Our favorite castle-dwelling Academy Award winner is proud to be pulling for his old Bullet co-star Mickey Rourke, who played a "Jewish junkie" opposite Brody's "artistic, sensitive younger brother" back in 1996. Sure, Brody loves Rourke in The Wrestler and everything, but as he notes to the NY Times, the magic of Oscar has less to do with how you win the award than with how you make it work for you:

“It’s profound in and of itself. It had a profound effect on my whole being and that immersion never leaves you,” he said. “It’s obviously had a positive effect on my career. It’s changed certain elements of my life but the challenge is still there to find great material and to find characters that are on journeys worth taking. It’s a wonderful honor but I don’t expect it to do anything."

But don't take Brody's word for it — the work speaks for itself: The Village, The Jacket, Hollywoodland, The Darjeeling Limited, the straight-to-video Manolete and the dumped Oscar '08 hopeful The Brothers Bloom. King Kong wasn't half-bad either, and who can forget his recent, moody magic in The Proboscis-Salami Connection? This man genuinely knows his art.

• A Serious Adrien Brody Shows For This Party [NYT]

Is it true that a gay guy once slipped you a note asking you to meet him in the restroom for a quickie?
Yeah, it was at an auto parts store, of all places. I’d forgotten about that, fortunately.

Do guys still hit on you?
I guess I’d be disappointed if they didn’t.

What if a man had presented you with your Oscar instead of Halle Berry? Were you so wrapped up in the moment that you might have kissed him too?
That’s a pretty silly question. No, obviously not. Part of the excitement was that it was a beautiful woman presenting me with such a beautiful moment in my life.

Is there any actor for whom you would’ve made an exception?
No.

Let’s try another approach: For your next gay role, who’d you choose for your on-screen love interest?
You want me to name an actor? No, I can’t answer that question, Brandon. See, you ask me how I deal with rumors, and I also have to deal with not adding fuel to them. Something that would be a completely innocuous comment on my part will be completely taken out of context by the next journalist, so I’d appreciate it if you were understanding about that.

Have I put you in a bad mood?
I’m still in a good mood, but I’m also a relatively serious person, so these questions are difficult for me.

So I guess I shouldn’t ask if it’s true what they say about a man with a prominent nose?
Why would you do that to somebody? You and I don’t know each other, right? We’re complete strangers, actually. I’m being respectful to you, so you have to extend the same courtesy.

Oh, Adrien, it’s all in good fun. I’m trying to show your sense of humor here.
I didn’t sign up for that.

Look, Advocate-guy: Brody ain't biting, OK? Perhaps you didn't get a good gander at his castle—fit for a vagina-loving Oscar-winner, and his very vagina-having girlfriend/princess. There's no flute-playing going on in this kingdom, got it? Just the lowering of drawbridges, and the riding of powerful steeds over them. Interview over.

• Big Gay Following: Adrien Brody [Advocate via Queerty]

No need for a magnifying glass — that caption really does say, "When Adrien realized I loved the countryside too, he said, 'Well, we can share our dreams together, then.'" An additional, smaller caption reads, "When I told Adrien I loved convoluted John Maybury films, he pressed a finger to my lips and said, 'Elsa, then an autographed DVD of The Jacket you shall have.'"

Sadly, after spending so much of his own money to purchase Pataky's castle, Brody didn't have the heart to tell her that the expensive "air bathtub" she'd bought off Ebay was good for nothing but reading scripts in, shirtless.

Inside the article, Brody takes Pataky's hand, squeezes it, and says, "Do you remember when we were at a party in Cannes, and a woman sitting behind us told us, 'Thank you for making me believe in love again'?" Sadly, Brody leaves out the next, vital part of the exchange, when the woman added, "So please don't despoil it with a cringe-worthy photo spread in a British tabloid, OK? Leave that to the topless glamour models and Robbie Williams."

• Hello Adrien Brody in love… [LaineyGossip]

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Academy Award winning trail blazer Adrien Brody ushered in a fashion trend at this year's Cannes Film Festival while out partying with his Giallo co-star/gal pal Elsa Pataky. Brody said that he always appreciated the concept of an ascot, but he felt it wasn't conducive to having a good time. Brody also enjoyed the skinny tie, but once again, he felt it lacked a certain element for partying and having fun. So working with a crack team of scientists, clothing designers and stylists, Brody crafted the skinny ascot. Brody said of his invention, "It provides the suave, sophistication of Cary Grant, David Niven mixed with the rough and tumble habits of Sean Penn and Sid Vicious into one perfect piece of satin. From classy to '80s party animal in a matter of mere moments. It's called the Rocot, coming this fall."

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In today's episode: Brett Ratner; Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody; Aaron Eckhart; Jessica Alba; Kevin Connolly, Jason Behr and KaDee Strickland; Jon Heder; Sarah Michelle Gellar; Holly Madison; Danny DeVito and Busy Phillips; Matt Groening, Karen O., and Vincent Gallo; Emmy Rossum; Mathew Lillard; T.R. Knight; Jamie Kennedy; Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally; Brian Austin Green; Tempesst Bledsoe; Walton Goggins; Josh Charles; Tom Irwin and Lizzy Caplan. In Vegas: Johhny Depp and Les Moonves.

