who are celebrities you have met...or ran into!

[saireea]

Today I was thinking about the time I went to NYC. It was like my second time of being there and I was walking though Times Square with my sister when we ran into this older woman. Boy did she smell good. Then she said "excuse me" very politely. Then some man grabbed my arm. I wondered what was going on (thinking that I was part of a mugging) and then he noted that I just ran into barbara walters! I almost peed my pants! It may not be anything special but I'll always remember that run in in times square. Barbara heard the man and then smiled when we turned around to see her and she waved at us. Wow.

Well that is about my only run in with fame. I've been on my local Pittsburgh channels countless numbers of times from either standing in line at best buy (after thansgiving), or even giving reporters my thoughts on a christmas light up night...but nothing compares to that day with barbara!

Who are some celebrities that you have met?8)

[ThaiBrit]

I've never really met any celebrities, but I was walking in Central Park in November and John Malkovich walked right passed me!

Other than that...nothing <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/indifferent.gif" />

[madison]

Let's see...us older folk have longer to think about!

Muhammed Ali at O'Hare Airport - oddly enough by himself with a gaggle of young boys hanging on him. I'll never forget the look in his eyes, nor the fact that he knew the same shortcut out of O'Hare that we did:) That was in 1968.

Chris Farley on State Street in Madison not long before his death.

Lou Gossett, Jr. at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 1994 for a screening of "Zarafina."

Howard Dean:) last October - shook his hand:)

Senator Paul Simon - I was 14 and campaigning for a new governor alongside one state rep. named Paul Simon. One of the nicest human beings I have ever met.

edited to say: Oh, yes, I had the privilege of watching the greatest skater ever, Michelle Kwan, skate to FOG.

I'll have to think more....:)

[fanofryanseaandjus]

I have met Ronald Mcdonald, it was a Big day in a young girls life lol

[chinado11]

not counting skaters ;) ...

pamela anderson (i was once her personal shopper and i also wrapped her christmas gifts... crazy, huh?), charlton heston, jackie chan, michelle yeoh, some members of the clippers, patrick stewart, other star trek people (at conventions),...

once, i ran into john lithgow jogging with his dog...

that's all i can think of for now

[JerryStopher]

Lemme think...

Well, some of y'all are young and may not remember Janis Joplin, a famous singer in the 1960s. She and I were actually caught - by my mom! - in a ... ummm... compromising situation ... when we were teenagers. She wasn't famous yet, then.

Steve McQueen, who was a movie star - Just happened upon him in the street in Paris in the early 60s, shook hands.

Bobby Kennedy. He came to our air base, and met some of us as he left his plane. He was still Attorney-General of the US at the time; it was after his brother had been killed. Met his wife, Ethel, at the same time. They were very gracious.

Ummm.... Well, more modern people....

Al Gore Jr! This was while he was Vice-President. Very good, strong handshake. Sparkle in his eye.

Hillary Clinton, before she & Bill were elected to the White House. Excellent hug, very gracious.

Some years before that, Michael Dukakis, when he was running for President. Met him in Beaumont, then his next trip to Beaumont, he got off the plane, walked right to me and said, "Nice to see you again, Mr Stopher." Cool! And then, coupla months after that, I slipped past security at a rally in Austin, and right up beside him as he was headed toward his car; he put his arm around my waist and said "Walk with me, Stopher." We walked through the park for a ways, as reporters asked questions of him, et cetera. Very cool!

Of course, Ann Richards. Met her before she was even running for governor. And the same evening I met her, I also met Mickey Leland, who was a famous congressman.

Charlie Wilson, the first time he ran for Congress. He bummed a smoke off me. I voted for him that primary, then moved to Houston and ended up voting for Barbara Jordan in the general election. Never met her, though.

And naturally, having voted for him and campaigned for & with him all the other times I voted in congressional elections, the greatest Congressman ever, the man who served our district with honor and distinction for forty-two years, the Honorable Jack Brooks. Now that he's retired, I see him fairly often. Y'all remember the military's $600 toilet seats? Brooks was a leader in finding those things, on a government oversight committee.

I've met some, yes, mostly in public service. Oh, and I almost forgot - Johnny & Edgar Winter! We sang together - we were in the Junior Choir at St Mark's Church here in Beaumont, when we were wee!

[John King]

Mike Tucker,Jill Eikenberry,Blair Underwood and Susan Ruttan,from L.A.Law;Georgia Engel(Mary Tyler Moore Show);Crystal Gayle;Canadian Native Actors Tina Keeper & Tom Jackson(North Of 60);guitarists Kim Mitchell,Randay Bachman & Liona Boyd;skaters Liz Manley,Josee Chouinard,Scott Hamilton,Kurt Browning & Brian Orser.

[marcelo777]

Well people you are going to have a hard time believing this hehehe They day that Ben Affleck supposedly cheat on J.Lo I was there!!, It was on my Vacations on Vancouver. Also there it was Christian Slater. I have seen Alot of Mexican Celebrities, but not alot of International Stars. Oh but since I live in Monterrey and this week is the "Cumbre de Las Americas" I have seen alot of Important People and Presidents of American countries. Goerge W. Bush I coming here on Monday. So maybe I will meet him!! hahahah (yeah rigth!;) ).

Marcelo

[madison]

Jerry wrote:

Well, some of y'all are young and may not remember Janis Joplin, a famous singer in the 1960s. She and I were actually caught - by my mom! - in a ... ummm... compromising situation ... when we were teenagers. She wasn't famous yet, then.

FOR REAL????

[dec5]

GW Bush....yup!!
Michelle Kwan...
Mohammed Ali...
Mickey Rooney
Heather Locklear......
Duke Cunningham...Vietnam jet fighter ace.
And a bunch of players from the Oakland Raiders.
A couple of Dodgers.....

[Puce]

i have met...

bryan adams- i sang on stage with him twice. he picked me out of the audience...twice!!! I RULE!!! :rollin

counting crows MANY times

art alexakis of everclear

the pimps

the gigilo aunts

kathy ireland at niagara falls

maria b.

dominic hasek at the mall...i had no clue who he was. he was in line in front of me at auntie anns in a very small mall. he was with his son and he had a sticker on his butt just hanging there. i was with my sister and i said to her "that poor man has a sticker on his butt..we should tell him!" and she said "no way! how embarrassing!!" so i said "but imagine how embarrassed he will be when he gets home and sees a sticker on his butt!" so i tapped him and said "excuse me sir..." and he turned and looked like oh no...not again...and i said "you have a sticker hanging off of you" and his son started laughing and said "i did it!!!" he was very gracious and thanked me and we all laughed about it. then he opened his wallet to pay and we saw his license and it said dominic hasek. and then i understood his accent! LOL!!!


forgot to add that i hung out on the tour bus and went out to the bars with fuel! LOL! how could i forget that? and their opening band too...jennifer listen.

