KAT TALES TV Blog

The Juice Fountain On Hollywood Blvd Great Place For A Healthy Snack

2014-09-21T16:36:00.003-07:00

Hollywood Blvd looks like a depressive bomb exploded. I haven't been walking around there for a while but I did recently and I checked out one of my favorite places to eat a healthy bite.
The Juice Fountain on 6332 Hollywood Blvd., is a inexpensive and tasty place if you are in the area. There are so many great juice and smoothie combinations that it may take you a while to make up your mind on what to get but it is well worth it. The area was looking shady with the desperate tour guides, solicitors trying to hustle cosmetic gift bags and the people asking for money sitting up and down the sidewalk but if you are looking to film some local color and the real Hollyweird, take a walk around Ivar and Vine. Anyway, The Juice Fountain is a great place so stop by if you are in the neighborhood.

Eric The Actor Dies Before Becoming A Hologram

2014-09-21T16:15:00.001-07:00

Eric The Actor formerly known as Eric The Midget from the Howard Stern Show passed away yesterday. Eric Shaun Lynch was one of the "disabled" side kicks that was used as entertainment fodder on the Howard Stern Radio Show for many years. As a member of the "Wack Pack" Eric drew laughs and a fan based partly due to his size and partly due to his anger. Eric wanted to be taken seriously as a man and as an actor so he changed his moniker from Eric The Midget to Eric The Actor. Johnny Fratto his manager was desperately trying to get Eric to travel to Beverly Hills so he could be turned into a hologram. Luckily for Eric Lynch that didn't happened. Sometimes it is better to go out without being the butt of a sadistic prick's jokes. RIP Eric.

Brittny Gastineau Looking Much Better Since Miami Incident

2014-09-18T09:02:00.001-07:00

Brittny Gastineau was looking great yesterday as she was seen going to lunch. Last time Brittny was seen she was a hot mess in Miami and at Villa Blanca last month. But everyone has their bad days. Gastineau was seen having lunch with Shiva Safai. Both women were wearing sexy shoes...

Mickey Rourke Spends Birthday Dinner At Russian Restaraunt

2014-09-18T08:57:00.001-07:00

Mickey Rourke spent his birthday with his girlfriend at a Russian Restaurant. I think some crazy cake was involved. He seemed that he had a great time. Mickey spent some quality time with his pals for over 25 years Giuseppe Franco and Richie Palmer yesterday...

Hedo Turkoglu - "You Gave Me Promises Promises" Back With The LA Clippers

2014-09-18T08:51:00.001-07:00

Well look who the KAT dragged in. The last time I saw Hedo was right before the NBA Playoffs in April. Unfortunately Turkoglu had a back injury and was out and then all hell broke loose with the Donald Sterling tapes and the rest is history.
Hedo's back is now back in line which is great news and he is re-signed to the LA Clippers for another year.
Here are some blasts from the past Hedo Turkoglu KAT TALES TV videos...

Robbie Keane Says Happy Birthday To Mickey Rourke

2014-09-16T20:29:00.001-07:00

I bumped into Robbie Keane and his lovely wife Claudine Palmer earlier today after they enjoyed a very long lunch LOL! Anyway, it turns out today is Mickey Rourke's birthday. And the rest is history. Happy B-day Mickey!

Goodbye To The Hardest Working Women In Show Biz - Joan Rivers

2014-09-05T12:30:00.001-07:00

When I heard Joan Rivers was in the hospital I didn't feel like talking. I just wanted to keep quiet and lay low. At 81 to go under the knife is risky and I had a feeling Joan Rivers being the competitive talent that she was would want to go out in a way that garnered the most attention, a place where she felt the most comfortable and on her own terms. What better place to leave than at the top of her game? Who else but Joan Rivers would kill it at a comedy club the night before, go out to dinner with a friend and the next day get some work on her throat done? Part of me thinks she was jealous of the top billing Robin Williams was getting in heaven so Joan Rivers had to tell Johnny Carson what was up! All kidding aside, Joan Rivers was a force of nature, an icon, a true talent, a bitch, a doll a mother and a grandmother. Mad Respect to a woman that made her way in a male dominated field where women weren't taken seriously until she walked into the room. I didn't like all the things she said but that is OK. I liked her anyway. RIP Joan and to your family and loved ones you are suffering a great loss but she loved you as sure and as fiercely as she was talented......

Eduardo Verástegui - Caliente But Not In A Promiscuous Kind Of Way

2014-08-25T09:32:00.001-07:00

So my Spanish is weak and I found out "caliente" can have several meanings like "boner" and "promiscuous" etc. I strictly mean it as a compliment in the most positive sense. HOT, Sexy, Handsome etc. I wasn't familiar with Eduardo Verástegui but Now I am. LOL! He has gorgeous eyes...

