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August 16, 2007
When I was around 18 or so I worked at a movie theater in downtown Portland—the Broadway theater, for those who might live in the area. Its fishbowl-like ticket selling stand and central location made for some great people watching, although unfortunately many out-of-towners did tend to treat it like an general information stand for the city (Helpful Tip: surly minimum wage earning teenagers forced to wear clip-on polyester bow ties are not your best bet for getting accurate directions on locating your tourist destination of choice).
During my stint as cashier/popcorn hawker/inventory counter-wronger (I remember being continually assigned to count the inventory in the stock room, which involved, among other things, visually tallying the number of paper cups in a giant stack—I’d get about two feet up and blink, then have to start over. And over. And over. Don’t even get me started on the giant case boxes of Twizzlers and the impossibility of accurately counting those motherfuckers), I saw a number of quasi-celebrities at the theater, including Willem Dafoe (in town, I think, to film the oh-so-unwatchable Body of Evidence), who is even shorter than you might guess; Lori Petty; Ed “Pale Eyebrows” Begley Jr; and most exciting of all (hey, it was the 90’s), Keanu Reeves, who I sold a ticket to and observed the social phenomenon of a crowd of people suddenly recognizing a movie star in their midst—it was freaky, like a pile of metal shavings being exposed to a magnet.
Since then, I once met Patrick Warburton outside his beautiful ranch house on the Rogue River, I saw Sinbad come by my company’s booth at a streaming media tradeshow, and last year at Macworld I saw Robin Williams.
I think that’s it, as far as my personal brushes with fame. I’m telling you these boring anecdotes in hopes that you’ll share your own celebrity encounters, for no particular reason other than I have the feeling some of you will have some interesting stories. Dish!
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Christian Slater filmed the forgettable “Hard Rain” close to my hometown. My friends and I went over to the set in hopes of seeing him and to gawk of course. He’s shorter than you think but he was a pretty nice guy (autograph! score!) considering the large quantities of water they kept dumping on his head.
I went to a performing arts high school in Orlando, Fl which loved to boast of their Alumni. My run ins include the pompus Joey Fatone (Or as we say in my house Fat-One) and the ever so nice Wayne Brady who we had lunch with on the stage of our high school auditorium.
The last celebrity I saw was that British rapper Lady Sovereign outside Neumo’s. She was waiting in her tour bus and stuck her head out the window several times to shout that she was bored and that she needed some weed. Her show went on two hours late and I don’t know if she ever scored.
My friend asked her if she had a playstation in there. She said no.
Also, I saw Levar Burton at the Hilton Wakiki. He is about the size of your average lawn gnome.
I once shook hands with Garth Brooks and Tammy Wynette waved at me.
My husband has way more and better encounters since he goes to Comic-Con and other conventions for his job.
My only brush with celebrity was when I was but a young girl of 16, visiting LA with my boyfriend. I saw Wesley Snipes jogging while we were at the beach one day, and I did the stereotypical squeal of recognition. (Not a proud moment, shut up.)
He was kind enough to sign some flyer I had stuffed in my purse, and then he did what actually makes telling this story worthwhile - he grabbed my butt.
This was around the time when he was still a legitimate movie star and not just a tax-evader, so I was both in awe *and* skeeved out.
Pulitzer-Prize-winner Gary Snyder hung out in my office for a few minutes a couple of week ago. And I’ve met Ishmael Reed and Al Young and all sorts of people who are mostly only interesting to book snobs.
I used to work at a hotel in Williamsburg, VA, where I saw some famous people. Most notably to my boyfriend, I saw Robert Plant, who must have been in town for a concert (they hold concerts like that at William and Mary Hall, or they did at the time). I also worked through a golf tournament thing that had football players as the golfers. I don’t watch football, so I don’t remember many names, but I do know that Lawrence Taylor was there - I remember him because he graduated from my high school (way before me). He was a nasty son of a bitch, if you’ll excuse my language. Was it my fault that the lights went out on the morning they were all checking out, and the computers were inacessible? No, it wasn’t. So we had to check you out from a paper copy of a report that was run earlier that morning, and it took a little longer. Suck it up and deal.
Otherwise, I’ve talked to Andy Rooney, who was in my current home town to talk to the graduating class of the local private, fancy pants college, and I saw Jack of Jack and Jennifer from Days of Our Lives at the bank I used to work at. Those are the only brushes with fame that I can remember, off the top of my head.
Living so close to Hollyweird and having a lot of celebs with away-from-mansion mansions locally, we see a LOT of ‘em. And no one really notices or cares beacuse a) They have more money than god and celebrity status doesn’t mean a damn thing to them, b) They’re so old they have no idea who they [insert famous person name here] are, or c) You’ve worked a minimum wage shit-job (or know someone who has) who has had to deal with these people. Some of them are gracious and nice to deal with. The majority are self-entitiled assholes who live in a crazy moon land where the reality that the rest of us subscribe to doesn’t quite reach.
I met Stone Temple Pilots and saw the lead singer of Sonic Youth at a record show. I think there were a few other people but they must not be important enough to remember.
Dave Coulier slept in my bed. Alone. Well, maybe with my cat. I wasn’t even home at the time — I was living in DC and my at-the-time house/cat sitter was 1/2 of a set of twins — the kind all the guys dream about: tall, blond, gorgeous. Dave-o was in town doing a comedy schtick and the twins attended, picked him up, got him drunk, stole his license (I think they still have it), and brought him back to my place. NOTHING happened — that’s their story and they’re stickin’ to it. I can’t tell you how long I held on to that bed just … well, because. He is from Michigan and sometimes calls in to the radio talk show to which I listen in the am — I’ve been SORELY tempted to call in and ask him if he (1) still wants his license back; and (2) remembers my cat, “Visa” (I’m thinking “the twins” will be a more effective memory-jogger…). Dave — you out there buddy? Remember that? Yeah. That was MY bed. Other than that… I sent a drink to John Goodman (triple vodka rocks) while in Key West, and he sent me one back. Oh, and countless Jeff Daniels sightings, but it’s an unwritten code that we just let him be a regular Joe around here. I’m still holding out for Jason Bateman or John Krasinski sightings — I think I would scream like a leeetle guhl!
Leah, I am SO JEALOUS!
I’ve met Adrienne Rich, and did a poetry workshop with Li-Young Lee. I’ve sung (in the background choir) with the ladies of Anonymous 4 and with Joshua Bell (he of the famous violonist in the subway station fame). I talked with Ossie Davis at one of the national Memorial Day concerts–it was the first one after my grandfather had died, and I told him “I never got to thank my grandfather for his service, so I want to thank you for yours.” He was visibly touched.
My husband drove Kiri Te Kanawa around town for a weekend when she in in Santa Barbara for a concert. After her recital she gave her bodyguard her roses to give to my husband to give to me (he told her I was a huge fan).
I love this topic… I like you, was minimally employed and forced to don silly outfits in the public domain. I will promise you that my “costume” was far more embarassing as I worked for Mickey Mouse at Disney’s Magic Kingdom for a semester of college. AHH yes, think tube socks to your thighs, newsie hats, bow ties - or if that isn’t good enough - how about a Heidi skirt with a million layers of crinoline (hello, this is Florida people!?!?)?? - still not enough - try my Frontier Land get up - drapery style farbric knee length kulots (??) and a plaid FLANNEL shirt. I longed for days on the Adventureland Nut Wagon when I could wear khakis and a jungle print shirt, listening to the Tiki Room behind me all. day. long. ANYWHO - what a tangent!!!
While there I saw Tim Allen (my roommate actually sat him at a table in Cindy’s castle - that Disney-ese for Cinderella of course), Diana Ross walked right by my post at the Haunted Mansion, Stone Cold Steve Austin grabbed a Mickey Bar from me, as did all of Roger Clemon’s BRATTY children with eye rolling names beginging with K, Adam Sandler, Ex-President Jimmy Carter was whisked through to the front of the Splash Mountain line while I manned that ice cream cart…
Now if my hubby was answering this - he would go on and on about the time he and his drunk friends saw Joey McIntyre at a bar in Chicago en route from the Notre Dame BC football game known as the Holy War. He has a photo =)
Signed, religious reader of this and everything else you write =)
My blog is a sorry sad little mess in comparison…
P.S. My cousin and her husband are struggling actors living in Hollyweird (love that!) and provide lots of dish on celebs — but I actually feel some responsibility not to pass it on, since some of it is quite enlightening. Let’s just say you might be surprised how On Target the tabloids often are about people. Ahem. But their basic summary of living there and the super-celebs matches Rai’s description to the T.
living in new york, one encounters celebrities pretty frequently, and trust me, stars, they are just like us!
people i have seen randomly on the street:
rosie o’donnell
heath ledger and michelle williams
julia stiles
frodo
bono
bette midler (the original divine one- i almost died)
many others who i can’t think of right now.
people i have personally interacted with:
liza minelli- she visited an office i was working at and we talked about a dance class she had just taken and she asked me for an ib profen. lovely woman.
hugh jackman and family- we were at bubby’s and his daughter was flirting with me from across the room- she was so cute- they thought it was hilarious. wonderful family
jenny mccarthy- was at an event that she mced- a little ditzy and bitchy
also my bff is a writer for snl and 30 rock (she’s emmy nominated this year!) and dated j1mmy f@llon for a while, so i sometimes have insider information into the hollywood scene- which can be fun.
I’ve had the chance to talk with 3/4 of Canadian rock band Sloan over the years. Greg Proops was on my flight to LA last year (and I actually ran into him before the flight in the airport convenience store, babbled something about how funny he was on Whose Line… I had been at the airport at that point for over 12 hours and had a couple of beers at lunch…). And my big highlight is that while we were in LA we went to Acme Comedy Theatre, and got to meet Wil Wheaton after the show. The best thing about it was we emailed him to see if he was doing a show while we would be in LA, and he replied right quick.
I sold a crystal figurine to Steve Guttenberg while working at Chris and Aurelia’s Hallmark in Plymouth, Michigan. I kept the carbon from his credit card slip with his signature. This fact alone tips off the date of this magical star crossing - the late 80s.
After getting married, we moved to Marin County, CA and my star sighting increased dramatically. Carlos Santana stood behind my husband at the coffee stand at the earthy, high-end market. We saw Steve Perry of Journey in the frozen foods section of the Safeway on Thanksgiving. I stood next to Beck at the salad bar of yet another supermarket. Huey Lewis dropped off his kid at the restaurant we religiously frequented for Saturday brunch. George Lucas with his kids at the Chevys Fresh Mex. And my husband, backing out of our driveway in San Anselmo, narrowly missed hitting Sean Penn in his black BMW. My brother came to visit and we spent the better part of two days trying to find Sean with the intention of getting into a fender bender, which would result in a fistfight between Sean and my brother, ensuring the best celebrity run-in story in all of history. Though the fender bender/fistfight never occurred, we did spot him in his Beamer and we followed him for about 20 minutes until we got bored and went to get Chinese chicken salads.
The best San Fran sighting, though, was during Fleet Week. We drove to the Marina and parked on the street, waiting for Riley’s nemisis, the Blue Angels, to fly overhead. We noticed people turning their heads in our direction. We of course thought they were looking as us and all of our hotness. Turns out they were looking at the guy standing next to our car. They weren’t reacting in awe, though. They were laughing at this guy. Why?
Because it was Kato Kaelin.
My big miss was back in college. I was supposed to go to my cousin’s wedding in Chicago. I spent the week before recovering from a big drug-filled night at the U2 Zoo TV concert. I decided to stay home so my band (I was the singer) could play at a fraternity party and I could make 50 bucks. Turns out U2 was playing Chicago that weekend and were staying at the same hotel as my family - the Ritz. My brother saw Bono - walked right up to him and said, “Bono, how you doing?” extending his hand. Bono shook his hand, sized up my sister for potential fan sex, talked to them for five minutes, then left. They also met Larry Mullins and my fave The Edge. Bono was way short and had grossly dyed black hair. But he was still hot, according to sister.
My celeb sighting since moving to Seattle? Ken Schram - at the Safeway. Multiple sightings. Not so exciting, since he’s the biggest douchebag in the city.
Oh! I can participate in this one! Thanks to the Army (mark this down in the history books, because I will rarely if ever again use that phrase sincerely), I’ve met and interviewed Gary Sinise, Colin Quinn and Toby Keith (twice), and I’ve met (and followed around, in a reporter-like manner) Dave Attell, along with several other fairly unknown famous-ish people. Apart from that, there’s the thing with the Spin Doctor, which I believed I already shared with you. Oh, and Joan Baez kissed me on the cheek after a concert of hers. There are others, but I am already feeling a bit like a celebrity whore, so I’ll stop.
Of course, if Bob Dylan or Johnny Depp stop by, all the others will be inconsequential.
I sat by Lady Bird Johnson (former first lady–recently deceased) at an outdoor play near Abilene, Texas. I was pretty young, but grandmother was quite impressed :) And I am groupie of a band from Austin–the Derailers–so I try to brush against their fame as often as I can. Going to see them tomorrow night!!!
Martin and Charlie Sheen filmed a movie in the town I grew up in and the house they rented backed onto my friends backyard. We used to swim in her pool and watch Martin and Charlie eat dinner in the backyard. We met Tim DeKay (Jonesey from Carnivale) at Disneyland and saw Malcolm McDowell at LAX.
I was flying over to Germany to join my military husband and was helplessly lost in the Atlanta airport and saw Whitney Houston. This was pre-crack Whitney. Well, at least she didn’t look like crack Whitney at that point-1988. She had a short, stocky guy with her who would stand up and try to look tough every time someone dared walk up to speak to her. No one could hand anything directly to her, either. It had to go through Bruno. I declined to go through Bruno to obtain an autograph.
My husband was in Bellevue on business on Mon/Tue this week, and he ran into Conan O’Brian.