[JerryStopher]

Motherlode02 typed...

FOR REAL????

Yup. You know Janis was from Port Arthur, right? That's here, in Jefferson County. She went to Thomas Jefferson HS (now Memorial HS), Class of 1960; I went to South Park HS (now SP Middle S), Class of 1961. So: she was a Freshman at Lamar College (now Lamar University) in Beaumont, and my brother Wally (now Wali) was going there too. He met her on campus, and she soon was friends with our family - both my brothers and me, and our mom.

She visited at our house fairly often, and one day, Mom wasn't home, and Janis and I were in my room and... we kinda took a nap together. We weren't naughty, I promise! But we were on my bed, in each others arms... :o Then Mom came home. :eek

[rachelratz]

The only famous person I ever met was on my honymoon on Paradise Island. My husband and I wound up sitting at a gambling table next to Sydney Potier (sp?) and his wife (an actress I never heard of Johanna something or other). Anyway he was very nice and friendly. My husband had to explain who he was afterward. So it still counts as a famous person, even though I had not a clue who he was.

My brother in law's father used to run a messenger service in New York and was always running into famous people. He met Madonna twice (before and after she was famous)....she remembered him, The most famous was Richard Nixon....walking down the street in New York with secret service men in tow. Other people...Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.

For the person who knew Janis Joplan...I thought I had heard that Edward Bennett (former head of Education) had dated her as a young man. True? (or mabye I was thinking of someone else.)

[beegirllw]

lets see

Huey Lewis (and the rest of the news)

Tower of Power band

The Outfield (english band with a couple of hits in the 80's)

Duane Eddy (ledgendary guitar player)

Ed (cant remember his last name) he was a Jordanaire with Elvis and married Naomi Judd. He drove Huey's tour bus.

Englebert Humperdink, He played with my Dads band when I was a little girl in Australia I sat on his lap (I thought he was Elvis because of the lambchop sideburns

Lots of Nascar guys
Dale Earnhardt
Kyle Petty
Michael Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip
Ricky Rudd
Ernie Irvan
Alan Kulwicki
Davey Allison
blah blah blah and all their crew dudes

Jean Michel Cousteau

Aaron Carter
Nick Carter

Bob Dole

Chi Chi Rodriguez

there is probably more but I cant think of it right now

[JerryStopher]

rachelratz said ....

For the person who knew Janis Joplan...I thought I had heard that Edward Bennett (former head of Education) had dated her as a young man. True? (or mabye I was thinking of someone else.)

Edward Bennett? UMmmmm... wasn't it William Bennett who was Secretary of Education once? Reagan Administration, I think. Republican. I think that's the Bennett who was head of Education. Anyway, I've never heard that he dated Janis, and I have no idea where he's from.

Could be true, though. She had a lot of friends, spent time with many different people. She and my brother Tommy were quite close at one point, but there were other folks she knew very well, too. I never tried to get into the details.

I enjoyed her friendship. She was warmer, softer, and much more sensitive than some people seem to think. When I got home from the Air Force, she was the first person I went to see.

[michellesmom]

Most of my celebrity encounters have been with older people that you youngsters probably don't even remember. Besides skaters, some of the people you might have actually heard of are:

Dan Blocker (Hoss from Bonanza)
Lee Majors (the 6 Million $ Man)
Costume designer Edith Head
Michael Constantine (the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

[SOIfan21]

I haven't "met" many, but I've had some chance encounters with a few "celebrities":

Met Kristi Yamaguchi at an autograph/charity signing at her holiday ice rink in San Francisco. Only skater I've ever met.

Joyce DeWitt of "Three's Company:" Met her while she was in attendance at a theatrical production at my university in Hayward, CA--she was there to see her niece.

Jim Jackson, basketball player formerly of the Sacramento Kings and now plays for Houston Rockets: he tripped over me at a grocery store in Sacramento after a game. I don't think he saw me--he's 6'10", I'm 5'0"!! Glad he wasn't hurt.

Mike Bibby, another basketball player for the Sacramento Kings: he was standing in line behind me at a bank in Sacramento. I didn't recognize him until after I left the bank. I felt like an idiot!

[marajade12]

"Well, some of y'all are young and may not remember Janis Joplin, a famous singer in the 1960s. She and I were actually caught - by my mom! - in a ... ummm... compromising situation ... when we were teenagers. She wasn't famous yet, then."

WOW!!! Did you ever go see her in any of her concerts? My dad did, I've only seen her on video (way way before my time).

As for celebs that I have met, well a lot of skaters (COI 2001).

And well one for the older folks I guess: Al Jardin (spelling may be off he's a Beach Boy)

Also got stopped by Whitney Hustons body gaurd in Maui, so that she could proceed to her suite before me and my mom walked accross her path on the beach.

Artist wise I have met Laurel Burch (best known for her beautiful rainbow cats).

[uncchristine99]

Mehki Phifer and Noah Wylie on the set of ER...

The Ripley's folks on the set of Ripley's...

Ivan Sergei from Jack & Jill at the Mall of Georgia...

I've yet to meet or see Miss Kwan but oh the day!

[corncake]

I met Michelle Kwan and a bunch of the COI cast when I got to go backstage at COI in 2002! THAT was amazing! Michelle is SO SWEET and genuine. :LP

For you Warriors or NBA fans, I met Adonal Foyle at the mall! He was doing Christmas shopping (interesting thing- he was carrying 2 huge garbage bags. I guess the gifts were in there). Didn't know it was him, but my boyfriend pointed him out, and we went up to him as he went into the Ritz camera store. He was really polite, and very sweet!

Some close encounters: (i.e. got VERY VERY close to them but didn't actually talk to them or meet them)
-Freddie Prinze Jr: His movie "Boys and Girls" was filmed at my school (UC Berkeley) and I was standing about 10 feet away from him because I was an extra... heehee :)
-Kristi Yamaguchi: I'm from the same hometown as her, and when she won the Olympics in '92, the city threw a victory parade for her at the park, and I got to see her riding in sitting on a convertible. Very cool!
-Howard Dean: came to speak at our company! He's not very tall. A GREAT speaker.

[beegirllw]

Oh yeah I remembered some more duh

Paul Walker
Tyrese
John Singleton


duh filmed the dumb movie in my front yard. MichellesMom I havent forgot you pics I have just been real busy. I will get them too you I promise.

[Yzerbear19]

dominic hasek at the mall...then he opened his wallet to pay and we saw his license and it said dominic hasek. and then i understood his accent! LOL!!! :lol :rollin :lol That is funny!!! Poor Dom! His accent can be very difficult to understand at times.

Pretty much the only famous people I've ever met are hockey players: Steve Yzerman, Darren McCarty, Kirk Maltby, Manny Legace, Alex Delveccio, pretty much the whole Saginaw Spirit team, though Mike Brown is probably the best. :)

I've met some politicians too: Bill Schutte(?) and Dave Camp. Dave Camp is awesome. He arranged to have the Stanley Cup brought to my tiny hometown for a couple of hours. That was just cool. I saw George Bush from a distance when he came to my university during the 2000 campaign.

