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Kate Thornton

I suppose she's only a celebrity over here in Britain. Can't think she's done anything significant lately to garner worlwide celebrity status. Anyway, about 8 or 9 years ago I was working in my local video shop. And one day, in walks Kate Thornton. I knew exactly who she was, but I didn't act like I did. So, she wants to join up. I tell her what she needs, and she gives me her proof of address, something with signature etc. All is cool, and just as I'm about to put her details into our system it suddenly breaks down. It's happened before, and I know that it will take about 10 or 15 minutes to reset. So I'm hoping she's going to be cool about things. So during the system reset, I try and make small talk with her, and she was surprisingly cool. Can't remember exactly what we talked about, but it wasn't any celebrity talk. But I do remember asking her if she'd like a drink from our fridge, to which she declined. I even said it was "on me", but she just smiled, slanted her head (exactly like in the above pic) and said "no, it's fine".

Aaaaaaanyway this is the good bit... The next evening I was in KFC, and she came in. The conversation went something like this (we're the only 2 customers in the shop)...

Kate: "I remember you."
Me: "Er..." (I knew exactly who she was, I was playing it cool)
Kate: "Yeah, you served me in the video shop the other day!?"
Me: "Oh yeah, how are you?"
Kate: "Hrrmm, I'm alright thanks. You?"
Me: "I'm not too bad thanks."
Kate: (nods head and smiles)

...bit of a pause...

Kate: "So what you up to tonight, anything?
Me: "Nah, just getting some food and... going home. You?"
Kate: "Yeah, no I've got nothing on. I'm er... on my own tonight."
Me: "Oh, I see." (I pick up my food) "Well, it was nice seeing you again miss."
Kate: "Yeah you too, take care."
Me: "You too. Bye."

I left the shop thinking "wait a minute, did I miss out on a chance with Kate Thornton? Nah, she was just being friendly, right?" When I told the story to my friends, they all responded with the same phrase - "You... IDIOT!"

Unfortunately I never saw her again. Well, atleast, she never came in when I was working. Others who came into that video shop...

Daniel Beddingfield - (Made a real effort to state how much he loved the film Oldboy)

Matthew Horne - (Came in quite a bit to rent movies, and was just a really pleasant person)

Richard Blackwood - (Cool guy, but much shorter than he looks on tv. Came in with a little boy, his son I presume. Wanted to rent games)

Su-Elise Nash - (Real nice girl. I let her in the shop late one night when we were closed and counting the till. She really wanted a movie to watch... )

 

[GeneralIroh]

I saw peter north at 24 hr fitness in socal.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Worked on the Obama campaign, which is where I met most of the celebrities.

President Obama - Seems like he likes to be alone. He's not one of those politicians that needs syncophants. Example, he was meeting with some policy advisors or something, I have no idea, wasn't that important enough to know that stuff. But he actually told this person, "You have to tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear. Telling me what I want to hear isn't going to help anyone." Oh, he's a big geek, Star Trek and Spider-Man.

Grace Park - She's tall. And laughed because I admitted to feeling weird staring at her while her husband was next to her. My cousin knows her husband pretty well, her and her husband were really cool.

Yul Kwon - He is the Asian-American dream in one person. I thought I might dislike him, because he seemed so perfect. Nope, hard to hate him.

Ed O'Neil - Really cool. Much more serious in person that I would have imagined, but knew when to lighten the mood.

Jay-Z and Beyonce - Didn't much care for Beyonce. But Jigga-man was very engaging and warm. And he bought our campaign office food for the last week of the race. Like seriously well catered meals, nothing like Domino's delivery. I got a call from a nice sushi place asking where they could set up. That was nice for all the volunteers and staff.

Drew Bledsoe - My roommate was good friends with his brother Adam, while we were all in college. He was kind of a dick. But he picked up the tab for everything, so I didn't care.

Angelina Jolie - Met her in Chicago, she was filming Wanted in my buddie's studio space building. She was very nice. And nice to look at. Very, very nice to look at.

