Have you met anyone famous?

afigueroa_pr

Magic Johnson!
Great guy!

BillyC96

I used to work at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. During the couple of years I worked there I met Jack Lemon, Richard Harris, Margot Kidder, John Vernon, John Colicos, John Belushi, Elton John, Ian Anderson, Barrymore Barlow (drummer for Jethro Tull), Burton Cummings, and all of the Rolling Stones. There may have been a few others. It was a pretty cool place to work.

Jenn728

Mark Chesnutt in 1995.

I touched Pauley Shore once at a show haha...that was 20 years ago

I could have talked to Wayne Newton on the phone when he was at the hotel I work at but chickened out and had my coworker call him to see if his tv had been fixed.

schnugglebug

We met Danny Devito (he is SO NICE) and
Gene Hackman (he is SO NOT nice) lol when my step daughter was an extra in their move The Heist back about 9-10 years ago.
Met Josh Groban... walking his dog one cold winter day about 5 years ago, He was in Montreal on tour. I was out on my lunch break from work and I was like OMgosh is that really Josh Groban? so I asked him and yep it was LOL

Stephan Richer (old player for the Montreal Canadians)

edited to add Geof Isherwood who is a Marvel Comic illustrator/artist, draws wolverine, and other SUPERHEROS that most of us know! he is married to my best friend lol, My brother is so excited by this! lol

winstonh

Willie Nelson (in a Walmart in Texas)
Steve Sax
Vince Neil
Annette Funicello (she used to babysit me)
MC Hammer

I've met a bunch of celebrities but to have been babysat by Annette Funicello would have been stupidly awesome!!

EmpressOfJudgment

Beyonce, R. Kelly, Ruben Studdard, Eddie Izzard, John Paxson, the dudes from the Flaming Lips multiple times, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd from Soundgarden, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Billy Corgan, the dudes from Staind, the 2003 Chicago Bulls team, and I forget the rest right now. I know there are more.

webhippy

I've met:

Skeeter Jennings (waylons son) @ at concert
Charlie Daniels @ a concert
Donnie VanZant & the rest of .38 special @ a concert
Bruce "Butch" Reed (the WWF wrestler is my neighbor does that count?)
Dan Severn (UFC World Champion) He was a guest in my home.
Frank Shamrock (UFC Champion) in Chicago
Dan "Punkass" Caldwell & Skyscrape aka The Tapout Crew in Oklahoma City
Jim Stafford
AND...my friend Angie met Kevin Bacon in a cafe here in town. That makes me Bacon degree #2. lol

vettle

the biggggest, and I mean biggesttt asphole in the world.........Tommy Lee Jones, he lives here in San Antonio, and hes a pig.sorry, he once was on a SouthWest plane taking a flight, and wanted peanuts

so he rings for some, the stewardess hands em to him, and he says "Oh no, I dont open things like this......I have it done for me"

She had to open his bag of peanuts for the big cry baby.......hes a class less jerk.......

I would not be a good flight attendant. I would have said, "Sucks for ya. If you can't figure it out before we land, maybe the guy next to you will do it for you if you ask real nice."

UGH flight attendants don't get enough credit for what they do! I've never witnesses someone like this, but I would just lose it on people like that!

miss_amy

here are mine:

-tom & travis from blink 182
-fall out boy (multiple times)
-plain white t's
-jason mraz (multiple times)
-matt nathanson
-lisa hannigan
-james blunt
-adam lambert
-nick & aaron carter
-rufio
-the used
-new found glory
-yellowcard
-joey mcintyre
-wee-man from *kitten*
-good charlotte (multiple times)
-quite a few players from the chicago bears (mostly rookies at the time)

i know there's more but i can't think of them right now!

Jain

Alan Hull (RIP) from the UK band Lindisfarne.
Patrick Stewart on a flight back to the UK from NY. Nice guy.
Willem Defoe in NY, bumped into him in the street & got a huge grin.
Claudia Christen (from Babylon 5) rang me up & I met her a few weeks later. Lovely lady, really down to earth.*
Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin Criminals) rang me up from Glastonbury festival where they had headlined the Jazz World stage. A total gentleman.*
The titchy one from Take That shopping in Tescos.
Liza Minelli walked right into me in London. Tiny & rude.
All of Fairport Convention, usually at the bar at Cropredy festival. My husband got an autograph forced on him by one rather drunk band member!:laugh:
Robert Plant, at the bar at Cropredy festie. Nice bloke, he's happy to chat to fans just so long as they're not too pushy.
Neil Gaiman at more than a few book signings. What can I say, a total sweetheart.


