Dateline: Los Angeles. The stars align.

Around here, celebrities are everpresent. As are the insights into their rather normal lives.


Jimmy Smits, A.K.A. President Matthew Santos, A.K.A. Detective Bobby Simone, A.K.A. Attorney Victor Sifuentes, and for you truly old school types, A.K.A. Drug Lord Julio Gonzales
When it comes to acting, Smits displays an impressive depth and layered complexity that isn’t reflected in his dinner choice of shrimp cocktail and house Chardonnay.


Patrick Stewart, A.K.A. Captain Jean Luc Picard
Ambition: To boldly go where no man has gone before
Reality: To boldly go to a recording studio in the Valley that specializes in voice over casting and recording.


Raven Symone, A.K.A. Raven Baxter, A.K.A. Galleria, A.K.A. Olivia Kendall
The hopes of a nation were once firmly affixed to her shoulders as a dying national icon, “The Cosby Show”, limped its way to oblivion in search of an impossibly-too-cute savior. The appreciation for the effort is evident in her Range Rover, Louis Vuitton bag and Coco Chanel shades.


Tyler Florence, T.V. Personality, The Food Network; Appleby’s New “Signature Dish” Pitchman
The world loves a good cook with a great personality. The Hertz shuttle driver, looking for Gold Member status verification and a non-existent reservation, is much less impressed.