· Friday (6/1), about lunchtime, I'm in cluster fuck that is the parking lot at the SouthWest corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights, well, parking. None other than Brett Ratner and friend/driver walk out of the lil' fro-yo/ice cream shop in front of me with their lil' fro-yo/ice cream treats, and hop into their Bentley that is parked next to me. He looked like a happy, little boy with his special treat. Bless his heart.

· Monday night, at the Viceroy — it was a battle of the noses! The Butterscotch Stallion Owen Wilson was chilling in the back of the bar with none other than Adrien Brody! They surveyed the back patio area before heading inside (it was pretty cold, admittedly). They were pretty low-profile, and left a little before last call (at midnight? what is UP with this city?).

· Driving through the "flats" in Bev Hills yesterday (5-31) and who do I see looking lost in his expensive british SUV? None other than soon to be 'Harvey Dent" himself, Aaron Eckhart. Quite handsome, even when lost ( must be the blonde thing). Also, looked older than I thought. Well, blondes don't age well, do they.

· 6/3 - While passing a Coffee Bean in BH on Sunday morning, I overheard a sweet voice rejecting a guy with, "I already have a stylist." I instantly recognized the teeny, svelt backside to be none other than Jessica Alba mere hours before rocking the MTV Movie Awards red carpet (no offense, but thank God she wasn't hosting this year). I'm sure it didn't take her the rest of the day to prep - she looked flawless in jeans, hoodie, wet bun and little to no make-up.

· 5/27 - This one is coming a little late, but I didn't recognize these two at first and had to look them up. Shortly after spotting Kevin Connolly at BLD, I noticed Grudge stars turned husband and wife Jason Behr and KaDee Strickland. She looked pretty and younger in person and smiled in a Cool-I-Think-Someone-Recognizes-Me way.

· Ran into Kay 'n' Dave's in Brentwood to pick up some dinner last night (6-1) and saw Jon Heder with wife, twins and other family member types packing up to leave. He was in full on dad mode, but the pulled-down baseball cap over the 'fro gave him away as an actor-in-hiding. Sadly, Pedro was not with him.

· Peroxide sightings from Westwood...First up Sarah Michelle Gellar at Westwood Equinox last night (6/1/07). She is cute, small and blonde. Then this morning saw Holly Madison from The Girls Next Door at the Starbucks on Santa Monica and Pontius. Also cute, small with the blondest hair I've ever seen. No makeup, which was surprising. Beautiful skin (maybe she's taking some of Hef's age defining magic pills??).

· Arcade Fire show (Tuesday 29 May) at the Greek...Sat right next to Danny DeVito and his two kids. They got there well before the show and watched a bit of Electrelane...He wore a baseball cap and sunglasses throughout most of the show. I made several trips in and out of the row for beers and bathroom breaks, but he was always super nice and smiled saying "Thats alright, dont worry about it!" I literally almost ran him over in the VIP at Coachella last year, so its rad to see that he's a big music fan. Oh, his kids had beers, but he didnt drink. Guess they dont serve Lemoncellos at the Greek...

Also saw Busy Phillips (of Freaks and Geeks fame) who looked WAY better than I've ever seen her. Thin, blonde, and happy suits her much better than dumpy, brunette, and scowling.

· Spotted Busy Phillips (a.k.a. Kim Kelly from the late, great Freaks & Geeks) with boyfriend/husband-type guy at the 5/29 Arcade Fire show at the Greek. Was surprised to see that they had wrangled front-row seats.

· 5/31 - Troubadour, had a nice double whammy hipstery kind of sighting. First Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs outside, looking kind of demure and not the least bit crazy at all. Second, inside, the King of all Nerds, Matt Groening and his son. We discussed how he had curated All Tomorrow's Parties years ago and had programmed in Electrelane. I did not ask him if he got to the show riding in a car made of actual money.

6/1 - At the Natural History Museum for 'First Friday' event, talked to Vincent Gallo, at first I couldn't tell it was him at first or just another bearded hipster. Told him I used the Brown Bunny as a kind of test for my friends (to which he responded, "You test your friends?"). Spotted Karen O **AGAIN** and once again, she just seemed like any other nice human that doesn't wear tights with holes in the crotch or crams microphones down her throat.

· Vincent Gallo at Pacific Dining Car (Downtown), Friday night with unidentified diner...looking ever so scraggly. Chews with his mouth full, ugh.

· Ok, so I went to the 10:55 screening of "Knocked Up" on Sunday at the Grove. It eventually sold out with like minded stoners, but anyhow that's not the point here. I saw Emmy Rossum walking out of the 10:30 showing of the same film with that nerd guy she has been spotted with and I shit you not he is even worse in person. Zits. Horrible Clothes. Frighteningly bad patchy facial hair. Either this guy is a billionaire or has a 17 inch cock or some combo of the two. She had her hood up and looked cute. Mathew Lillard was there the next day in the afternoon talking on his phone looking kinda douche-y. Yes I was at the Grove on back to back days.

