THE BORE

General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Business on January 31, 2010, 09:24:10 PM

Title: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: The Business on January 31, 2010, 09:24:10 PM
I'm sitting in an Embassy Suites bar in Norman, OK right now with none other than Xzibit.  I'm too afraid to talk to him!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: demi on January 31, 2010, 09:24:55 PM
Cool, wheres the celebrity
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Madrun Badrun on January 31, 2010, 09:27:16 PM
Pay a waiter to write evilbore.com on the back of his check!  Then, along with Beezy, we will have two black members and I'm sure more black members would please both PD and Smooth.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Barry Egan on January 31, 2010, 09:37:09 PM
in new york I've encountered Matthew Broderick, Rick Moranis and Scarlet Johanson.

living in halifax has granted me exposure to Ellen Page a few times at the same coffee shop.  She commented on the Heidegger a few of us were reading!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2010, 09:39:48 PM
Tell him to do his "yo dawg" face! :hyper
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on January 31, 2010, 09:43:57 PM
I have seen on the street, walked alongside on the sidewalk, etc. (never talked to, though):

- Jason Biggs
- Anne Hathaway
- Michael Richards
- Denzel Washington
- Morgan Freeman
- Gene Hackman

I've also "seen" some fairly big stars onstage in Broadway, but I doubt those count.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 31, 2010, 09:44:19 PM
I used to see all sorts of celebs when I worked at the airport.  The most awesome one was Don King, tho.  He was riding on one of those motorized carts down the concourse with three huge security dudes, waving a little American flag.  I also met Chris Benoit, obviously this was before he killed his family and then himself.  It would have been weird if it was afterwards, cause then he would have been a zombie.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 31, 2010, 10:00:37 PM
I got drunk with Trey Parker (creator of South Park) seven or eight years ago.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 31, 2010, 10:19:25 PM
I am Cormacaroni. What more do you want
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: tiesto on January 31, 2010, 10:19:42 PM
Sasha asked me for a light at a house party in South Beach. I also met and conversed with Ferry Corsten, Tom Middleton, Sander Van Doorn, and Tony from Above and Beyond. (all edm DJs of course, they are famous or not depending on whether you follow that 'scene')
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Robo on January 31, 2010, 11:06:27 PM
I met Eric P once.  :heart

Also have chitchatted with Bradford Cox on several occasions, but who the fuck is he?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: T234 on January 31, 2010, 11:17:57 PM
How was Dave Attell in person?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on January 31, 2010, 11:35:30 PM
I got kicked out of an E3 walkthrough because David and Victoria Beckham's kid wanted to play. :lol She apologized though, so it was cool.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: chronovore on February 01, 2010, 12:23:21 AM
I've seen Robin Williams on Clement in San Francisco. He looked... fearful. He had a weird, skittering walk. Either he was practicing for a role, or he's just insane for real.

I saw Jaime Gertz and Corey Haim at the Westwood premiere of The Lost Boys. She was hot, but he looked like he was heading for a massive, ego-induced fail, which happened a couple years later. Gertz showed up dressed like her character in the movie, but was otherwise incognito. Very cool. Haim showed up in a limo with a gigantic white duster, and a several person entourage. The manager of the theater ran out to greet him, very obsequiously. What a dork.

I used to know Quentin when he worked at Video Archives. It freaked the hell out of me when I was watching a video in my Kyoto apartment, and the clerk from my old video store was talking about winning the Palm d'Or at Cannes.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 01, 2010, 12:32:55 AM
i interviewed a load of bands when i was at Uni, but mostly people no one would care about.

Ash, Gene, Sleeper, Underworld - i guess were the most well known.

I ended up hating interviewing people as it was always crushingly disappointing when someone whose music you admire turns out to be a complete turd. The people i really really wanted to like though (Collapsed Lung, Nyack, Catherine Wheel, Underworld) were all brilliant people.

I LOVE Catherine Wheel. Ash was great back in the 90s. Now, not so much.

I'd love to hear who you interviewed, actually. I'm a big fan of 90's British music.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 01, 2010, 12:38:54 AM
in new york I've encountered Matthew Broderick, Rick Moranis and Scarlet Johanson.

living in halifax has granted me exposure to Ellen Page a few times at the same coffee shop.  She commented on the Heidegger a few of us were reading!