Brad Pitt - Met him on election night in Grant Park. I tried to get over near Oprah to hug her after the victory so I could get some Oprah mojo. Ended up getting a random hug from Brad Pitt. It was cool I guess, but I really wanted some Oprah mojo. I did ask him how he got past the Secret Service, because we were standing in an area more or less reserved for campaign workers, big shot Dem's, donators and stuff. But I suppose he's Brad Fucking Pitt and pretty easy to vet.

Heath Ledger - Met him at the Lincoln Park Farmers Market. He was riding his skateboard and buying peaches. Nice guy.

Christian Bale/Johnny Depp/Michael Mann - Filming of Public Enemies outside of my apartment. The converted the whole street to the 1930's. I bumped into Christian Bale and Michael Mann at 7-11, and brefily saw Johnny Depp filming on the street.

Vince Vaughn - Saw him in Wrigleyville, mainly because he was like half a foot taller than everyone.

Anthony Bourdain - Was in line behind him at Hot Doug's during the No Reservations Chicago episode. I really liked that he waiting in line with everyone and didn't just jump ahead. He was cool, we talked about Korea and I tried to get him to set me up with Nari.

Leon "Big Van Vader" White - He wa shelping out my roommate in college, who wanted to be a pro wrestler after college football. Vader is fucking insane. I didn't like him, was scared of him and honestly was ready to run because I thought he would roid rage at the drop of a hat.

Shaq - HE IS AWESOME!! I was helping tend bar at this martini lounge that was rented out for the NBA All Star game back in 2005. So he came and talked to me for a while and it was cool and I of course made sure his need for booze was especially taken care of, since he bothered to talk to me and didn't treat me like the help like some other people did. He found out I was gonna go to law school and he tipped me $5K.

Vivica A. Fox - Saw her at the same event as Shaq. Holy shit, that woman is.....well. I would not put it past Vivica to rip out someone's weave and beat the crap out of her. She is street.

Chris Meloni - Bought me a drink at a bar after a campaign event, just because I was wearing a Colorado shirt, turns out he is an alum. Awesome guy, took a photo with him.

 

[samus i am]

Does Andy Milonakis count as a celebrity? I saw him when I was in NY for new years. I took a pic here:

Then once the seat next to him was clear my girlfriend sat beside him:

He had no idea :lol

 

[Zoe]

Koda Kumi - was working on staff when she came to Austin for Ushicon. Got to go to dinner with her each night (Serranos, IHOP, County Line) and then souvenir shopping at Walmart on the final night. She asked me what size my panties were so she could buy the proper Sponge Bob Squarepants panties.

The next year at Kamikazecon, I wasn't on staff, but she still recognized me

move - staff when they came to Dallas for AnimeFEST. Mostly just hung around motsu (his English was surprisingly good). I think he might have bought a Bratz doll for his kid when we took them to Walmart :lol

hiro - kind of on staff when she came to Sakuracon. We were walking her back to her room after the Q&A panel (which I moderated), and we were kind of in two groups with her in the one in front. The head of Avex's American branch asked me if I wanted one of her DVD's, but I declined saying that I already own everything (even her analog releases)... he then proceeded to run up to her group and tell her exactly that. She said "sugoi!" while I hung my head in shame.

 

[spyshagg]

Worked on the Obama campaign, which is where I met most of the celebrities.

President Obama - Seems like he likes to be alone. He's not one of those politicians that needs syncophants. Example, he was meeting with some policy advisors or something, I have no idea, wasn't that important enough to know that stuff. But he actually told this person, "You have to tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear. Telling me what I want to hear isn't going to help anyone." Oh, he's a big geek, Star Trek and Spider-Man.

Grace Park - She's tall. And laughed because I admitted to feeling weird staring at her while her husband was next to her. My cousin knows her husband pretty well, her and her husband were really cool.

Yul Kwon - He is the Asian-American dream in one person. I thought I might dislike him, because he seemed so perfect. Nope, hard to hate him.

Ed O'Neil - Really cool. Much more serious in person that I would have imagined, but knew when to lighten the mood.