We could have met Michael Bolton in Auburn Hills, but my sister and I were more interested in going to the International Figure Skating challenge! ;) :lol

I just don't live in an area where there are too many famous people.

Yzerbear

[Nitts]

My list isn't very long. I've met:
Adam Duritz
Art from Everclear
Bryan Adams band, but not the man himself. (I don't want to meet him. I would want to take him home)
Kathy Ireland
Maria B
And when I was in Florida Kelly Ripa was at the same hotel and out in the pool when I was there. She is NOT a sweet, humble, friendly person in "real life."
I walked past OJ Simpson at the Football Hall of Fame, but I was too impressed with the JOE MONTANA jersey that I just smiled and OJ and ran to the jersey. :)
I have also met Ray Evans. (if any of you know who he is)
I've also met some Buffalo Bill football players and Buffalo Sabre Hockey players when I go to the clubs in Ellicottville.

[JerryStopher]

marajade12 said...

WOW!!! Did you ever go see her in any of her concerts? My dad did, I've only seen her on video (way way before my time).

When I was in San Francisco in 1967-68, Janis was singing with Big Brother & the Holding Company. When they played a concert, I would go past the ticket-buying line, and tell the guy at the door, "I'm Jerry Stopher."

The answer I got every time was, "Miss Joplin is expecting you. Just go to the dressing room."

And when I did that, Janis's usual first comment was to say to someone, "Hey get Jerry a beer!"

So, yeah, I was there for some concerts.

[Fumbilicious]

Dang, everyone has met alot of celebs... I'm just bunk, no major stars for me. :lol However, I did have the chance to meet Jason Rockman, who is the lead singer for Slaves On Dope ( a metal band btw). Met after they played their portion of the show. Man, that dude had a wierd shaped and funny feeling head! Very strange! Also, I met one of the NDN dudes (I'll think of the name later and edit this) from the movie Dances With Wolves at a NDN Symposium at my college. Also, I swear I was talking to Ray Liotta in the elevator of a casino/hotel in Kansas City Missouri. The dude looked and sounded exactly like him. I almost asked him but decided not to cuz he might be like one of those celebs on that E! show Celebrities Uncensored and kick me or something. For real tho'! :)

[AZSkateFan]

I have met nearly every skater who has toured with Champions on Ice in the past couple of years as well as a few of the greats who toured with Stars on Ice in the mid-1990s.

I have also met Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachae, Paula Abdul, and some others that I can't really think of right now. Jessica Simpson is BEAUTIFUL!

[marajade12]

"The answer I got every time was, "Miss Joplin is expecting you. Just go to the dressing room."

That is soooo cool, you are so lucky, I would have given anything to have been around for the sixties and seventies, but no I got stuck with the nineties:rolleyes

What was your favorite song of hers? Sorry about all the questions.

[IzzyS]

Political:

--Hillary Clinton (who, JerryStopher, I must agree was as gracious and warm as anyone could ever be)

--Jimmy Carter (at a book signing)

--Mayor Tom Bradley

Entertainment:

--Tom Hanks (very, very kind person)

--Ted Danson

--I've run into a bunch of stars, living in L.A., but probably the most famous was Sylvester Stallone

--Friends with a rather well-known actor but I won't mention the name here

Skating:

--Anyone who's toured with COI

--Scott Hamilton (at a book signing)--so friendly and sweet

--Ekaterina Gordeeva (also at a book signing)--a little more shy but still quite gracious

[Corbon91]

- Most of the skaters from COI.
Beach Volleyball players:
-Sinjin Smith
-Randy Stoklos
-Brian Lewis
-Steve Timmons (the guy with the flattop)
-Paul Sunderland (who does color commentary for the Lakers)
-Mike Whitmarsh
-Tim Hovland
-Mike Dodd

Other famous people:
-Oliver Stone (saw him in a Starbucks in old town Pasadena)
-George Takei
Raven Symone (from That's So Raven & Cosby Show)


My brother saw Hulk Hogan in an airport in Philly.

[kjesse]

So are we talking about "seeing" or "talking" to celebrities? Do athletes & musicians count?

Talking: Lots of skaters. Johnny Bench, Don Sutton, Benjie Molina & Bengie Gil (all these guys are baseball players) Music: The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Winter, Aerosmith. Actor: Bruce Campbell - love this guy. (book signing and he did Q&A at his movie Bubba Ho-Tep last year)

Seen up close, during different events, at CA Adventure Land. All the Anaheim Angels. A majority of the Soap Stars on ABC. A number of ABC sitcom stars, the old team from MNF and Michelle Kwan. These were events where you sat in on Q&A and, if you wanted, waited in line to get autographs, etc. So I'm not really sure if this counts. Also I've been to about 50 rock concerts but never met the bands, only watched them.

[beegirllw]

All the people I mentioned I have had conversations with.....



KATE OMG THE EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so jealous, they are my favorite band ever. ahhhhhhhhhh so jealous

[Puce]

yeah, same here bee. all the ones i mentioned i had conversations with.

[Emerald2000]

Awwwww Motherlode, you met Chris Farley? I wish I had had the chance to meet him...he's still one of my favorite comedians.

[Charmed One]

I've met a quite a few skaters at Worlds and got their
autographs and pics with them. Those are my close
encounters with the celebrity kind. :lol Still haven't
met Michelle though. *sighs*
But my mom has met Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, and
John Ritter.

:LP

[candygirl559]

I've only met two celebrities in my whole life:

Timothy Goebel
Rico Oller

I don't really care that much about celebrities or meeting them, so whoever I meet in the future, I'm not going to become obsessed with.

[AZSkateFan]

I have also met a bunch of gymnasts like Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, and Kerri Strug. My friends and I also met the band Lifehouse.

[JerryStopher]

Marajade 12 asked ...

What was your favorite song of hers?

Hmmm... "Bye Bye Baby," which was written by Powell St John, a feller Texan. That must be my fave of hers. But I liked 'em all.

[dobiesk8r]

I met John Zimmerman and Silvia Fontana when I took a clinic at the rink. He skated over and introduced himself and shook my hand. I'm surprised that the ice didn't melt beneath my feet! They are going to have some beautiful children, and are a real case of opposites attracting. Very nice people.

And speaking of running into, I nearly ran over James Gandolfini. He bought a country estate down the road from me. I was racing to get my daughter to a field hockey tournament and whom should I see but Tony Soprano, wearing a bandanna, with his son perched on his shoulders, walking in the middle of the road. Yikes.

I also met Ken Daneyko, and so did my son who is a PeeWee hockey player. He was star-struck for sure.

That's all!

