2019-09-04 The Hollywood Reporter

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Matt Lauer ‘Asks to Be Seated in a Quiet Corner’
After nearly two years of exile, Matt Lauer is tiptoeing back into society
in New York summer enclave Sag Harbor. The former To d ay host had
been hunkered down at Strongheart Manor, a 14,000-square-foot
North Haven compound he bought from Richard Gere for $36.5 million
in 2016, a year before getting booted by NBC amid sexual misconduct
claims. But locals report that Lauer, 61, has been spotted cruising on
his motorcycle and enjoying meals at such local hotspots as Dopo La
Spiaggia and Bell & Anchor. Says a source, “He asks to be seated in a
quiet corner so people won’t notice.” Another resident says Lauer also
has become a regular at SagTown coffee. “He comes for breakfast; when
people come up to him, he’s very receptive.” There have been no sight-
ings of Lauer on a date, but his ex, Annette Roque, was seen at Bilboquet
with a mystery man, sharing photos and laughing. — BETH LANDMAN

Mixtape

The Quick Pitch

Jeremy Fall, a

restaurateur signed

to UTA who’s made a

name for his heavily

art-directed take on

hospitality (Easy’s

diner at the Beverly

Center, Paperboy piz-

zeria), has partnered

with Roc Nation on this

multicultural concept

at the former BLD

address not far from

The Grove. Influences

are drawn from France,

Tunisia, the Caribbean

and Jewish cuisine.

The Inside Dish

Mixtape includes

visual artwork by

the likes of Quincy

Jones, Vic Mensa and

Jaden Smith.

7450 Beverly Blvd.

— GARY BAUM

Matt Lauer on the loose from Strongheart Manor, now dining in the open in Sag Harbor.

WarnerMedia’s Bob

Greenblatt and NBC’s

George Cheeks shared

a table at Paley. ...

Rihanna had dinner

at Mason. ... Thandie

Newton lunched at

Republique. ... Keri

Russell and Matthew

Rhys had family dinner

at Pizzeria Mozza. ...

Jackie Cruz stopped

by Cleo Hollywood. ...

Dawn Hudson was at

AOC. ... Nicky Hilton

checked out San

Vicente Bungalows.

... Busy Philipps sat

for lunch at La Scala

Beverly Hills. ... Robin

Thicke popped by

Little Beach House

Malibu. ... Robert De

Niro enjoyed Summer

of Ludo & Gilles at

Montage Beverly Hills.

Reese Witherspoon

was in separately.

Chez Jay’s patio, “The Backyard.”

Bernie Presses the Flesh
(and Eats a Steak) at Chez Jay
Before Bernie Sanders spoke at
Santa Monica High School in
July, he asked some locals where
he should grab dinner. The clear
consensus was Chez Jay, the
shack-like restaurant on Ocean
Avenue that’s been serving steaks
and sand dabs to movie stars
for 60 years (Julie Andrews and
Blake Edwards had their first
date there, while Matt Damon and
Ben Affleck once wrote scripts in
its red booths). Sanders and his
entourage ended up taking over
half the dining room, with the

Family Guy writer (and Instagram

royal family satirist) Gary Janetti,

whose precise coffee-ordering

habits long have been memorial-

ized on husband Brad Goreski’s

feed (the stylist has 526,000 fol-

lowers). “The intensity with which

he orders is very specific,” says

Goreski. “So I posted a compila-

tion video.” That video went viral

over the summer, with Goreski’s

followers from Saudi Arabia to

Australia posting their own clips

ordering the drink. Although

Starbucks corporate offices won’t

comment, at least one branch— at

the corner of Wilshire and Santa

Monica in Beverly Hills — has put

The Gary on its menu.

Kacey Musgraves’ One-Hour

Photo Shoot in Koreatown

Country singer Kacey Musgraves

was recently driving around L.A.

looking for a spot to develop a

roll of old-fashioned film. She

randomly ended up in Koreatown,

at Tom’s One-Hour Photo, where

owner To m Tu n g not only printed

her snaps but took some of his

own, with Musgraves sitting for

portraits in front of his hand-

made backdrops. “It’s one of

those rare mom-&-pop gems,”

the 31-year-old Grammy winner

gushed on Instagram, sharing

Tung’s photos with her 1.9 million

followers. Not surprisingly, busi-

ness at the shop, which opened in

1991 and has been struggling in

recent years, is suddenly boom-

ing, so much so that Tung was

too busy to talk when Rambling

Reporter dropped by. “We work

hard,” says Tung’s wife, Lisa. “But

it’s not easy to make money.”

candidate ensconced at table 10,

a secluded spot toward the back.

But that didn’t stop him from

schmoozing with voters. “They

were very nice,” reports GM Chris

Anderson. “Bernie was cordial.

It was crazy when he walked out,

all these people [shouting] his

name.” Sanders’ stopover was

just the latest profile-raising

happening at Chez Jay. The res-

taurant also recently popped up

as a location on Goliath, Amazon’s

Billy Bob Thornton series cre-

ated by David E. Kelley (who took

Michelle Pfeiffer there for their

first date). — LESLEY BALLA

Family Guy Writer Inspires

a Viral Starbucks Drink

Never mind pumpkin spice. The

drink everybody’s asking for

at Starbucks these days is The

Gary. And the person behind the

beverage — an iced mocha with

two pumps of mocha, almond

milk and no whipped cream — is

Rihanna

Greenblatt

Kacey Musgraves, photographed by Tom Tung.

Rambling Reporter

By Chris Gardner

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