Did she call you guys a bunch of Nazi lovers?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: GilloD on February 01, 2010, 12:54:21 AM
I don't like to namedrop, but! Friend of a friend is dating Norah Jones. She invited us for July 4th. I was sloppy drunk and let her dog lick out my mouth and then we left.  I specifically remember this exchange:

"Dont let him lick out your mouth, that's gross"
"Actually, dog's mouths are very clean, Norah".

She was really very nice.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: GilloD on February 01, 2010, 12:55:47 AM
I met Eric P once.  :heart

Also have chitchatted with Bradford Cox on several occasions, but who the fuck is he?

That last Atlas Sound record was super fucking good
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Diunx on February 01, 2010, 01:11:20 AM
I used to know Quentin when he worked at Video Archives. It freaked the hell out of me when I was watching a video in my Kyoto apartment, and the clerk from my old video store was talking about winning the Palm d'Or at Cannes.

Thats pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 01, 2010, 01:16:19 AM
in new york I've encountered Matthew Broderick, Rick Moranis and Scarlet Johanson.

living in halifax has granted me exposure to Ellen Page a few times at the same coffee shop.  She commented on the Heidegger a few of us were reading!

You go to coffee shops and read Heidegger?...with other people?  I'm envious. 
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: border on February 01, 2010, 01:41:52 AM
I shared an elevator with Harry Knowles at DragonCon!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 01:47:00 AM
I shared an elevator with Harry Knowles at DragonCon!

The smell must've been awful...

in new york I've encountered Matthew Broderick, Rick Moranis and Scarlet Johanson.

That's actually where I ran into Hathaway, Biggs, and Richards.  Spend a few days in Manhattan and you'll likely run into at least one celeb.

I actually saw Denzel Washington in Florence of all places.  I was on a university study trip with a bunch of other students and we were at a museum looking at Michelangelo's David and there was Denzel with his family getting a private tour.  A lot of tourists were trying to sneak pictures of him even though it's forbidden to take photos by museum rules (though I'm guessing they don't want pictures taken of the artwork...not other tourists). :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 01, 2010, 01:57:47 AM
Denzel should have whipped off his kit and posed naked alongside David. 'Michelangelo's Denzel' :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 01:59:35 AM
Dude looked good, man.  He had some gray in his head, but he looked at least ten years younger than he was.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:00:28 AM
Who, cormacaroni or Hideo Kojima?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 01, 2010, 02:02:35 AM
I can't even remember that. I remember saying hi to him in the coffee shop (for everyone else: DC and I used to work in the same building as Konami).

Maybe he'd have been more comfortable if I brought a poo-flinging monkey with me, or hid in a cardboard box.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:06:13 AM
Why the fuck would that count? He's not famous.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 01, 2010, 02:07:49 AM
Proud to say I still haven't met Tim Rogers, although I have heard him singing loudly to himself in the middle of the street from some distance away.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:09:31 AM
Seems every J-GAFfer I know has met Rogers.  Dude gets around.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Beezy on February 01, 2010, 02:13:45 AM
Pay a waiter to write evilbore.com on the back of his check!  Then, along with Beezy, we will have two black members and I'm sure more black members would please both PD and Smooth.
:lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 02:17:11 AM
I met Christian Slater in London. Got a picture with him too. I'll post it later if I can find it. I told him that True Romance was probably my favorite movie next to Coming Home in a Bodybag. He replied "Yeah, that's a good one, isn't it?" It was a pretty pleasant exchange.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:18:20 AM
What about the last hour of Aliens? ???
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 01, 2010, 02:25:21 AM
I shook Tom Brady's hand when he played at Michigan; a firm handshake, and he looked me in the eyes and I knew right then that he'd be a great man. In terms of athletes I've also met Karl Malone (looks like my dad lol), Earl Boykins, and Jalen Rose (asshole).

I met Rosa Parks when I was a kid. Seemed alright, not as cool as Brady
Title: I was a little snot.
Post by: Mandark on February 01, 2010, 02:27:10 AM
Saw Queen Elizabeth II when I was about six.  She was handing out the trophy after a polo match.

I was sitting on my dad's shoulders to see over the crowd and he asked "Is that the queen?"

"Of course it's the queen, daddy," I said.  "Don't you watch TV?"
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:29:04 AM
I shook Tom Brady's hand when he played at Michigan; a firm handshake, and he looked me in the eyes and I knew right then that he'd be a great man. In terms of athletes I've also met Karl Malone (looks like my dad lol), Earl Boykins, and Jalen Rose (asshole).

