Dita Von Teese was rescued by a motorcycle gang when the sexy star’s limo broke down on the way to a Los Angeles party for Tilda Swinton’s movie “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
The burlesque babe and Hollywood scion Liz Goldwyn were headed to the bash Thursday at Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant at the Hotel Bel Air when their driver had trouble.
“Their car broke down on the way, and suddenly they were surrounded by bikers who all had ‘Hooligans’ written on their jackets,” said a source. “But the bikers pulled over, and they fixed Dita’s car so she could get to the party.”
Once a grateful Von Teese was safely at the party for the film — distributed by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s Oscilloscope Pictures — her ex, Marilyn Manson, walked up “all in black,” said a spy. “Black eye makeup, black hair — dressed like a vampire.”
But the Goth god was more intrigued by a new man-crush than by his old flame. “When Marilyn met Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck [the 6-foot-9 German aristo who directed Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in “The Tourist”], he kept saying, ‘How tall are you?’ ” a spy reports. Manson was overheard later exclaiming: “I live above a liquor store. You have to come over and see my place. I’ll play you my new album!”
Across the room, Darren Criss, the “Glee” star succeeding Daniel Radcliffe in Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” was asked to preview the show’s choreography. He obliged by demonstrating Rob Ashford’s tap moves and then busting out some of his own originals in the middle of the party.
Adding to the pomp, director Lynne Ramsay wore a fedora and trench coat, Puck worked the room in a full-on chef’s outfit, and Swinton, in a black suit and Pomellato jewels, said she and guest Mia Wasikowska are starring as “vampire sisters” opposite Michael Fassbender in Jim Jarmusch’s next movie.