Bread basket: Actor Jeremy Irons spotted in the bread aisle with a loaf of what appeared to be sourdough at Whole Foods last Sunday. He was filling a large basket with groceries. Irons is in town to film the Lifetime Georgia O'Keeffe movie, also starring Joan Allen.

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Speaking of Joan Allen: The actor took time out from filming to talk to folks back at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., where she went to college. She was interviewed by telephone by Illinois movie critic Dann Gire for the EmbarrasValley Film Festival (Allen was this year's festival honoree). She updated film fans in Illinois about her work (as Georgia O'Keeffe) during the interview. "There is a lot of work to be done," she said. "I'm very happy to be playing this iconic artist."

The yearly festival highlights a famous entertainer who attended Eastern, according to the Daily Eastern News. Gire, president of the Chicago Film Critics Association, said of Allen: "This is the first person who wasn't dead or interred who has been honored." Her first production at Eastern, back in 1974, was as Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Singing star: Actor Paul Sorvino was spotted and heard regaling a group of Italian filmmakers at SantaCafé last Monday. He was singing Italian arias in a wonderful tenor voice, writes our spotter. In his group were the Italian cast and producers of Doc West, in town filming a made-for-TV movie. Apparently this was not the first time Sorvino has broken into song at SantaCafé.
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Native celebration: Indian Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alvin Warren, at the Santa Fe Public Schools Indian Education Program harvest festival last Wednesday. The community room at the Genoveva Chavez center was packed full of students, parents and district officials for the annual feast. The program is headed by Nancy Davis.

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Take-home Travis: Local Randy Travis has released his first Christmas DVD, Christmas on the Pecos, singing classics and displaying some of New Mexico's natural beauty. A highlight is a live version of "Three Wooden Crosses" from a concert in Carlsbad. A bit more about Travis: A favorite dish, two grilled pork chops, posole, refried beans and green chile, has a spot on the menu at Tomasita's. Just ask for a Randy Travis.

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Shopping smart: New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricio Serna, at Ross Dress for Less, last Monday.

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