I live in DC so most of my “celebrity” sightings are of the political sort. However, I did once see Bradley Whitford and Mary Louise Parker film a scene for the West Wing right outside my office. I see Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, and other marginally famous Senators in the restaurant in my building quite often. Other than that, my best sighting was during the Clinton years when I was in CVS with Janet Reno. We were like the only two customers in there and we got to the register at exactly the same time. I let her go first. She bought Hawaiian Punch and napkins. Who drinks Hawaiian Punch anymore?
I’m a theatre fiend and have met a lot of big-name actors at various stage doors hanging out for autographs: Peter O’Toole, Albert Finney, Alec Guiness, Glenn Close, Jack Lemmon, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins. They’re generally nice and some are pleasantly surprising — Vanessa Redgrave patiently discussed her play in French with a foreign student — while some are really disappointing — my affection for Bogie-Bacall movies took a nosedive after meeting her.
I’ve been lucky enough to (phone) interview some interesting people like Chita Rivera, John Amos, Ruby Dee, and Rita Rudner.
Very random sightings include Madeline Kahn (on a NYC bus), Gerald Ford, Shannon Tweed, Margot Kidder (post-crazy), Charles Nelson Reilly, Ed McMahon, Bill Cobbs, and Anne Meara.
Once I awkwardly shared the longest elevator ride ever with Bill Nye. He could tell I recognized him, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. I finally commented something about “Wouldn’t Superman kill Lois Lane when he grabbed her during a freefall?” And he said, without missing a beat: “Well, he has to be very careful.”
The only time I’ve been absolutely struck dumb by a celebrity encounter is when I was unexpectedly buying a theatre ticket next to Morgan Freeman. Sadly, we weren’t seeing the same show, but I couldn’t do anything but stare anyway. Easy Reader! Fast Black! “Red” Redding!
I used to work with a guy who did some independent films with Crispin Glover, and he would come in to see him all the time. He’s a lot like his characters…quiet and sweet, and a little strange. Very nice guy.
Oh and when I was living in Provo, Utah, I ran into Steve Young a few times. Also a nice guy. He was very sweet to my brother when he gushed to him about how great a football player he thought he was.
I too worked in a movie theater, and Lord, it was awful. I have been complaining about it ever since, and yet my friends keep getting jobs at them. Clearly, I need new friends.
Anyway, while I was working there, I sold a ticket to John Elway, who paid with a $100 bill. I was hoping he would pay with a credit card, as we were required by company policy to ask for ID each time a customer did that. Alas. I also had a brush-in with a local radio personality, with whom I play-argued about giving him a free drink. Yeah, real exciting, I know.
My best friend and I were vacationing in London and we went to see a play called ‘Real Classy Affair’ in the West End. It starred Joseph Fiennes. He had just made ‘Elizabeth’ and was about to do ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ but neither had come out in the US yet. We knew who he was because we were big fans of Ralph’s, and also because we’d seen Joseph in ‘Stealing Beauty.’ We met him after the play and he was very shy and sweet, and also even better looking in person. He signed our playbooks for us.
Speaking of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ I saw Tom Stoppard standing outside the same theatre that same night. He wrote the screenplay, so I’m assuming he and Joseph Fiennes were meeting up…?
I also saw Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson at the DFW airport once. He was walking around, smiling benevolently and nodding at everyone who seemed to recognize him.
I also met Michael Moore at a book-signing and had my picture taken with him. This was many years before he was Public Enemy No. 1; it was back during his ‘TV Nation’ days.
In 1994 Sammy from “Days of Our Life” had a friend who lived a few floors above me freshman year in college. She came to visit her friend the weekend of my birthday and, as a gift, a few floormates of mine ran upstairs and begged her to come down to our floor and visit. All I remember is that she was nice and thin in person, two traits her character on TV wasn’t. The camera really does add 10 pounds. I felt bad instantly for reading tabloids and agreeing that she was too pudgy for Austin’s love.
I was once at Eugene’s in NY at the very same time that Jay-Z was. Imagine that!
While walking to dinner one night in NY I saw a bunch of papparazi standing in front of some building. I crossed and tried to get a better look. It was Scarlet Johanson.
I was in Fuddruckers on a Saturday night with my parents, and I realized that Queen Latifah was about 6 people ahead of me in line. NO ONE who frequents Fuddruckers on a Saturday night knows who Queen Latifah is, so, sadly, I was the only one who realized the magnitude of the situation. I tried to tell my dad who she was, and, as she walked out with her order he yelled to her, “See ya, Queeny Laqueefa.” She smiled. I died.
And, sadly, that’s about it.
Keanu Reeves! Haha, I think this might have during the same time period you saw him at the movie theater. I saw him a couple days in a row and he remembered my name and hugged me (a lot) and tried to get my friend to persuade me to go to his trailer with him. I was righteously indignant (I was 15! he was.. old!) and didn’t.
I have many, I love this game, but Keanu Reeves trying to, uh, spend quality time with me is always my trump card.
I met Eddie Izzard on Sunday!
pic and less than glamorous account here:
http://www.zestyenterprise.com
Ooh! I also met Ben Harper and several of the Innocent Criminals after a tiny venue show in Barcelona. Those silly Spaniards didn’t know him well enough to stalk him. My friends and I got to hang out with them for quite awhile after the show. We were even invited onto the bus, on it’s way to Madrid, and if we were different sorts of girls, we may have gone. One never knows what happens on a rock and roll bus, however.
We ran into Mariano Rivera (Yankees reliever) on a beach in Panama (he’s Panamanian, and so is my husband). Being from Boston, of course we are Red Sox fans but we were still pretty excited to chat with him for a few minutes. He was very nice and surrounded by adoring kids — he is a big hero in Panama.
Hmm, some of these posts will make seem lame…
I have been in close proximity (though I wish I wasn’t) to:
Carrot Top (in a Fort Wayne IN hotel lobby)
Some rap dude who was doing a concert with Lil Kim that I had the horrible displeasure to attend - rap is all about screaming and yelling and noise and OMG why did I go… I think it was the guy who screamed who let the dog’s out? I do not know but seriously going that concert turned me off ever listening to that kind of music EVER again! (also in Fort Wayne at the mall - I was walking into Banana Republic while he walked by with a gaggle of teenagers swarming him…)
And, Bjork walked by me with her very cute little girl while I was eating at a downtown Seattle restaurant this past May.
I’ve also met some Olympic swimmers who were big names back in the day when I swam competitively - Matt Biondi, Pablo Morales and Carrie Steinseifer. I also knew the dude who went to the Olympics in stole a marble lion during the Seoul Olympics - Troy Dalbey. He was double gold medal winner and there was almost an international incident because he did this!
That’s it I think… Not very exciting I must say.
I saw Eriq La Salle and Joely Fisher at a cancer fundraiser thingie. I saw Quentin Tarantino drunk off his ass at the Arclight, which is funny because every one of my friends that has run into him has also said that he was drunk off his ass at the time. Uhm. That’s all I can remember right now.
Since living in Seattle I’ve seen no celebrities. In New York I saw Bette Midler and Kevin Bacon…actually Kevin Bacon on a fairly regular basis as he used to go with his kids to the sports complex where I skated. I’ve also played soccer with Julia Stiles.
Stockard Channing once screamed bloody murder at me for not having her name displayed properly on her car to take her home. My (former) company had guilted her into doing a benefit and she was kind of pissy the whole night. All the car services had my name in the window so there wouldn’t be mix ups and I’d kindly asked all the talent to just see me (right by the exit door) on their way out and I’d hand them a voucher and put them in a car. It was a NY Theatre crowd, they’re usually pretty low maintenance. A colleague came scuttling in from the street and whispered in my ear, “Stockard Channing is out in the sidewalk screaming, “Who the fuck is [Kizz] and why does she have all these fucking cars out here! Where is my fucking car!” I went out and sorted her out but she never spoke to me. I can say, though, that I made Stockard Channing scream my name.
That company was good for a lot of those kinds of stories actually. I had to wait outside a bathroom for Savion Glover to finish peeing so I could make sure he didn’t wander off rather than get his ass on stage. I had to clean up an injured trombone player when Boyd Gaines rode a bicycle off a platform and onto the poor guy. I had a lovely conversation with Bebe Neuwirth who is just awesome. I arranged a lot of stuff for Chita Rivera but didn’t spend much time with her.
Oh, and I went to college with Jesse L. Martin so I’ve had a lot of sightings/conversations/hugs with him but they were mostly pre-fame.
Some 20 years ago I rode in an elevator in Florida with Dyan Cannon. I didn’t realize who it was until after I got off the elevator.
I’m convinced there are famous people everywhere if you’re paying attention. And depending on your definition of famous.
On a trip to LA, I saw some stars from Young and the Restless having a children’s birthday party at Jerry’s Deli, Ed McMahon and Wolfgang Puck at Spago (he asked me if I put lemon on my schnitzel) and Matthew Perry in Santa Monica.
While living in DC, I hung out with Ethel Kennedy (nicest woman ever) at a reception for Hank Aaron, sidled up to a buffet table a the same time as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and sat next to Janet Reno in a tiny Mexican restaurant on the Hill.
The day I arrived in Dublin for my study abroad program, I saw Beck walking down the street with some super model type. Later, in Prague, after my friend complained she had never seen any famous people and thought for sure she was missing the chance after hanging out with me and our other friend who always spots celebs, we ran smack into Gerard Depardieu filming some crazy movie.
You just have to keep your eyes open if you’re interested.
Patricia Corn..um… hang on (checking imdb) Heaton.
Is the best I can do.
I grew up in North Carolina, which is not exactly celebrity central. But I did see a fair amount of college basketball stars, some of whom turned into reasonable NBA players. I used to see Grant Hill and Christian Laettner downtown sometimes, and Eric Montross used to come into my mother’s store (he had to duck to get in the doorway). And when I was at UNC volleyball camp at age 15 or so, we walked onto the court in the Dean Dome one day to find Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison playing one-on-one. I think the entire group of three hundred adolescent girls shrieked simultaneously. It was probably the fastest exit Carter and Jamison had ever made from that court.
Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton filmed part of the movie Bandits on our street. The police closed the street off and we had to show ID for several days to get to our house. They filmed in a garage a few houses up and we got to watch the scenes get set up. Wow is that boring!
It was very fun to watch the movie when it was released and see the different parts they filmed on our street (even a car chase, which was VERY fun to watch filming).
I had a nice converstation with John Waters while he was grocery shopping.
How about Orville Redenbacher! You know–the popcorn guy! That was my big sighting until 2006 when I saw Hank Williams Jr. walk right by me in Nashville, TN in front of the Hilton. I adore him and it would have been a great opportunity to get a pic/autograph, whatever, except that I had SEVERE food poisoning and was facing a five hr drive home in that condition. Yeah, I ended up in the hospital back home for three days, so HWJr was the bone that fate tossed my way for that god awful trip.
Saw Richard Burton in SF holding the most girly little dog once. Bill Clinton gave a speech at our company in 1991.
Loved your visual
“like a pile of metal shavings being exposed to a magnet.” I am going to have to steal that one.
I was in a San Francisco restaurant a couple of years ago, and Steven Wright (comedian) was sitting in the booth behind me. I stood behind Joseph Campanella (actor) in a line at DisneyWorld. I saw Suzanne Somers (incredibly tiny tiny woman) in a hotel lobby once. That’s it.
Ooh - I like this topic although I can never come up with all the names (even though there aren’t that many). I’ve seen a bunch at stage doors, in plays, at the US Open (tennis), stuff like that. But here are ones I’ve met: Bonnie Raitt, Hunter Thompson, Bela Fleck (and the Flecktones), Bill Monroe, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Buddy Guy. Probably a few more I can’t think of.
So, Keanu Reeves & Lori Petty? Together, as in “Point Break”?
Another Tim Allen sighting here. While walking through Disneyland on its 50th anniversary media day (when it was closed to the public), my husband and I passed by Tim. We exclaimed, “Is that old man Tim Allen?!” And it was an exclamation of horror, not delighted surprise.
While in Las Vegas this summer, I practically ran down Howie Mandel as our paths crossed in a row of slot machines. I was totally clueless (despite the fact that there were gigantic posters with his face plastered all over the casino- duh); my husband- who has a knack for celeb spotting- figured it out, though.
Oh I LOVE this one!
I saw Keanu in person too, he was filming ‘Chain Reaction’ at the capital buidling in my town. I was all “Keaaaaaaannnnnnnu!” even though he was havign a very bad hairstyle at that time. And then I saw that Morgan Freeman was not 3 feet from me! I didn’t squeal at him though.
I saw Al Sharpton once walking on the square in Madison WI. I watched Morris Day (The Time) buy noodles at Leeann Chins in Minneapolis. And I followed Nicolas Cage around outside a Menards in Chicago.
Really all of these people were smaller than you would think. And I am 5′2.
I’ll tell you my favorite/least favorite celebrity sighting. I used to live in NYC so we saw people all the time but you have to pretend like it’s no big deal. My friend Debbie and I went to a Halloween party at this girl’s loft in midtown. She was an assistant director on Law & Order. So we didn’t wear costumes, but a lot of people did. We were both talking to this cute boy and in comes Angie Harmon, in kind of a Vegas Showgirl type outfit? It was basically three strategically placed sequins over a pinkish-toned bodysuit. She had on an enormous headdress and was just - oh my God - just gorgeous. She’s hugely tall and her legs were ridiculous in that costume. My friend and I totally froze up until she left - I mean, nobody could keep their eyes off her.
Ha and this week my husband and I went to the Indiana State Fair (God help us) and we saw this girl *freaking* out over this white haired guy. She was getting a picture taken and crying and freaking. My husband said to me, “who is that guy, Kenny Rogers?” and I said “yeah, maybe Bubba Rogers, his cousin”, because it looked *nothing* like Kenny Rogers. Nothing! Then we totally read later that Kenny Rogers was playing the State Fair that night. Old Boy has had some *work* done.
