Celebrity Connections

[Nyo]

OK, this thread idea popped into my head.

Basically, have you ever met a celebrity in person? Or saw one in the distance (in other words walking around the area)? Have blood relations? Have friends that know celebs? Well tell us here!!

When my mom worked in Rockefeller Center 3 decades ago, she said she saw a few celebrites walking around or on the ice rink in the winter. But none of them actually spoke to her.

When I went to NYC at age 7, I got to see Rosie O'Donell(?) being annoyed to death by paparazzi as I walked around Times Sqaure. T'was weird. :cheesegrin:

[some guy you dont know]

uh.. my mom once met tubby smith, the former basketball coach for UK. thats about as close as i think anyone i know has gotten to one. oh yeah i once got some of the harlem globetrotter's autographs. thats about it.

[Diamond Duchess]

I once took a picture with Justo Lamas, a singer from Argentina, when my Spanish Club and I went to see him in concert. He also signed my shirt and gave me an autographed picture.

Do foreign celebrities count for this? I want to know if this encounter counts as a celebrity meeting.

If not, then I know a girl who met Corbin Bleu when during her vaction in Nebraska.

[Nyo]

I forgot to mention that one of my current Language Arts teachers met Mariah Carrey once and showed me a picture as proof.

Awesome.

EDIT: Yes, foreign clebes count, DD.

[Sparky]

Well I've *seen* lots of them, at lectures, live shows, concerts...I used to live in Hollywood so there were a fair few floating around there making appearances. :terrsmile: Bill Cosby was the speaker at my university graduation, and I met Ray Bradbury and Doug Adams at my university bookstore (Bradbury ruled and Adams was kind of a jerk). I got to hang out with Glenn Shadix once (I run the big cartoon Beetlejuice website and my friend Shaun ran the movie one as well as Glenn's site, and I hung out with Shaun and Glenn at Universal Studios one day). He was really nice. And cute. :D And of course I've met folks who work on Foster's, but y'all know that. There's probably more, I don't mean to leave anyone out, but I'm kinda wiped out right now.

[Lynnie]

My old middle-school friend got a job as an extra in the show Prison Break, and has met all the actors/actress' including Wentworth Miller- TWICE! :bloosmirk:

Do concerts count? I never actually got autographs, but I've made eye contact with Steve Greene, Clay Cross and Josh Groban. And I graduated from high school along with two members of the Christian group Virtue, one of whom is now married to one of the members of the R&B/Gospel group Take 6.

As for relatives, I'm related to Alexander Hamilton, and Mary Queen of Scots (and since royalty has been inter-marrying all over Europe for centuries, through her I'm related to the rest of Europe's monarchies in some way or other, which is a cool thought to humor, but very minuscule since it was so long ago)(also, practically everyone will be able to trace their ancestors back to some type of royalty if they go back far enough, so it's not that big a deal). Still fun to think about, though. :mfoster:

[One Radical Dude]

I've seen many entertainers: from Sugar Ray (the band), Smash Mouth, Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doobie Brothers, Amy Lee, and many others. I didn't actually meet any of them face to face. I've met anime voice actors Sandy Fox, Vic Mignogna, Crispin Freeman, and I did see Johnny Yong Bosch (also known as one of the Power Rangers in the 90s). I've met Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Richard Horvitz, Danny Antonucci, Mr. Warburton, Joe Murray, Maurice LaMarche, Chris Sanders, Sam Vincent, and Peter Kelamis. Others I've seen but not communicated with are: Carlos Alazaraqui, Michael Bell, Joe Alaskey, and Stan (the Man) Lee. And of course, a good chunk of the cast and crew members of Foster's. :)

[jekylljuice]

I've met Nancy Cartwright in person (the voice of Bart Simpson, among others). She was making an appearence at the London Animation Art Gallery in 1999, and when my dad and I heard we jumped on a train and joined the many flocks of people heading down to see her. She had some ultra-suspicious bodyguards who were keen to harvest whatever items of Simpsons merchandise the visitors might be bringing in with them (since the AAG only wanted her to autograph their own stock), but she herself was very nice; I got to exchange a few friendly words with her, and shake her hand.