[phisigsig]

When I was in college my Dad's boss gave him tickets to a celebrity golf tournament and I got to see/talk to/get autographs and pics from:

Alex Trebec
Lawrence Taylor
Joe Theisman!
Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue- he was SO nice!)
Bobby Knight (he was polite- no club throwing:rollin )
Dr. J
Jim Valvano
Roman Gabriel
and a few other athletes

A few years age I went to a presentation/book signing at a local college and met Barry Williams (aka Greg Brady)

I grew up in Martinsville and they have a Nascar track there and before racing got to be real big we'd see the drivers at restaurants, the mall, etc. all the time and not think twice about it.

My mother met Jerry Orbach a couple of years ago at a charity ball but wouldn't get me a picture or autograph! She told him I loved his show and all but said it was too "gauche" to ask for an autograph. Oh well, call me gauche! :b

[GoldenMichelle]

I've never meet or even caught a glimpse of anyone even remotely famous.

[Bonjour Claudia]

People I met:

Nicole Kidman
Ethan Hawke
Saw Latoya Jackson
The guy from Will and Grace, Eric Mcormack
Sarah Jessica Parker
Hugh Grant.. he winked at me *sighs*
Sandra Bullock

Skaters: I saw Michelle and ate with sasha c.

These bands may be unknown to many but I met

Phish, Oasis, The Black Crowes and a bunch of lesser known jambands.
I saw nsync at a free nyc show before anyone knew them

Michael Jackson came to the place I used to work in but I missed him :( :( , my co-workers said he was very very very white and had a phobia of dust.. at the hint of dust he would run outside the store.

Jerry wow!!! You knew janis friggin' joplin.. she's one of my favorites, what an honor!!

Michelle's mom you met Edith Head??? Aww I love her costumes, she was the bomb in the 40's. She dressed everyone from Greta Garbo to Ginger Rogers <333

The person who met Kelly Ripa, wow I can't believe she isn't as sweet as she seems in Regis & Kelly, i guess i can see that, sometimes she seems to sweet to the point of not meaning it.
and yay to the person that met the Eagles~~

[Pauline]

Ooooh fun topic!! :) Geez y'all have met so many celebs!!

*Friends with:

-Hallie Eisenberg (the famous little Pepsi girl who was also in The Insider with Russell Crowe/Al Pacino, Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams, Beautiful with Minnie Driver, Nicholas' Gift with Jamie Lee Curtis, and lots more I can't think of right now haha)

-Heather O'Reilly (trust me...this girl is gonna be a household name very soon...she just turned 19 and she's been playing for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team for a few years now...dubbed the next Mia Hamm...watch for her in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens)

-Sarah Chang and Midori (both prodigy violinists who perform all over the world)

*Spoke on the phone with:
-Michelle, our Perfect Tosca Kween :D (but gosh I wish I could meet her soon!)

*Met:

-Tino Martinez (when he was still a Yankee...wish he still was a Yankee :( )
-Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini
-Lu Chen
-Paula Danziger (the author of the Amber Brown series)
-Kathy Najimy (from Sister Act and Sister Act II)

Hmm I think that's it for me... my dad, on the other hand, LOL...he meets celebs every day practically...lucky lucky lucky...

[beegirllw]

Pauline...what is that Hallie doing now? I watched Paulie again for the first time in a few years, (yes I cried again) and she was just so good and adorable. Is she not assciated with Pepsi at all anymore? How bout movies or TV or is she just doing school?

[Chance]

Pearl Jam. I think Eddie Vedar used to live in San Diego and we went down to the radio station and met them. They were very cool.

Athletes:

I'm an acquaintance with Green Bay Packer Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila. I went to school with him at SDSU. He's a very sweet guy. We went through this program called "Summer Bridge" together in 1995. I later ran into him at Cox and he remembered me.

Az Hakim. I just had one class with him and it struck me as odd when I saw that he had football photos of himself on the front of his folder. I was only a sophmore at the time and I didn't really know him.

encounter:

Michael Jackson. I was in Orlando for my cousin's wedding. We were at Downtown Disney and we heard a little bit of commotion. I thought that it might have been a Disney character because there was a commotion, not craziness. It was Michael Jackson with a team of people around him. My cousin got the footage on tape. I was mad that I didn't have a camera with me. Behind him were a bunch of people dressed up in Spider Man costumes.:rolleyes I guess they were dressed up to blend in with his kids because they were wearing Spider Man masks.

The following day we went to Disney World. We were on our way back out of the park and someone from our group spotted him coming in. No one had really noticed yet so we got up close but I didn't want to bug him so I just took a couple of pictures of him. (I had a camera that day.) No Spidy costumes that day but someone sent in the footage of him at Disney World to ET so it was kinda cool that I was there.

[Carolyn2]

Most of the famous people I've met have been sports related either skating or baseball :)

Nomar Garciapparra -probably my most "proud" meeting :) Friendly and chatty-nothing like the media makes him out to be. And adorable!
Pedro Martinez-very funny
Trot Nixon and his wife
Jason Varitek
Brian Daubach
Tim Wakefield - soooo sweet. Bought me a drink in the hotel bar after a Red Sox/Yankees game in New York
Rod Beck-funny, more like a trucker than a baseball player
Johnny Damon
Derek Lowe
Carl Everett - another really REALLY nice guy believe it or not
Manny Ramirez
Lou Merloni
Jerry Remy
Dwight Evans
Jim Rice
Michelle Kwan
Kurt Browning-my second most "proud" encounter :)
Yuka Sato
Rudy Galindo
Ingo Stuer and Mandy Woetzel
Artur Dimitriev
Elvis Stojko
Katarina Witt
Nancy Kerrigan
Liz Manley
Todd Eldrege and his parents
Ed Begley Jr.
Lauren Bacall- stunning even at her age now!
Jax for General Hospital (forget his name!)

[NicoleM]

I will skip the skaters list; I think I have met most of the most reknowned skaters, just because skaters are so fan-friendly and accessible. Kudos to them! :)

Off the top of my head, this is who I can remember having met, lol...

Actors:

Jude Law
Lou Diamond Phillips
Cynthia Nixon
John Glover
Donna Murphy
Tom Wopat
Mario Cantone
Roger Rees

Soap Opera stars:

Don Diamont
Ruth Warrick
Michael O'Leary
Scott DeFreitas

Singers:

Clay Aiken
Linda Eder
Michael Bolton
Patti Lupone
Deborah Gibson
Sebastian Bach (used to be in Skid Row)
Jon Secada
Bernadette Peters

Non-figure-skating sports:

Dan Jansen
Bernie Kosar
Boomer Esiason
Pete Sampras
Marion Jones
Hannah Hardaway
Daron Rahlves

Other:

Conan O'Brien

There are other people I've seen in passing, but not really met. I once took my brother into Manhattan for the day when he came to visit me, and everywhere we went, we kept passing comedian Jackie Mason on the street. I have no idea why, but the guy was everywhere. It got to be our running joke that he was stalking us, LOL.

