Stars in Orbit: Pitt, Hudson and Ferrell

By Marc Malkin Dec 17, 2007 10:30 PMTags
Brad Pitt, Jennifer Hudson, Will FerrellSteve Granitz/WireImage.com, Jim Spellman/WireImage.com, Darby Shaw/ZUMAPress.com

The Planet Gossip satellites see everything, and I give you the best sightings from around the world—and occasionally even beyond it.

JESSE'S BOYS:  Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, having dinner at Hollywood’s Parc restaurant the night before Rachel McAdams was there doing the same.

KIDDING AROUND:  Marcia Cross, doing a children’s reading of Snowpeople at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. (Saks is donating $2 from every book sold at its stores to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.)

SEASONAL SWAG:  Avril Lavigne, Chace Crawford and the Jonas Brothers, picking up Fashionation iPod cases, Foxers Boxers shorts, Canon digital cameras and gold pieces by Tweety Fine Jewelry at the H&M Artist Gift Lounge during Z100’s Jingle Ball concert in New York City.

DRIVE TIME:  Kathy Griffin, Sharon Lawrence, Reichen Lehmkuhl and boyfriend Ryan Barry, hitting the holiday gift drive for gay youth advocacy group GLASS hosted by T.R. Knight, Chad Allen, Lance Bass, Marc Cherry, Robert Grant and über-publicist Howard Bragman at a private estate in Los Angeles.

FINE DINER:  Jennifer Hudson, hitting Koi in West Hollywood.

NIGHT MOVES:  John Legend, hanging out with a bunch of friends at Chicago’s Manor before heading to the late-night RiNo Lounge.

BABY TALK:  Sacha Baron Cohen, chatting about his newborn daughter, Olive, with Will Ferrell at Social during the Hollywood premiere party of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

JEANS THERAPY:  Michael Vartan, picking up a pair of 501s at the Levi’s store in Beverly Hills.