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The Diesel Island Dinner Party at SXSW!

On March 18, 2011 Diesel & Spin Magazine treated their favorite SXSW artists to an intimate dinner. Attendees of the dinner were inducted as ambassadors to The Diesel Island Land of the Stupid Land of the Brave. Special guest DJ’s Million $ Mano, Willy Joy and Mia Moretti provided the tunes for the evening. Attendees include: A-Trak, B.O.B, Perez Hilton, Aziz Ansari, Bam Margera, Theophilus London, and Ellie Goulding.

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A spy reports that the “O.C.” actress, who alternates between being on and off the wagon, rolled into Bar Marmont on Saturday alone and looking “totally out of it.”

Says our witness, “A few minutes after she comes in, she runs outside and vomits everywhere. And then she went back inside and hung out for the rest of the night.”

A rep for Barton declined to comment.

The staff surprised Barton with a huge birthday cake but neglected to bring out utensils.

By the time waitresses returned with forks and knives, the starlet and her friends had already devoured much of the cake with their bare hands. Barton, who has had her issues with alcohol in the past, sipped Champagne throughout the evening but remained in control.

Mischa Barton was recently interviewed by the New York Observer and had some interesting things to say. Mischa has a reason to be on the offensive, if for no other reason than to get a break from having to be on the defensive lately. She has had to repeatedly explain and apologize for a DUI arrest last year; a series of roles in independent films (remember You and I, the t.A.T.u. biopic?) that haven’t gone as she hoped; an alleged involuntary psychiatric hold at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July; accusatory tabloid headlines screaming “Cellulite!”

Mischa is busy filming the CW’s The Beautiful Life: TBL, in which she plays Sonja Stone, a has-been, pill-popping fashion model trying to reclaim her place on top.

On her hospital stay:
“I’m getting sick of answering questions about it,” she said, regarding her hospital stay, as she lit her cigarette and placed an ashtray on the couch. “I just had a bad time of year and now it’s all over and done with, and I’m just very happy to be feeling happy again and back on top of it and not so worried about everything. It was just too much to handle for me at the time.”

“One stay in the hospital was turned into this huge ‘She’s lost her marbles!’ thing, and people look at me like I’m unstable and they should probably cross the street when they see me,” said Ms. Barton, with a roll of her heavily made-up eyes. The actress’ eye roll is one of her distinct assets—used to express frustration, sadness, flirting and even joy, if necessary.

“It was more than just a wisdom-tooth surgery,” Ms. Barton said, repeating what she’s told Time Out, The View and other media outlets. “I understand that people think, ‘Oh, wisdom-tooth surgery, that’s so routine and that’s bullshit.’ But for me it wasn’t routine and it was a mess. I was in more pain than I had ever had in my life. I was getting Novocaine shot into my teeth every day. They drilled into my jaw. I almost lost feeling in my face.”

On her weight gain:
“I went through my teen years in the press, and they got to say whatever they wanted while I was growing up,” said Ms. Barton. “So I’ve gained a few pounds for a little while and now I’m working out again every day. It’s like, the ‘cellulite’ will go away and I will be skinny again. Things happen to you for two minutes, but in the press it’s permanent.”

You can read the rest of the interview here:
http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/welcome-home-mischa