I was once in the Denver airport. I was going through security and I saw Johnny Reznik from the Goo Goo Dolls. The only paper I had was a barf bag I had taken off the previous flight to use as a bookmark. He did autograph the barf bag for me. CLASSY!
My mother worked in a movie theatre when she was young and to this day, she cannot eat popcorn. She hates the smell of it.
Once in a shopping mall we passed by the guy who used to be in the D.O.C. commercials back in the 80s. My mom and brother recognized him immediately, but I didn’t even notice because I was blinded by the 47 gallons of cologne he was wearing.
Ooh, and Amy Sedaris at BlogHer! She was standing around looking lonely, so we went over and chatted with her, and tried to explain the whole blog thing. Then we made her call our friend to leave a message on his phone.
I’m from Detroit, so really I never get the chance to bump into famous people (because really - the only ones that would be around are Eminem and Kid Rock - who else would want to come here?) But, one time when I was on a carribbean cruise, I got an autograph from Mickey Dolenz from The Monkees. Fabulous, huh?
I met Bonnie Raitt backstage in Dallas during the Souls Alike tour last year. She told me she liked my shirt, and it has since been known as “the Bonnie Raitt shirt.”
A few years ago, I sat one table over from Carrot Top in Emeril’s Las Vegas.
My boyfriend saw Owen Wilson in the grocery store in Dallas last year. He was also on Hollywood Squares, so he met Tom Bergeron, Jason Alexander, and whoever else was on that episode. He refuses to show me the tape, so I don’t know who all was there. Perhaps the refusal is based in part on the fact that I make fun of his old hairstyle? Oops.
Okay, so my first celebrity encounter occurred when I was around age 13. I waited in line at a Western Wear store to get the autograph of Gabriel Cateris, better known as Andrea Zuckerman from 90210. I had heard someone from 90210 was coming and I was so freaking excited at the thought of seeing Brandon, Dylan, Kelly or Brenda! So I was pretty bummed when I learned it was only Andrea. Even Steve or Donna would have been cooler than her. I was further disappointed when I got to the front of the line and realized she had *gasp* forehead wrinkles and looked 30 (which, apparantly, she was)!
My second encounter occurred last year after my husband and I moved to San Antonio. Three friends and I were walking on a sidewalk leading to a local pub at about 9pm on a Saturday, when one of my friends glanced inside the Wine and Spirits store to our right and nonchalantly said, “Tommy Lee Jones is buying whiskey.” I thought it was pretty random but it turns out he lives in San Antonio too. We went inside to “browse the wine selection” but didn’t approach him because he had his head hung really low and had a huge scowl on his face. He basically grunted at the checkout girl and when he left we all watched and another employee rushed up to us and told us to stay back because he was notoriously rude to fans. Whatever…he was short in real life anyway.
Hmm…tough one. Your Canadian readers might appreciate this one, although I didn’t actually speak to the people involved…just stood with my mouth clamped shut.
I was at Just for Laughs in Montreal about a month ago and on the way into the St Denis Theatre I looked up and Justin Trudeau and his wife were standing about 20 feet away, chatting with a guy in a nice jacket and jeans whose back was to us. A woman slinks up to the guy, squeezes his butt and when he turns toward her we saw that it was Colm Feore. Justin Trudeau (son of the very famous former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau) and Colm fucking Feore (played Pierre Trudeau in the movie). It was kind of crazy in an ‘only in Canada’ kind of way.
I saw David Duchovny pushing his kid in a stroller across Lexington Avenue in New York City. I think I bruised my husband’s ribs when I tried to covertly alert him to Fox Mulder’s presence. I watched the X-Files religiously and I still listen to “David Duchovny, Why Won’t You Love Me” on my iPod, so that day still ranks right up there on my Best Day Ever list.
I have never seen a famous person myself (and I’m 34. How sad is that?) but I knew a girl in college who was from Long Island and saw Kurt Vonnegut all the time in the grocery store where she worked. She said he mostly bought just dog food, cigarettes, and beer. I just love that story.
I went to high school with Jane Lynch-she was a year ahead of me and a good friend of my sister. I still get a kick out of seeing her in movies and on TV. She was a riot.
Saw Guy Ritchie in the National Gallery in London last August. I had seen a man getting what looked like guided tour, he was a couple paintings behind me, so I was eavesdropping on what the guide was telling him. My sister came up and pointed out I was stalking Madonna’s husband. Oops, I thought he had looked kind of familiar.
When I was working at a large hotel in downtown San Diego, there was a big rap concert in town. Eminem asked me directions out of the building from where we were. He mumbles really badly.
One night at the Shore Club in Miami (I was visiting a friend), I saw Mark Walberg, Adrien Brody (ahem - Oscar winner), JC Chasez (double ahem - N’Synch-er), Eiiza Dushku (yeah, she Brought it On), and … Heidi Klum’s ex-husband. All in the span of 5 minutes - seriously. I felt pretty important.
Okay I want to play too! I live in South Florida so I have seen quite a few random celebrities:
Venus and Serena Williams, they can totally kick everyone’s ASS!
Burt Reynolds, old!!!
Jillian Barberie, so talkative but very nice.
Kimberly (tramp) and Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster, she was slightly bitch and he’s slightly pervy.
Tommy Lee Jones, little with HORRIBLE skin but friendly.
Jimmy Buffet
Melaina Trump, who isn’t AT ALL what you would think.
Howie Mandel
Chris Rock, accidently spit on me during a comedy show.
I can’t remember any others, until I hit send.
I was upgraded to first class on a flight (work related trip and I was alone) and ended up sitting next to a very large man — I mean, he was huge — in an athletic sort of way. The flight attendants came over in rapid succession to ask if they could see his ring. I still didn’t get it until he struck up a conversation with me and it turned out he was some famous football player and was wearing a Super Bowl ring. I don’t remember his name any more (it was 16 years ago) but he was super nice and we spent a lot of time discussing our sons. He also had a 2 year old who was not a morning person and we were exchanging ideas for getting our sons out of bed in the morning. I told my husband when I got home and he was super excited about it.
Otherwise, I saw Red Skelton when he was in town to do a show and I got his autograph. I saw Bob Saget at a bar in Florida and he seemed kind of surly.
As a teenager I worked at the “restaurant” in the SunVilla bowling alley in Bellevue (near BCC) and one day I served (not serviced, sadly) the members of Queensryche.
And years later, through a bizarre chain of events, I lucked out and got to work as security for Melissa Etheridge when she performed at the Parmount for her Brave & Crazy tour. I ate with her crew, and she was funny and very nice to all those around her.
As for sightings, I saw Richard Karn [Al on Home Improvement] when he was in town for some charity golf thing; Grant Goodeve
[David on Eight is Enough] sat directly behind me, having dinner at the next table; and I met Sen. John Warner [ex hubby of Elizabeth Taylor] while he was campaigning when he stopped by the restaurant I was bartending.
AND, when I was back in Seattle this past May I got to meet author Lee Child [squee!]
Where to begin…
I was on the same plane as Hulk Hogan back during his wrestling heyday in the 80’s; I got his autograph. During that same general time period of my life, I also met Daisy Duke.
I ate lunch next to Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar, twice, at the Four Seasons in Hawaii last December.
I also saw Jim Bulushi, Kelsey Grammar, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Matt Damon and Diane Von Furstenburg at the Four Seasons over the course of my Hawaiian adventure.
I’ve met Danny Bonaduce a couple of times; the most recent sighting was when he walked past my table at sushi in LA a couple of weeks ago. At that same sushi restaurant, I saw Neil and Sarah, two of the dancers from So You Think You Can Dance.
I met Ziggy Marley the night before my sister’s wedding–he and his Melody Makers were staying in the same hotel where she had her rehersal dinner four years ago.
I went backstage and met (and kissed!) Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead when I was 16.
I politely approached Tori Amos in a Starbucks in Boulder, CO a handful of years ago.
I sat approx. 15 rows behind Vince Vaughn at a Cubs/Brewers game at Wrigley Field two years ago.
When I was in college, I worked in a preschool that was affiliated/attached to a nursing home. Bonnie Hunt’s father was there, and I met her through that.
I met Bela Fleck, too, at a Jazz in the Park concert in Milwaukee nine years ago-he wrote a “permission slip” for a friend of mine to take to his boss in an effort for my friend to get out of work. It worked.
There have been more, but that’s all I got right now.
Living in NYC you see celebs on the street all the time so it’s usually not a big deal (or at least, we don’t act like it is but when you get home you call your sister and say guess who I just saw??)
Anyway, my big close-to-fame call was when my boyfriend @ the time was working on a Van Halen tour and I had sex with him (boyfriend) on their tour bus!!
I saw Patrick Stewart years ago in a little bakery in Del Mar. Alas, I didn’t know who he was until about a year later when my boyfriend (and future husband) introduced me to Star Trek: Next Gen. I just thought he was a hunky bald guy. And, in June, I saw Tara Reid in Hollywood having dinner at the restaurant we were in. Photos of her sucking face with her date later ended up on some celeb website. Hee!
Only two to report here:
First-Hulk Hogan at International Mall in Tampa. He was shopping with his kid and I? I am too ridiculously dorky and took a camera phone pic of him and sent it to my friends. *hangs head in shame* (But still has pic…)
Second- The Rudest Motherfu**er on the Planet a.k.a Keyshawn Johnson. For those who don’t follow the pigskin, he used to bea wide receiver here with the Bucs (and THANK GRUDEN, ahem, I mean GOD he’s gone. Man has hands coated in olive oil. Can’t catch a cold.
Anyway–I waited on him at J. Alexander’s. Him, his father and some chode who shall remain anonymous. Not only did they run me ragged for things like, oh, a half orange juice, half sprite with a cherry and two lemons, and make sure there are no seeds, aight?–but when their 96.00 bill came? Guess how much he tipped.
Guess.
4.00.
From a man wearing diamonds in his ears big enough to pay my rent for three years. I followed him up to the hostess stand and asked if the service was ok–was there anything wrong with the meal?
“No, everything was great! Did a great job!”
Oh, okay–so you’re just a cheap ass. Got it.
Have fun on TV, at least you can’t blow any more games!!
But, hey, I’m not bitter at all….
I ran into Heath Ledger on the street in Perth, Western Australia, where he’s from. He looked like a normal dude. I wouldn’t have even known it was him without Naomi Watts hanging onto his arm and looking all shiny and glam.
I met Bob Dole once; he visited my high school and I was there studying in the library. I shook his left hand. Speaking of observing cultural phenomena, imagine watching a long, long, long line of people, each individually startling to the realization that they can’t shake someone’s right hand. I imagine that for Bob Dole, the thrill of this observation opportunity has worn off.
I’ve never met any big celebrities. But once I went to a local show at a bar where my room mate was playing and there was this creepy ass dude who kept buggin us. We ran him off cause he was giving us bad vibes and scaring the women. Well it turns out he raped his next door neighbor and slit her throat only about a month later. And they lived only a few blocks from my house. He sort of became a local celebrity.
Also, I was named in the paper as part of some sort of robbery crime ring that had popped up in our town. And the two other guys who were named were two of my best friends. We weren’t part of any crime ring. We were just guys who got arrested in the same week, but there wasn’t much real news going on in the capital area, so the paper had to make some shit up. So I was famous around here for my fifteen minutes.
And I have this incredible ability to run into the Sherifff of our county almost every other week. And Wake county isn’t some podunk sticks county. It’s weird. But I hate Sheriff Harrison, so I don’t count him as a celebrity, local or otherwise.
And I’m friends with Tennessee Ernie Nord, a wrestler in Gouge Wrestling. But Gouge is more of an underground south east coast thing. Ya’ll don’t have it in Seattle.
Anyway, no real celebrities.
Let’s see - I live in good ole NYC, so I’ve seen a few folks on the street. Usually I think I see someone famous, so I ask The Husband, who recognizes NO ONE. Then after we’ve passed the person, I confirm that I’m right. And The Husband is all “yeah. so.”
Jeaneane Garafolo
Larry Mullen Jr (from U2)
Clinton from What Not To Wear
Stacy from What Not to Wear (who lived in my old neighborhood, so I saw her all the time. And at the gym. She needs her own stylist!)
Sandra Bernhard came to visit my roommate when I was in the hospital giving birth to C. The roommate’s husband was a famous author type, Joanthan Letham, but I didn’t know that until I was home.
The Wayans brothers
Maggie Gyllenhall
Kate Moss
Russell Crowe (mere hours before his telephone-throwing incident.)
I’m sure there are more, but that’s it. Brushes with Greatness
Rode in an elevator with Alan Ruck–Cameron from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” I didn’t say anything. Well, I said, “six, please.” And “thank you.”
I REALLY wanted to sing, “Let my Cameron goooooooo.”
I’m reading over all the comments now, and it occurs to me that political candidates are not exactly celebrities. Or in fact, celebrities AT ALL. And considering they go out of their way to meet as many people as possible, they lack that “Oh my god it’s ____!!!!” factor, don’t they? So I’d like to retract my “I met Bob Dole” comment, as it is lame.
As someone else said, when living in NYC, one encounters a lot of celebs just “living life”. Personal encounters, though:
Mary Tyler Moore: Walking her doggie in Central Park. I’m not much of a people person, but I am a dog person. I didn’t even realise it was her when I stooped down to play with the doggie. She was very nice, btw - and very appreciative that I took time to entertain the dog.
Gene Shalet: He used to dine at the bar of one of the restaurants friends of mine and I frequented. ‘Sloppy eater at the time, btw.