Jay-Z and Beyonce - Didn't much care for Beyonce. But Jigga-man was very engaging and warm. And he bought our campaign office food for the last week of the race. Like seriously well catered meals, nothing like Domino's delivery. I got a call from a nice sushi place asking where they could set up. That was nice for all the volunteers and staff.

Drew Bledsoe - My roommate was good friends with his brother Adam, while we were all in college. He was kind of a dick. But he picked up the tab for everything, so I didn't care.

Angelina Jolie - Met her in Chicago, she was filming Wanted in my buddie's studio space building. She was very nice. And nice to look at. Very, very nice to look at.

Brad Pitt - Met him on election night in Grant Park. I tried to get over near Oprah to hug her after the victory so I could get some Oprah mojo. Ended up getting a random hug from Brad Pitt. It was cool I guess, but I really wanted some Oprah mojo. I did ask him how he got past the Secret Service, because we were standing in an area more or less reserved for campaign workers, big shot Dem's, donators and stuff. But I suppose he's Brad Fucking Pitt and pretty easy to vet.

Heath Ledger - Met him at the Lincoln Park Farmers Market. He was riding his skateboard and buying peaches. Nice guy.

Christian Bale/Johnny Depp/Michael Mann - Filming of Public Enemies outside of my apartment. The converted the whole street to the 1930's. I bumped into Christian Bale and Michael Mann at 7-11, and brefily saw Johnny Depp filming on the street.

Vince Vaughn - Saw him in Wrigleyville, mainly because he was like half a foot taller than everyone.

Anthony Bourdain - Was in line behind him at Hot Doug's during the No Reservations Chicago episode. I really liked that he waiting in line with everyone and didn't just jump ahead. He was cool, we talked about Korea and I tried to get him to set me up with Nari.

Leon "Big Van Vader" White - He wa shelping out my roommate in college, who wanted to be a pro wrestler after college football. Vader is fucking insane. I didn't like him, was scared of him and honestly was ready to run because I thought he would roid rage at the drop of a hat.

Shaq - HE IS AWESOME!! I was helping tend bar at this martini lounge that was rented out for the NBA All Star game back in 2005. So he came and talked to me for a while and it was cool and I of course made sure his need for booze was especially taken care of, since he bothered to talk to me and didn't treat me like the help like some other people did. He found out I was gonna go to law school and he tipped me $5K.

Vivica A. Fox - Saw her at the same event as Shaq. Holy shit, that woman is.....well. I would not put it past Vivica to rip out someone's weave and beat the crap out of her. She is street.

Chris Meloni - Bought me a drink at a bar after a campaign event, just because I was wearing a Colorado shirt, turns out he is an alum. Awesome guy, took a photo with him.

leave home much ?


damn

 

[Az]

oh andy knew

 

[Fersis]

I've been interviewed by Kevin Smith.

I also worked with Hayden Christensan(sp... who gives a fuck) on Jumper.

I love Jumper! (I even made a thread about it)
Are you an actor too? Wait... are you Rachel Bilson? *___*

 

[close to the edge]

Shaq - HE IS AWESOME!! I was helping tend bar at this martini lounge that was rented out for the NBA All Star game back in 2005. So he came and talked to me for a while and it was cool and I of course made sure his need for booze was especially taken care of, since he bothered to talk to me and didn't treat me like the help like some other people did. He found out I was gonna go to law school and he tipped me $5K.

He tipped you freaking 5000$? Wow, if that's true, he's truly awesome.

I've only met former Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel once, I didn't really talk to him though. Other than that.. I know a few Austrian classical musicians but I guess those don't count as celebrities.

 

[Spider from Mars]

I know Blackie Dammett and Anthony Kiedis somewhat. Blackie lives about 15 minutes from me so I run into him every once and a while. I know Anthony through him.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

leave home much ?


damn

Yeah, most of the celebrity sightings were due to my move to Chicago.

I remember I used to want to see Kanye alot, because he had a recording speace above my friend's photogrpahy space. But now, don't really want to meet him at all.

