opening in 2006, Ghostbar at the W Hotel has become the favorite haunt of visiting VIPs. Paris Hilton, in town for the premiere of her latest cinematic venture, is the latest luminary to join the nightclub’s in crowd.
Grapevine
Teen dreams Drake Bell of Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh,” Cody Linley of “Hannah Montana” and “Wizards of Waverly Place” stars David Henrie and Jennifer Stone were among the first to see Grapevine’s new family-friendly fantasyland, Great Wolf Lodge. The unveiling, which took place January 10, 2008, revealed a resort featuring an 80,000-square-foot water park complete with nine waterslides, six pools and a four-story treehouse waterfort for both the young and the young at heart.
–Grace Sydney