Judd Hirsch: He was at the bar area of a restaurant some friends of mine and I were celebrating a birthday at. He was a little, well, how should I say, “happy” that night and kept trying to pick up the guest of honour. He was more than a bit obnoxious (this was during Taxi’s heyday) - and very put off when she shunned his advances.
Timothy Hutton: He was walking west, I was walking east and we, literally, body-slammed in front of Goldfingers. He was very apologetic. He hugged me, kissed me on the cheek - then, promptly, walked into said Goldfingers.
Kevin Bacon: This was post-Diner, pre “super actor” time. He was in a Broadway show called “Slab Boys” - and my friends and I ran into him outside of the theatre. He was dressed like everyone else except for one thing: He was wearing torn white keds that he had, apparently, washed with something red. When I asked him if I could take a photo he said “yes”. I, promptly, bent over, put my head on his tummy - and took a shot of his sneakers. When I stood up and said “thank you”, he looked at me with that “what, you’re not going to take a picture of my face” look. So I took a picture of his face. I’ve no idea where that picture is - but I have an enlargement of the sneaker shot framed.
Sean Penn: See above re “Slab Boys”. At the time, he was riding off of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” - so I expected him to be an egomaniac. Not so. Not only was he sweet and genuine - but was downright shy. We spoke for a bit - but I didn’t want to photograph him because he seemed so uncomfortable.
And, my personal favourite:
Gary Sandy: ‘Ever heard of him? “No”, most likely - but he played Andy Travis on “WKRP in Cincinnati”. The reason he’s my personal favourite is because he showed up at a “boom-bas bar” (a “boom-bas” is a pogo-stick to which is attached a bunch of percussion instruments - very PA Dutch) in bumf**k, Pennsylvania wearing a full-length mink coat and surrounded by an entourage of overly made-up women - and nobody payed him a bit of attention until some ancient guy recognised him and said “hey - you’re that guy on WKRP in Cincinnati”. He responded with a hugely cheesy grin and said “yes, I am”. Then the old guy went back to playing his boom-bas - and the rest of us that overhead went back to our beers and the like. Gary et al left the bar with his massive shout of “thanks for your support I love ya” (I kid you not).
eileen
I’ve shared e-mails with Rob Thomas, creator of Veronica Mars and writer of one of my favorite teen-dramas, Drive me Crazy (Adrien Garnier and Melissa Joan Hart starring). I’ve also met the now Secretary of Defense, as I went to A&M when he was president there (I realize I’m digging here). And Matt Williams at spring training in AZ one year (baseball player). And, that seems to be about it.
Many years ago, I ran into Louie Anderson at a race track. I couldn’t think of anything witty to say, so I ended up blurting out, “I loved you on ‘Hollywood Squares’!” He looked at me like I was an idiot.
For work a few years ago, I got to go to a benefit where I met Liz Hurley, which was pretty cool.
Other than that, I got nothing.
Oh - wait! I can do that “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” thingy:
Kevin Bacon was in “Apollo 13″ with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks was in “Bosom Buddies” with Peter Scolari
Peter Scolari was on “Newhart” with Julia Duffy
Julia Duffy attended the same high school as my mom (as Julia Hinds)
My mom gave birth to me
Ta-da!
Joey Ramone walked in on me in the bathroom at the old Ritz in NYC. I was washing my hands. He kind of flopped against the wall and asked if I wanted to give him a blowjob. I answered no, politely, and fled, as he mumbled after me “are you sure? oh, c’mon!”
Swistle, you are so funny.
Maria Belo while on safari in South Africa (we were at the same camp). She was normal and nice. Her friend (who I do not think was anyone), was rude and bitchy. The friend was wearing some heavy, name brand, fur trimmed coat. In a safari/eco camp. When it was 90 degrees…
I was on a plane with Tom Welling (plays Clark Kent in Smallville) in Dec. 2005. That’s my brush with the rich and famous.
Oh wait, no - in the late 80’s I met Peter DeLuise and saw Johnny Depp from afar while they filmed “21 Jump Street” at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
And that’s it. Boy - I need to get out more.
Hey! I’ve seen Lori Petty out and about too. Finding that Tank Girl was staying at the same resort as we were pretty much made our weekend.
Last month we were at Disneyland and we stood in the Fast Pass line for the Roger Rabbit ride behind Doogie Houser (yes, I know his real name, but he just looks like a Doogie to me) and his partner. Yee haw!
Curious- did you like Portland? Would you recommend it as a cool place to live/work? How did you end up moving?
Dammit.
I almost forget the whole reason why I was compelled to comment. Last year there was a girl named Du Jour in my daughter’s kindergarten class. Since you’re having a baby, I thought you might be looking for suggestions. Or maybe not.
I once saw Jerry Seinfeld walk into a strip club in down town Reykjavik, Iceland.
Oh! And Howie Mandell in Vegas! Also, Cameron from San Diego’s Real World in Sin City, too. How did I forget??
Crap again! I have met Judy Blume, Alice Sebold, and Jodi Picoult at Book Expo this year. Alice was especially lovely. And I met Marian Keyes (fab chick lit writer) last year at the same event.
LOVE ALL THESE, keep them coming! Also, Dana’s story is blowing (HA HA HAA!) my mind.
Most of my celebrity sightings were in London in the 80s. I saw Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister (looking very shonky but it was early in the morning). Prince Charles was visiting some sort of event across the street from my office so we went outside to watch for a while. Was once in the supermarket and saw John Cleese shopping, he was not-very-inconspicuously calling to his wife about three aisles over, asking if they needed some sort of cheese.
More recently, I was in a restaurant in Amsterdam and Colm Meaney (Miles O’Brien from various Star Treks) was at the next table with a large group of men. I spent the entire meal trying to get enough Dutch courage (heh) to get his autograph, but when I was finally liquoredxxxxxxxx brave enough, he had gone.
One for New Zealanders: I was smiled at by John Kirwan (ex-All Black great) at a mall where he was book signing and I was struggling to quieten my stroppy toddler in his pushchair. I’m not much of a rugby fan but I’ve had a soft spot for JK ever since.
I met Jared (the guy from the Subway commercials) once. He came to Fairbanks, and my husband and I went to Subway to shake hands, chat a little, and get a signed poster. I guess that’s one cool thing about living in a small town - when a celebrity is in town, there’s never a huge crowd. Or maybe it’s just that the celebrities who dare to come here aren’t too famous. Hmmm…
I have a couple cool ones. I was in LA with my mom and Gram when I was 12. My mom and I were on the elevator in our hotel going down and we stopped at some floor and John Travolta got on. I had a button on that said “Are we having fun yet?” and he told me it was funny. And then the elevator smelled like pee, because OH MY GOD Danny Zuko just acknowledged me! Then when I was 13 my friends Aunt is some bigshot LA person and she was dating Jodi Foster at the time (yes she). They came back to her aunts parents house for christmas in Kansas City, Jodi Foster literally spent the entire evening with my friend and I. She slipped us champange and totally encouraged our total dorkiness. Other than that I have only really met bands, and who cares about that.
When I met Lily Tomlin she pointed at the tiny stud in my nose and giggled. “Oh! You have a little thing!” She’s incredibly cute.
Then last year when I was in O’Hare Airport people oddly thought I was someone. They kept staring and whispering. At first I thought I had something on my face or tp hanging off my foot. I just wanted to have a quiet dinner but there were a lot of eyes on me. So to have fun with it and mess with the gawkers a little, I started reading a play that I had in my bag for work. Heh. It was exciting for them I guess, they whispered more. I never did figure out who I was.
WOW. I’m trying to think. Only going to list the ones I’ve actually interacted with, some while waiting tables:
Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America (Chris something?), Shaquille O’Neil, Chris Darden (this was around OJ trial time), the cast of The Love Boat, Mindy Sterling (Frau Farbissina - she’s a friend of the family), Korn, Timothy Leary, a zillion DJs, Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Alan Thicke, um… that’s all I can come up with for now. Laid eyes on a ton of others!
:) K
Last spring at Disneyland, Posh Spice, her three boys and bodyguards stood in line behind us for cotton candy. She was sporting five inch heels while pushing her youngest in a stroller. She really is quite small in person.
She and her group were surrounded by an army of paperazzi who were complete rude, pushing other visitors out the the way and shouting at Posh’s children to get them to look at the camera. A bit later, we saw her again in another part of the park. At this point, Posh yelled at the photographers to leave her children alone. A photo of this incident appeared in many magazines.
I have no interest or fondness for Posh or her family, but on this day I truely felt sorry for her and her kids. She did not appear to be requiring any special treatment or accomodations, she was just trying to treat her kids (and body guards) to a nice day.
I rode the same bus as Kiefer Sutherland in London - early 90’s.
And once, the boarding of my LAX flight was delayed because we had to wait for…oh damn it! Uh…that’s stupid acting bartender on Cheers? Not Ted Danson…the one the storyline had as a dumbass? Oh - Woody Harrelson! They emptied the entire plane and had security at the gate before he got off the plane. He’s really short.
Umm let’s see. The band Good Charlotte or as they are better known now, that band that Nicole Richie’s boyfriend is in lol. The band Ultimate fakebook, That was like 5 years ago. More recently though like in 2004 I meant comedian Jay Davis and comedian Dane Cook, They were both extremely nice. I’ve also meant others from bands that are local to florida but well known. Not bad for being 21 I guess.
amadna
Celebrity Sitings? Well, authors I am good at……Jodi Picoult (have a coffee or breakfast with her every time she is in town), Sherman Alexie (LOVE his hair), Harlan Coben (love his lack of hair), Ryan Stiles at a Mariner’s game (he is a Seattle native and very nice!). Hubby ran into Jay Buhner at Athletic Supply in Redmond (everybody runs into him), I have seen King-TV’s Joyce Taylor several times in Redmond (way pretty). Other than that, nobody special. I harbor fantasies of running into David Tennant in my neighborhood, but Bellevue is a heck of a long way from Cardiff, Wales!
Chris O’Donnell waiting for a Strawberries Wild at Jamba Juice on the corner of Union and Buchanan in San Francisco by himself. I tried really hard not to look at him; it was just the two of us waiting. He was wearing Gucci loafers and a sweater. I think it was when he was filming that movie with Renee Zellwegger. He drove himself away in a big old Town Car–no driver.
My husband and I saw Summer Sanders (Olympic Swimmer) at the same Jamba Juice. My husband turned into an idiot when he saw her–so embarrassing.
Kevin Neelan from SNL in an elevator at the Rainbow Hilton in Hawaii. He is incredibly tall.
Robin Williams waited in line for a movie with his son behind us on Van Ness in San Francisco.
In college, my boyfriend (now husband) and I spent one very long drunken night bar hopping with the entire band “The Untouchables” after they played at our college. My husband’s roommate booked the bands for the University that year.
Anthony Edwards (ER, Top Gun) sat near me at a community theater in Sacramento owned by Timothy Busfield (thirtysomething, West Wing).
When I was eight, I met DeForrest Kelly, Dr. Mcoy on the original Star Trek. He and my grandfather used to golf together.
When I was in my college marching band, we were practicing for a halftime show before the game, and the National Anthem singer was Trace Atkins. I accidentally knocked him over with my tuba….
I was a member of the Boulder (Colorado) Philharmonic Orchestra for a while, and there were always guest artists showing up to play concerts with us. Most wouldn’t be recognizable/interesting to anyone but classical music freaks, but there were a few “Pops” concerts where I met some pretty cool artists:
(1) Shirley Jones (singer, star of many Rogers/Hammerstein musicals, and more recently The Partridge Family). She was very gracious and seemed interested in chatting with all of us orchestra geeks.
(2) Doc Severinsen - wow, what a fun and cool guy. And he has a huge wardrobe of flamboyant tuxes.
(3) Maynard Ferguson, RIP (pops-y trumpet player of the 60’s-70’s)
(4) Della Reese - also a sweetie
(5) Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg - “bad girl” of the violin in the 90’s
Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Fun to not only see them, but meet with them and then work together to put on a concert.
Oh, I do remember some things that have happened in my 34 years.
I saw Parker Posey in the French Quarter a couple of summers ago. It was a billion degrees and stinky as all hell (as only the FQ can be). She was really small and had some dude trailing along behind her (her boyfriend, maybe?). She also looked really pissed, but maybe she just smelled something that didn’t agree with her.
I taught at the school where Norman Mailer’s son attended and NM came to speak to us. Never mind that NM was in his late 70’s and had a son in HS at the time.
Along those same lines, I went to college with Strom Thurmond’s (legitimate) son–at the time a 20 year old son of a guy in his 90s. Once a performing comic on campus (opened for Stephen Wright. I have no idea who the guy was) started making jokes about Strom Thurmond, which we might normally have laughed at as they were funny, but feeling awkward because his son was in the audience, no one did. The comic, wondering why the crickets, said, “Boy, this is the biggest bunch of Strom Thurmond supporters I’ve ever met.” Finally, after what seemed like years, someone shouted from the audience, “His son goes here!” I’ve never seen a comic so thrown off his game. He literally had no comeback for that one.
And finally, I taught the very nice son of Alan Hunter, one of the original VJs on MTV. They are the nicest family (even though the parents are divorced and AH just remarried–featured in the NYT a couple of weeks ago) and I couldn’t have asked for a more humble, more creative student.
During a Willie Nelson concert in Ventura, CA. I looked at the dude standing next to me and realized that it was Malcolm McDowell so I leaned over to him and said in his ear ” I know who you are” and he looked at me and said ” You do?” and I said “YEAH” and then he took me by the hand and we ran down the isle to the toward the front of the stage but the damn security stopped me and let him go. I guess they knew who he was but were not going to let me go with him…DAMN those security people!
