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Michelle Trachtenberg dating a Nightclub Manager ?

Wednesday 6 June 2007, by Webmaster

Michelle Trachtenberg has a new boyfriend - and, as befits a love interest of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s little sister, he’s a night owl.

Trachtenberg, 21, was seen all over Las Vegas over the weekend with Brandon Hirsch, 26, who is a manager at New York City hot spot Butter.

The couple first stepped out Friday night at the Killers concert at the Hard Rock Hotel, where they kissed in the crowd and Hirsch swept Trachtenberg off her feet as the band launched into their hit "Mr. Brightside."

Later that evening, the two headed to Caesars’ Palace’s Pure Nightclub, dancing to tunes spun by DJ AM.

On Saturday, they hit the Venetian’s Tao Nightclub for the Oceanaut Watch party. "They stayed by each other’s sides all night and they were making out all night," says a witness.

A source close to Trachtenberg tells PEOPLE the couple first met two years ago, but got reacquainted about six months ago and have been quietly dating.

While Trachtenberg lives in Los Angeles, "She’s becoming bicoastal and spending a lot more time in New York to be with him," says the source. "She wants to be really low-key about the relationship since this is the first time she’s dated someone who is not in the business."

Trachtenberg previously dated X2 actor Shawn Ashmore. Her rep did not return calls for comment about the new relationship.

At the Killers concert, Trachtenberg kept mum about her romance, but told PEOPLE: "I love Las Vegas. It’s Sin City and there’s a lot of fun to be had."


3 Forum messages

  • Michelle Trachtenberg is dating a Nightclub Manager

    7 June 2007 05:53, by Johann Conrad Dipple
    Another false dating rumor. Interesting there are NO photos of her at the Killers concert with him. This article is completly false.
  • Michelle Trachtenberg dating a Nightclub Manager ?

    8 June 2007 07:55, by Johann Conrad Dipple

    I thought I’d analyze this for fun.

    Michelle Trachtenberg has a new boyfriend - and, as befits a love interest of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s little sister, he’s a night owl.

    This is a joke the writer made. Must have thought it would be funny for her to date a nightclub manager.

    Trachtenberg, 21, was seen all over Las Vegas over the weekend with Brandon Hirsch, 26, who is a manager at New York City hot spot Butter.

    She has been to New York several times to see her father and sister, who still live there. She has been at Butter several times and probably does know the manager there. The author of this article probably knew this and decided to couple the two of them up.

    The couple first stepped out Friday night at the Killers concert at the Hard Rock Hotel, where they kissed in the crowd and Hirsch swept Trachtenberg off her feet as the band launched into their hit "Mr. Brightside."

    Oh, pluuuuueeeeeeese! If this isn’t contrived and cliché’d, I don’t know what is. By the way, he doesn’t actually have enough upper body strength to do this since she weighs in at about 120 lbs. and he isn’t exactly Arnold Schwartzenegger.

    Later that evening, the two headed to Caesars’ Palace’s Pure Nightclub, dancing to tunes spun by DJ AM.

    DJ AM? Another in-joke since she was “coupled up” with this guy by the press some time ago. There’s another contrived part of this story. Her “alleged ex” DJ at a club where she and her new “love” are at.

    On Saturday, they hit the Venetian’s Tao Nightclub for the Oceanaut Watch party. "They stayed by each other’s sides all night and they were making out all night," says a witness.

    No, she wasn’t. He got his facts wrong. She was at Wayne Brady’s birthday party. Wireimage has the photos.

    A source close to Trachtenberg tells PEOPLE the couple first met two years ago, but got reacquainted about six months ago and have been quietly dating.

    They weren’t dating six months ago. She was actually seeing someone else.

    While Trachtenberg lives in Los Angeles, "She’s becoming bicoastal and spending a lot more time in New York to be with him," says the source. "She wants to be really low-key about the relationship since this is the first time she’s dated someone who is not in the business."

    She’s been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles. She went to New York to see a play and visit her father and sister as well as spend time with friends. She went to the opening of a play and some fashion event there.

    Trachtenberg previously dated X2 actor Shawn Ashmore. Her rep did not return calls for comment about the new relationship.

    Her rep didn’t call back because the rumor is ridiculous and false.

    At the Killers concert, Trachtenberg kept mum about her romance, but told PEOPLE: "I love Las Vegas. It’s Sin City and there’s a lot of fun to be had."

    She didn’t say anything because she doesn’t discuss her private life. She has said in many interviews that the dating rumors about her are false and that the rumors upset her. She was in Las Vegas to unwind after a long shooting schedule.

  • Michelle Trachtenberg dating a Nightclub Manager ?

    14 June 2007 09:00, by Anonymous

    Why is Michelle the target of these rumors which are obviously false?

    Because she’s so obviously nice and clean cut.

    The tabs want to make her into the next Lindsay or something. When she’s obviously not.