There are some people that I really don’t want to acknowledge having a private life. Former school teachers. Bus drivers. Politicians. Really anyone I was introduced to before the age of 23. Seeing them as anything other than wholesome, one-dimensional people really freaks me out. And while I’ve never met Kevin Spacey, seeing him as anything other than a guy who’s super into acting (and may have some vague private proclivities of his own) really messes with my head. I have no ability to imagine him as anything other than one of his characters.

So I’m going to assume he was just playing a really unusual, sexually vivacious guy the other night. It was research for a role, and right after this he’s going to play some sexually pent-up father. But probably not. Spacey was spotted (and very clearly photographed) at a party in Croatia a few nights ago where he pulled down another guy’s pants and groped him.

KEVIN SPACEY shocked revellers at a wild party in Croatia when he pulled a male pal’s trousers down and groped his buttocks.

The American Beauty star was snapped on holiday in Hvar getting to grips with the bare butt as his friend lay across his lap.

An onlooker said: “Kevin looked like he was a having a brilliant time.

“Most of his friends were laughing, but I couldn’t see the face of the man whose butt it was.”

In 2004, the Oscar-winning actor – who’s also Artistic Director at London’s Old Vic theatre – sparked speculation into his private life after claiming he was mugged while walking his dog on Clapham Common at 4am.

[From the Sun]

Okay before you get all judgy, who amongst us can honestly say he or she hasn’t yanked down a guy’s pants and played a little grabity? Damn near all of you, and don’t think for a second I don’t know it. To be fair, we really can’t see the face of the guy being fondled, but his butt doesn’t seem upset or anything. I have a degree in criminology and I can state as an absolute almost-professional opinion that it appears everyone involved was totally alright with this. Though I will admit they probably didn’t want the pictures ending up on the internet. At least Kevin Spacey didn’t.

We can’t post the pictures here, but you can see them on Mr. Paparazzi’s site. I probably don’t have to state this, but the naked guy’s butt is NSFW, depending on the laxity of your internet guys.

Here’s Kevin Spacey on set of his new movie (WENN notes he’s “with a double chin”) in L.A. on July 15th. Images thanks to WENN.

Kevin Spacey has kept a relatively low profile in the last few years, choosing to focus on theater instead of movies. Since 2003 he has been the artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre, after directing its opening production of Cloaca. Since then Spacey – born in New Jersey – has spent most of his time in London. It seems that he’s been very much accepted by the Brits, as the University of Oxford just named Spacey its Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater.

Spacey will succeed Shakespearean actor and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Patrick Stewart when the new academic year starts in October. Previous holders of the post, endowed by theater impresario Mackintosh, include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn and actress Diana Rigg.

In a statement, Spacey said he was delighted to be appointed to the one-year post, which requires him to give lectures, workshops and seminars at the 800-year-old university.

“It really is an honor for me to have been invited to follow such illustrious names and take up this role at Oxford,” Spacey said. “The university is steeped in tradition and has a great heritage in the arts, and I look forward to working with the students and staff.”

The college’s master, Roger Ainsworth, said Spacey was “a truly international star and will bring an enormous wealth of talent and experience in both film and theater to bear on the role. He will be a huge draw for the student population of Oxford and to the wider public, too,” Ainsworth said.

[From the Huffington Post]

Talk about taking your craft seriously. As prestigious as it is to win an Academy Award (Spacey’s won two), being asked to teach at Oxford is even more of an honor. Though I don’t think it comes with anything shiny that you can stick on your mantel. What an awesome tribute to Spacey’s skills, and an exciting way for his students to spend the next year.

Here are Kevin Spacey and Benicio Del Toro at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Third Annual Gala Dinner at Hampton Court Palace in London, England on June 7th. Images thanks to WENN.

Home of the Blind Item that reads like Braille Holy Moly reports:

A mole’s gay friend has recently hooked up with a lovely new chap. The only cloud on their loved-up horizon comes in the form of the new chap’s ex, who took the break-up extremely badly and has resorted to various forms of emotional blackmail, late night phone whining and increasingly-stalky behaviour.

The harassment continues. It doesn’t help that the ex-boyfriend is an Oscar-winning actor who is much respected amongst London theatre circles.

Yes, it’s the usual suspect…

Ladies and germs it ain’t NASA, it ain’t the International Space Station, it’s America one and only undercover satellite Kevin Spacey … Building the world’s largest glass closet: one shiny brick at a time.

From his early days talking his Moms to the Oscars, holding disingenuous ‘I aint gay’ GQ interviews through his adventures with 3am “dog walking” in cruisey Hampstead Heath - nothing can stop our Artistic Ambassador to English Theatrical World as he waves gleefully to all and sundry (including some very sundry characters indeed) rom inside his transparent wardrobe. Get a Lion and A Witch in there and he’s all set to play with Mr.Tumnus.

Famous for handing out his phone number to every cute waiter in London (on 20 pound notes at the end of meals) Kevvo Spacey proves that Ian McClellan’s work has hardly begun. Still there’s nothing like a restraining order, ASBO, or full blown court case to turn Cheeky knowing silence into The Trials of Oscar Wilde, luckily Gay-Pax has chosen a way better century.