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Kenna and Hollywood Kool

Apr 17, 2007, 08:18 AM | by Shirley Halperin

Categories: Music

Not to bog you PopWatchers down with celebrity sightings, but even I was impressed by the turnout to Kenna's private party/mini-show at L.A.'s Element last night. The Ethiopian-born, genre-defying performer wowed a crowd of several hundred, and among the throngs were both Simpson sisters (Ashlee, who we previously reported is working with Kenna on her new album, was grinding up to her new boyfriend, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, while a tanorexic Jessica looked like she was just along for the ride), No Doubt's Tony Kanal, Zach Braff (propping himself up on a couch to get a better sightline), and his Scrubs costar Donald Faison, who was seen getting chummy with Jessica's former assistant, CaCee Cobb. Nearby, Eve watched closely, and across the way, Pharrell, who with Neptunes partner Chad Hugo produced Kenna's heralded debut, New Sacred Cow, was also paying attention. Quite the scene, my friends. Check out some performance footage below... The audio is so-so, I know... And the video's not so great, either. I guess, that's why I'm a writer. But take my word for it, Kenna rocked this Hollywood house.

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Oriana Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:53 AM EST

Hey, PopWatch editors.

Zach Braff spoke at Northwestern University the night of the 16th. The event ended at about 9:30 p.m., so it's feasable that Braff could have made it to L.A. and the Kenna event, but it's highly unlikely.

Despite the 2-hour time zone difference, the flight from Chicago to LAX is on average 4 hours, 30 minutes, putting Braff in LA at 12 a.m. at least, not taking into account time spent going to/from both airports, which probably would put him at the club sometime after 1 a.m.

So, feasable, but very improbable, unless the Kenna event went on for more than four hours. Does Braff just have an identical twin we don't know about?

Stephanie T. Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 12:13 PM EST

I saw Kenna when he opened for Dave Gahan three years ago. He has an amazing stage presence.

JM Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:53 AM EST

New Sacred Cow is a FANTASTIC album! Glad to see tha Kenna is still out there.

Ed Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:31 AM EST

Yikes, you're right! That audio sucks but pretty realistic. After a couple of cosmos, everything sounds like that!
This video reminds me of the care free moments of the weekend, not the daily grind of everyday life.

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