V.Stiviano How The Mighty Have Fallen - Driving A Hyundai

2014-08-25T09:18:00.001-07:00

The woman or maybe she should be nicknamed the WoeMan, the right hand man of Donald Sterling also known as V.Stiviano was back to the same restaurant she was at the day before on Friday. Maybe money is running low, because gone were her variety of fancy cars. Stiviano rolled up in a Hyundai. She tried to hide the fact several times. First she parked on the street. When her Koi (owner) pal Nick Haque arrived she asked the valet to move it in the parking lot. Maybe Nick gave her some money. When V.Stiviano and Nick had finished their lunch, Nick got into his waiting SUV. Stiviano answered questions by TMZ and then realized that it wasn't smart to to go her car so she knocked on the door of Nick Haque's ride, spoke to the Valet in Spanish about her Hyundai and then got into Haque's car. Why the deception? All for appearances. Hey there is nothing wrong with driving an affordable and economical car. It is slightly amusing that the WoeMan whose life's mission was to show off her plunder: the designer bags, shoes, court side seats and expensive cars on her Instagram, is now hiding the fact that she is driving a Hyundai. God forbid she has to earn a living honestly like the rest of us.

Ray Donovan's Guest Star Rosanna Arquette Seen Leaving Lunch

2014-08-25T09:04:00.002-07:00

Rosanna Arquette who most recently had an acting arc on 'Ray Donovan' (which will probably win several Emmy's tonight) seen leaving lunch recently in Beverly Hills. Arquette comes from one of the most successful acting families in Hollywood.

V. Stiviano Despite Love Child Tale Says Donald Sterling Is Gay

2014-08-21T16:54:00.001-07:00

TMZ is reporting that V. Stiviano just outed Donald Sterling. According to their story, TMZ is quoting that V. Stiviano said that "she was his beard and that Donald Sterling is gay." Didn't she say she was Donald's "right hand man". Then she said she never slept with him. Later V. said she had a love child with Sterling. Now Stiviano claims pimp daddy Donald Sterling is gay. I think V. stands for Vendetta in more ways than one. Which story is it. The funny thing is I heard a rumor a while ago that Sterling was gay but their was no proof just gossip. But nothing in Hollyweird surprises me. I think Diary of A Hollywood Street King was first to drop that bomb about the former Clippers owners being a homosexual. Regardless, money talks and freaks walk.
After seeing Donald Sterling over the weekend, then his wife earlier this week and then to see V. Stiviano today, I just couldn't bring myself to talk to her/him/beard/mistress/mother/famewhore.

Shelly Sterling Drive By In Beverly Hills

2014-08-18T21:28:00.001-07:00

Honestly, I don't know what the universe is doing. I think it is having a laugh at me. First V. Stiviano, then seeing her again, then seeing Blake Griffin last week having lunch in Beverly Hills, over the weekend running into Donald Sterling and today SHELLY STERLING. Lions and tigers and bears Oh My.............

Expendables Star Dolph Lundgren Still Hot & Handsome

2014-08-18T21:22:00.002-07:00

Ran into Dolph Lundgren earlier today and he looked HOT....

Former DWTS Contestant Billy Dee Williams Chats With KAT

2014-08-18T21:19:00.000-07:00

Lando Calrissian also known as Billy Dee Williams was out shopping over the weekend in Beverly Hills. Unfortunately the "force" gave him a parking ticket.

Rock Star Sebastian Bach Seen Enjoying Lunch With Wife

2014-08-18T21:09:00.002-07:00

Heavy Metal vocalist Sebastian Bach took his wife Minnie Gupta to lunch recently in Beverly Hills. Sebastian has a new album "Give 'Em Hell" that is out now.

Donald Sterling Hides From KAT

2014-08-17T13:41:00.001-07:00

In a interesting twist of fate, I saw Donald Sterling yesterday. A car was getting towed and it turns out it was his at the time I had no idea but when he was leaving the restaurant I noticed that belly. He went back inside to order a driver to pick him up and his lady. Several months ago, I wanted to bump into Sterling in the height of the frenzy it didn't happen. I ran into V. Stiviano instead. Yesterday was a trippy day, I was in Zen. Donald Sterling is what he is. He can not change. It is unfortunate that so many were hurt in the process and that his family will be $2 Billion richer.

Blake Griffin Ignores Question On Clippers Sale

2014-08-17T13:32:00.002-07:00

It is a tricky thing but NBA players are controlled. They can't say what they want which makes the whole "ownership" thing even more distasteful. After going to so many Clippers games in the past, I'm still torn about going to any more in the future. The Donald Sterling fiasco and not being aware of his discriminatory housing practices as well as his racism and other negatives, made me realize that what I give my money to means I'm supporting the views of the people who own the business. It was a sobering thought. Who owns what and who plays is a serious issue. The Lords and the serfs - the masters and slaves - the owners and the workers is a disturbing dance that has been going on for eons.
But it seem to come down that most of us will do just about anything for money. It is the world we live in.

