By Mark La Monica
Once I pulled my tongue off the floor and re-attached my lower jaw to the rest of my face -- the casualty of staring at the captivating Amber Valletta for too long -- I began to wonder.
Valletta is in the front row of a fashion show, which is nothing new for the model-turned-actress. But she was also "hosting" the afterparty for Esteban Cortazar at Ono in the Meatpacking District.
When the show ended and Cortazar emerged from backstage for his showering of praise from the people in attendance, Valletta was among the first to spring from her seat and applaud.
Since I am a fountain of useless knowledge and a champion of obscure movie trivia, I wondered to myself if this was life imitating art. In "Hitch," a movie with Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James, Valletta plays an heiress who wants to help her friend Maggie start his own clothing line.
Maybe this could be the start of a script for "Hitch 2." Likely not, but if they can put snakes on a plane and make it a movie, perhaps a sequel to a romantic comedy such as "Hitch" isn't all that crazy.