Oh, and the Chambers Brothers (Time Has Come Today) were at the the same restaurant that my family was at for my 13th birthday party and they sang Happy Birthday to me…
Ok so here’s another one. My mother (who is only 18 years older than me) took me to Altamont (when I was 11 years old) to see the Rolling Stones play for free. When we got there the entire place was so full of people that there was nowhere for us to go but under a rope that cordoned off the backstage area. We spent the entire day back there and I got to talk to (and have my picture taken with) Keith Richards and saw Mick Jagger (from afar). I was standing on the back of the bowl waiting to use a porta-potty when the guy got stabbed. At the time it didn’t mean much to me because I was a little kid. I’ve since seen the movie “Gimmie Shelter” and have realized what an awful thing it was. But for me, it was a really cool day because I got to meet Keith Richards…
Funny that you brought this up!
I have been toying with the idea of trying to locate some photos.
Here’s the thing. When I was a little kid (like 2 or 3 or 4) I was really cute. So the family story goes my grandfather wanted to go see a wrestling match but my grandmother said no. So he took me “out” and we went to the big match.
And there was a wrestler named Gorgeous George and he picked me up and held me. Years ago when my grandmother told my now hubby the story, he was pretty impressed.
So now that I am doing family research, I’ve been wondering if maybe there are some photos of that Pensacola Florida wrestling match from 1970 or so somewhere.
As a birthday gift from a friend, I was able to go to the “meet and greet” after a Vince Gill/Amy Grant Christmas concert. They were both fabulously nice and normal people who talked at length with absolutely everyone in the very long line. I actually could have cared less about meeting Amy and was more than willing to shove her out of the way to get to my Vinnie (who I’ve been known to dream about). I made sure in the picture that I was in front of HIM so that I could get his hands on my shoulder. And, yes, I was star-struck and barely could get out two words. Just stood there grinning like a big Dork while he was talking to me.
Meghan McDonough, who played one of the strippers in “The Ice Harvest”, played soccer with our son when they were 5-6 on the team that my husband coached. Sweet and cute little girl who grew up to have a couple of fabulous lines, smacking her own ass, in the movie. Who woulda thunk it. Kinda creeped us out!
I saw Val Kilmer (dressed like a hobo with a fake mustach) shopping at Office depot. Yes I know it was him, he used his credit card to pay. I also saw Robert Deniro eating outside at an Art Gallery/Cafe on Canyon Rd. in Santa Fe, he looked so debonair. Neil Patrick Harris went to HighSchool here before Doogie got big, and I saw him perform live at a high school play Greater Tuna. When introduced to him later he said (and I kid you not) How nice for you to meet me, wasn’t I great?” WTF!! In a separate incident he cut in line in front of my then 12 year old SIL at a book store, very rude.
I have to say, Jenn, as a former band nerd, that was hilarious…
My husband and I were sitting on a park bench in Austin one afternoon when Eric Stoltz walked by with some arm candy. He was about one foot away from us when my husband says loudly “Hey, that guy’s famous.” One of those moments when what you’re thinking just fly’s out of your mouth unexpectedly. Stoltz just smirked and kept on walking.
I was once on a plane with Ray Charles. Also one with Heather Graham.
I plan on having my very first brush with celebrity this Labor Day. I’m going to ATL to attend DragonCon to meet: James and Oliver Phelps (yum!), Matthew Lewis and Kari, Grant and Tory from Mythbusters. I may also get to meet Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I was on a plane with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore from LA to London. They were on a promotional tour for “The Wedding Singer.” Then while in London I saw Sandler again at a theater performance of “Showboat.” (!)
My fave celeb sighting was Stephen King at a truck stop in Kennebunk, Maine. I really wanted to approach him but know he is a private person and didn’t want to bug him.
Barry Williams (Greg Brady) came to speak at my college and he was a pompous ass. Author Amy Tan (love her), former VP candidate Jack Kemp and Mohammed from the San Francisco Real World cast also spoke at my school.
I wish I could answer for my mom, she got high with Jimi Hendrix and was put on restriction because she told her parents she was going to a friends house to study but they saw her on the news at an Elvis Presley concert.
As for me, I tripped over Kurt Cobain’s feet and legs at a party, he was sitting on the floor blocking the hallway. He was an ass.
Oh and also when I was in college (at Smith, a women’s school), Ben Folds played a concert on campus, which I attended. Later that night I was walking to our campus center to buy a drink and he was just kind of hanging out on the lawn, so I went over and chatted with him for awhile about our home state and his concert and kids. All I had on me was my wallet so I asked him if he would sign a dollar bill and he looked at me sternly and said very seriously that defacing currency is a federal crime. Then he signed the dollar and said he thought Smith students were great and he hoped that his daughter would attend a school like ours when she was older.
Many years ago, my bff and I were 17ish and hanging out downtown in Orlando during Daytona 500 week. Two old guys (who we thought were gross) picked us up and told us they would get us into a bar and buy us drinks. Once we got in, the bartender and customers there kept asking us if we knew who the guys were we were with and we didn’t have a clue. Turns out, it was Bill Elliot and his manager. We got drunk and my bff ended up in his hotel room that night. I met up with her the next day and she says nothing happened to this day but whatever.
Also, I dated a guy years later who designed some of the sets for Titanic and I got to talk to Leonardo DiCaprio and his mom all the time during filming, so that was fun and they are both really nice people.
When I was about 10 years old, I saw Ben Vereen at the Cape Cod Melody Tent with my parents (this is about 30 years ago). We waited in the parking lot in hopes that we might get a glimpse of the star and after a long time, he did start walking across the empty parking lot (with another person). My mother, being anything but shy, jumped out of the car and approached him telling him how much I loved him and admired his talent. He walked over to our car where I was cowering in the backseat. He knocked on my window and said “Roll down that glass girl”, which I did, and he gave me a kiss. Oh, and he signed my autograph book.
But let me tell you how it is from the other side of the coin. I’m not famous, but my niece is - JoJo. She came up to NH last weekend to spend some time with family and we went to a local Old Home Days celebration to see a cousin of ours perform in a band. I have to say it is unsettling to have hordes of teenage girls and boys grouping around you, staring, texting and phoning their friends while you are trying to have a normal conversation. I’ve been out to dinner with her and had people approach our table, while we are eating, and ask for autographs and photos. It’s just rude. While she is always gracious, I’m surprised it doesn’t wear on her yet. On the other hand, she wouldn’t be in the business if she didn’t like the attention!
I saw Tea Leone and David Duchovny on their honeymoon (1997) in New York City at Starbucks in the Upper West Side. Bronson Pinchot (Balky) was on my plane from Los Angeles to Detroit senior year of high school (1992) I saw Al Roker and Eugene Levy at DTW (on separate occasions). When I was a kid Adam Rich (Tommy from 8 is Enough) was the celebrity MC at a benefit at our local health club. Oh, and my neighbor (the one keeps our emergency house key) is a radio personality on a popular morning show in Detroit. He is good friends with Eminem and Kim Mathers. One evening on our usual stroller ride, we stopped to say HI and Slim Shady was hanging out on our neigbors deck. Oh and also one of the Detroit Pistons (circa 1990) , Joe Dumars, at the car wash and one shooting hoops at the JCC, Vinnie Johnson and one at the Sushi place, Jerry Stackhouse. I think that is all of my brushes with celebrity.
OMG I can’t believe I forgot to mention this:
I have been in the same room (but not met) three American Presidents: Clinton, Bush Sr. and Ford.
Clinton and Bush Sr. at the 1992 Presidential Debate at Michigan State University. Ford when his jersey was retired at University of Michigan.
This one’s an oldie. I almost ran James Garner down at the Burbank Airport. In CA pedestrians have the right of way and I just didn’t see him and he stepped right out in front of me. I was ready to scream until I realized who it was. Boy, he was a BIG man. Easily 6′4″ or more and 200+ pounds. He was not one of those little weenie runts who are 5′2″ and wear “high heels” so they look all of 5′4″. What is it with so many actors being little short guys? Do the talent gene and the short gene go hand in hand?? Anyway, James Garner, good old Rockford himself, is not one of the runts. Very, very handsome man back in those days. Now he’s an old fart like all the rest of us who liked The Rockford Files.
Nothing special.. I was underage at a bar celebrating St. Patty’s day in Chicago in 2000, and there was the former Governor of Illinois… George Ryan (the convicted one- truck license scheme somesuch). I got my picture with him. Me. Drunk. Underage. In a bar. With the GOVNAH. LOL
Not too many, I guess that’s what happens when you live in the midwest. I’ve seen Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Cage randomly around town when they were filming (separate) movies. I also saw Joaquin Phoenix coming out of a fire station around when he had a movie released about firefighting or something.
I was at the same (very long) table as Kelsey Grammar at a luau back when I was in high school and Cheers was still on television.
In college I was in a bar in Madison, WI with Henry Winkler. I think he had a child that went to UW.
I ran directly into Scottie Pippen at the health club back when he played for the Bulls. I took a corner too quickly, trying to get to aerobics class on time and plowed right into him. He was very gracious and also very giant.
Most recently, I was waiting in line at Borders behind Barack Obama but I could not see what he was guying. He was very well dressed and I wanted to say something intelligent, but was too star struck.
I have a picture with Adam Sandler from the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas when he was promoting Mr. Deeds, about 6 years ago. He was absolutely the friendliest guy ever. I didn’t know what to say while we were posing for our picture, so I blurted “My husband is a big fan of your movies.” And he very sweetly said, “Tell your husband I’m a big fan of his, too!”
I also met Jason Statham (action star…is star the right word, I don’t know!) and Shia LeBeauf this past spring and they were both very nice.
I went up to Stephen Colbert at the Atlanta Bread Co. in Hartsfield Airport. He was incredibly nice and I was incredibly fawning. I should have gotten his autograph but I already felt bad for interrupting his dinner.
Authors I have gotten books signed by include: Jonathan Harr, Dorothy Allison (twice), Wendy Wasserstein, Lynda Barry, Marge Piercy, and Dave Eggers. I also have little cartoons drawn by Ivan Brunetti and Chris Ware, which I should really get framed. Most of the above were in Chicago but a couple were at my humble undergraduate institution (uh, go Cocks).
Because of my job, my list of celeb interactions would take 30 pages. Here are the highlights: Stars I’ve seen in their panties: Courtney Love and Nicole Kidman. Donna Karan once grabbed my butt. I’ve disco danced with Jay Kay from Jamiroquai, partied with Duran Duran, chatted with Billy Zane, lunched with Jean Paul Gautier. But my favorite interactions are the chance ones. Like when I saw Al Franken at the airport. I said “Hi!” to him, because, well, I love him. He looked at me like a lunatic. I also squealed in delight at a random James Lipton sighting once in NY, he also just glared at my glee.
The biggest was meeting President Clinton. He shook my hand, said my name and that he was pleased to meet me.
I responded with a very suave: “hheeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhuh huhuhh.” And he moved on to the next person. Yes, I brayed like a donkey at living president.
I am so cool.
I once interviewed William Hurt (it’s my job). Not only was he pompous, he was disappointed I was with the English media and he didn’t get to wow me with his French.
The movie, Le Papillion Bleu, kind of sucks btw.
Living so close to NYC I’ve seen quite a few people. I end up forgetting unless it was something major.
Stuck in traffic while waiting to cross the GWB, Corbin Bernsen next to us in his convertible. Who kept his eyes straight ahead. We might have been trying to get his attention. In my defense, we were young and it was my first celebrity sighting and I was thrilled.
At a cafe in Bryant Park three years ago, THE HOFF with one of his daughters eating lunch at the table next to us. My mom might have squealed a little bit while grabbing my arm and hissing his name. And asking me about “that show that he was on…with the car…what was it???” Unfortunately not all that quietly. Thanks mom.
Walking around the city - Carol Burnett, Kevin Kline, Rosie O’Donnell, Liza, and many more.
One of my favorites because I find it so amusing. While in college at Texas A&M, Mark Price (Skippy from Family Ties) was hanging out at one of the main bars on Northgate, the Chicken. He had done a show somewhere nearby (he was doing comedy at the time - early 90s) and had gone out afterwards. Very cool guy, who I was impressed kept his cool considering how many people kept shouting “SKIPPY!!!” while trying to get his attention. because yeah, thats not annoying. He was a super nice guy.
So at 112 I must add… we sat next to John Mellencamp and his model wife Eileen at dinner in Bloomington IN (where they live) on our third anniversary. Eileen is stunning and she was dressed down and casual. I could not stop staring at her… Made me feel infinitely… UGLY!
That is it… I have NEVER actually met any of these people besides the swimmers and like Swistle I guess they are only celebrities in certain circles so they may have to retracted! LOL… though it was fun to think back and remember meeting them because honestly I have not thought about that in years!
And I agree with another poster - you need only open your eyes and look. Airports are a great place or if you go to visit another city… I am telling you I have probably rubbed elbows with tons of people without having a clue… I guess I don’t really care because they are just people who pulled up their pants one leg at a time just like me… but with more press!
Back in my rugby-playing days I played with and against some world-famous internationals such as Mike Gibson and Willie-John McBride. I was just starting my career as Mike Gibson was ending his. I remember one occasion travelling on the ferry to Scotland for a match. We could see everyone recognising him and trying to pluck up the courage to come and speak to him. It was early in the morning and the sea was quite rough, so I was quite amazed how patient he was with them all.
Also, at the height of the Peace Process, when Bill Clinton was in Belfast, he went ‘walkabout’ quite close to our office building. We sneaked out to see if we could meet him or get to shake his hand. Quite a few of us succeeded. It was surprising to see that the ones most critical of him seemed to be the keenest to get as close as possible!!
One of my only brushes with celebrity is actually a timely story this week: Merv Griffin.
I was four, my family was in Mexico for a beach vacation and we had dinner at a restaurant in the little town were were staying in. Across the room, my sister and I heard someone barking like a dog. It was Merv. He was trying to get us kids to giggle (and it worked).