Once, I briefly lost my keys at the Y, and while I was squatting down on the floor digging through my backpack to find them, a handsome older gentleman passed by, smiled, and said hello. I thought he looked familiar, and I said hi back, but I didn't realize who it was until just after he was gone. My suspicions were confirmed when I saw a friend later that day, who excitedly said that she had run into Paul Newman at the Y. I replied, "OMG, so did I!!!" At the time it happened, I thought I must have been dreaming that up, but I guess not! :lol

[michellesmom]

B. Claudia, I ran into Edith Head in the early 70's (the year of the Sylmar quake--'71?). She must've been in her 60's or 70's and was still working at Universal Studios. She was so tiny!

I was completely in awe. She was one of my role models, as she was a very powerful and influential woman in Hollywood at a time when most women didn't even work outside the home. I have a copy of her book, "How to Dress for Success" somewhere.

[Pauline]

beegirlw - That's really cool!! :) I'm really glad you liked Paulie - I thought that was a cute movie!!

Anyway, Hallie isn't doing anything with Pepsi at the moment but she is still a very busy little girl - she co-hosts ET (Entertainment Tonight) sometimes and some award shows (i.e. Emmy Awards etc.). She was also on Broadway in NYC last year, in The Women, which was also shown on TV a few times.

She was in a few tv shows lately - Presidio Med, Get Real (actually this one was farther back...her brother starred in this :) ), and some made-for-tv movies.

She's been filming a few more new movies lately but they won't be out for a while. (IIRC though, she has a movie coming out soon called Jesus, Mary, and Joey.) And actually, tonight, tomorrow night, and Sunday night, TNT will be premiering a "new re-make" of The Goodbye Girl, which she is in. I can't wait to see it!!
:D

Other than that, she's been attending SO many movie premieres - she's a big Michelle fan (good taste!! :D ) but didn't know that she was also at the premiere of The Rookie in NYC and when she found out from me afterwards, she was sad LOL!

Oh yeah and she skated with a ton of the big name skaters (though Michelle wasn't at this ice show :( ) at Madison Square Garden recently...lucky girl!! :) And she is indeed in school still haha - 6th grade and having a blast. :)

[Lynn226]

This is my second time attempting to post. :\

I met several skaters at SC '03.

Other than skaters . . .

I went to high school (Paul G. Blazer in Ashland, KY) for one year with Ashley Judd. She was in my French class. The Judds came to her graduation, of course, but I only saw them from a distance. My mom went to high school with Naomi Judd. Billy Ray Cyrus and I attended sisters churches as kids. I only remember that he sang with a group of boys at youth meetings. Of course, they weren't famous then.

I met Hillary Clinton during the '92 campaign. She gave a speech at my alma mater, Marshall University in Huntington, WV.

[eventerbess]

Ran into, literally, Franco Harris from the Steelers also:
Tristan Rogers who was starring on General Hospital at the time
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica what's her name
I'm from Arkansas and used to work at the State Senate so Bill and Hillary, although I had seats next to them at the ballet one season. He is nice, she is ice cold.
Wes Clark, of course. Great guy
and my two favorites, Jon Krakauer who wrote Into Thin Air and SIR EDMUND HILLARY, in the hotel lobby of the Fairmont

[beegirllw]

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica what's her name

do you mean Sarah Jessica Parker? God, that man could dance. phew



Thanks for the info on Hallie...and to think she is a Kwan fan thats awesome.

[eventerbess]

Not Sarah Jessica Parker, but she who I will not refer to by her name, jessica he was "dating" at the time. Hint: She starred in Tootsie and the Postman Always Rings Twice. They have a daughter, who is an adult now. Yes he could dance. I stood in line many times to get tickets to see him dance. Finally I met the father of one of the girls in the corps and got backstage connections. He was always very charming and fun.

[AndieK]

Wow Pauline, you've met Tino?! I'm so jealous! Was he nice? I wanted my chance to meet him, but the stupid Cardinals traded him to Tampa Bay before I got a chance to see him play again. I'll sure miss him, and I really don't know what good my Tino jersey will do now that he's gone!

I've met a few skaters: Elvis, Todd :D , Rudy, Surya and Michelle. Funny story about Michelle; at the 1999 COI stop in Kansas City, she was autographing my program when some guy reached his hand right by my face and said "Hey, sign my hand!!"---she said "Yeah right!" and had the funniest look on her face at that request; we kind of shared a laugh about that one. Elvis actually got down on the level of my then 4 year old cousin and talked to her for a few minutes.

I've met Bruce Michael Hall, formerly of "Passions" and "One Life To Live" when he was in Springfield--Southwest Missouri does not get very many celebrities down this way (although Tim Conway and Harvey Corman are going to be in Branson sometime this year, I'd like to see that).

[beachgirl205]

You mean Jessica Lange. Ok here goes, I'm old too so you all might not know these guys but very famous years ago. I saw Abe Vigoda (Fish on Barney Miller)eating a hamburger a few tables away with his wife at the Farmers Market in Hollywood in the late 70's. My brother in law went over to talk to him but I was too shy. That same day, only an hour later we saw Dick Clark coming out of an office on Sunset and putting stuff in his car trunk. The funny part of all this is I had just told my visiting realatives that I had lived in Los Angeles all my life and never saw a celebrity. Also met Donald O'conner while waiting for luggage at the Philadelpia airport- early 70's. I was visiting inlaws. He sat right down and waited for his luggage. because everyones bags were held up. I said omg and he smiled and asked me what I was doing there. I said I was having a baby-duh. I ment I just found out I was pg with my 2nd child. He laughed. He was so nice. As we were talking, I looked up and saw Cathy Rigby and comics Allen and Rossi. I just started screaming and Donald told me they were all there to do the Mike Douglas show. I will never forget how great Donald was and am always happy to see him dance up the side of the wall in that movie(singing in the rain?) I think he recently passed away, not sure. Btw, Cathy gave me a dirty look when I yelled her name. Also my youngest daughter got to meet NO Doubt on a back stage pass. None of this is important 'cause Jerry layed on a bed with my all time idol JANIS friggin JOPLIN. I can't believe it! How cool is that?

[JerryStopher]

Yeah but, Beachgirl, you sat and talked with Donald O'Connor! Did he sing for you? I remember hearing him on TV back in the olden times, and O! What a voice!

When my younger son, Dylan, started singing at Sulphur High School and I first went to a concert they did, I heard his marvelous tenor tones ... ahhhhh such a pleasure! And my mom said, "Reminds me of Donald O'Connor." So beautiful!

I guess it's this weekend they have the Annual Janis Joplin Birthday Bash at the Port Arthur Civic Center. I never go. It's just people making money off her memory, people who didn't really respect her when she was alive. That's what I think, anyway.

