All that glitters in LA

You couldn’t swing a lens at last night’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals without hitting some Hollywood hotshot, from “Entourage’’ actor Jeremy Piven and Oscar winner Hilary Swank to Ryan Seacrest and every last member of the Kardashian clan.

As always, the Staples Center was packed with beautiful people. (OK, maybe Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis and Flea aren’t beautiful.) Among those in the house were actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Andy Garcia, and Dustin Hoffman. We also saw producer Joel Silver and director Penny Marshall, who was decked out in Lakers colors but also wore a small Celtics pendant around her neck. “I love the game more than any team,” she said before confessing that she was squarely in Kobe’s corner.

We also spied Zach Levi from “Chuck,’’ Everett native Ellen Pompeo, CBS chairman Les Moonves, Greg Kinnear, and talk show type and longtime Lakers fan George Lopez, who admitted he was nervous about the outcome.

“The World Cup is big, but this is bigger,’’ Lopez told us. “I had Norm Nixon rub me for good luck before the game, but I’m not going to tell you where.’’

Also there were DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, actor John Turturro, “American Idol’’ finalist Elliot Yamin, Ice Cube, actress January Jones, and anthem singer Christina Aguilera. (Clearly, someone hoped the lipsticked singer would be the Lakers’ lucky charm because she also performed the anthem before Game 6.) We ran into music producer Lou Adler walking in with his rocker son Cisco.

“I don’t think this is going to be a problem,’’ said Cisco, who may be more famous for dating Mischa Barton than for any music he’s ever made. “I can’t tell you how many Game 7s I’ve been to. This [expletive] is in my blood.’’

Representin’ for Rajon Rondo and the rest of the C’s were Maria Menounos and her nearly constant courtside companion, comedian Dane Cook. Curiously, the pair were not wearing their customary Celts jerseys. What gives?

“Well, I got a call from someone asking me to tone it down, and then I got a follow-up call, so I’m being respectful,’’ Cook told us, sounding just a tiny bit intimidated. “I don’t know who it was, but I also don’t want to go down that rabbit hole too far because I have to work in this town.’’

(Coincidentally — or not — black T-shirts emblazoned with “I [Heart] LA’’ were waiting for the fans in the front row. “That’s what you get when you pay $80,000 for a seat,’’ said a Lakers official.)

Cook wore a black T-shirt and Menounos was clad in a black jacket over a sleeveless white T with “Beat LA’’ on it. The Medford native was also rocking the green eye shadow and nail polish, and clutching a green handbag.

Menounos told us she had an encounter with Jack Nicholson at halftime of Game 6 that made her feel unwelcome at courtside. “I said, ‘Good luck, Jack,’ ’’ she said. “And Jack said, ‘You look lovely, sweetheart, but I’m glad they moved you.’’

Ray Allen’s flamboyant mom, Flo, who’s become something of a minor celebrity during the playoffs, said she has a lot of fans in LA.

“Mothers, especially, tell me they love to see a mom cheering for her son,’’ said Flo, wearing a bedazzled No. 20 jersey.

Arriving at the arena 3 1/2 hours before tip-off, Allen was all business, wearing a dark suit and tie, mirrored aviators, and headphones. Barely 30 minutes later, Allen was in uniform and alone on the court shooting free throws.

Jay-Z has 99 problems and, for now at least, Big Papi is one. The New York Post reports that the superstar rapper and the Sox slugger are still at odds over the name of David Ortiz’s nightclub in the Dominican Republic. In April, Jay-Z filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Ortiz claiming the ballplayer stole the name of the rapper’s 40/40 Club for a nightspot in the D.R. and a website to promote it. This week, Papi’s lawyer Philip Touitou appeared in a New York court, and said his client attempted, unsuccessfully, to settle the case. “My client offered to take down the allegedly infringing website, and we’re going to talk about the name of the Dominican Republic club,’’ said Touitou. “There is a sticking point with regard to [Jay-Z’s court] costs.’’ Jay-Z’s lawyer Peter Raymond isn’t sounding too conciliatory: “We’re going to talk about it, or we’re going to litigate,’’ he told the Post.

Say goodbye to another Boston art gallery, but only for a little while, according to Space 242’s director Ami Bennitt. The gallery, named for its street number on East Berkeley, is going on “hiatus’’ after several break-ins. Bennitt worries that the art, so far untouched, will be taken or damaged. The gallery, which has shared a floor with the Weekly Dig until recently, has been broken into four times since Memorial Day, most recently Wednesday night. An earlier robbery cost the Dig nearly $20,000 in computer and photo equipment. Wednesday night’s booty was considerably less impressive: change and two bottles of champagne, according to Dig boss Jeff Lawrence. The break-ins have left Bennitt unnerved, but she pledges to reopen. “Whether it’s there, or whether the programming goes to another space, or whether they catch the people, I don’t know,’’ she said. The gallery, owned by Lawrence, has featured works by Skunk, Joe Keinberger, and Jennifer Lewis, and has been open since January 2008.

Scenes for the movie “What’s Your Number?’’ are being shot in Gloucester this week, but the weather didn’t cooperate yesterday. That didn’t bother Ed Begley Jr. one bit. Begley, who plays Anna Faris’s father in the movie, tweeted yesterday: “Weather gave me the day off. On a bike tour of Gloucester. Beautiful!’’ Crew members have been staying at the Bass Rocks Ocean Inn and Rockport Inn & Suites. Last night they dined at Alchemy, a tapas bistro in town. Shooting the movie, which also stars Andy Samberg, resumes today at Good Harbor Beach.

Geoff Edgers of the Globe staff contributed. Read the Names blog at www.boston.com/namesblog. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.