· the grove, sunday 6.3.07
after emerging from the the 4 day ordeal that is pirates of the
caribbean 3, came upon celebrigay, t.r. knight, and his faggle near the entrance of the theater. much shorter than i imagined but super adorable. the 't' stands for tiny, apparently.

· So I was at the FedEx by my office last week, and after standing at the counter for a short while I realized that the obnoxious guy wearing a blue-and-orange tracksuit talking on his cellphone was none other than Jamie Kennedy. He signed for a huge box and kept asking the person on the other end of the phone about "the girls" and if "we could make noise there". He then lumbered off with his package, which I'm guessing from the conversation was full of party hats and maracas.

· I was dining on the lovely outdoor patio at Orso on 3rd last night and in walks Sean Hayes and another guy. I thought, "OK, mildly cool" until, 10 minutes later, former Will & Grace castmate Megan Mullally sauntered in with a significantly younger, scruffier man (A quick check on IMDB leads me to believe it was spouse Nick Offerman). Wannabe-Ellen greeted Sean with a long, warm and sincere embrace, then sat with their respective partners at a 4-top. Much gabbing ensued, but like their erstwhile TV show, I didn't stick around for the last five, overly sentimental minutes.

Oh, I also thought I saw Aaron Spelling, but then I remembered he croaked last year. Must have been some other withered wraith.

· Hey. I work across from Berry Elegance in Studio City. Celeb sightings often enough from the store. This week, blasts from the past, Brian Austin Green and Tempestt Bledsoe. Oh, not together.

· Thursday, 5/31, 10am, saw The Shield's ultra bad boy, Detective Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins) at BLD having breakfast with some lovely lady who seemed to be a wife or girlfriend judging by how absorbed they both seemed by their newspapers (in a relaxed way, not a hostile, weird way). My dining companions are not Shield addicts like I am, so the significance of this sighting was lost on them, though they were both highly amused when Shane glanced over at our table as he was leaving and returned my spastic grin with a nice, sincere, thanks-for-your-support smile and wave. Class! I still think Vic should kill him, though, for what he did to Lem.

· The dude from "Dead Poets Society" and "Sports Night" (Josh Charles, says IMDB) lounging with a newspaper outside the Pinkberry on Larchmont this afternoon (6/1). Kind of scruffy facial hair but he still looks like he's 15. Just remembered he was also in "Threesome" so he's probably seen Stephen Baldwin and Lara Flynn Boyle naked. I hesitated to send this sighting in b/c it reveals I was patronizing Pinkberry, but there you have it.

· 6/4 Formosa Café: Tom Irwin (My So-Called Life) and Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls) were hanging out. Not together. He has aged into the Your Best Friend's Hot Dad Zone and she's tinier than expected.

Special Vegas Edition:

· June 3rd - Las Vegas

As you know working in entertainment can be a grind so occasionally I'll take a break and work with the 'rents in the jewelry industry - specifically the big jewelry show in Vegas. As I'm strolling the aisles of the show a guy on the short side, wearing all white linens with a fedora is coming right at me. I notice he doesn't have a badge on which is usually an indicator of you either snuck past security, or your last name is Bulgari. Well his last last name was DEPP and first name was JOHNNY. Apparently his face was a good enough badge for the armed guards at the entrance. My dad said hello to him, and he said hello back. He had large forearm tattoos - Johnny that is, not my dad.

· Not sure if sightings outside The Grove count but I saw Les Moonves at one of the casino floor lounge type bars at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, wednesday night 5/30. He was surrounded by a bevy of older cougar type beauties and unfortunately in true "Network President in Vegas fashion" I did not see him beating up his girlfriend by the valet stand.

So I went to Comic-con on Saturday, and like most of the people there, went primarily to see Tenacious D. Well in order to see the concert, you had to get there 4 hours early and sit through some panels advertising the latest films coming out. Not bad, because you get to see some actors and actresses trying to deal with a group of people that they probably have forgotten about since high school - Geeks.

So, the panel for King Kong comes up, and they show the trailer and a 2 1/2 minute rough cut of a scene from the film. Then the lights come up and Adrian Brody, Naomi Watts and Jack Black are standing on the stage. Every body goes apeshit (pun intended), and the three of them are really happy, until it becomes apparent that everyone is only really excited about seeing Jack Black. Here is one of those humbling experiences that will only happen to Brody and Watts a few times in their career. Sitting on a panel not being asked any questions by 3000 people who care less if they are there, and having to listen to question after question being directed to a B-list actor. [Ed.note—JB a B-lister? Hush your mouth, lest you be torn limb from limb by Comic-Con attendees.]
The best part: somebody went up to the mic during the Q & A and said offhandedly, "Oh, and I really like Michael Brody's work too." To which Adrian responds, "Dude, that was the guy from Jaws."
Almost as good was the woman asking Jamie Foxx how much of a letdown working on Stealth was compared to Ray, in front of the cast and director Rob Cohen! Picture 3,000 people going "OUCH!"

If you really want to tax your powers of imagination, try and picture 3,000 people turning out to see Stealth.