Plus quite a few soap actors live in & around my town so I have met them, but as I don't watch soaps I never can recogise them.:laugh:


* Both thanks to my Darling Hubbie. He met Claudia at the Essen Spiel, where she & a couple of other cast members were doing publicity for the CCG. She was on the next stand & they got chatting, he mentioned that her character was my fav & she offered to ring me!
And I had to miss Glastonbury due to work so my DH managed to catch Huey after their set & asked him to ring me, and he did! Made my year.

fatgirlzrule2

I met Anthony Rapp a couple times when he was performing RENT in Chicago. I made him a doll that looked like his character and I was soooo nervous when I gave it to him that i could barely speak.

Firehouse -- they were awesome....they signed my wedding album!

Dog and Beth Chapman.....they were soooo nice!

Met all of the cast of RENT in Chicago back in the days when we would sit out front for tickets all day long. A lot of them have done Broadway....Karen Olivo (she won a Tony for West Side Story), Manley Pope, Christian Anderson, Simone (who is the daughter of Nina Simone), Amy Spanger, Shaun Earl.

PepeGreggerton

I've met Weird Al Yankovic and the bands Slipknot, Mudvayne, Biohazrd, Dope, Amon Amarth, and Cold

live2dream

Well my hubby and I are somewhat groupies and hang out after concerts, so we've met quite a few bands.

Bands/Musicians:
Ozzy (got a pic with him!)
Pantera (oh Dimebag and I blushed when Phil said I was cute and he liked my shirt!! :blushing:
Drowning Pool (see them everytime they come to town - CJ the guitarist is a real cool guy) So was the first singer that died.
Lacuna Coil - my fave they are awesome!
Puddle of Mudd
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)- got his book and autograph
Korn - got a pic with Fieldy and Head- Jonathan wouldn't do it- jerk!
Coal Chamber- when they were together
Stone Sour (<3 Corey Taylor!)
Linkin Park
Tesla
Halestorm, New Medicine, Like A Storm, Saliva, Hurt, Candlebox...and a ton more..

Oh and I lived with the lead guitarist of Tim McGraw for a few months (he was my MIL's husband, till she divorced him). I could have met Tim, but declined. Not a fan. Did run into Kenny Chesney when i went to the dreadful concert...I didn't even know who he was backstage- I was like who is that *kitten* standing in front of me? lol


Actors:
Cast of Revenge of the Nerds- got a pic with all of them
Henry Winkler (The Fonz) what a nice guy!!
Edward Furlong - kind of a jerk- charging a **** ton for autographs
C Thomas Howell (Ponyboy!) he was super nice

Stacera

most of the current line up for the Texas Rangers
Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach
Ralphie Mays
Hal Sparks
Jared Leto
Tony Romo while singing karaoke
Chuck Norris when he was filming Walker Texas Ranger near my HS
Kelly Clarkson.. but before American Idol, we worked at the same movie theater
George Strait
Fred Durst
Cypress Hill at a bowling alley.

when I was younger I auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club and I met some cast members.. buuuuut I don't really remember who so umm I met some MMC members don't remember if it was any of the more popular ones b/c well they didn't leave a big impact on me.. is that terrible? possibly but eh.

I can't think of any more even though I think I'm missing someone..

ClarkAddison

Lot's of former and current Blackhawks. Some in passing, some many times, some down to a conversational level. I have never met any that weren't very down to earth.

The highlights include Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita (my boyhood hero), Tony Espositio, Chris Chelios (actually played an entire summer of hockey with him when he played for the Canadiens). Scotty Bowman, Joel Queneville and the entire coaching staff. Also played High School hockey against Tony Granato.

Outside of hockey, Max Weinberg of the E Street band (Huge Springsteen fan). I run an entertainment facility and ice rink that occasionally is visited by "celeb's". Kirk Cameron, Jason Castro, Jodie Sweetin (full house).

Brian Urlacher and several Chicago Bears come by often because we are near their practice facility..

One of the Hanson brothers from slapshot came out and played in full garb when we had the bass player from Godsmack rent the ice when they were opening up for Metallica in Milwaukee.

spicy618

I'm a Hip Hop Head. :laugh:


Heavy D
Rakim
Bushwick Bill

GorillaEye

What actually qualifies? Standing in same room (not in a concert), shake hand or interaction?
So in varying degrees through work and circumstance:

Jimmy Buffett - various 1970's early 1980
Andy Gibb, Maurice Gibb - Criterion Studios
Neil Young - on his yacht during Bicentennial Concert
Dr. Hook - he chased after my sister Jean
KC and the Sunshine Band
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
and I am sure I am forgetting somebody during 1976 - 1980

oh yea - LOL I dated Mickey Alzola, Gene Hackman's stunt double in the 80's that was a kick.

