Spotted at Runyon Canyon...

Yesterday walking the canyon, I passed Matthew Perry, looking very gray, sporting a goatee and listening to his iPod. It's amazing to see certain stars out and about in Hollywood due to how gray their hair is. You don't realize they always have their hair colored before appearing in movies, TV, or even talk shows, so you get this idea of them being younger than they are. This is because once people find out you're old, you become less of a commodity in show business. So a few stars -- Ben Stiller comes to mind -- walk around LA with very grey hair, but never have even one grey hair in any of their movies. Matthew Perry is apparently a member of this group.

So is Nick Cage, but I think with him it has more to do with bad hair than grey hair. That, or an obsession to come up with the most insane hairdo's imaginable. This is my personal favorite:

Spotted at Runyon Canyon...

I've written before about my almost daily treks up Runyon Canyon here in Hollywood, and how it's a hotbed for star sightings. It's so commonplace, it doesn't really excite anymore -- unless it's an exceptional celebrity, or they're doing/saying/wearing something amusing.

Yesterday, I had a bit of a thrill seeing Mickey Rourke driving by in a convertible with a pretty lady, his ponytail blowing in the breeze. Today, I wasn't too excited to see 'American Idol' Season 1 contestant Ryan Starr (twice), although I've always thought she was kind of cute (in spite of overly-glam outfits and a lackluster singing voice -- two attributes which directly led to her appearance in the Lingerie Bowl. But it was what she was doing/saying that caught my attention.

The first time I passed her, she was very carefully and purposefully pulling up her short so as to absolutely maximize the surface area of her exposed midriff (there's nothing more embarrassing than the fashion faux pas of having an only 80-90% bared midriff, believe me). The second time I saw her, she was very animatedly chatting to her friend, seemingly complaining about something. As I passed, I heard her spit out the words, "I woulda won that damn show if I just..." By then, she was out of earshot. I assume she was talking about 'Idol', but what didn't she do which kept her from winning? "If I had just..." what? "Sang well"? "Sang naked"? "Slept with Simon Cowell"? Slept with Paula Abdul"? The suspense is killing me!