 

[danootz]

When I worked at Barnes & Noble (Union Sq in NY) there were a lot of celeb sightings and interactions.

Julia Roberts came in to look at home design books. I was going to ask her if she needed help finding something but I figured she'd think I was just hassling her. Instead I just brought books to a cart about 3 feet away from her and quick sorted through them just to leave the option for her to turn and ask for something if she needed it. Sure, that was a semi creepy move.

My most direct interaction was with Jimmy Fallon. I was at the information desk and he came up and asked me where Poetry books (I think it was) were. He came back a couple minutes later looking for some other subject.

 

[hednik4am]

Had a few classes with Cedric benson, Chirs Simms, Houston Street, Mike Williams and one with Roy Williams.

Most seemed like decent guys... and of course rarely, if it all, came to class...

 

[Hot Coldman]

You guys are insanely good at meeting celebrities. :lol

Closest I got was accidentally turning up at an Ash gig like an hour early and seeing Tim Wheeler (the band's frontman) outside the tourbus. That doesn't really count though. My dad says he saw Vic Reeves on the train once, but left him alone cos he didn't feel like being a prick.

 

[micster]

Koda Kumi - was working on staff when she came to Austin for Ushicon. Got to go to dinner with her each night (Serranos, IHOP, County Line) and then souvenir shopping at Walmart on the final night. She asked me what size my panties were so she could buy the proper Sponge Bob Squarepants panties.

WTF :lol :lol

Ive met a few people in the past. I met Paramore a couple of years ago at one of their tours. The guys pretty much said nothing to anyone and came across as douches and I reckon I put my foot in it with Hayley. Also their tour manager seemingly couldnt work out that to take a picture on a camera you have to press down the button and stay steady, so all I have is some autographs and the blurriest picture you've ever seen. Anyway the same year I met Meg & Dia at a small fest type thing. That was good except I was ill on the day so I basically went to them, asked for autograph and sneezed a bit. Then a few months ago I did a documentary on George Galloway for my film course and I met and interviewed him.

 

[WHY WHY WHY?]

Do trannies count?

 

[NYR]

Kate Thornton

I suppose she's only a celebrity over here in Britain. Can't think she's done anything significant lately to garner worlwide celebrity status. Anyway, about 8 or 9 years ago I was working in my local video shop. And one day, in walks Kate Thornton. I knew exactly who she was, but I didn't act like I did. So, she wants to join up. I tell her what she needs, and she gives me her proof of address, something with signature etc. All is cool, and just as I'm about to put her details into our system it suddenly breaks down. It's happened before, and I know that it will take about 10 or 15 minutes to reset. So I'm hoping she's going to be cool about things. So during the system reset, I try and make small talk with her, and she was surprisingly cool. Can't remember exactly what we talked about, but it wasn't any celebrity talk. But I do remember asking her if she'd like a drink from our fridge, to which she declined. I even said it was "on me", but she just smiled, slanted her head (exactly like in the above pic) and said "no, it's fine".

Aaaaaaanyway this is the good bit... The next evening I was in KFC, and she came in. The conversation went something like this (we're the only 2 customers in the shop)...

Kate: "I remember you."
Me: "Er..." (I knew exactly who she was, I was playing it cool)
Kate: "Yeah, you served me in the video shop the other day!?"
Me: "Oh yeah, how are you?"
Kate: "Hrrmm, I'm alright thanks. You?"
Me: "I'm not too bad thanks."
Kate: (nods head and smiles)

...bit of a pause...

Kate: "So what you up to tonight, anything?
Me: "Nah, just getting some food and... going home. You?"
Kate: "Yeah, no I've got nothing on. I'm er... on my own tonight."
Me: "Oh, I see." (I pick up my food) "Well, it was nice seeing you again miss."
Kate: "Yeah you too, take care."
Me: "You too. Bye."

I left the shop thinking "wait a minute, did I miss out on a chance with Kate Thornton? Nah, she was just being friendly, right?" When I told the story to my friends, they all responded with the same phrase - "You... IDIOT!"