I've also met Tony Benn, a socialist politian over here in Britain. I'd gone to this speech of his along with my parents a few years ago at a local theatre, after which I met him in the lobby and he complimented me on my Gremlins t-shirt. Nice man.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

I haven't really met anyone SUPER famous or anything like that. I've met Bozo the clown when I was little (like 8 or 9) because I got on Bozo buckets game. I made it to the second bucket but lost on the 3rd, I still have some of the toy prizes they gave me for the first 2 buckets. I also met Scott McNiel, voice of Piccolo (original) from DBZ and the guy who plays 4 characters on Beast Wars.

Dinobot, Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Waspinator. He was SO much fun! He had lots of fun talking about the past shows he did and he was so enthusiastic over the fans, he was the nicest guy I've ever met. I even got him to scream out "Dinobot Maximize!". It was the best anime con memory I've had yet. Sadly for me though I didn't really meet anyone else famous after that.

However my Uncle in California is an assistant for Jim Burrows, the guy who directed "Will and Grace" on NBC and he's worked on shows like That 70's Show, Drew Carey Show, The Class, and Back to you. We don't really talk to him anymore because of bad blood in the family but before that happened, he told us A LOT about the stories of the celebrities he met, he met:

Britney Spears, Madonna, Sharon Osbourne, Warren Beatty, Jeff Goldbloom, John Cleese, James Earl Jones, Cher, Wayne Knight, and Gene Wilder. I'm sure he met others since the show had a lot of guest star celebrities but those were the only ones he told me stories about. He said his favorite actor to talk to was Warren Beatty.

[Medikor]

I haven't really met anyone SUPER famous or anything like that. I've met Bozo the clown when I was little (like 8 or 9) because I got on Bozo buckets game. I made it to the second bucket but lost on the 3rd, I still have some of the toy prizes they gave me for the first 2 buckets. I also met Scott McNiel, voice of Piccolo (original) from DBZ and the guy who plays 4 characters on Beast Wars.

I would love to meet Scott McNiel. The man is one of my all time favorite voice actors out there.
The only real person you could call a celebrity that I met was the host of a local cooking show. She was brought over to my school to help teach a cooking class for a day. It was so long ago that I can't even remember the details.

[Subzeroace]

I would love to meet Scott McNiel. The man is one of my all time favorite voice actors out there.

Me too! I love that man, Beasties was one of my fav shows growing up ^^ (And I can do a pretty sweet Waspinator myself XD)


As for celebs and me... Uh... I saw one of the -OLD- YTV PJ's at a park once, Jazzy Jen. And I've seen news anchors for Ontario news stations in the mall before.. Both Global and CTV (not at the same time, a fight might have broken out XD)

OH! And the guy who was Wink Yahoo on Uh-Oh! (I can't remember his name x.x but he's on alot of AD's on TV still) He came to my school once because they were doing a promotion for a TVO education thing called "C-Squared" at my school ^^ I got to be in the promo, hurrah!

Edit: I figured someone might ask... So heres me as Waspinator MP3! (http://subzeroace.freepgs.com/SubZfiles/sound/SubZasaWasp.mp3) I realize now I do sound more like a chipmunk! Everyone lied to me XD

[Ditchy McAbandonpants]

I'm rather chuffed with my own celebrity story: I was hiking together with friends along the Tiger Leaping Gorge in southwest China earlier this year, when one of my buddies, an Irish girl, was engaged in conversation by someone walking the other way. Clearly, he'd heard her speaking to one of the locals in her rather good Mandarin, and this had caught his attention, so they exchanged a few pleasantries and moved on. It was only when one of my other friends, an avid fan of magic tricks, caught a glimpse that we realised that our friend had just been collared (and possibly hit on) by famous street magician David Blaine. In the middle of a gorge in China. :wiltshock:

Still tickled by this turn of events, we walked the rest of the day and ended up at a small lodge, a gathering point for hikers, to stay the night. We ordered some food, sat down at one of the outdoor tables, and just got out a pack of cards to play something when we noticed that sat a few feet across from us was Mr. Blaine again...with Fight Club star Edward Norton. Needless to say, this further development was generally judged to be "surprising". :weirded: Regrettably, we weren't able to capitalise on our window of opportunity to mingle with the Hollywood elite, as we were informed that the table was reserved for other members of their party, and we were moved to the other side of the courtyard, where we proceeded to giggle, surreptitiously point and make just-less-than-audible slurs about the low quality of Mr. Norton's performance in the film Red Dragon. :D All in the middle of a scenic gorge. In China.