I met Rosa Parks when I was a kid. Seemed alright, not as cool as Brady

I love you, PD.  :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Dickie Dee on February 01, 2010, 02:30:30 AM
in new york I've encountered Matthew Broderick, Rick Moranis and Scarlet Johanson.

living in halifax has granted me exposure to Ellen Page a few times at the same coffee shop.  She commented on the Heidegger a few of us were reading!

Me in Halifax at the Marquee a while ago: Good Hummus!

Harrison Ford: Uh...yeah

Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: cool breeze on February 01, 2010, 02:34:28 AM
I met a bunch of celebrities I guess.  Mostly musicians and athletes, not so much actors.  I want to say Charles Barkley was the best meeting because that Barkley Shut Up and Jam early demo trailer was a joke amongst friends.  I still wish I asked him if he knew about it.

I would like to meet an actor.  If I ever see Forest Whitaker, I will scream "GHOST DOG" so loud.  Him or Tommy Wiseau are two people I want to meet.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 02:37:04 AM
If I ever see Tommy Wiseau, I'm going to start talking to myself "I DID NAH HIT HER, I DID NAH - Oh, hi Tommy!"
Title: Re: I was a little snot.
Post by: Dickie Dee on February 01, 2010, 02:42:23 AM
Saw Queen Elizabeth II when I was about six.  She was handing out the trophy after a polo match.

 :tophat x
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 02:57:46 AM
God, I wish I could comment on the quality of hummus sold at some particular establishment with Harrison Ford.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 01, 2010, 03:01:29 AM
I will always regret not going to the bar I frequent the night Shooter McGavin showed up at it. :(
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mandark on February 01, 2010, 03:03:32 AM
I met Christian Slater in London. Got a picture with him too. I'll post it later if I can find it. I told him that True Romance was probably my favorite movie next to Coming Home in a Bodybag. He replied "Yeah, that's a good one, isn't it?" It was a pretty pleasant exchange.

This reminds me of an old GAF post.  AlphaSnake talked about how he met John Meyer on a plane and told him his favorite song of Meyer's was some low profile non-single.

I remember this because drohne summed up the urge people have to form an instant bond with celebrities by showing familiarity with their more obscure works:  "Only you, AlphaSnake, understand me, John Meyer!"  I've completely stolen that line since then.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 03:10:50 AM
At the time True Romance was one of my favorite movies. Besides, I'm pretty sure that film is absolutely his best performance. It's not like I decided to name-drop Heathers or something.

Coming Home in a Bodybag is a fictional movie that Christian Slater references in True Romance. That part was a joke.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Bacchus7 on February 01, 2010, 03:39:36 AM
I shook Tom Brady's hand when he played at Michigan; a firm handshake, and he looked me in the eyes and I knew right then that he'd be a great man. In terms of athletes I've also met Karl Malone (looks like my dad lol), Earl Boykins, and Jalen Rose (asshole).

I met Rosa Parks when I was a kid. Seemed alright, not as cool as Brady

Awww, that's too bad. I used to love him as a kid!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 04:02:18 AM
At the time True Romance was one of my favorite movies. Besides, I'm pretty sure that film is absolutely his best performance. It's not like I decided to name-drop Heathers or something.

Coming Home in a Bodybag is a fictional movie that Christian Slater references in True Romance. That part was a joke.

I knew that, I was joking about when you talked about how the last hour of Aliens was your favorite hour of cinema of all time.

I forgot the part about your being completely lacking in humor, I guess. :P
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 01, 2010, 04:31:36 AM
is that true about aliens, GS?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 05:01:47 AM
Yes, my favorite single hour of cinema is the last hour of Aliens. It does a lot that appeals to me. Notice that personal favorite =/= objectively the best ever. Ichirou didn't get that for some reason and flew into a rage when I said it the first time.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 05:13:21 AM
hahahah, I didn't fly into a rage, , just found it to be incredibly stupid.  It seemed to tell me a lot about your taste in movies.  In another thread, you're comparing Avatar to Shakespeare.  There are apparently numerous cognitive deficiencies at work here. :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 05:25:29 AM
It's not your place to call anyone's personal taste in film incredibly stupid, particularly not a film that is widely regarded as the pinnacle of its genre.

