Though clearly not all celebrities have the starpower of Scarlett or DMX, we still like to note when celebrities, especially cool ones, end up on campus. So, here’s Bwog contributor Brendan Ballou’s anecdote from yesterday: “David Byrne was just on campus!… He was wearing a black suit, white yellow shoes, and a tiny yellow backpack. Plus […]

Bwog tipster Ryan Withall writes in with a Morningside Heights celebrity sighting… I was just strolling down Bway and on my way to Labyrinth, and I saw something odd. A pretty sweet looking black lowrider (sorry I’m not gangsta enough to know the make and model) sat broken down in the middle of the street. […]

Sorry to disappoint. That vision in pink you may have seen preening on Low Steps is actually Laura Belle Bundy, playing Elle Woods in the upcoming Broadway musical Legally Blonde, which debuts at the Palace Theater in April. She and her coterie of publicists, camera people, and small dog held their publicity shoot on Low […]

As always, Bwog feels compelled to do its part in propagating the scandalous rumor of the week. According to IvyLeak, everyone’s favorite director of racialized films, Spike Lee, is taking a humanities class at Columbia. The grapevine reports he’s in Hamilton from 6:10-8:00 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bwog assumes he’s taking lit hum, brushing up on […]

For all ye who aren’t afraid to venture north to see bad-ass celebrities acting all bad-ass, the movie American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, is filming right now on 135th St.—which, although not technically Columbia territory, might well be within the next few years. The plot involves Guns! Drugs! Danger! The 70’s!—in other […]

Bwog speculated on this last spring, and has now recieved visual confirmation! A savvy tipster sighted Viggo’s son Henry Blake Mortensen, who’s made a few appearances himself, moving into Hartley last night. He’s apparently sporting a blue mohawk…Bwog would have checked facebook, but we already quit.

Self-proclaimed “loyal bwog reader” Xavier Estevez writes in about Freedom Writers, a movie being shot outside Barnard today. Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey has been spotted. Take a stroll around 117th, maybe you’ll bump into the film’s star, Hilary Swank.

Starring: Max Minghella (previous credits: Syriana, Bee Season, Art School Confidential) Also featuring: Joey Alvarado, Liz Strauss Location: Cafe Swish, Kim’s, JJ’s Place Plot Summary: New York Times decides to profile progeny of esteemed director Anthony Minghella, cute freshman friends provide sense of natural environment. Rising actor eschews usual activities of the young and famous […]

People reports what we’ve known all along: not even Scarlett Johansson is allowed to oust our picnics. She is welcome to join, however, as long as we get to slather her with sunscreen.

Last night, The Varsity Show gave its annual I.A.L. Diamond Award to famed musician Art Garfunkel in a gala affair that was studded by exactly one star. The event, a pre-show reception held in Lerner C555, was attended by a mixed crowd of Varsity Show parents, friends, and alumni who enjoyed free drinks and appetizers. […]

UPDATE 3:12 pm: More pictures after the jump. This ain’t just no two-bit background filming—the production crew of The Nanny Diaries is pulling out the big guns for all us College Walker-stalkers. Johansson can be seen filming a scene with an as-of-yet unidentified male (possibly co-star Chris Evans, of The Fantastic Four fame) near the […]

Jacob Weaver writes in to say: There’s a sign posted at the top of the stairs leading from Low Plaza up to Dodge that says anyone who happens to walk by during filming of the Nanny Diaries today is giving informed consent to being a potentially recognizable extra in the movie. It says that if […]

Recently confirmed word on the street is that Columbia College graduate and certified big deal Brian Dennehy will be in attendance at Sunday’s performance of this year’s Varsity Show. That’s right. Varsity 112 = TWO celebrities. TWO. That’s almost like an issue of US Weekly. Hard core stalkers must attend the 8 PM performances of […]

Bwog’s eyes on the street report a Law and Order: SVU van on the corner of 115th and Broadway.

An eagle-eyed B&W’er reports that she saw Viggo Mortensen, best known for his role as Master Chief John James ‘Jack’ Urgayle in the smash hit G.I. Jane, talking with his son outside of Hamilton and then heading towards Low. Could Mini-Mortensen be thinking about attending our fair alma?