Brush with greatness

[epchick]

--I went to college with Johnnie Lee Higgins and Terrence Howard, both on the Oakland Raiders team

--Lupe Ontiveros (the lady that played Yolanda in Selena) graduated from my HS. She went to a pep rally my sophomore year and after the pep rally I got to walk with her. I was telling her how I was an aspiring actress and she gave me her phone number & email address so that she could help me try to break into the business. Of course being the idiot that I am, thought the paper would be safe in my pants and I totally forgot about it---the paper got washed and totally disintegrated before I could contact her

--Not me, but when my aunt went down to Puerto Vallarta (i believe), she met Anthony Quinn at the beach & got to hang out with him for a while. She said he was really nice.

[AKA_Monet]

I forgot, my friends and I were in Catalina years ago, and we met Ed McMahon... He was very drunk and trying to hit on my friend. He told us to sit in his booth while he talk to us, and since I was hella hella drunk, I asked where was my "$10 million dollars"...

[PeppyGPhiB]

Well, going to college in Malibu meant I had many brushes with the famous.

- Waved at Axl Rose while we were sitting next to each other at a traffic light on PCH - he waved back.
- When wildfires came into town in '96 and many of us evacuated from campus, ARNOLD was out directing traffic on PCH, his Hummer parked on the side of the road.
- I once had a conversation with Gabrielle Reece while in line at Blockbuster.
- I stood in line behind Pierce Brosnan at Sav-On - he was buying cat food, on sale.
- I saw Matt Leblanc (Joey from Friends) shopping at Ralphs, and he was putting a ton of those treated fire logs into his cart.
- I walked right past (seriously, inches away from) Kurt Russell, who was in our student center with his teen son and arguing with him over what he wanted out of the vending machine.
- Pam Anderson is a big Pepperdine Waves baseball fan and came to most of the home games.
- Madonna used to sometimes jog around our track - I have a photo of her from far away.
- Some friends and I ate breakfast at one of our favorite cafes, Marmalade, at the table next to Jane Krakowsky and Melina Kanakaredes.
- Tia and Tamara Mowery (Sister Sister) were in a couple of my college classes.
- I went to college with Fabian B. (Filthy Rich Cattle Drive) and a number of girls in my chapter were good friends of his, so he was around a lot.
- I went to high school with a girl from Survivor who was the first one to be kicked off her season.
- I met A-Rod and a number of other Seattle Mariners back when they still played here.
- Since Ken Starr is now the Pepperdine law school dean, I met him at a talk he gave up here in Seattle recently.
- Tom Selleck was my graduation speaker!

Those are the ones I can think of right now, though I think very few of these can be called "great"

[WinniBug]

I don't have many, but let's see....
Summer of 1994, on a school trip to DC, I met Heath Shuler in the airport (had no idea who he was, but all the guys wanted his autograph, so I got it too)
In 1996, I met Luke Perry; he had a house in Dickson and my dad was his vet. (Met him once at Dad's clinic, then went on a farm call to his house and met his wife)
In summer of 1999, I "tagged along" on my sister's high school French Club trip to Europe, and when we were in Paris, I saw Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen walk past, but no one believed me. After our tour of Notre Dame, we ended up out back, where they were actually filming a scene from their film, "Passport to Paris"
Then, 2 years ago, I saw Ty Pennington in the Chicago airport.

[SWTXBelle]

Oooo - Disney World - rode the Haunted Mansion elevator with the 3 kids from "8 Simple Rules", and saw Steve Irving's widow Terri and two kids at the Brown Derby Restaurant and walking down Main Street. I was impressed on Main Street - Bindi had OBVIOUSLY dressed herself and was blithely skipping.

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

I don't have many, but let's see....

Then, 2 years ago, I saw Ty Pennington in the Chicago airport.

Did you see him when he was in town for Extreme Makeover? He was so high from smoking big, fatty joints at the Deli that the staff was laughing at him. He was a complete ass to them.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

He was so high from smoking big, fatty joints at the Deli that the staff was laughing at him. He was a complete ass to them.

I dont know why that surprises me, but i'm still about it. lol

[ISUKappa]

I got a kiss from a very drunk Dave Matthews when I was in college. That's about the only one.

[AOII Angel]

I saw quite a few famous people on my first trip to NYC. We sat next to KORN at Nobu Next Door. Dining across from us were Natalie Portman and Gael Garcia Bernal as well as, Stephen Cojocaru at another table. I'm the only one who recognized any of them. Two nights later, I was standing outside my friends apartment building waiting for everyone else to come out when Julia Stiles walked right past me and made eye contact. I swear, she had a look on her face like, "Please don't recognize me!" I smiled and looked down the street.

[Benzgirl]

A lot of racecar drivers:

All of the Andrettis and Unsers,
Juan Pablo Montoya
Jimmy Vasser
Bobby Rahal
Alex Zinardi
Helio Castro-Neves
Gil de Ferran
Dario Franchitti
Paul Tracy
many others

Talked to Paul Newman several times at the track
Was in the restroom with Mary Kate Olson at Chateau Marmont
Bumped into Lara Flynn Boyle at Fred Segal
Was yelled at by Donald Sutherland for laughing too loud on the beach
Use to date a current US Senator when he was single (I'll keep mum on that one)
Brittney Spears father got us tickets to the OSU/USC Football game (he was BFF with my cousin at the time)
Having lunch when Zadrunis Ilgauskis walked in to pick up a cake (Cavalier's center)
Luke Perry and I were born at the same hospital (does that count?)

I'm sure I have a few more, but those are the only ones that I can remember in recent years.

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Use to date a current US Senator when he was single (I'll keep mum on that one)

If it's who I think it is based on your location, you're a lucky lady...

[Benzgirl]

I've known him since we were kids.

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I've known him since we were kids.

He's a dreamboat. Every female reporter I know has a thing for him (myself included).

[luv n tpa]

Hm let's see ...

Sarah Jessica Parker at the meet and greet for her line at Steve & Barry's in Manhattan Mall.

Bruce Springsteen brought his daughter to one of my performances of The Nutcracker at the Asbury Park Paramount Theatre/Convention Hall. They came back stage so she could meet the dancers.

The first year Hairspray was open, I saw it for my 16th birthday, and apparently it was a big charity night. After the show, they kept us all around for bidding to go backstage. Names like Oprah, Tom Cruise, and Rudy Giuliani were called out during bidding. We ran into Adam Sandler outside the theatre.

Summer 08, my then-boyfriend and I went to SoHo for a day. Walking there, we passed a movie shoot, but thought nothing of it. On our way back, a very tall, brunette and disheveled-looking woman and I accidentally hit each other as we walked past the shoot. For a half second, I thought it could have been Uma Thurman, but I thought she looked more like part of the crew than someone on screen. Lo and behold, a few days later, I was perusing trash magazines and there was a photograph of Uma Thurman, looking like she did, on the set of Motherhood.

I also briefly worked on a Jersey Shore beach this summer. Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan were shooting a movie in a rented house at my walkway. Pierce must be extremely photogenic - he looks about 10 years older in person. He was nice, we took a picture, but was rather irritable at my friend for being star-struck yelling "OMG I JUST MET JAMES BOND!" I was embarrassed for myself and for her.

[Benzgirl]

I never thought of him as a dreamboat, but he is quite charismatic.