Blake Griffin & Sasha Vujacic Hanging Out With Beverly Hills Fans

2014-08-17T13:22:00.001-07:00

This was funny seeing Blake Griffin up close after seeing so many times at Los Angeles Clippers games. I don't know much about Sasha Vujacic but he is a hottie in those sunglasses he is sporting. Anyway, after practice the two had lunch at Il Pastaio and made some fans happy by taking some pictures.

Dolph Lundgren & When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

2014-08-17T13:16:00.001-07:00

Dolph Lundgren was supposed to be the main story but something different happened. While photographing Dolph and his friend, I was repeatedly blocked and bumped much like when I used to play basketball. So after a few times, I held my position. I don't even know the pap's name, lets just call him saggy pants. By the way, the whole sagging pants fashion where a man's ass crack is showing started in the penal system. In prison, men who wear their pants low are saying they are "bottoms" that they are available for sex by other inmates so I don't get the fashion of men not in prison walking around free wearing their pants so low that you can almost see their balls. Only another man would find that attractive not a lady in my opinion. In the video, I remark, "Go back to prison!" because of his sagging pants just to be clear. Anyway, saggy pants accused me of physically attacking him. Now let's look at this logically why would I do that when my job is to get the best pictures and video possible of the the celeb that I'm shooting? Why would I have to attack to get a shot of Lundgren when I've shot him so many times in the past and want to shoot him in the future? Why would I fuck up a chance for a great video that possibly could be sold since Dolph Lundgren is hot right now due to Expendables 3. Lastly, I love Grace Jones, I would not mess with any old or new flames in her crew. But besides all that, it is so sad that saggy pants said in the video that "He has nothing to live for..." That is more disturbing than his tirade and his verbal abuse. For me it isn't that serious. I come across celebs all the time without really trying. I don't have to fight to photograph them or get them to chat with me. I'm not desperate for shots. They come to me so in the future when I have to shoot around someone like saggy pants. I'll ignore him. It is hard though to turn the other cheek when a person is threatening you. Seriously. If I was a man, it would be the norm for me to knock him out but because I'm a woman, it is a strange paradox.

Scottish Actor Tony Curran Got A Good Thing Going

2014-08-17T12:50:00.001-07:00

Defiance star Tony Curran is hard working Scottish actor with a wonderful family. His wife was such a dear and their daughter is adorably smart. Curran and his family were leaving lunch when I got to ask about his SyFy show.

Mickey Rourke: A Bat & A KAT In A Tailor's Shop

2014-08-17T12:43:00.001-07:00

Here is a small slice of cheese of the the funny Mickey Rourke before he appeared on JKL, flew to Russia and made a B-Line to New York. Only Mickey would bring a Louisville Slugger baseball bat inside his tailor's shop.

R.I.P. Robin Williams

2014-08-11T19:14:00.002-07:00

I have no photo to post of Robin Williams. I have never had the pleasure of photographing him. I was shocked to read that he took his life like most people. Depression, drug addiction, alcoholism and sobriety is a battle a never ending war.
Recently, I met Christopher Lambert and he reminded me my love for Queen, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie. One of my favorite songs is "Under Pressure".
Robin Williams spent most of his adult life making people who never met him in the flesh, Laugh.
Thanks Robin rest in peace.

Mickey Rourke Heads To Russia

2014-08-09T15:45:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I procrastinate updating my blog because saying how one really feels is something that can get one in trouble. But WTH, I'm going to live large. A few days ago, I spent some quality time with Mickey Rourke shooting the shit LOL! and spilling some TEA. To say, I had a great time would be an understatement. Rourke had an appointment with his tailor Gary Gagossian. Gary was gracious and gave us strong coffee. I learned a little about "Houndstooth" fabric and Mickey's favorite color (periwinkle/lavender). We both share an admiration for Viggo Mortensen especially in "Eastern Promises."
Some things I recorded and others I did not. But there was some GEMS. LOL! I really appreciate the access and the opportunity to spend time as well as take some amazing pictures. Yes I said amazing. I'm going to claim it. I saw some of the responses from one of my photographs of Mickey Rourke and many people commented that he was looking great. That makes me very happy. We all can use some redemption and we all can improve. So here is to Mickey Rourke getting what he deserves and wants out of his acting career. He is very proud of his work in "Ashby" which he just wrapped. Sin City 2 is going to be in theaters soon so Rourke will be doing a media blitz which includes going to Russia.

It's Vanderpump Rules For Lisa Vanderpump

2014-08-07T11:56:00.001-07:00

I photographed Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd earlier in the day yesterday and made the assumption that they were shooting Real House Wives Of Beverly Hills. They were actually shooting Vanderpump Rules...

Steven Hirsch Of Vivid Entertainment Has A Porn Offer For V. Stiviano

2014-08-07T11:54:00.001-07:00

V. Stiviano has a way of popping up like a pimple just when you least expect it. Anyway, Donald Sterling's "right hand man" as she claimed in an interview with Barbara Walters arrived at the same restaurant as porn king Steven Hirsch of Vivid was lunching. Later I asked Hirsch about the lucrative porn career that a person who might be transgender could obtain...