So yeah, that was a good day. 8D

[cartman414]

I personally knew Josh Schwartz, creator of the OC and Chuck, when I went to USC. We lived on the same dorm floor our freshman year.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Me too! I love that man, Beasties was one of my fav shows growing up ^^ (And I can do a pretty sweet Waspinator myself XD)

McNeil actually did ALL of his voices (except Silverbolt) at the con. He had a panel discussion with some other voice actors, and he listed all the shows he did and how hard it was to do DBZ because it requires constant screaming and what not. He did Waspinator, Rattrap, and Dinbot AND he signed my con packet.

The little brochure thing they give you when you first sign up for your con badge, it was SO freaking cool! He was by far the coolest and most interesting celebrity I have ever met.

[Partymember]

i have a signed copy of Richard Nixon's "The Real War" 8D

does that count?

[Ccook50]

In the 80s, I met several of the chaps who have portrayed the Doctor on BBC's Doctor Who at some Sci-fi conventions locally, as well as some Star Trek notables. (At one convention during a cabaret skit, I took a pie in the face, and George Takei would approach me a month later at a convention in Chattanooga and he recalled that bit. He loved it.) Marina Sirtis was signing autographs so at a distance I was going to take a picture. She looked up and smiled for me. She's a sweetie.

In 1978, I saw Henry Winkler, who was in town to promote his movie The One And Only), and this past summer in San Diego, Danny Bonaduce passed by. In 2002, I was at the DC Comics booth at Comic-Con with Phil Moy (we were signing copies of the Powerpuff Girls Movie comic book adaptation we worked on--Phil did layouts and I did clean-ups) when Tom Kenny came to us and told us he loved our work on the comic.

[frankie_fan]

When I was on holidays in Hollywood, there was a couple of times where I thought I saw some famous people, but I wasn't sure. :(

[jjabinez]

yeah... if u like Corbin Bleu , there is a compilation series you should check out called "Euro Club Hits" --

it's pretty clear that dance music is coming back around the world -- just check the recent big American hip-hop and R&B hits which are clear rip-offs of the european dance style.....

here's the direct iTunes link to the "Euro Club Hits" series.....

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearchResults?albumTerm=Euro+Club+Hits+Vol +

[Frankie_4_Prez]

Whether you consider her to be enough of a "celebrity" or not is up for debate, but I saw Giada de Laurentiis (Food network cook and show hostess) signing books at a mall. She was about 5 yards away from where I was standing (I didn't feel like buying a $30 pasta recipe book, the only one she would sign that day, just so that I could get a closer look at her).

[fosters home fan]

Like you said, all really depends on what your opinion of a "celebrity" is. Like either a relativly famous person, or someone who starred in an outrageously "popular" film. ;)

[CagedWings67]

I’ve only met relatively famous people. I’ve met someone from a cooking show, but I can’t quite remember his name. I’ve also met Lacey Mosley (five times) as well. She’s so nice. ^_^

Also, have any of you ever heard of the famous photographer, Stanley J. Forman? I’m related to him. He’s my grandmother’s brother. This was the famous picture that he took.

http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/fire-on-marlborough-street-1975.html

I’m quite surprised that I’m related to someone famous.

[Ridureyu]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/JohnRuthanneandRichardSimmons01-1.jpg
Sometimes things are better without context.

[Howard]

For me, it is Alice Cooper. He is often at his restaraunt Cooperstown, in downtown Phoenix. I have seen him there, and I have met him on the golf course (he is an avid golfer), and on the street. And when I see him, he waves at me first (we have seen eachother so many times). He is a very nice guy, and has had a marriage that lasted over thirty years.

