Was Jake Gyllenhaal Stood Up?!

Love & Other Drugs actor waits 45 minutes at posh L.A. restaurant. Plus more hot celeb sightings

By Marc Malkin, Brett Malec Feb 04, 2011 4:46 PMTags
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Is there anyone out there who wouldn't give an arm and a leg to have dinner with Jake Gyllenhaal?

The Love & Other Drugs star recently visited Santa Monica's fancy Giorgio Baldi restaurant for a nighttime rendezvous and was—get this—stood up! Here's how it went down.

Gyllenhaal was seated at a table inside the eatery but didn't immediately order any items off the menu. As time passed, servers kept asking the all-alone-actor if he wanted any food or drink, but he declined.

The 30-year-old Hollywood hunk waited an entire 45 minutes before finally deciding to hit the road without ever meeting up with his mystery date.

But guess who the celebrity couple was that patiently waited for Jakey's table to free up? Jessica Simpson with footballer fiancé Eric Johnson!

For more celeb sightings, including Lady Gaga's much more successful date night and a gaggle of Gossip Girls, read on...

DATING: Gaga escaped the harsh winter weather by visiting NYC's Bowlmor Times Square where she took shots of Jack Daniels and even got kissy with beau Luc Carl.

CLUBBING: Zac Efron and several friends hit up Hollywood hotspot Eden and enjoyed a bottle of Corzo tequila.

EATING: Leighton Meester celebrated her February Nylon magazine cover with a private dinner and after party at the W New York, where she was joined by Minka Kelly, Jared Leto, and Gossip Girl costars Jessica Szohr and Michelle Trachtenberg... Across town, Ashley Olsen enjoyed Beauty & Essex... In Beverly Hills, awards season-favorite Colin Firth and King's Speech costar Helena Bonham Carter helped celebrate Geoffrey Rush's Oscar nomination with a posh luncheon and Bombay Sapphire cocktails at the Penninsula Hotel...Our E! pal Ryan Seacrest did lunch at L.A.'s BOA Sunset.

PARTYING: Glee's Mark Salling attended Nintendo's Mario Sports Mix launch and basketball viewing party with some pals at L.A.'s Capital City Sports Grill.

PAMPERING: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong enjoyed a mani-pedi spa treatment at the new Nail Garden in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A.