[Skwilla]

I walked by Rick Moranis in NYC once :) Saw Samuel L. Jackson filming "Unbreakable" and walked by Kristi Yamaguchi in Philadelphia! I've met a lot of skaters too including the KWEEN! My brother works ina sports store and meets people all the time. "I'll be home late today - Ashanti is looking around"

[beachgirl205]

Jerry, as far as I know Donald O'conner was primarily a dancer although he did sing in the movies. I still can't believe you knew Janis, I'm so jealous.

[JerryStopher]

O'Connor was both a singer and a dancer. I remember the singing better.

Meeting famous people is cool, knowing them seems cooler, but everyone needs to remember: they're just people like us, except they are well-known for whatever reasons. They still, as the saying goes, put their pants on one leg at a time.

When I met Al Gore Jr, sure, he was Vice President of the USA, and yes, that's impressive. But he was just another human, another Citizen of the United States, which is in my opinion a much higher office than Vice-President. ;) And me, what am I? A Citizen of the United States. So Al and I are equal, and that's what I was thinking when we met.

I complimented his advance team (I'd worked with them on setting up the event), and then told him they deserved a raise. He seemed to appreciate that. :D

[SOIfan21]

I don't know if these count, but I've thought of a couple of other encounters last night when I was re-watching the Burt Bacharach Tribute on Ice:

I sat a row and a few seats below Dionne Warwick for the Bacharah tribute.

I also once sat one row below Kristi Yamaguchi's mother at a Sacramento stop of SOI. I've also talked to her mother on the phone when the Always Dream Foundation (Kristi's charity--which her mother runs) were having problems with my advanced ticket order for one of A Golden Moment shows.

BUT the encounter that could've happened, but didn't, was this weekend because I am the biggest WIMP in the world!!! My absolute favorite basketball player was having a charity event/autograph signing this weekend in Sacramento. Well, I got to Sacramento but I couldn't bring myself to even go near the event. I wimped out! Ugh! Maybe it has something to do with him being 6'10" and IMHO--gorgeous!!! I couldn't do it! Oh well, there'll be other charity events that he'll put on...at least he has one at least once a year.

Yes, Jerry, celebrities are normal people. But it is their special talents that us normal people admire about them. So, we understandably get a little star struck. Everyone wants to have something special about them that people admire, which is why we strive to achieve that; and if we can'twe do what we can to get close to that, and that usually is in the form of encountering a celebrity.

Jenn

[Carolyn2]

This isn't exactly a "celebrity" but I did go to high school with one of the guys on "Average Joe" (Donato). Well he actually was sent home last week but it was a riot to see him on t.v.

[bwheeler]

to Skate America in Colorado Springs in 1999, I had supper at an Italian restaurant nearby. While I was in line, Alexei Yagudin walked up with another man and I got to say hello. He was quite friendly.

When we were seated I was put in a booth right in front of him, so I got to hear all his business conversation with his friend. The waiter had no idea who he was, so at one point I turned around and told the waiter that he was serving the greatest male skater in the world!

[kwanfanatic2002]

I was doing some work for my father one day and had to go another town to drop off some plans for a house (dads a builder) and this was when Walker Texas Ranger was on tv. They were filming in this small town called Prosper (texas) and I was just driving along listening to talk radio and I saw something going on ahead of me and had to stop suddenly. I was going slower and trying to look at the same time when Chuck Norris started crossing the street. I just stared at him for a second thinking that looks like Chuck Norris. i guess he saw the look on my face and realized I recognized him and waved and smiled at me. I had almost run him over. I was shocked. YOu dont expect to see a celeb in the middle of nowhere.At the time, it was the middle of nowhere. Now its all built up, but that made my day. WHen I came back around, I had to take a detour because they had the road closed off. I wonder ti this day what the reason was for closing that road.Was it because of my almost hiting their star.?? This was weird to see this because I was thiniing about this last nite when I was trying to go to sleep.
Bwheeler, I like your line "traumatized by cows", I was driving another time in the country and coming up to a turn in the road and had the feeling I should slow down, so I did and thank God I did because ahead of me was 4 or 5 cows in the road just walking like they belonged there. I am so glad I slowed down and didnt hit them. Imight not be here today if I had hit them. I am traumatized by cows too.

[iceskaterdawn]

Not counting skaters.

From AI:
Ryan Seacrest (finally met him and got my hug from him:D )
John Peter Lewis
Camille
Kim C
Carmen
Trenyce
Julia
Ricky
Charles

Random people:
Leeza Gibbons (sat in front of us at the theater in LA)
Jessica Simpson (went to her birthday party thrown by Sony Music lol)
Amy Grant
June Lockhart (her granddaughter used to take lessons at the Ice Castle)
Michael Damian (Young & the Restless)
Lauralee Bell (Young & the Restless)
some chick from One Life to Live. Her last name was Depiva
The guy that used to play Kevin on Mr. Belevidere
my former roommate was Wil Smith's personal assistant and she used to bring home all sorts of goodies from him. Does that count for anything :lol

I know there are more, but that is all I can think of off the top of my head.

[DonKwan]

I had the opportunity to spend @ 10 hours with Kristi Yamaguchi back in late 2001. The company I work for is an Olympic Sponsor and typically, prior to an Olympic year hosts a series of Olympic-themed events at various cities across the country. There are past Olympic Gold Medalists who participate in these events as speakers. Kristi was the chosen OGM for my city and I was assigned the responsibility for identifying a local employee to escort her throughout the day of activities. Of course, I chose me!!! I met her that morning in her hotel lobby (along with her IMG agent) and stayed with her throughout a children's hospital visit, VIP customer luncheon, local press interviews and introduced her for 2 employee sessions where she made speeches, did Q&A and posed for photos. The evening ended when I rode with her to the airport. It was a neat experience as I got to ask lots of questions and was was a bystander during her discussions with her agent about her schedule, preparations for the SOI opening (this was the year she did the pairs program with Denis Petrov and she was talking about him wanting to practice on Xmas day - he had forgotten 12/25 was a holiday in the US!), etc. Her agent, Yuki, was also a real sweetie and ended up faxing me a note that she had arranged for tickets and passes for one of the SOI stops near my area for that season.

I have seen other celebrities a few times while travelling in Vegas and LA, but, this is certainly my one close encounter.

[moxie]

Met in person & spoke with:

Rick Springfield, Vanna White, Pat Sajak,
Sylvester Stallone, Ed "Too Tall" Jones,
Gene Siskel (worked with him),
Dick Clark, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill,
Nicole Bobek (when she was 4, lol)

Interviewed on the phone:

Clay Aiken, Michelle Kwan, Eddie Van Halen, Jackson Browne, Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon of Journey, Joe Walsh, Naomi Nari Nam, Roz Sumners, Kitty & Peter C.

