I spy ...

I know I said I wouldn't trust Oh No They Didn't for up-to-date news anymore, but some ONTD readers had encounters with the celeb-kind and they were relevant, so I thought it'd be interesting to share them:
A girl who works at Ruby's Diner (yumm!) in Laguna Beach said that Jessica Smith stopped by on Sunday night: She was cute and humble. She was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans and had two little boys with her. She ordered chicken fingers and stayed on her sidekick most of the time. She was really sweet and left a 6-dollar tip on her 12-dollar bill. I must say she was much more of a pleasure to serve than the whole cast of Season One two summers ago. Season three was filming a few days ago on our Patio, and we get constant calls from tourists asking if the “movie stars” are going to be at the restaurant that day. There is also a flower shop right next to Ruby's called Bill's Flowers. MTV knew his flower shop didn't sell corsages...but they set up cameras and gave Bill a microphone and had the boys come to buy the corsages on tape just so they could get their disappointed reactions. [Jessica with Syrus of The Real World Boston. Photo courtesy of The Real O.C. boards]

Another ONTD reader shared this about hottie James Franco: So I was at The Mint (a club) recently and a girl named Marla Sokoloff was there performing. Anyway, Marla is a fairly known actress ... But most importantly- she used to date James Franco. She had quite a few bitter songs she dedicated to her ex aka James. She made it clear that James cheated on her over and over BUT she then said "he hooked up with his blonde co-star." So my only guess is James and Sophia Myles hooked up while filming Tristan & Isolde.
Recently, James has also been seen with Ashley Hartman and Jennifer Decker. Also a Marla fan told me (after the show) that Marla said: "If you want to hook up with James, get a part in one of his movies. He loves his co-stars."

... or it could've been Kirsten Dunst ...

Paris Hilton has been slapped with a restraining order after she apparently harassed events planner Brian Quintana with racial slurs and threatening phone calls. Quintana complained that she'd called him a "lazy Mexican" and was also paranoid that he was trying to convince Starchos to leave her for MK Olsen. I'm not the least bit surprised.

Kristin Cavallari has been everywhere. She did an interview with Alloy.com recently and she covered these juicy bits: she thinks that this is "such a men's world" and that "women should have more power, stand up for themselves more, and say how they feel." If she were a cartoon character, she'd be Cinderella "because she knows what it's like to have nothing, so when she became beautiful and got the guy, then she really appreciated it. I feel like I went through the same thing." She still speaks highly of ex-boyfriend Stephen Colletti -- she chooses to call him a "prince" over a "frog": "he's a great guy. But I have a boyfriend right now, Brody Jenner, and he's a prince for sure." And it's no surprise that if she had to be stuck in an elevator with someone, it'd be Johnny Depp. Check out the entire interview here.

It was announced yesterday that Mischa Barton will be the "new face of bebe beginning this summer."
The founder and chairman of the women's clothing brand Manny Mashouf said, "Mischa is a great talent with beauty, intelligence, and a street smart sensibility. She exudes a sexy modern style which perfectly personifies the bebe woman ... bebe's new Runway Collection is directional and epitomizes a reborn sense of Hollywood glamour interpreted in a modern manner -- perfect for the red carpet -- and perfect for someone like Mischa whose style is so influential and elegant." Mischa is so not bebe, but maybe bebe's actually going for Hollywood glamour. [Photo courtesy of celebweb.org]

Lindsay Lohan's being a little whiny brat again these days: she was spotted at Charlotte Ronson's show at the National Arts Club Sunday night, and told a Daily News spy that "I can't sit down 'cause I have ADD." When asked about the Upper West Side traffic jams the filming of Chapter 27 caused, she said, "Don't blame me, blame Jared Leto." What a namedropper.

She also dropped James Frey's name a couple of times to Us Weekly: when she met Frey at a store signing, she said, "I started shaking ... I always keep ['A Million Little Pieces'] with me." Is that her Bible?