Since I am a musician, I do get around: BB King, Chris Squire (of Yes), Rick Wakeman (of Yes), Les Paul, Leo Fender (of Fender guitars before he passed away); I have played bass behind Big Pete Pearson (Blues), and jammed with the lead guitarist of JFA (punk band) at a jamboree on acoustic guitars. I have yet to meet Eric Clapton - THE MAN!:frankiesmile:

[fosters home fan]

*scary pic*
Sometimes things are better without context.


O_O;...... That's the screaming guy ion that one sports commercial, right? 8D

[Partymember]

For me, it is Alice Cooper. He is often at his restaraunt Cooperstown, in downtown Phoenix. I have seen him there, and I have met him on the golf course (he is an avid golfer), and on the street. And when I see him, he waves at me first (we have seen eachother so many times). He is a very nice guy, and has had a marriage that lasted over thirty years.

Since I am a musician, I do get around: BB King, Chris Squire (of Yes), Rick Wakeman (of Yes), Les Paul, Leo Fender (of Fender guitars before he passed away); I have played bass behind Big Pete Pearson (Blues), and jammed with the lead guitarist of JFA (punk band) at a jamboree on acoustic guitars. I have yet to meet Eric Clapton - THE MAN!:frankiesmile:

BB King? wow!

[Howard]

BB King? wow!

I met BBK at a NAMM show in Chicago (which is no longer the place the show is). I was 15 years old and BBK was showing off his ES-335 Lucille model at the Gibson guitar booth. We talked about the blues, and his jamming with Hendrix. The latest Guitar Player magazine had an interview with Robin Trower at that time (I saw him live at Chicago Soldier Field, and two club performances later).:frankiesmile:

[Government Man]

Other than watching a Wierd Al concert from behind a pole, I don't really remember meeting anyone famous.

In the matter of family relations, my second cousin (or maybe third) is gossip columnist A.J. Benza (one-time host of E! Mysteries and Scandals). I read his autobiography..what an egotist!

My mother before she got married worked for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency of Los Angeles, where she met H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman before Watergate made them infamous.

[Partymember]

I met BBK at a NAMM show in Chicago (which is no longer the place the show is). I was 15 years old and BBK was showing off his ES-335 Lucille model at the Gibson guitar booth. We talked about the blues, and his jamming with Hendrix. The latest Guitar Player magazine had an interview with Robin Trower at that time (I saw him live at Chicago Soldier Field, and two club performances later).:frankiesmile:

thats so cool :bloogrin:

funny you should mention Trower, i've been on a "Day of the Eagle" kick lately. Good stuff.

[taranchula]

One of my professors in college was the voice actor of the mother in the short lived "For Better or For Worse*" animated series...does that count? :P


(*Based on the For Better or For Worse comic strip that appears in many news papers the world over.)

[some guy you dont know]

well, im related to daniel boone, but thats about it.


wait, my aunt owns a bakery thats kinda big where i live. and most of my relatives work there as well. does that count for anything?

but i think thats about it as far as famous people.

[Howard]

thats so cool :bloogrin:

funny you should mention Trower, i've been on a "Day of the Eagle" kick lately. Good stuff.

A lot of my guitar playing has a little Trower in it. You need to check out Misty Long Days, and In City Dreams - both those albums are killer! Some of Trower's unheard of work.:frankiesmile:

[Partymember]

will do, i've got "Bridge of Sighs" on vinyl and i love to put that on in the summer when its after midnight but still 70 degrees out. Just kind of fits.

[Another Castle]

I met Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) yesterday, he was doing a book signing in a small bookshop in Wales. It was midday on a Wednesday when I saw him so there wasn't a HUGE crowd, but there was still a big queue. He spoke to people, so I asked him if he ever got recognised whenever he was out in Africa/Asia (he has done a lot of TV travel shows since MP). I heald back an urge to shout "DEAD PARROT!" :bendy: :)

[frankie_fan]

My oldest sister, Michelle, who is living in Hollywood at the moment, got the opportunity to meet Johnny Depp at the premiere of Corpse Bride, and said later on that he is one of the sweetest guys she's ever met.

Of course, living in Hollywood, and married to a man who works at a major studio (Warner Bros. :frankiesmile:), you expect to meet a lot of celebs. Some of the other stars she's met are Mark Wahlberg, John Corbett and Chris Noth (who she reckons is an absolute jerk! :bendy:).