[rockababay]

The only famous(I think) person I met was some race car driver named Bobby Allison I think my mom said something like he showed me his wifes dolls are something(I was only three) my Dad has met Stevie Nicks before she became famous and he also stood by that big really really tall guy he was in that movie The Princess Bride but the skaters I've met are John Zimmerman and Silvia Fontana.

[Puce]

moxie, you met rick springfield? i'm jealous!!

[moxie]

moxie, you met rick springfield? i'm jealous!!

I interviewed him on the phone twice & met him in person once. He is a very nice, hard-working guy! I've always felt that he was very much underappreciated as a musician; I wish he would have done more producing and writing for others so he wouldn't have been dismissed as a "former teen idol."

[s0nginmyheart]

I thought I had already replied to this, but I guess not... Here goes:

- Cybil Shepard, when she was doing a signing at my old job.
- two cast members from the short-lived show "Popular" when they were doing another signing at my old job. Their name escapes me, however. I believe they got married to each other in real life though.
- Donald Faison (from Clueless and Scrubs), while they were filming "Trippin" at my high school
- (and this past weekend) Jenna Leigh Green (from "Sabrina" as Libby), while she was signing autographs after watching "Wicked" the musical...

Some notable mentions lol:
- Camille Velasco from American Idol 3; came out to my friend's party in Pasadena a few months ago
- Anthony Fedorov from American Idol 4; at Dave & Busters at The Block in Orange.
- Ruthie from the Real World Hawaii (the drunk one) at a club in West Hollywood

[michelle02olympics]

celebs i have met:

-charlotte church (costco book/dvd signing)

-bill nye the science guy (my friend and i went to the UW and he was giving a presentation along with a professor. prior the the presentation we asked for his autograph but he said he couldnt give any out because there were too many kids)

-president bill clinton (book signing) my mom and i were the last group of 20-30 people that got to meet him and then he left. by the time we got to him he was signing really fast but he still kept his signature neat. his secret service were really annoying because we didnt get to give the book to him. the secret service passed the books down to him and then we would watch him sign it and then the secret service would hand it back to us (i think). the process was really fast.

-meg cabot (book signing) she did a talk about her book Princess in Love and described her experience about the premiere of the PD Movie and talked about meeting Julie Andrews and seeing Mandy Moore.

-astronaut, Pinky Nelson.

thats all i can think of :LB

[Kwanstruck]

When I was a tiny kid, I met Hubbert Humphrey, Marlow Thomas, Karen Velentine (even as a kid, I thought she was really cute, :lol ) Baseball hall of famer Harmon Killebrew (I still have a pic he signed for me), and Dorthy Hammil!!! I've also met Michelle Kwan, Bob Dylan, and For a period of time, dated a girl that's now pretty famous on daytime soaps!!! She will remain nameless!!! :lol

[Inez91]

I met Tanith belbin and ben agusto
Bryan white (old country singer)
and a varry famus Oakland Raider WR (who's name escaps me rits now)

[handlem9z]

This list is pretty long.

Political: (I live in the DC area)
George Bush (Not Senior)
Bill Clinton
Hilary Clinton
Richard Nixon
Colin Powell
General Norman Schwarzkoff (Spelling???)
Jesse Jackson
Tipper Gore (Real Friendly)
James Carville
Bob Dole
Paula Jones (I was on CNN News escorting her)
Newt Gingrich
Princess Diana (Didn't speak to her. Just watched her get in to car as our police motors escorted the limo)
Numerous other Senators, Congressman, Mayors and Governors.

Sports:
Charles Mann
Barry Sanders
Emmitt Smith
Troy Aikman
Evander Holyfield
Don King
Sugar Ray Leonard
John McEnroe
Patrick Ewing
Dukeme Montambo (spelling???)
Alonzo Mourning
Coach John Thompson
Michelle Kwan :D
Fitness Expert Denise Austin (OMG...she was wearing a dress and heels. Her legs are so toned)
Kevin Harvick (Nascar)

Musicians:
Diana Ross
Rolling Stones (Jerks...Zipping my lip)
Axel Rose (Guns & Roses)
Latoya Jackson (I guess she could be considered a singer if you like awful music) :lol
Jasmine Trias (American Idol 3)
Had a Britney Spears experience involving her Bodyguard. He helped me with a disorderly who was out of control then gave me two autograph pictures of Britney

Actors/Actresses:
Sandra Bullock (Couple of times/Very Nice)
Harrison Ford (Movie Set Security)
Ben Affleck (Movie Set Security/Was full of himself)
America's Most Wanted John Walsh (About 10 times)
The Lady that played Alice on the Brady Bunch
Loretta Switt (MASH/She now sells jewelry)
Ben Jones (Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard/He took my picture in front of the General Lee).
Don Johnson and Melody Griffith (When they were together)
Downtown Julie Brown (Use to be an MTV VJ)
Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)

Other:
Ted Koppel
Maury Povich and Connie Chung (Maury Jerk...Connie Not)
Marv Albert

[Kwanstruck]

I bet you stiill have Paula Jones phone number written on your hand!!! :lol :lol :lol

[Bliss784]

I ran into Janet Reno in a St. Louis airport...and that's it! i've spent most of my life in the midwest so not many opportunities there.

[mkisnumber1]

seen @ lakers games...
j lo./ben affleck
usher
justin timberlake
MICHELLE KWAN w/ bro Ron
della reese
jennifer love hewitt
arnold schwarzenegger
eddie murphy
met/bumped into:
beatrisa liang
susan ng
jennifer aniston (in the bathroom @ a rest. in beverly hills)-
smiled...& moved out of her way
brad pitt...(kinda...he was about 5 feet away from her...)
probably more...can't remember anymore rite now

[lliizz]

I saw Oprah Winfrey going up the escalator as I was going down at Marshall Fields in Water Tower Place. She was going to the really expensive designer floor. I smiled at her and she smiled back.

I shook hands with Jerry Springer after I saw a taping of his show. He is really gracious to his fans. He shook everyones hand on the way out and thanked them for coming. He also posed for pictures for those who wanted them.

I shook hands with former Illinois governor Jim Thompson back when he was governor at the community college that I attended at the time. I really didn't want to shake his hand as I never voted for him, but I didn't want to be rude, so I accepted the handshake.

I got tenor Placido Domingo's autograph and had my picture taken with him at Chicago's Lyric Opera. He was very gracious. I have also gotten the following opera singers autographs: Jose Carerras, Alan Titus, Sherril Milnes. Jerry Hadley walked past but didn't sign any autographs.

I also saw Chicago Bull Center Bill Wenington at a Baker's Square restaurant by the Berto Center back in the Bull's heyday.

My sister used to order "Stiff Stuff" hair gel for Jim McMahon, the Chicago Bears quarterback the year they won their superbowl. She has also seen Da Coach, Mike Ditka at the store she used to work at.

