Richard Phillips is an artist who appreciates movie stars, and he knows what it’s like to be chased by a horde of paparazzi. Phillips was with Lindsay Lohan on the beach in Malibu when she told him, “I want you to see what happens when I’m in public.” “It was like ‘Dawn of the Dead’ with a wall of photographers approaching,” Phillips told me. “She was running in a wet suit carrying a surfboard.” They escaped unscathed. The Brooklyn artist has a show entitled “Best Picture” at Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich. The exhibition includes paintings of Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie, Bradley Cooper and Emily Blunt. Phillips said the 12 portraits — an homage to Richard Bernstein’s covers for Interview magazine — will be exhibited in New York after the Zurich show ends. Fans of “Gossip Girl” already know Phillips’ work because a large painting of his was hanging in the loft of Serena van der Woodsen, played by Blake Lively. “I was invited to the set and joked, ‘When is my cameo?’” The painter was soon in makeup and appearing as himself. “It was the best experience I ever had,” said Phillips, comparing it to Andy Warhol’s appearance on “Love Boat.” **** In the Hamptons, it used to be everyone was a realtor. Now it’s filmmaker. Perfect example: Sam Pezzullo. He’s the maitre d’ at Sag Harbor’s trendy Tutto il Giorno by night, but during the days over the last three years he was making a movie. It’s called “Premiere” and it premiered this week at the Hamptons Film Festival. “People wanted my number for a table not as a director,” he said. “We raised the first round of money by crowdsourcing.” The mockumentary is about mounting a musical version of the ‘Scream’ movies. It features all Sag Harbor locations including the legendary Bay Street Theater, where much of the action takes place. And they didn’t bother with a script. “The whole thing grew out of an improv class so we improvised the whole movie,” said Pezzullo who stars in the film, which he co-directed with Miles Anthony Bouckoms. The comedy is looking for a distributor. Any chance Paramount will see the film? Or even sue? “From your lips to God’s ears,” Pezzullo said. “A lawsuit would be really helpful.” He may have been joking. **** GettyBrittany Snow. (Getty) Brittany Snow, who played a troubled teen on “Guiding Light” for three years, really was a troubled teen. “I was going through anxiety and depression, and I didn’t realize I had an eating disorder, but I was doing weird things with food, and I actually was obsessed with fitness magazines,” Snow told the crowd at the blond [[you can change it to The Blond]] in SoHo marking World Mental Health Day. “I read an article in a magazine about a girl who was doing the exact same things with food and talking the same language that I was speaking in my mind. And I ripped out that article, and I realized that that article made me feel seen … and that article was like the beginning to me getting better.” Snow was with Jasper Guest — her partner in September Letters, a mental health awareness project — and Charlotte Owen, editor-in-chief of online magazine Bustle. But Snow was worried about Hurricane Milton in Florida. “It feels a little surreal to be posing for pictures and smiling when my family is in Tampa and they’re sticking it out, and that’s their journey. Trying to get them out.” **** GettyGary Burr. (Getty) What do Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Kenny Chesney, Kelly Clarkson and Ringo Starr have in common? They’ve all had number-one hits written by Gary Burr. Burr has taken up a new style of writing. He recently penned a book, “Reunion,” that imagines what would have happened if Mark David Chapman had never assassinated John Lennon. The rock and roll fairy tale dreams of a Beatles reunion, a reignition of Beatlemania and the emotional journey of reconnecting and overcoming past grievances. **** GettyBrenda Vaccaro. (Getty) Brenda Vaccaro — who has been guest-starring in the “Sex and the City” spin-off “And Just Like That…” with Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis — congratulated skincare mogul Peter Thomas Roth on being the honoree for this year’s Global Lyme Alliance Gala at Cipriani. Candace Bushnell, the author of “Sex and the City,” introduced the entrepreneur who talked about his personal experience with the disease and how he conquered it. “Good Day New York” host Rosanna Scotto served as the MC for the organization that’s fighting for a Lyme-free world. **** GettyViola Davis attends the HollyRod Foundation Gala in LA. (Getty) Viola Davis — who won an Oscar for her role in “Fences” — was among the VIPs honored at the HollyRod Foundation gala in L.A. Magic Johnson, DJ Prince Hakim, Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland and celebrity hairstylist Chaz Dean led the applause. The organization, founded in 1999, and named after “21 Jump Street” star Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, supports autism and Parkinson’s disease. The couple’s son Rodney Peete Jr. was diagnosed with autism at the age of three and is now 26 and works for the Dodgers. Robinson Peete’s father, actor Matt Robinson, died in 2002 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. **** Architect Peter Marino — who redesigned Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue — along with billionaires Christine and Stephen Schwarzman and Louis Vuitton chief executive Pietro Beccari, hosted a black tie ball at the Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. Countess Patrice de Vogüé — who owns the 17th-century estate that inspired Louis XIV’s Versailles — welcomed 200 of the jet set and raised over $1.6 million to help restore the palace’s 22 fountains. Guests included shoe designer Christian Louboutin in a red fez, jeweler Paloma Picasso, Tom Ford designer Haider Ackermann, actresses Marisa Berenson and Cornelia Guest, Susan Gutfreund, Isabelle Marino and architect Norman Foster. **** GettyKim Hee-seon. (Getty) South Korean actress Kim Hee Seon — who co-starred with Jackie Chan in the 2005 cult classic “The Myth” — curated a show featuring six contemporary artists from her homeland at Gallery AP Space on West 25th Street. Opening night guests included designer Helen Yarmak, wealth manager Sergio Nicolosi, divorce attorney Daniel Stock, and interior designer and architect TC Chou who just finished a residence for Jonathan Rockefeller. Before coming to NYC, the exhibit attracted 400,000 visitors in Seoul. **** Ann Van Ness’ Upper East Side townhouse was the location for the launch party for Yorkshire Publishing’s “Campaigning For President,” a collection of presidential memorabilia. Guests included Sharon Bush, Nicole Miller and Kimberly R. Cline, the president of Long Island University. **** Pharrell Williams, who was just named a Met Gala co-chair, was spotted stylishly celebrating the film premiere of “Piece by Piece,” which pieces together Pharrell’s life with the help of LEGO® animation, at Slate in Chelsea.