By Marc Malkin

I started my day at the PlanetOut brunch at Cicero’s, where I ran into Chad Allen and Robert Gant, stars of the drama Save Me.Producer Christopher Racster told me it was quite a close call getting the film to the festival. They finished cutting it just the night before and didn’t pick up the final print until a few hours before jumping on a plane to Utah.I also met Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD, the gay and lesbian media watchdog group. Of course, talk turned to Isaiah Washington. "He obviously has some major issues," Giuliano said. He is expected to meet with Washington sometime this week. Don't be surprised if Washington ends up shooting a pro-gay PSA for GLAAD.Speaking of the Grey’s Anatomy controversy, I chatted with the show’s Kate Walsh at Kari Feinstein’s Style Lounge on Main Street. "Right now," she said, "we’re just putting our noses to the grindstone and working."Also at the Style Lounge, Teri Hatcher picked up loads of swag. She told the folks at the Hanes booth she could never get enough underwear, because her teenage daughter keeps stealing hers. Um, I’m not sure what to say about that.Hatcher and Walsh, along with Tom Arnold and John Cusack, walked away with new laptops from L.A.’s Melrose Mac store. Not sure if they needed new computers, but they’ll come in handy for movie watching nonetheless, because they also received six-month subscriptions to Netflix.Serendipity Chocolates was quite a hit. Owner Betsy Schoettlia told me pregnant Jaime Pressly ordered five boxes of Hades, chocolate infused with..get this..dried and smoked peppers, including jalapeño. It’s so spicy, a tiny sample made my friend’s eyes tear.Who else was there, and what did they get? Funnylady Molly Shannon picked up peace T-shirts from Revolve, an organic-clothing line.

Sienna Miller was making her swag rounds, too. Even though she didn’t want to be photographed or filmed scooping up freebies at the Marquee Lounge, I saw her walk away with goodies from Lia Sophia jewelry, after being interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos for his Canadian talk show, The Hour. She walked out of the lounge wearing a new pair of Linda Farrow vintage sunglasses and was spotted later in the day picking up brown boots and a matching jacket from DC Shoes at the DC/Complex magazine house about a 20-minute car ride outside of town.

After Marquee, I grabbed some lunch at the T-Mobile Lounge at Village at the Lift. Danny Masterson of Smiley Face was eating with some friends, as was Hatcher and Tara Reid.

Then it was off to People magazine and WireImage’s Luxury Lounge. While there, I saw Good Life star Chris Klein and girlfriend (and Big Love star) Ginnifer Goodwin. That’s where I spotted Scott Speedman the first of many times. He didn’t seem too interested in the swag. He just leaned against a wall and smiled and said hello to anyone who walked by.

Sam Rockwell had a pair of Evisu jeans customized by Pesu. For still unknown reasons, Rockwell asked the Japanese artist to paint a piece of toast on one of the legs, along with Japanese characters that read, "Born to eat toast."

Gina Gershon refused to have her pic taken with any product except for one with her new iGrooveHG sound system from Klipsch. I heard Pharrell and Mos Def also got systems when they hosted last night’s MySpace party at Tao.

Now, for one of the most, um, buzzed about freebies..multicolored vibrators and other silicone sexual aides from the Fun Factory were distributed at the Queer Lounge pool party on Saturday afternoon, to celebrate The L Word. The show’s Katherine Moennig got quite a chuckle when I told her that in the last few days, two of my very straight female friends have developed major same-sex crushes on her.

Speaking of queer, Tom Arnold was spotted earlier in the day kissing a gaggle of guys on the lips for a segment on The Tonight Show.

Let's just hope Arnold's bit does not include any of the Queer Lounge sex toys.

Courtesy E-entertainment & Marc Malkin


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