[handlem9z]

I bet you stiill have Paula Jones phone number written on your hand!!!

No, but I did have her hand print in my back where she kept grabbing on to my shirt :lol

Thought of some more to add

Janet Reno (Thanks for the reminder Bliss)
John Aschroft
Madeline Albright

Chris Weber (Basketball/Talked to him about how nice he was to a young fan. He has a very nice black mercedes).

Usher (I had no clue who he was. This was before he was super popular. I just remember this young teen with a watch that would blind you get in to this huge limo).

Connie Stevens (Talked to her for about 10 minutes. I still have no clue what movies she was in. I just remember my mom talking about her).

John Bonell (He does all the scary police chase shows and COPS).
The Guy who does all the Verizon Commercials (Deep Voice)
MC Hammer (He was in town for a Redskins vs Falcons Game)
Riddick Bowe (Returning to DC after winning the Heavyweight Boxing Championship).
James Brown (The Fox Sports NFL Show).

[lyrakwan]

i have met...

mariah carey and jasmine trias

[eventerbess]

Just seen out and about:
Tristan Rogers (from General Hospital)
Raymond Burr
Darrin McGavin
Debi Thomas
The Clintons and various members of their entourage(s)
Sir Edmund Hillary

[Nitts]

Edited my post because I thought this was a new thread and just realized it was from a few months ago. I probably already posted in it somewhere?:rollin

[vanhs]

Sinbad! I met him at Disney World. We were at Animal Kingdom and my b/f said oh look there's Sinbad. I thought he meant Sinba (from The Lion King)...hahaha. :rollin I said Sinba, where? Because of coures it was Animal Kingdom. Turned around and it was Sinbad with his wife and kids.
Then 2 days later we saw him again at MGM or one of those other parks (the one w/the Aerosmith ride) my friend went up to him for an autograph but he said that he doesn't do autographs when he was with his family. We're were like that's cool, we can respect that.

[Eeyora]

Last year I attended college in New York City

I did a work project (internship) at VERSACE where I saw P. Diddy. I was so ecstatic. I started pointing at him to the people I worked with. "Is that? Is that?" was all I could say. One day I answered the phone and it was Kimora Lee Simmons, who later hosted that show Life and Style"

I saw that guy Adam from the first Average Joe in Bloomingdales.

I used to after my morning class hang outside in front of the "Today Show" I used to see Katie, Matt and Ann through the class.I waived at Katie once and she waived back to me. I also saw Lester Holt and Campbell Brown through the glass. I also saw Steven Cojocareau as well. I also saw Al Roker doing his report outside. He is not a friendly guy. He was introducing a performance from Sesmae Street Live and he insulted the characters. I even told him He looked good and he frowned at me. According to a lady who lived in my apartment building he is cranky all the time.

My mother is from a city in New Jersey where they do a lot of outside shots for The Sopranos. One day we were visiting friends and one day they were filming in front of the fictional Satriales Meat Market. We saw Cristopher (Micheal Imperioli), Paulie Walnuts (Tony Sirico), Vito(Joe from Celebrity fit Club) and Steve Buschemi.

I go to Champions on Ice every year and unfortunately I have never gotten backstage passes. But last year during the finale I got high fives from Victor Petrenko, Elvis Stojko and Marina Annisiina.

[Corbon91]

There's only a few that I can think of right now (not counting skaters)....

- George Takei. He was visiting my school signing his autobiography.

- Oliver Stone. He was at a Starbucks in Old Town Pasadena when I still worked there. He was there with his son and his son accidentally spilt a cup of coffee on the ground.

- The cast of Alias. They were at the California Adventure Park a few years ago promoting ABC's new fall line up. John Ritter was there too which was just a few days before he died.

- Congressman David Drier. He was visiting my office where we showed him what my company does (we're in the defense business).

- Beach Volleyball players:
Sinjin Smith
Randy Stoklos
Tim Hovland
Mike Dodd
Steve Timmons
Brian Lewis
Mike Whitmarsh
Paul Sunderland (he does commentary for the Lakers now)

- My brother saw Hulk Hogan at the airport in Philly.

[mkskatingfan]

Dave Johnson. He won the Olympic Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He works at my old high school. He's worked there since my sophomore or junior year.

[Awesome]

Broadway Star/Celebrities I've seen in person:
Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick
Nathan Lane
Oscar Bradley
Francis Sternhagen
VIctoria Clark
Kelli O'Harra
Matthew Morrison
More..... i have to think


Atheletes I've seen in person:
David Robinson
Dikembe Motombo (SP)
Tom Glavin
Michael Chang
Pete Sampras
Andre Agassi
Tiger Woods
Phil Michelson
Davis Love
Tom Kite
Sergio Garcia
Ernie Els
Collin Montgomery
Arnold Palmer
Jack Niclaus
more... have to think

Skaters:
Met a majority of them at competitions and shows (COI & SOI). met our lovely Michelle Kwan many times. talked to Michelle, Karen and Estella. Also met Michelle and the Kwan family at a Japanese Restaurant in Westwood; a Dimsum place at Cerritos; McCormick Seafod restaurant in Atlanta.

[Carolyn2]

I'm surprised about Al Roker. He seems so, well, jolly.

Someone mentioned "Average Joe"--not quite a 'celebrity', but I went to high school with Donato from the first "Average Joe". He was the really heavy set guy who made it pretty far. He was then on the Today Show and saying he was going to go on a fitness program and lose all sorts of weight. Well, I love the guy -- he was actually voted "Most Respected" when we graduated -- but I bumped into him about a month ago and he hasn't lost any weight :( Still a nice guy though and we had a big laugh about "Average Joe" -- he said the girl was actually a real b*tch LOL.

[eventerbess]

I met George Takai at a book signing once. It was for his novel, way back in 1980. He was really nice.
I just thought of this one.
I used to see Socks the cat when he lived in Little Rock! He purred at me once, but mostly he just looked and walked away.

[loopschick]

The most famous encounter I've had was Madonna shopping for shoes in SoHo in NYC ... we were both in the same little shop, and I ended up sitting next to her (but not too close, LOL) trying on some shoes :)

For skaters, I've met Brian Boitano, Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge, Angela Nikodinov ... I ran into Michelle briefly once after 2001 Nationals, I was wearing a UCLA sweatshirt, and she commented on it ... I also won an auction to spend a day with Tim Goebel, I skated with him, and had lunch with him.

I've also met most of the stars on General Hospital and the now canceled Port Charles through many soap opera events I've attended.

I think that's it :)

[Kwanfan25]

Don't know if anybody here remembers a band called The New Kids On The Block but a few years ago me and my sister and our cousin went to a walmart shopping mall in kissimmie and met joey mcintyre. It was a 5 or 6 hour line and i got to meet him and get his autograph. I still have it and we took pictures of him. :eek . These were close up pics too. He is super super cute :b . He's now doing that show called dancing with the stars.