And no, I'm not comparing Aliens to Shakespeare. Try to get some reading comprehension skills, or else stop posting on message boards.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 05:29:12 AM
The last resort of the Internet argument loser: "LEARN 2 READ"  The pathetic part being that I said you were comparing AVATAR to Shakespeare, not Aliens.  Which you are, in regards to storytelling structure.  Never mind that the two are absolutely not comparable in any way.

I'm obviously dealing with a limited intellect here, and a total glutton for punishment.  I'm just going to stand in the sidelines and watch Mandark give you another spanking.

Yet another Green Shinobi annihilation.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: The Sceneman on February 01, 2010, 05:35:53 AM
Cool, wheres the celebrity

 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 05:38:33 AM
The last resort of the Internet argument loser: "LEARN 2 READ"  The pathetic part being that I said you were comparing AVATAR to Shakespeare, not Aliens.  Which you are, in regards to storytelling structure.  Never mind that the two are absolutely not comparable in any way.

If you honestly thought I was comparing ANY movie to Shakespeare in regards to storytelling structure, then you're dumber than I thought. Which was already pretty dumb.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 05:40:04 AM
 :wstupid
Title: I stole this insight
Post by: Mandark on February 01, 2010, 06:12:55 AM
For all the infamy of Godwin's Law, the real point of no return in internet arguments is when someone busts out "reading comprehension".
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 06:20:35 AM
What else is there to do when someone clearly misrepresents your posts? I can't help it if the guy is dense enough to think that me pointing out that highly acclaimed works of literature have had derivative stories somehow equates to me putting Avatar on the same level as Shakespeare.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 06:26:10 AM
Look at him backtrack. :lol

EDIT: BTW, for someone who accuses me of having a lack of reading comprehension, you demonstrate to not have much yourself.  Where did I say you were putting Avatar on the same level as Shakespeare?  I just said you were comparing the two, which is in and of itself completely FUCKTARDED, no matter how you do it.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 06:32:01 AM
I can't believe I'm actually getting drawn into an Avatar discussion. Green Shinobi is a fucking master at getting people to argue over the stupidest shit imaginable. :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 01, 2010, 06:32:18 AM
Backtracking? Please, do go on. I don't see any.

You're a poor man's Powerslave at this point, Ichirou.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 01, 2010, 06:33:30 AM
"Annihilated?  I've never been annihilated."

You're a master of denying the obvious, dude.  I'm outta here, I don't want you to infect me with your case of the stupids.

Or worse, get me preggo and make me abort. :(
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Dickie Dee on February 01, 2010, 06:38:51 AM
Christ, will you two just shutup and fuck already?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 01, 2010, 06:42:12 AM
Being in a university in swing state has some advantages.

Howard Dean - a politician but he was all over.  Got to shake his hand and shit.
Tom Daschle - A shame he turned out the way he did.  He probably gave the best speech I ever listened to.
Leonard DiCaprio - He was wandering around.  I think I said, "What's up" and replied in kind.  Not too eventful.
Dave Matthews - I opened the door for him but his music sucks so moving on...

I met more but these are who I met.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Moran on February 01, 2010, 06:45:23 AM
I live in the same town as Russel Crowe, only saw him in person once outside the bakery. His brother once took a piece of roast beef off of my little brothers plate at a party though.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Bildi on February 01, 2010, 07:51:22 AM
I've only met a few musicians and politicians.

But I have found that celebrities are usually shorter than I'm expecting for some reason.  And if they're a newsreader behind a desk they're often fatter.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: tiesto on February 01, 2010, 09:10:46 AM
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Seems every J-GAFfer I know has met Rogers.  Dude gets around.

indeed he does.

Oh, recently some guy asked me for some help recently on the street near my home. Turns out it was Berlin based DJ/label owner Fuckpony.


Jay Haze?  :o That is AWESOME.

I've also seen Mick Foley around town quite a few times, but never went up to talk to him.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: elektrikluv on February 01, 2010, 10:26:23 AM
I've met quite a few celebrities as I worked for a theatre that saw quite a few high-profile comedians and the likes. All are British so you may not know them all.

