Name 5 Famous People You Like to Lunch
 

Inspired by this thread.

With which 5 famous people, who are alive, would you like to do lunch?

Mine are:

Michael Bloomberg - He's the mayor of the city, a fellow Phi Psi, and one of America's great entrepreneurs.

Thomas Friedman - This 3 time Pulitzer winning New York Times columnist wrote what I was already thinking, after 9-11. He gets it, and is one of the few people who has always supported our war in Iraq, but never for WMD. He's not affraid to criticize the Bush administration, or praise them.

Jane Jacobs - Probably the most important urbanist of the 20th century. She was an activist who helped end the absurd visions of Robert Moses towards the end of his career. She also wrote the ground breaking book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities in 1961. The way every city is now developed has been imapcted by her writings.

Charlie Rose - The best interviewer on TV, bar none. I would love to hear his take on the world leaders, and leading thinkers that he regularly interviews.

Eli Weisel - This Nobel Peace Prize winning author is also a holocaust survivor. He is probably the greatest voice against genocide ever.

Hmm.. a tough one since I'd like to "theme" the lunches... but if I had to limit to just 5....

Prince William (hey he'll be my King one day)
Wesley Clark (seemed like a smart Democrat)
John MaCain (seemed like a smart Republican)
Jack Layton (NDP leader here in Canada, I have had the lunch and he's fun to talk to)
Tony Blair (love to pick his brain over why he went to Iraq against his party's and people's wishes)

denzel washington
halle berry
jessica simpson
oprah
jennifer love hewitt

Shirley Temple Black
Oprah Winfrey
Reese Witherspoon
Beverly Cleary
Ellen Degeneres

Alive now:
Hugh Grant
The Coen Brothers
Sandra Bullock
John McCain

No longer with us:
Audrey Hepburn
JFK
Princess Diana
Stanley Kubrick
Abraham Lincoln

George W. Bush
Laura Bush
Colin Powell
Dave Matthews
Ben Affleck

odd grouping, I know....

the dubya
tom hanks
bette midler
gary sinise (this would, of course, take place at my place....in my room....bwahahaha!) ;)
prince william (yeow)

Amy Brown
Anne Rice
Johnny Depp
Robin Williams
Kenny Chesney

No longer with us: *gotta add it*
Elizabeth
Bess Hardwick

you do know that he has a new show, 'csi: new york' right? ;)

Alive Now:

Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Michael Palin
Phylicia Rashad
Johnny Bench


No Longer With Us:

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Katharine Hepburn
John Lennon
George Harrison
Mary Pickford

I'd take all of my guests to the Signature Room in Chicago

Oprah Winfrey - All around dynamic woman
Bell Hooks - Phenomenal critical race theorist
Dr. Johnetta Coles- My career goal is to be a university president
Mary J. Blige - Her music would be on the soundtrack of my life,lol
Angela Bassett - Wanna know what she's been up to.

Cecelia Bartoli (and an Italian translator)-famous opera singer
John Williams-greatest modern classical (and popular) composer
Stephan Sondhiem- composer (Gypsy, Sweeny Todd)
Lea Salonga (singing voice of Mulan, Jasmine, Eponine in Les Mis)
Colm Wilkinson (Phantom of the Opera, Jean Valjean (Les Mis), Jekyll/Hyde)

And if I could have just one more...Linda Eder (Jekyll and Hyde)

J.K. Rowling
Elton John
Patrick Ewing
Richard Belzer
Lauren Bacall

I try to have a diverse group:)

Julia Roberts
Brad Pitt
Reese Witherspoon
Jennifer Aniston
David Letterman