How do rock stars spend their summer vacation? Partying, naturally. At a private shindig at Manhattan's Moomba -- a Leo-approved downtown restaurant -- the Third Eye Blind boys (and the women who love them) kicked back following the band's sold-out show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Self-conciously studly frontman Stephan Jenkins and his willowy arm attachment, actress and Hollywood babe du jour Charlize Theron (dating supermodels is apparently passe) schmoozed into the early-morning hours with unlikely fan Harvey Weinstein. "Steve's band is great," said the chain-smoking Mirimax mogul, while waiting in line for the men's room. "They've got a new sound that's really exciting. But I'm off duty now!"

Later, the happy couple shared their secret to maintaining a long-distance relationship: "You have to plan everything," said Theron, who racks up thousands of frequent-flyer miles in order to protect her boyfriend from overzealous groupies. "She's about to become a security issue!" Jenkins said. "You know why she's with me?" he confided. "Because I'm the only guy who's not intimidated by her in heels." Which settles rumors that the 5'9" South African actress - who was in New York City filming Miramax's The Yards with Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix - is only with him to get her hands on a green card...

Spin Magazine, October 1998