:O is my honest reaction to that story. Duuuude, she was totally hitting on you....

 

[Hot Coldman]

Do trannies count?

Lemme guess, you met Lady Gaga, haha, well done, have a beer.

 

[Roi]

He's signing my poster on the first pic (I'm not the guy with the green hat, that's a friend)

:lol :lol

 

[cyras]

i used to be an intern at a local chicago nightly news show, and one of my responsibilities was to escort the guests from the front door to the green room/makeup.

met harold ramis, who was super friendly and down to earth. studs terkel, also extremely nice and humble, and candace bushnell (Sex and the City creator), who was completely batshit crazy.

i walked her into the waiting room, where she immediately began spinning one of the rolling office chairs around in a circle, going 'weeeeeeeee, weeeeeeeeee' muttering and laughing to herself, literally, like a small child might, while her PR handler gently suggested that perhaps she sit down in the chair instead of spinning it around.

conversation with her was difficult at best and would break down on her end into seemingly random fits of the giggles. it was truly bizarre. came across rather odd on the broadcast that night too, wouldn't ever really answer a question directly, and only sounded somewhat coherent when delivering obviously prepared comments about her work.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

The following is my mom's favorite celebrity encounter.

I was going with her to Whole Foods and, we parked and this H2 all bling out pulled up in front of us, and what looked like a younger guy, jumped out of the driver's seat.

My mom turns to me, and kinda loudly, talks about how parents spoil their kids too much by getting them expensive cars and blah, blah, blah.

The guy pauses and starts to turn around, and I'm thinking, "Man, now I'm going to end up in a fight with a teeanger."

It was Earl Boykins. He was really cool, he got my mom's address and sent her tickets and a jersey.

Mom was really pissed when the Nuggets traded him.

 

[jonnybryce]

I've gone to TRL a couple times when it was still on, met a lot of people there. Some are bitches and don't talk during the commercials, others hang around. I can't really remember who I met there other than Danity Kane, it was many years ago.

However I hung outside the VMAs one year with my friend and saw a lot of celebrities entering the VMAs. Jessica Simpson had an album to promote so she walked by everyone, shook hands and talked for a while. She's pretty ditzy. Paris Hilton and a few others said hi, nothing to exciting.

I met Collin Farell in a diner in NYC. He wasn't excited about the attention he was getting and kept denying it was him, with a smirk, to anyone who asked. I was in the bathroom and he came in, so I just said that I really liked Phonebooth, Swat not so much. He found it funny.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

I saw his sex tape and immediately felt like less of a man.

 

[WHY WHY WHY?]

Lemme guess, you met Lady Gaga, haha, well done, have a beer.

Thumbs up to you! I mean an ACTUAL tranny. Not some woman trolling as one. I met and fucked Allanah Starr and i DIDN'T pay for it. True Story.

I also literally ran into Fat Joe on Prince St. once. That was... interesting.

 

[sixteen-bit]

In 2005 I met Wil Forte. Told him I liked The Falconer (total lie). Shook his hand. Asked him what he was doing in Miami. He was writing for the MTV VMAs or something, I forgot.

 

[TheLastCandle]

Met a bunch of people from various Metal bands, all of whom were pretty nice. The guys from Dragonforce are completely hilarious drunkards. The guys from Iced Earth were incredibly nice, and Chris Broderick from Megadeth is one of the coolest guys around as well. A bunch more, but those come to mind first.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Thumbs up to you! I mean an ACTUAL tranny. Not some woman trolling as one. I met and fucked Allanah Starr and i DIDN'T pay for it. True Story.

To be fair, I didn't realise there was actual tranny celebs out there.

 

[WHY WHY WHY?]

To be fair, I didn't realise there was actual tranny celebs out there.

Yeah, I'm pseudo-proud of it, LOL!

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

I think meeting actual trannies is pretty easy. If you're in Chicago, the Dunkin' Donuts on Belmont and Clark, around 2 AM on Fridays and Saturday nights.

They get into fights, which is sometimes funny.

