Was some actor/talk show host attacked/murdered at Spago's? (1 Viewer)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) -- Vince Vaughn got a bloody nose for his 33rd birthday outside a hotel lounge where he was celebrating.

Vaughn's assailant fled after the incident early Friday, said Sgt. Robert Lewis of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A witness told authorities someone approached Vaughn, who has costarred in "The Cell," "Swingers" and "Return to Paradise," outside The Standard hotel. The suspect spoke first, and Vaughn responded. Police did not say what was said.

"The suspect took offense to him and hit him," Lewis said.

Vaughn's nose was bloodied, said his publicist, Ina Teciokas.

"Vince never threw a punch, Teciokas said. "He was just standing outside and got punched."

While filming "Domestic Disturbance" in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2001, Vaughn and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg were arrested after a barroom brawl in which the film's co-star, Steve Buscemi, was stabbed several times.

Vaughn and Rosenberg were fined $250, ordered to pay court costs, undergo alcohol counseling and stay away from local bars. Buscemi was not charged.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/03/3...z/index.html#1

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Two weeks ago on Today, Rosie O'Donnell announced that she will end her daily talk show when her contract expires in 2002. In the Entertainment States of America, a star may graduate to a movie career, the network may cancel her show, her option may not be picked up, she may be murdered by a stalker at Spago between seasons, but she does not quit television. It is downright un-American.

I read this article when it originally came out, so maybe it was the first (and only) time I heard about someone being murdered at Spago's (or Spago), but I'm so sure I heard it somewhere else, too. "murdered by a stalker at Spago" seems a little too specific to not be a reference to something that actually happened.

Of course the article is almost two and a half years old. Maybe when I read it that first time, I thought someone actually had been killed (and the murder was famous enough that the victim's name didn't have to be mentioned) and the thought stayed in my mind ever since.

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...a star may graduate to a movie career, the network may cancel her show, her option may not be picked up, she may be murdered by a jealous ex on her front steps, feet away from her sleeping children, but she does not quit television. It is downright un-American.

Kinda jarring, isn't it?

Regards,

Joe

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