It's getting so you can't go shopping in the Coeur d'Alene area without stumbling upon a celebrity. Patty Duke (Coeur d'Alene), Dennis Franz (Lake Coeur d'Alene) and Viggo Mortensen (Sandpoint), of course, have been hanging around North Idaho for a while. But we're getting invaded by newby celebs now. Last week, name-droppers were buzzing that Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ex-Olympic skater Scott Hamilton and acting heartthrob Mark (Marky Mark) Wahlberg were checking out property at Gozzer Ranch. Ex-Denver QB Jake "The Snake" Plummer was spotted at that shabby chic sale at the Mica Flats Grange earlier this month. Plummer is buds with ex-Super Bowl MVP QB John Elway, who has property on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Other sightings reported to Huckleberries (and mentioned last week on the blog version of this column) are: Jake "I Wish I Knew How to Quit You" Gyllenhaal, George "Oceans" Clooney, Matthew "Sahara" McConaughey and Bruce "Die Hard" Willis. Willis, of course, has a Sun Valley residence. Several eligible bachelors on this list, huh? But female stars visit, too. Bent, a regular Huckleberries Online commenter, swears Julia Roberts has been seen in local restaurants and walking through Coeur d'Alene's City Park. Sez he: "I keep hoping to run into her, (because) if she fell for Lyle Lovett. ... I surely have a chance there." Seems Bent forgets how quickly Roberts broomed Lovett.

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