Yes, I have bet on tranny fights *Hangs head in shame*

 

[SolsticeZero]

Betsy Ross. It's a long story on how it happened, and I'm going to tell it to you:

I was a soldier under General Washington in the summer of 1773. My post was in the small town of Gloucester, New Jersey. Since it was a small town, news traveled fast, and there was rumor of a young couple who had just eloped. Having nothing else to do with my day, I decided to proceed down to the tavern and maybe get a few free drinks and a lady out of the celebration. After stepping through the tavern door, I see a young girl sitting at a table all by herself. She was stunningly beautiful, however she looked very sad.

I grabbed an ale, sat down, and asked her what was wrong. She proceeded to tell me that she just eloped with her husband, but on their honeymoon, he had gotten drunk and passed out. We talked some more, had some drinks, and she got a little bit tipsy from the alcohol. It was at that moment that she grabbed my arm, took me to her room, and we went at it like crazy while her new husband was still passed out on the floor.

One of my more memorable moments.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I interviewed David Bowie via phone back in the mid 90s around when Earthling came out, for a magazine I wrote for. Good times, I think then (I was about...18? Amazed I had a side job writing for a music mag) I dealt with it really well. Today I'd probably have a heart attack, the man ages like a fine wine.

Met CM Punk in an Ihop. He seemed like he had a lot going on, so I barely bothered him for a picture with my friend that was with me (and a huge fan.) For some reason he starstruck me more than the bands I've met before.

Met the DeLeo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots. Met Our Lady Peace, Jeremy was pleasant. I dunno, I haven't met much, but I like what I've experienced.

Oh, also saw LL Cool J in Los Angeles shopping. It was my first day in LA, got me totally psyched for a whole month of meeting celebrities. First and last one I saw in LA, unless you count the director for the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. Which I don't.

EDIT: It was Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Same shit, right?

 

[WHY WHY WHY?]

I think meeting actual trannies is pretty easy. If you're in Chicago, the Dunkin' Donuts on Belmont and Clark, around 2 AM on Fridays and Saturday nights.

They get into fights, which is sometimes funny.

Yes, I have bet on tranny fights *Hangs head in shame*

True, LOL. I'm from NYC, so I've seen a few funny tranny fights, and now that I live in DC, I've seen some truly HEINOUS ones in Adams Morgan. I've fucked hot trannies. If you remember the trap threads in GAF, then you'd know the kind I've fucked. i'm 27 now and I've probably fucked like 10 trannies, like 120 different women, and no dudes. I'm not gay! (lulz)

 

[Mogg0]

I touched Steve Irwin once. That's probably the only one worth mentioning.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

I bumped into Jennifer Love Hewitt in an Abercrombie and Fitch. I didn't want to bother her so I just said hi and she said hi back.

Oh yeah, I saw LL Cool J too in mall. He was promoting a line of clothing or fragrance or something. My ex-gf and I sorta bumped into his posse as we were both going to the escalators.

 

[Dries]

I interviewed David Bowie via phone back in the mid 90s around when Earthling came out, for a magazine I wrote for. Good times, I think then (I was about...18? Amazed I had a side job writing for a music mag) I dealt with it really well. Today I'd probably have a heart attack, the man ages like a fine wine.

That's really cool. How was he?

 

[Hawkian]

I know I am 4 pages late to this thread, but:

I saw Keanu Reeves once in South Beach. It was at night, and I gave him this look of, "Are you...?" and he nodded like, "Yeah, I know, right?" I gave him a thumbs up, and he smiled and gave me one back. It was kind of surreal since I was freakishly high at the time.

This story makes me very happy

jessica biel.

went to university with her.. she was friends with the girls who lived across the hall from me. and during the winter.. she used to jog up and down my hall.

This story makes me very sad.

I once had a chance to maybe get a hug from Taylor Swift, but I wussed out.

This story has returned me to a normal emotive state.