We didn’t go up to meet him (my mom said, “I guess we were trying not to look like idiots”) but I’ve never forgotten it. She told us at the time who he was, and we were as impressed as 4-year-olds can be. Heh.
The closest I ever got to a celeb was a Christian Rock band called Sanctus Real who I got to introduce at a concert once…lame I suppose!
My mom was the Marketing Manager for a Celebrity Golf Tournament that was held in Houston back in the 70s. Bob Hope was in his golf cart and people were running to get his autograph. He ran over my foot in his golf cart by mistake - I got his autograph! The nicest celebrity was Telly Savalles (sp?) who was golfing at the same tournament. It was pouring rain and he was playing and took the time to stop and sign his autograph for me while we were both getting drenched. Very nice guy.
Ryan Gosling went to my high school before he became really famous (and before I ever went there, too bad!). He had just done Murder By Numbers and there was those rumblings that he was dating Sandra Bullock but I don’t think he was too well known internationally yet. Regardless, we all knew who he was because having a celebrity, no matter how small, come from your hometown and attend one of the local schools is a pretty big deal!
Anyways, he came back for a visit and the school went pretty ape-shit, and my friends and I decided to stalk him through the hallways and finally cornered him, where he graciously signed us all autographs on ripped out notebook paper. He was a really nice guy, and even introduced us to the friend he’d brought with him.
my first trip to LA I met Fabio while he was eating a burrito, and I met Pauly shore walking with his girlfriend!
JAB- I am VERY jealous you met Jason Statham I am a huge fan. Okay I’m drooling on my keyboard right now.
We saw Bob Newhart at Il Fornaio (restaurant) in San Jose, CA.
My husband used to be an extra in Hollywood, so he’s seen some people.
When I lived in England, I went to some small town rummage sale type thing, and the ‘celebrity’ Terry Wogan was there. He was some radio talk show personality type. I was very excited to get his autograph (at age 8. me, not him).
Worked on the concert committee when I was in school many moons ago and met:
Billy Joel (in his pre-Christy Brinkley, Piano Man days) very nice guy
Jackson Browne (with whom I was besotted–took his broken guitar strings off the stage as treasured keepsakes) very private guy
Bruce Springsteen (used to play the commuter lounge at my college before he got huge with Born to Run then came back and played the biggest venue we had) very tiny guy
Oh, and I went to a backyard wedding in Asbury Park of someone connected to the E Street Band where I met Clarence Clemmons and Steve Van Zandt (”Silvio” from Sopranos)
Elvis Costello (completely intense guy)
The Kinks (got propositioned by Dave Davies, Ray Davie’s shorter, uglier, brother)
Livingston Taylor (James Taylors less famous brother. Got propositioned by him, too. Hmm. Sensing a theme here)
Greg Allman (with Cher!) It was the middle of July and sweltering and she was swaddled in a big coat and spoke to no one.
Oh, and I used to frequent Cafe Central in NYC when Bruce Willis bartended there. Amazingly charismatic and funny, even before he was famous.
I live in ny so there are sightings a plenty…
Claire Danes in central park by the boat house. She looked kind of tortured and confused- just like one of her characters.
Melanie Griffith and Antonio banderos on 49th by 7th ave when she was doing the play Chicago, she was really tall and he was really short.
Tony Danza roller blading in central park- he was in great shape!
Chris Noth wearing a red fez (why??) on the subway at 49th. pretty short.
Robert Duvall, looked like an everyday guy who really didn’t want to be recognized.
John Corbit- REALLY good looking and tall, walking with equally good looking and tall blond model type down 8th ave.
Bud Melman…the old guy from Letterman. I rode a subway home with him and we were the only ones on the train car at 1AM, sitting right across from each other. It was kind of surreal.
Anna Wintour at the US Open. Had a good chuckle when she fell off her seat and onto the floor.
My favorite sighting…Madonna. My hubby and I ended up walking behind her for about three blocks up 8th avenue. We were literally 3 feet behind her and could hear their conversation. She had a body guard and a rabbi with her. She went for two block before other people started recognizing her. She was very tiny and much prettier than I thought she would be. I’m not actually a big fan.
Dur. I was so excited about responding to this post yesterday but then stupid work got in the way — and now! — 130 comments? Geeez.
Anyways, wanted to share my one run-in with fame.
In high school, a bunch of friends and I took a road trip from Central WA to Seattle for some shopping, Indian food, and body piercing (it was something like 1994. that was cool then. really. right?) We were walking through the West Seattle Mall when someone shrieked: “OHMYGODITSJAREDLETO!”
Panic ensued. Eyes were batted. Hair was flipped.
He saw us, batting and flipping, and dropped it into high gear and ran and hid in a store.
Unaware of his blatant attempt to avoid us like the plague we followed him into the store and proceeded to be interested in whatever type of glassware products that were sold there while inconspicuously gazing ogling at the star in our presence.
Probably in fear for his life (remember: High School, piercings), he tried to return one of the (unidentified) glass item to the shelf and, as I remember it, the entire shelf fell to the ground and glass went crashing everywhere. And while we tried to protect our eyes from glass shrapnel, he bolted and we were left standing in a mound of glass, in some random glasswares store.
My brush to fame. And first experience with stalking.
oh, I forgot the bad ones…
Soupy Sales on a school trip to Rock Center. He dropped a barrage of F bombs and screamed at us (a group of 30 8 year old children).
Andrew Dice Clay when he was working the Sheepshead Bay Clubs in Brooklyn- he’s even more obnoxious, nasty, and rude in person.
And the most crushing one…I was on Romper Room when I was 4 (which btw was sandwhiched between two porn shops in Times Square. Miss Sally (I believe was her name) was the hostess. What a vile woman! All the children were terrified of her. She threatened to smack one kid (for no real reason- all of us were too scared to misbehave) and kept yelling at both the kids and the crew and muttering f-ing kids during the commerical breaks. Wow was I disillusioned.
Ooooh, I forgot my best one!! At the brunch for my husband’s grandmother’s 90th birthday, we saw Ron Jeremy. RON FUCKING JEREMY! He was there his what I can only assume was his wife and kid and a bunch of other porntastic friends. Evidently he goes to that restaurant every Sunday for brunch. I can’t remember if it was my MIL or my SIL, but someone told me that she was talking to him last week and he was a really nice man–whoever it was had NO IDEA who he was. The cognitive dissonance of my mother-in-law chatting with Ron Jeremy over blintzes is too much for me to handle.
Prepare to be dazzled. I was an extra (in 5th grade) in the movie Roller Coaster. The theme park scenes were filmed here at Kings Dominion and my teacher had an in with someone on the film crew. I rode the Scooby Doo roller coaster 21 times in a row and George Seagal was at the top of the highest peak. He was inches away from for hours. Whee! Also catered a reception at a private home once in which Colleen Dewhurst was the special guest. She was very nice though her choice of muumuu was something that would now be highlighted on Go Fug Yourself.
I ran into Tommy Lee on a flight from Detroit to Amsterdam as I was making my way up to the first class bathroom. I was on my way to Prague with some friends and he was on his way to…..Ibiza (of course).
He got the girl sitting next to him so drunk, they (her friends/family) had to carry her off the plane. He was perfectly nice to me but looked extremely ragged. Or as one friend put it “Rode hard and put up wet, over and over and over.”
Once I was walking down a dark street alone in the West Village. I saw a man coming toward me. He was wearing a fedora.
I thought, “That’s a brave choice. He’s kind of carrying it off, though.”
As I got closer to him, I thought, “He looks kind of like Gary Oldman.”
When I had walked about ten feet past him, I thought, “I think that was Gary Oldman.”
I went to school at Indiana University and waited tables at a local restaurant, when John Mellencamp came in. He looked like he was trying to be inconspicuous. At the same restaurant I also waited on Bobby Knight, who spent his whole meal working hard at recruiting some young kid.
In Denver I attended a baseball All-Star game and Kevin Costner asked me if I’d just seen a girl in a yellow dress. I think she had asked him for an autograph and he lost track of her. It was nice of him to try and find her. He looked older, like someone’s dad.
I also waited on Ed Harris when I worked at Red Robin in Boulder. He came in by himself and ate by himself. I kept thinking he looked familiar and brought over another server, and said, “Don’t you think this guy looks like that guy who was in that movie we just saw? What was it again?” she goes, “The Rock.” I’m like, “Yeah! You look just like that guy in The Rock!” He smiled and didn’t say much. Later he signed his name to his check, and I realized that I am suprmely dorky.
I used to work at, then manage, the coolest used record store in Seattle in the early-to-mid ’90’s, Cellophane Square in the U. District. It was pretty awash with rock stars at that time, not to mention the numerous in-store gigs we had. Because of that job, I’ve met: Mike McCready of Pearl Jam (1994, I had no idea it was him, we flirted with each other, then he invited me to see his non-PJ band play, we talked at that show, & I never saw him again, but man alive, was he nice!), Krist Novoselic (he consigned Nirvana tshirts at the store), Guided By Voices, Kim Deal, Soundgarden, the Melvins, Kurt Bloch, the ever-so-dreamy Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Swans) whom I still have a huge crush on, Peter Buck, John Doe of X, Kristin Hersh, Jonathan Richman, Dead Milkmen, Luscious Jackson, Dylan Carlson of Earth, Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Michael Franti of Spearhead, Courtney Love, Kristen Pfaff (who applied for a job there & who later OD’ed) of Hole, Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips, and my favorite non-musician celebrity, LYNDA BARRY! I know there are countless more, I just can’t recall right now! It seems like a long time ago. . . But man, does this bring back the memories! Thanks, Linda, for the suggestion.
I forgot to mention that I once attended a reading by Jeremy Irons and was loitering afterwards to ask him to sign my ticket stub while he was talking quite seriously to this guy. I finally interrupted, which I never do, but he was very nice, if distracted. He started to sign, stopped and said, “I’m so stupid,” then finished up and handed me my pen and ticket. And it took months and months until someone was finally able to help me decipher what the autograph said. He had signed it “J. Irons,” then added “I mean, Jeremy Irons.” Heh.
I stood in an elevator with Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D.) in NYC - he kept his ball cap pulled low and acted like he wanted to shrink inside himself.
I met Brigiette Nielsen (back in 1990 - post Stallone, pre-Surreal Life) at a British Airways ticket station in London, got her autograph. She is TALL - and I am 5′11″.
My mom and I saw Sarah Ferguson (Fergie - the royal, not the Black Eyed Pea) in London, and chased her motorcade after looking at each other and screaming “FERGIE!!!”
I came thisclose to meeting Drew Barrymore once in NH, but she didn’t show up for the party that we were at. She was renting a house next door at the time and had met the host of the party I was at.
I know Warren Kimble, who is a primitive American Folk Artist that lives near us - it’s cool when someone famous on some grand scale knows you by name. He and G served on jury duty together.
And there’s an article in Oprah magazine this month about Sally Goodrich, a woman that lost her son on 9/11 who has done an enormous job of building schools in Afghanistan for women. Her other son and his wife are dear friends of mine, and she is a wonderful woman. She’s in Oprah, so she’ll be famous in her own right.
I know i am a little late to the party but here it goes….
I grew up in the Catskills about an hour drive outside of NYC and my parents owned a store Both Whoopie Goldberg and Jud Hursh shopped regularly at our little mom and pop place. I also met Scott Baukula (Quantum Leap) in a Shop Rite up there, my mom loved the show and him and squealed and said the guy from Quantum Leak in here rather loudly and then said hi to him and his family to get an autograph and told his daughter that she must be very proud of her father, he smiles and said he was very proud of her (his daughter). Very nice but my mom felt like and ass! It was amazed that she was so weird about the whole thing, she used to work as an actor and singer in the village in her 20’s and met a ton of people! I have also got pulled on stage and “sung” with the band Candlebox, met the guitarist from the band who sang Hey Jealousy i didn’t know who he was and we were talking to him at his concert! We went to see Spin Dockers so had no clue. I have also met and partied with Disturbed and got to see Scot Weiland’s ass, and what a glorious ass it was! Other than that i can honestly say i don’t remember…..
I’m glad I read through the comments. Great stories!
I used to be a reporter for a weekly paper in NJ, so I saw Jon Bon Jovi at a ribbon cutting for a free health clinic. He was flashily dressed in a straw cowboy hat and purple sunglasses. He and his wife had donated a lot of money.
I also got to go up to Manhattan to interview Karen Duffy (aka “MTV’s ‘Duff’”), because she was from the paper’s local area and had written a couple books. I almost threw up, I was so nervous, but she was very lovely. She has a very serious nerve disorder, which I think might have been behind her decision to wear sunglasses inside through the entire interview. But oh my gosh, what a very nice lady. And her book Model Patient is hysterical and moving.
I later worked in NJ state politics, and had the opportunity to set up a fire hall for a Howard Dean appearance. I had been out until all hours the night before at a Halloween party, so I was an absolute wreck. I was electrified by his speech , though (almost enough to become a registered Democrat, but not quite - - still an I), and he was gracious and engaging when I shook his hand and told him that he was the reason I was involved in politics in the first place. I almost cried, seriously, and I am not some crazed political person, either. He’s just very inspiring.
ALSO, I went to some stupid concert with a boyfriend at a club called Brownie’s in Manhattan, and the bf just had to go stand at the front of the crowd, so I said screw it and went to lean against a wall in the back. About 30 minutes into the show, this elven looking, adorable woman, sat down on the floor near where I was leaning. It took me a few minutes to realize it was Bjork. No one bothered her, but everyone was locking eyes with each other with a look that said, “Holy crap. That’s Bjork!” She had on the cutest shoes and outfit. And she’s itty bitty!
They filmed parts of Dumb and Dumber in my hometown in Northeastern Colorado. I was still in High School and spent afternoons watching Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels run around town in that stupid Dog-van! Didn’t meet them, just got within 20 yards (what the studio guards would let us) of them!
