Bundchen bumps Brady baby rumors

If Gisele Bundchen's having a baby, it's news to her. The Brazilian beauty, who's famously dating Pats QB Tom Brady, spoke to gossip mongers in Madrid this week and said reports that she's in the family way are false. It was the first time the sizzling supermodel has directly addressed persistent Internet rumors that she, like Brady's ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, is pregnant. "It is impressive as these [stories] appear in the media," Bundchen said, according to a translation posted on the Brazilian website glamurama.com.br. "If it was truth, I already would have 10 children. But I am not pregnant nor [do] I intend to be so early." Her denial notwithstanding, the whispers inexplicably continue. The new issue of Us Weekly says Brady and Bundchen "refuse to clear the air," but the mag goes on to admit that Gisele showed "no sign of a bump" as she frolicked recently in the Costa Rican surf. Us also quotes someone who lives next door to Brady's parents, who says, "They're a wonderful family. I would hate to see any scandal touch them." Bundchen was in Madrid to promote her new line of sandals, "Ipanema Gisele Bundchen," and though reporters were asked to refrain from personal questions, they fired off a few anyway. Brady, meanwhile, who's back in Boston for the Patriots' off-season workouts, has not commented on his romance with Bundchen. But there is no question the couple is still cozy. According to the New York Post, the pretty pair enjoyed a romantic dinner on St. Patrick's Day at the Spotted Pig in the West Village.

Spacey steps from screen to classroom

Kevin Spacey had some sage advice for arts students at Boston University yesterday: Relax. In town to shoot the movie based on Ben Mezrich's bestseller "Bringing Down the House," the two-time Oscar winner taught a master class for 100 students at the College of Fine Arts. Sharing lessons he's learned over the course of his distinguished stage and screen career, Spacey urged the kids not to treat every audition as a make-or-break event. Instead, he said, view it as an opportunity to learn a little. (Easy for him to say.) Spacey also advised the undergrads to stand up to difficult directors. "I'm not afraid to say, 'You are killing my instincts,' " he said. (Alas, in talking about the fussy filmmakers with whom he's worked, "The Usual Suspects" star did not name names.) Yesterday's master class, during which Spacey worked with a few brave students on a monologue, was scheduled at the actor's request. After all, much of the untitled blackjack movie is being shot at BU.

From the Cape to the land of Oz

Kudos to Cape Cod native Neal McDonough, who's been cast in the Sci Fi Channel's "Tin Man," which is based on L. Frank Baum's classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Already attached to the miniseries are Zooey Deschanel, Richard Dreyfuss, and Alan Cumming. . . . Batten down the hatches. Celebrity stalker Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. -- better known to most of us as gossip blogger Perez Hilton -- is headed this way. Hilton's hosting a party April 4 at Mansion Boston, at Boylston Place.

Most filmmakers have no chance of getting the likes of Kirk Douglas to star in their movies, but Michael A. Goorjian happened to catch the screen legend at a perfect point in his life. "I was just in the middle of writing a book [about his 90th birthday and 50th wedding anniversary], and when you do that kind of project you do a lot of inventory," Douglas said in a conference call. Goorjian's movie, "Illusion," will have its local premiere Sunday at the Studio Cinema in Belmont, and the director will wing in from the West Coast for the event. Goorjian said it took several years and most of his savings to make "Illusion," a drama about a legendary filmmaker looking back on life from his deathbed. "I wanted to make a film outside the studio system and on my own," Goorjian said. For Douglas, who has appeared in scores of films dating back to the 1940s, it was just another chance to show his acting chops: "[The character] has a chance to do something good before he dies and . . . life after death presents a very interesting point of view." . . . Following their CD-release party in the Big Apple the other night, Boston band the Charms -- Ethan Jon Kreitzer, Mark Nigro, Jason Meeker, Ellie Vee, and Joe Wizda -- supped at Schillers with Springsteen guitarist "Little" Steven Van Zandt and movie producer/director Mark Constance. Van Zandt, host of "Underground Garage" on Sirius Satellite Radio , has been a champion of the Charms.

Motherhood seems to agree with Steven Tyler's little girl, Liv. The actress looked radiant on the red carpet at the New York premiere of her new film "Reign Over Me."

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