 

[Treb]

Not really celebrities or anything, but I saw Big Chuck and Lil Jon at Cedar Point. I waved "hi" to Big Chuck and he just stared me down. :lol

 

[Bunny]

ICP

Spoiler

they were actually pretty cool

 

[soundahfekz]

Dj drama and dj don cannon - I've done production on two gangsta grillz tapes so I don't know if you'd really count it as "meeting" celebs. couple years ago flew to ATL for the official gangsta grillz album release party. we hit several parties, strip clubs, 30-40 man/woman entourage -- was pretty crazy

 

[WHY WHY WHY?]

ICP

Spoiler

they were actually pretty cool

Go to hell! *cries in the corner*

 

[AVclub]

Burger joint in Staten Island a few years back, I'm next in line behind this lady, standing with a friend of mine. There's only one register open. Some skinny dude walks in all loud like, "Yo, I needs some burgers and fries, bee!" He walks right up to the counter next to the woman who's paying and starts looking around to be served.

I look at my friend. He smiles at me like "You're getting punked by this tiny dude." So I speak up, "Excuse me. The line forms behind us." He gets this nasty look on his face, trying to intimidate me and says, "What?! You know who you talking to?"

I was like, "Yeah, I'm talking to the dude who's getting burgers and fries right after me." Then I smiled.

He looks over me and my friend then starts smiling a big Koolaid smile and nodding his head. "Aight, Aight." he says and lines up behind us.

We walk out of there with our food and no further incident. As we get in my car, my friend says, "I can't believe you just did that!"

I say, "Why I could totally take that dude." He says, "That 'dude' was Flava Flav! You just put Flava Flav in his place. I thought you knew, that's why I was smiling."

I had no idea.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

That's really cool. How was he?

He was extremely relaxed and just emanated sharpness over the phone. A very precise man...thinking about it takes me back. He's a good man!

 

[Dries]

He was extremely relaxed and just emanated sharpness over the phone. A very precise man...thinking about it takes me back. He's a good man!

It's great to hear this.

 

[Mollymauk]

I saw Rue McClannahan at LAX. It was magical.

 

[bbalde]

Mostly Soccer people, back in the days when I was an agent. Briefly met Pele and Maradona, travelled with Kluivert, Zidane, etc..

Above all of them, Drogba is probably the guy I had the most fun with. I learned the "Coupe Decale" from him.

 

[OriginalThinking]

Not myself, but last year my friend had been at the the Edinburgh Film Festival catching a movie that was showing at the Cameo (really cool indie cinema in the centre of town). After the film she went to the Cameo bar for a few drinks and sits down at a table. A few glasses of wine later and in walks none other than Sean Connery! (I think he's one of the patrons for the festival) who proceeds to stand right next to her table with a group of guys. Anyway after much pointing and hushed whispering (Sean Connery, bloody hell it's James Bond!) her phone starts ringing, so she bends down to pick up her bag and retrieve it. At just the same time, Sean takes a step backwards and basically smothers her face with his ass! He turns around and looks at my friend who is absolutely mortified and she sheepishly and slightly drunkenly apologises to him. He just raises a quizical eyebrow and in his thick Scottish accent says:

"Shhorry? For a shhecond there i thought my luck had changed!" :lol

What a legend.

 

[D4Danger]

Kate Thornton

story

dude

You blew it.

 

[rollingstart]

Forest Whitaker - Filmed a movie not far from my apartment and I literally bumped into him at a pizza shop. I was a nerdy fan boy and he was quite nice.

I want to meet him so bad. I would yell "GHOST DOG" until I lost my voice.

 

[Cday]

My Dad took me to a Cavaliers game during the '98-'99 season. I was chose by some lady walking around the arena to be what they called a "Cav's Courtside Kid". Basically they gave me a t-shirt, pass and let me shoot on the court after the pre game warm up. Before that we sat behind the basket where the Wizards were warming up and my Dad started talking to Tim Legler. He was nice from what I can remember. Didn't call security or anything even though he was supposed to be warming up not shooting the breeze with plebs. He so owed me after that.

 

[wolfmat]

Klaus Lage was hanging around my uncle's house when I was a kid, there's also some photos of him hanging out with my family.

Klaus Lage is this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5RHI_rHhg