Met Baxter Black (cowboy poet) at a book reading in college. Also Chris LeDoux (country singer) at Colorado State Fair.
Many various Denver Bronco’s players at different fundraising events throughout the state.
I now live in south-central Idaho and on trips through Sun Valley you routinely see the regulars up there. My co-worker actually had Arnie (the Govornator) barge into the restroom at the Sun Valley Lodge ice scating rink looking for “Maria and my kids!” She was so shocked that he was in the women’s bathroom that she forgot to ask for a autograph! Have seen Jamie Lee Curtis strolling the Ketchum streets, and have driven past Demi’s houses. I guess I’m used to it now.
i saw jessica simpson fall flat on her face, but then attended the press conference and she was adorable, sweet, articulate, seemed humble, and funny–all things i didn’t expect. she was also very polite. i saw fred durst shopping at the mall of america once. my first instinct was “I know that guy. did i go to high school with him?” then i saw his bodyguards, who made eye contact with me. and they smirked when they saw the light dawn on my face. i saw a girl from laguna beach at a bakery. i met liz phair–the crowning glory of my meetups–after a show here in minneapolis. she actually almost kinda approached me (although i was waiting in the parking lot after the show). she was polite, friendly, and offered to take pictures and sign something. she’s my idol and i could barely even speak. i acted like a fool because i just smiled dumbly mostly, and then called my brother and screamed into his answering machine that i had just met liz phair. it dawned on me later that she perhaps heard me. she also put her arm aorund me, and someone who doesn’t know her, saw the picture of us together and asked if it was my sister. i was flattered, since she’s hot!
0 degrees of separation! - kevin bacon and i rode in the locomotive of a train together for about 3 hours. i still have the framed photo on my desk at work - and finally had to get a photo of my husband so he’d stop whining. also saw bono getting on a train in washington, dc and eddie vedder waiting in the first class lounge (not on the same day). Train stations - good celeb spotting.
My sightings are not very exciting…
My husband and I met and talked with Exene Cervenka from the band X. She was very nice, we chatted, took pictures with her. She even let us take pictures of tattoos that John Doe had given her on her hands in the documentary “The Decline of Western Civilization”.
I was at the Nascar races at California Speedway and met Sterling Marlin, and another driver I cannot remember right now…
When I was a teen, we saw Corey Haim at a restaurant.
I was a candy striper at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, CA, and met Hugh Downs from 20/20, members of the Lakers, and other athletes.
Nothing too exciting…
I live in New Haven, CT, which happened to be one of the filming spots for Indiana Jones IV. My husband and I went downtown to eat dinner one night (we figured the crew had probably finished up by then and the crowds would be lighter) and after we got our main course, Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart were seated at the table next to us! I was way more excited than I probably should have been, but it was surreal to hear that voice I knew so well in person! I kept looking around to see who had turned on the TV.
linda, this is such fun! i can’t believe i just read through every one of the previous posts (i’m supposed to be working, but it’s my BIRTHDAY, so who cares!) and i’m so glad i did.
i live in KC and made an ex-boyfriend stand outside of the music hall on a freezing december night so that i could get harry connick jr’s autograph. he was uber-hot back then. (i think he’s been looking weird ever since his wil&grace stint.)
i regularly visit a flaky friend in LA. back in march, he booked himself in an acting workshop on the afternoon that we were supposed to hang out, so i chilled out by myself at the grove shopping area. that place is THICK with celebs. i saw:
- melanie griffith as she was coming out of the movie theater with her kids - that woman needs to stop with the plastic surgery already
- leslie jordan was walking around talking on a cell phone - he played beverly leslie, the tiny little guy with the southern accent from will&grace
- owain yeoman, saw him with another celeb at the bar at the whisper lounge - he is on “the ni9e” as the nice bank robber, and “kitchen confidential” - HOT with an accent, and nice as could be. i went up and talked to him and his girlfriend…
- lucy davis (owain’s girlfriend) - she played lucy on the now-doomed “studio 60″. oh, how i loved that show. such smart writing, great actors. i talked to both lucy and owain about their shows. they were very gracious.
- peter dobson was also in the whisper lounge by himself wearing a suit. i loved him in “sing,” a really bad movie from the early 90s.
during the same trip, i also saw:
- nicole richie in the car next to me as i drove down melrose. those sunglasses are enormous.
- marisol nichols on the sidewalk in beverly hills - she plays nadia on 24.
- jon lovitz in a jewelry store in beverly hills - he looked like a lounge lizard wearing a hawaiian shirt with too many buttons unbuttoned and too many gold chains.
- james cromwell in the lobby of the century city hyatt where we were staying - he played jack’s evil dad on 24 this season.
- nathan coddry was eating at the indian restaurant (electric lotus in los feliz) where my flaky friend works - flaky friend had to work a shift, so i hung out at a table and worked on my laptop for the evening. nathan played tom jeter on the ill-fated studio 60. didn’t talk to him, but he seemed to be a very nice guy.
man. i’ll shut up now.
When I was 12, I was in this play in Colonial Williamsburg, and the play was apparently a big deal, and Jodie Sweetin came to see it (she was like 8, I think), and then she came backstage to hang out with all the young actresses in the play. So that was pretty exciting. She didn’t really say much - she seemed shy.
I live in New York now, so I’ve seen my fair share of celebrities wandering around (usually I only see them after someone points them out, though, I’m not that good at recognizing people myself, sadly)… off the top of my head: Hugh Grant (who I swear totally smirked at me), Harrison Ford, Chloe Sevigny (okay, really just her ass), Geraldo Rivera (running at top speed in business attire across Park Avenue), Sting, Max Weinberg, Peter Gallagher, Keri Russell (that one was at a restaurant in Big Sur, and I said, “That’s totally her!” and she totally heard me. i am suave.), Salman Rushdie (I think, anyway!), and once Matt Besser (of Upright Citizen’s Brigade) ate right next to me at a Chipotle but I was too nervous to be like, “hey, I’m a fan.” And my boyfriend once talked to Al Franken at a Starbucks. :)
My favorite encounter by far happened in my hometown, though. I’m from the same area in Virginia that William Styron was from, and when I was in college, the town had named a part of this new development after him, and he came down to speak at the groundbreaking ceremony. One of my theater professors did a short staged adaptation of Styron’s first book, and I was performing in it, and after the performance, I was introduced to him, and he was just so so so so amazing and kind. He shook my hand and said, “Hello Peyton.” (which was the character I played). I didn’t appreciate how awesome it actually was to meet him until I read Sophie’s Choice a few years later, and man, that dude could seriously put a sentence together. William Styron was rad.
Full on geek-out in effect…
I too worked at a hotel, and met some peripheral celebrities - like the people in the posses and whatnot. First off, my boss used to “hang” with the Rolling Stones (and judging from his coke problem, maybe be their supplier). I was blatantly hit on by one of the security guys for the Fugees — I’m not sure what made this huge man think it was ok to stroke my hair when I had already expressed my disinterest in him, but I wanted to deck him. Keith Sweat accidentally left one of his suits in the closet of his suite, so I spoke to him on the phone multiple times while making sure it was overnighted to his next concert venue. He was very nice and sent me a pile of cds from his label as a thank you.
The best one (for me) was that by a random set of circumstances, I became friends with Chris Connelly, MTV News guy. He visited my college newspaper while he was in town one time, and chatted with us for quite a while. He sent us “thanks for hanging out” emails later, and so I responded. We ended up having these awesome and really hilarious email exchanges. He would call and take me to dinner when he came to town, and would give me lots of cool dirt on all the celebs du jour — it was the pre-crazy Britney days, along with N’Sync and Backstreet Boys. He sent me 24 roses on my 24th birthday and would call me from various places. “Hi, just thought I’d say hi before I go and do red carpet interviews for the Oscars” or “Hi, just got back from the MTV Superbowl special and here’s what happened!” It was very cool. He’s a super nice guy and not skeezy at all — the chats and the gifts were all on the friendship tip and never made me feel like he was trying to hit on me.
I also met the Indigo Girls, but it was pretty uncomfortable because we had gotten backstage passes from a friend and we were CLEARLY not who they were expecting. They were very gracious about it though. Which was nice because I LOVE them.
Sorry for the novella. Told you I was a geek…
Oh and I saw Jason Bateman and Nick Lachey at a Dodger games. I know there’s more I just can’t think of them.
I’ve met queens, princes, politicians, but the best was when I ran into (literally) Matthew Mc Conaughey (Mc Conna-hubba-hubba) at the Texas v OU football game a few years ago. He is as delicious and handsome as you imagine. Taller than average, but a bit shorter than I expected. He reminded me of every Texas fraternity guy I ever dated (in his dress and manner), but way, way HOTTER. The funny part is that I was looking for my husband, who is taller, and the game is at the state fair, so there are a million people and I ran smack dab into Mc Hubba Hubba without even realizing it until it was too late.
He doesn’t need photo-shopping. That’s for sure.
My friend ran into him years later while he was promoting Sahara. She said he was pretty scruffy looking, but still HOT.
I sat behind Nicole Kidman at the movies once. She spent a lot of time talking about the onscreen dog. If it was anyone else, I would have seethed quietly. But it was NK, so I was too distracted by her shiny hair to do any seething, quiet or otherwise.
Ok, so I left out my favorite on accident. Famous to me and some New Orleanians. The band Cowboy Mouth. I’ve met them a few times but the best was riding the Boston T to the venue with guitarist “Griff” after they had their voodoo party at the record store. Such a nice guy and he seemed to remember us at the next few shows he saw us at.
My best friend from high school became a part-time movie reviewer on the side, and now he’s got photos of himself with nearly every celeb imaginable: http://www.dannyminton.com/ (plus: early access to nearly every movie released on DVD). With your writing skills, I’m sure you could easily become a movie reviewer for some local Kirkland magazine or newspaper…
I did some contract work for Mitt Romney, does that count? No?
Well, I ran into Debbie Gibson at the Petco in Peabody, Mass., and she was an asshole. She actually believed that she was being followed (by, ah, ME), because we kept running into each other in the aisles. The truth was, despite my Electric Youth, I didn’t recognize her until we left, and I was SO IN LOVE with the pug puppy her friend had in her arms, AND we just happened to be in the same aisles. See if I ever listen to Out of the Blue ever again, Debbie!
I had lunch next to Jennifer Aniston in Laguna Nigel once, and honestly, she was so, so nice. So nice and normal and a good tipper. And I am embarrassed to admit, I’ve adored her unconditionally ever since. She was SO GRACIOUS, honestly.
I ran into Kevin Bacon multiple times in Boston, and sweet baby Jane, he’s TALL. So tall. And hotter than one would expect.
And finally, I met New Kids on the Block en masse in New York City. I was wearing my Pepsi t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and giant glasses and oh yes, THE WORST PERM EVAR. But I got their autographs, and Donny Wahlberg tried to give me money for no good reason, and it made me uncomfortable.
Joey McIntyre was a douche AND I met him, years later, as an adult in Boston, and he tried to take my friends and I home for a threesome — and this was before his “comeback” so it was as pathetic as can be. True story. I dislike him immensely. He’s a dirty, dirty bird.
I forgot to mention that I eventually exacted revenge on Mr. McEntyre, several years later, when I was with a different group of friends, and we were drinking next to him at Daisy Buchanan’s in Boston. One of my friends was a little on the drunk side, and after hearing threesome story, was not having any of Joey’s crap, despite the fact that, ah, he wasn’t dishing out any. She tortured him by loudly singing “I HOPE YOU ALWAYS STAY THE SAME, JOEY” (to the tune of his non-hit of the same name) in a snarky tone until people started to stare and eventually figure out who he was. A scene ensued.
He left shortly thereafter. And thus, I helped run Joey McIntyre out of Daisy Buchanan’s.
Hmm…when I was 14, I danced onstage with Gregory Hines.
I saw a lot of famous people when I went to the Concert for Diana, but I was sitting pretty close to the princes and I must say, they really enjoy dancing to Nelly Furtado. And Prince Harry really enoys making out with Chelsea Davy.
I’m a big theatre geek, so I’ve met lots of people doing Broadway/West End shoes, most recently - Honor Blackman, who is now old and playing Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret in London, but who was once PussyGalore in Goldfinger. She was with her husband and in a hurry to get to dinner, but she said she noticed me standing there patiently so she came to sign my playbill.
Actually, I stood outside that stage door several times, and I think some of them started to recognize me (I have a bit of a distinctive look anyway). But the first time I was there, the guy who plays Cliff came up to me like he was going to say something, but I was so starstruck that I turned and walked away. He said something after me, but I kind of laughed and kept walking. The next night, he saw me again and asked me not to run away this time because I had broken his heart. (!) What a charmer, that one.
I live in LA, so I have had a lot of sightings. But my first encounter is still the most memorable. I am walking into a video store and out comes this angry looking guy and we do that thing where we are trying to get past each other while blocking each other. I look up at his face and it’s O.J Simpson. This was post trial. The weirdest part was, he got into a black Bronco and drove away.
We saw Muhammud Ali at Sea World in San Diego. And we got a picture of Dillon sitting in his lap. Awesome. It made me cry.
When we first moved to LA back in the mid 80’s, we saw Bruce Springsteen coming down the escalator at the Beverly Center. I wasn’t sure it was him until I saw two teenage girls at the bottom of the escalator bent over double quietly freaking out.
In LA you have to be cool about your celebrity sightings.
When I was 14 my whole family went to the Puyallup Fair to see Randy Travis (country singer). We saw the early show and then went back to the hotel to settle in. I put on the shirt that I purchased at the concert and stepped into the hall to fill the ice bucket. About 4 doors down a bunch of big men stepped into the hall along with a really tall more slender man. One of the big buys turned around and smiled and said something and the slender guy turned and it was Randy Travis. He smiled and said, “I like your shirt!” and my 14 year old heart stopped beating for a few seconds.