Barack Obama - 2007 during campaign- Yay Democrats!

Temporalia

I met: Megadeth, Dream Theater, The Alan Parsons Project, Yes, Eddie Cibrian (who was super nice and charming even if I was 16 at the time, we had a group snack at a Super Zellers, he gave me his chair and sat right beside me), a few local artists (from my province of origins, but kind of big around here).

Nichole23225

In the 90's the company I was with was host for an annual conference that always had a keynote speaker. So... I've shook hands with and met: Danny Glover, Johnnie Cochran (the OJ Simpson trial lawyer) and Wally Amos (of Famous Amos cookies - I even danced with him).

In 2002 I was on a TLC program searching for the Ugliest Kitchen in America - and had Doug Wilson from Trading Spaces at my house all day. He was pretty nice. Didn't win the makeover, but when he's in town at events I'll go and he'll remember me and my ugly kitchen.

The best though is when I ran into Harry Connick, Jr. at the local CVS here in Richmond, VA. He was in town filming a movie and luck would have it we both stopped in to pick up a prescription. No one else in the place recognized him except for me and I stalked him until he came into he parking lot and we had a lovely 3 minute conversation. He was fantastic!

Dream though is to meet all the members of Duran Duran, but unwilling to pay $$$ for VIP meet and greets.

p0stdramatic

I'm SO Jealous!

Alan Rickman - I had a drink with him

And you lived to tell the tale! :laugh:

Ohh and CHUCK NORRIS!!!!
How could I have forgotten him!!
Didn't actually meet him but he was eating in the same restaurant as me, which was so cool! :bigsmile:

I met Eddie Rabbit when I was about 12. He was nicer than most regular people I know.

skylark94

Author, Tim Dorsey. Not sure he counts as "famous" or not, but I love his books.

Temporalia

I met: Megadeth, Dream Theater, The Alan Parsons Project, Yes, Eddie Cibrian (who was super nice and charming even if I was 16 at the time, we had a group snack at a Super Zellers, he gave me his chair and sat right beside me), a few local artists (from my province of origins, but kind of big around here).

I knew I had a few other names: Mark Walhberg and Ludacris while they were filming Max Payne in Toronto. Ludacris is so tiny, he has lost the gangsta image in my head.

hbar98

I've been to Dragon Con a few times...so lots? John de Lancie snubbed me in the hallway once...Oh! I have Adam Savage's autograph on my camera case.

donitchell

Kylie Minogue came into a restaurant i worked at back in 1989, & yes she is that small.

kylee_marie

colin farrell bought me a shot. i was vacationing in virginia and i guess he was there filming a movie... i'm not special tho, he bought the whole bar a shot very nice guy

lizdavis07

Bruce Willis (dad's best friend is married to his bodyguard)

Stephen Baldwin

and met Ric Flair a few weeks ago..."To be the man, you've gotta beat the man!...WOOO!!" (btw, he looks awful and can barely walk lol)

ShapeUpSidney

I don't really think of them as celebrities because you see them EVERYwhere, but I've met quite a few of the red sox. I even told Sean Casey once that we were closed and couldnt make him a steak sub. Sorry hon!

Everyone got mad at me, because Sean Casey is the nicest guy in the MLB. He was super cute too. Oh well.

erzsebet_1560

Yep...I met Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Mustaine and Josh Todd

utes09

I met Brooklyn Decker (SI Swim Suit model/Actress, married to tennis pro Andy Rod****) at the 2011 US Open Tournament.

I've also met the 2005 NFL #1 Draft Pick, Alex Smith.

Michael Phelps

ETA: Just noticed MFP edited Andy's name. hahaha that made my day.

karlajohnson123

Hugh Jackman-my biggest claim to fame is to have met him several times on Broadway. Once, he pulled me out of the audience during a show and made me dance. Most recently, on 11/22/11's episode of THE VIEW, he kissed me on National TV. That was really cool.
Ashley Judd
Fran Dresher (The Nanny)
Maura Tierney (ER)
Eric McCormack (Will from Will and Grace)
Julie Reyes (Carla from Scrubs)
Sandi Patti (Christian singer)
Keith Urban
Jake Owen (country singer-Bare Foot Bluejean Night-Met him 3 times)
The whole cast of Lady Antebellum (Charles and Dave grew up in my home town)
Jim Bakker (used to sing at PTL a LONG time ago)
Donald Sutherland
Patrick Wilson