I met Johnny Depp before he was a really big star because my sister was friends with friend of his during the 21 jump street years.
In a similar manner I met Jim Caviezel (Most known for playing Jesus in passion of the christ) and Hilary Swank although not at the same time. They were both friends with older siblings of my friends back before either of them were famous. So it wasn’t until later in their careers that I even remembered having met them so I don’t know if that counts.
My husband and I are big fans of a dutch band called Within Temptation. They have just released their first american album last month so some of you may have heard of them by now. Anyway, we were in the Netherlands visiting family and happened to catch a concert. I was in my first trimester with my daughter and my husband wanted to get a curry sandwich. I couldn’t handle the smell and went to stand off by the fence in the corner. After a few minutes I noticed some movement behind the fence and security guards opened it up and Sharon den Adel (the lead singer) and a few other band members slipped through the opening. I introduced myself and said that I had come from America and she was really sweet and oh so small. That is probably my favorite star sighting.
The funniest one to me was one night at Burger Masters. For those that don’t know it is a drive inn type burger place where you pull up in your car and they wait on you curbside. Really yummy greasy burgers and shakes. My husband and I were waiting for our order and I glanced into the car next to us and did a double take. It was Bill Gates by himself behind the wheel practicing what I assume was a speech of some sort off of notecards and chewing on the end of his glasses. After his food came he took it and drove off. It was so weird to see him just in normal daily life. He just looked like someone’s dad… er… grandpa. (He did look pretty aged in person but I do know that he has young kids)
Madonna used to jog down my street when she shot A League of Their Own. I was pissed that she wasn’t Tom Hanks. More excitingly, Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top) and I stood next to each other in the produce section. I envy Jerry Seinfeld because he got to go to my cousin’s wedding and I didn’t.
Danger–I was an extra in A League of Their Own. I got to meet everyone in the movie, and got my hair done in the Big Star Trailer. :-) Tom Hanks is very very nice, and so is Rosie (offered me gum) and Madonna (actually smiled at me -!!-). Lori Petty, not so much. Geena Davis was kind of spacey, and Laverne - er, Penny Marshall - talks just like she did on TV. I kept expecting to hear “Shirl!”.
I used to work at a popular nightclub and got to meet tons of musicians and various other high-profile people: Joe Jackson, Duane Allman, Jimmie Vaughan, June Carter Cash, Elizabeth Shue, Patrick Swayze, and others that would be impressive to a hard-core music fan, less so to anyone else (Irma Thomas, Clifton Chenier, Robert Cray…)
Also, major stalker of Joan Jett in my headbanging youth.
(You have to excuse me if I go on and on, I just get so excited while talking about these stories…)
My two favourites -
Meeting Sebastian Bach (ex Skid Row, and it should be mentioned that he is kind of my hero in an ironic sense, watch Supergroup to see what I mean) at the Rainbow in LA, getting to drink with him for a couple of hours and he even offered me his joint. And finding out that he is exactly like what he seems on his show. He even asked “Why is everyone so mean to Axl Rose? He’s my best friend! He’s been texting me all day” (I said “I guess we make fun of the ones we love”) Then he went home with my friend. awesome. I also met Lemmy from Motorhead a couple of days later, and Vince Neil from Motley Crue (for the third time) in Vegas a couple of days earlier, making it incredibly weird that I ran into my 3 favourite singers within a week…
But the best ever was meeting Motley Crue a couple of times (my favourite band), and getting the best picture ever with them - Nikki Sixx, another hero of mine in a more true sense of the word, grabbed his crotch in the photo and pointed at me, Tommy Lee had his arm around me, and Mick Mars was holding his pen like it was a boner. Man, that was so awesome. I also got a photo of Tommy grabbing my tits (I didn’t even ask them to pose like this…) And then Mick goes to Nikki “Dude, why aren’t you signing her tits? You’re missing out!” and Nikki goes “I can’t man, my wife wouldn’t like it!”
Then later at the show, Tommy has this infamous thing called Titty-cam where he goes around making girls take their tops off. Man, don’t I sound classy? Anyway, I was front row, and he came up to me and they put the spotlight on me and he goes “Don’t pretend you can’t see me” and got the whole crowd chanting while he filmed me flashing him and it was up on the big screen. If you’re not into Motley Crue this sounds really trashy I suppose…hell, it is anyway, but I am not ashamed to say that was probably the most awesome moment of my life. Then I met them all again a few days later.
Other then that, I meet most of the musicians I like, stuff like drinking with Deep Purple as Nate has great connections managing the drum department of a music store and runs drum clinics and does drum teching and that sort of stuff…plus I’m not so much into the more mainstream music, I love 80s rock, so its easier for me to meet my heroes :)
OK, this is sort of cheating because the famous people I’ve met have all been in contrived situations, so less about the excited spotting of someone famous at the mall and more about it being part of my job (which kinda takes away the randomness of it, but is still pretty darn cool). Mostly musicians, but a few others besides - some of the more famous include:
Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughan, Jamie Bell, Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, Andy Serkis, Ron Jeremy, John Cleese, Ben Elton, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, Shaggy, Crowded House, Muse, Sonic Youth, Snow Patrol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Good Charlotte, Interpol, Russell Crowe, James Blunt, Peter Jackson, Death Cab for Cutie, Scissor Sisters, Bloc Party, the Strokes, Ben Harper, Green Day, Anna Nicole Smith, Carmen Elektra, Jack and Kelly Osbourne, Xzibit, Silverchair, Jarvis Cocker, the Shins, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Violent Femmes
Wheeee! Lucky girl.
Well, I got to break up with a boyfriend at breakfast sitting next to James Taylor who was at the next table. That was fun.
I also watched Brad johnson (the NFL QB) ride a ride at the state fair where you get whipped upside down. Not too long after that I was a row behind him at a Sawyer Brown concert. Come to think of it, I think both times I saw him he was by himself. This was when he was a young backup for the Vikings.
My brother in law served Josh Hartnett, who he said was really nice and seemed to want to talk to someone. This was right after Blackhawk Down.
I also know someone who served Richard Simmons and his party. She said he was really nice and a GREAT tipper.
Well, I went to college in Malibu, so….
I saw Cindy Crawford at the grocery store; Nicholas Cage at Sav-On; Stephen Spielberg and I looked at Day Timers together (and he talked to me!); Mel Gibson, Oliver Platt, Cheech Marin, Emilio Estevez, and Candace Bergen came into Ben and Jerry’s when I worked there. My friend accidentally elbowed Martin Sheen at Malibu Seafood (Martin apologized profusely), I saw Tom Hanks at Coogie’, I met Mark Hamill at an event for my Mom’s old company, Electronic Arts…um…and assorted rock stars, I guess.
[...] *Peter Gabriel. Honestly, I’ve thought about this way too much, because I adore him in a slightly irrational manner, and today while driving to work, I was listening to Up and wondering really, what I would do if I ever ran into him, after reading about some celebrity encounters from Sundry. My current celeb encounters are rather lame, and I’ve never met anyone that would really make me swoon, nor could I think of anyone who WOULD make me swoon. [...]
I feel like most of mine don’t count, because living in LA and working in entertainment means celeb encounters are at least a weekly (if not more often) event. But these are a few of my favorites:
- When I was nine, I sold Girl Scout cookies to Whoopi Goldberg. Then I ran after her and got her to autograph a box of Samoas for me.
- At my very first job, Wil Wheaton came in for an audition one day. I told him how much I liked his blog, and then he blogged about it, which was pretty cool.
- A few months ago, I saw Sebastian Bach at a newsstand, surreptitiously checking out an article about himself in Rolling Stone.
is there anyone who hasn’t met Sinbad??? hahahahaha!
as for me…well, my first cousin was the bass player in tom petty and the heartbreakers, so i’ve met them. and just this week i met Dennis Rodman.
and i once ate dinner beside Tom Skerritt, and saw William H. Macy in the airport.
and i went to the gala openings of tons of the toronto film festival movies and sat real close to lots of stars….including Jude Law. mmmm… JUde Law…
i used to live in memphis, which is like hillbilly hollywood. here are a few of my brushes with greatness:
- joe walsh of the eagles, helped him locate a sixer of st. pauly girl beer at the piggly wiggly
- chris o’donnell, claire danes and danny devito when they were making the rainmaker. i also got invited to the wrap party but couldn’t get a baby sitter.
- tom cruise while they were filming the firm downtown and later at a friend’s party. hubby got his autograph
- sat next to billy gibbons of zz top at a crosby, still & nash concert before the ushers took him backstage at intermission
- parker stevenson, buying ban roll-on deodorant at k-mart. he had an interview the next day at local station. this was during his hardy boy days. he lowered his sunglasses, winked at me and put his finger to his lips to keep me from blowing his cover
- james garner at a friend’s house while he was visiting them- they were cousins or something. great guy, he even took us kids to the park next to their house.
- dolly parton and porter waggoner at a friend’s house in the late ’60’s. they were recording at sun studio
- met rod stewart in a dark alley after he left his battered leather jacket backstage at his concert and a friend was working security. he asked us to party, my male friend said no. then rod asked, “how about the girl?” as if i weren’t there. total dick! i just said no and walked away and never regretted it!
- jimmy jamison of the band survivor (”eye of the tiger” was their one hit wonder!) lived a few blocks away. got high with him a couple of times. he told us that he had auditioned for a part in a movie about the doors with someone named oliver stone- whom we hadn’t heard of then!- but although he nailed singing like jim morrison, he was only 5′3″ tall. the part went to val kilmer about 10 years later, which shows you how long it takes to get some movies to the big screen
- saw david lee roth on a motorcycle while van halen was on tour. tried to warn him about the cops 2 miles ahead but he waved us off. this was the night he got arrested for going 100 miles an hour on the same street! serves him right!
- met john ritter before he was famous when he was touring with his dad tex. he gave me a lorna done from their tour bus. i was like 4 and throwing a tantrum because i was hungry. my mom was pissed!
- woody harrellson and courtney love during the making of the larry flynt movie. later i saw courtney buying some rolling papers at a store and she was being loud and complaining about having “swamp pussy”! she frightened my son as she made a monster face at him while dashing to her limo.
I was on Win Ben Stein’s Money a few years back. I made it to the final round and tied with Mr. Stein himself so I got to shake his hand and all that jazz. Pretty fun…I spent most of the show worrying that I would leak through my breast pads on t.v. while my little guy was at home waiting for “lunch”. All was fine in the end, and I made 1750 bucks!
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The US National Intelligence Council (NIC), the body that is responsible for short-term and long-term strategic planning, prepared a report titled “Global Trends 2025.” The council makes such reports to the US administration once in five years.
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Натиск доллара сегодня сдерживает, пожалуй, только иена. Ее сила обусловлена продажей инвесторами высокодоходных активов, сопровождающейся погашением кредитов в японской валюте. Напомним, что в 2008 году стоимость доллара опустилась к иене на 19 проц. Новый год для иены начался с прибавки в 1,6 проц. по отношению к доллару и в 4,7 проц. по отношению к евро. На закрытие торгов в пятницу за доллар давали 90,24 иены, за евро — 121,17 иены.
Российский валютный рынок характеризуется сегодня, с одной стороны, полноценным следованиям западным тенденциям, с другой, продолжением курса ЦБ РФ на ослабление национальной валюты, что, впрочем, не является неожиданностью, поскольку в последний день торгов Центробанк уже позволил бивалютной корзине расширить границы за пределы 35 рублей. Последующее возвращение границ в рамки предыдущего торгового дня стало, возможно, лишь следованием заверениям руководства страны о недопустимости предновогодней девальвации.
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Предположения аналитиков уже начинают сбываться. Уже в течение пяти первых минут торгов на российском рынке доллар взял отметку 30,553 руб., что на 1 руб. 19 копеек выше официального курса ЦБ РФ на новогодних каникулах. Евро, в свою очередь, покорилась отметка лишь в 41,2932 руб., что на 13 копеек ниже официального курса. Однако при этом стоимость бивалютной корзины, разом преодолев отметку в 35 рублей, зафиксировала границу на уровне 35,38 руб., что почти на 60 копеек больше предновогодней.
К 11:30 мск ситуация на рынке изменилась мало. Доллар, отступив всего на две копейки, остановился на отметке 30,5331 руб. (именно этот курс и станет официальным курсом ЦБ с завтрашнего дня). Евро вынужден был отдать рублю еще 16 копеек, зафиксировав 41,1312 руб. При этом стоимость бивалютной корзины также слегка скорректировалась — до 35,30 руб., что на 50 копеек выше предыдущего уровня.
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After the sudden death of Michael Jackson Evan Chandler tells the truth.
In 1993, Chandler told a psychiatrist and police that he and Jackson had engaged in sexual acts that included oral sex, the boy gave detailed description of Jackson’s genitals. The case was settled out of court for a reported $22 million, but the strain led Jackson to begin taking painkillers. Eventually he became addicted.
Now maybe for the remorse of his death Chandler decides to tell us the truth. ” I never meant to lie and destroy Michael Jackson but my father made me to tell only lies. Now i can’t tell Michael how much i’m sorry and if he will forgive me ”.Evan Chandler was tape-recorded saying amongst other things, “If I go through with this, I win big-time. There’s no way I lose. I will get everything I want and they will be destroyed forever…
Under the influence of a controversial father (Jordan Chandler) told his son to tell that Jackson had touched his penis.Jordan Chandler then told a psychiatrist and later police that he and Jackson had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex, as well as giving a detailed description of what he alleged were the singer’s genitals.
” Now for the first time i can’t bare to lie anymore. Michael Jackson didn’t do anything to me, all was my father lies to escape from being poor.”
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