Ricky Gervais
Stephen Fry (He was sooooooo nice)
Russell Brand
Jimmy Carr
Robin Ince
Chris Addison (dude in In The Loop)
Stephen Merchant
Stephen K Amos

And many more! Mostly it was just hello, asked what they wanted to drink, exchanged pleasantries etc. All were nice except for Ricky Gervais who was the biggest diva I have ever met.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Reb on February 01, 2010, 10:29:05 AM
Stephen Merchant seems like a nice guy though.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: elektrikluv on February 01, 2010, 10:30:56 AM
Yes he seemed like a nice guy when I met him. At least he wasn't demanding we get him chicken satay despite the fact that there are NO Thai restaurants in the vicinity. Nor did he show absolute disgust at our lack of Fosters beer, which by the way, is shit.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Barry Egan on February 01, 2010, 10:33:22 AM
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Yes he seemed like a nice guy when I met him. At least he wasn't demanding we get him chicken satay despite the fact that there are NO Thai restaurants in the vicinity. Nor did he show absolute disgust at our lack of Fosters beer, which by the way, is shit.

It's all part of Gervais' act, see.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Beezy on February 01, 2010, 01:56:39 PM
Russell Brand :yuck
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Brehvolution on February 01, 2010, 02:25:22 PM
-Max cavalera
:omg  :bow

Where, where,and how?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Raban on February 01, 2010, 02:27:03 PM
I've met quite a few celebrities as I worked for a theatre that saw quite a few high-profile comedians and the likes. All are British so you may not know them all.

Ricky Gervais
Stephen Fry (He was sooooooo nice)
Russell Brand
Jimmy Carr
Robin Ince
Chris Addison (dude in In The Loop)
Stephen Merchant
Stephen K Amos

And many more! Mostly it was just hello, asked what they wanted to drink, exchanged pleasantries etc. All were nice except for Ricky Gervais who was the biggest diva I have ever met.

Super jealous.

I've never met a celebrity, not sure I want to because it's a total Catch-22. If you're a fan of theirs, you want to say hello and be friendly, but to them you're still a complete stranger. And if you don't say anything, well that just sucks.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: drew on February 01, 2010, 02:43:08 PM
alyson stoner is the grandchild of my parents best friends, i go to her house in toledo some christmas', i see her a lot because i really like her grandparents, they all also come up to our cottage a lot, shes on disney and is well known for this too:

[youtube=560,345]WBkCEbc42eU[/youtube]

oh and she was in those cheaper by the dozen movies too, which i can see for free without piracy, stick that in your pipe and smoke it willco!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: elektrikluv on February 01, 2010, 02:43:58 PM
OMG and how could I forget:

Richard Dawkins! He asked me where the toilets were  :-*
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: drew on February 01, 2010, 02:51:50 PM
oh and i also met katie holms after her last highschool play as a nobody, the next day she flew out to LA and the rest is history

she also went to a party my sister threw in our basement, true story bro
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 01, 2010, 05:46:42 PM
That reminds me that I saw Chris Klein wandering about in a mall in Omaha with Katie Holmes.  Chris Klein isn't considered to really be a celebrity after 1999 so he doesn't count.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Robo on February 01, 2010, 06:13:53 PM
Chris Klein is hilarious in the Street Fighter: Chun Li movie.  He does maybe the best unintentional Nicolas Cage impression ever.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Beezy on February 01, 2010, 06:20:54 PM
Chris Klein is hilarious in the Street Fighter: Chun Li movie.  He does maybe the best unintentional Nicolas Cage impression ever.
That whole movie is hilariously bad, especially the club scene.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: cool breeze on February 01, 2010, 06:49:18 PM
should have asked him what the color of the house was.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Brehvolution on February 01, 2010, 09:05:15 PM
I've played video games with Kestastrophe, Eel, Willco, Beezy, Stoney, Mojovonio, and Triumph. :smug
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 01, 2010, 09:27:23 PM
OMG and how could I forget:

Richard Dawkins! He asked me where the toilets were  :-*

you work at a restaurant? cool

Me and Cheebs will make sure to visit next time we go to Europe
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 01, 2010, 09:29:03 PM
You travel with Cheebs now?  :teehee
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 01, 2010, 09:38:41 PM
we went to a movie premier a few days ago  :teehee
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 01, 2010, 09:42:03 PM
 :omg  :interracial  :omg
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Tauntaun on February 01, 2010, 09:44:33 PM
:omg  :interracial  :omg

:lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 01, 2010, 10:01:51 PM
by "female friend" you mean yourself right
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: GilloD on February 01, 2010, 10:50:03 PM
Oh yeah: One time we went drinking and Maura Tierney was there. She was dating my old roommate's friends brother or something? She was quiet, but cool and bought us beer. ++.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Groogrux on February 02, 2010, 12:56:32 AM
I almost ran over Warwick Davis in Orlando.  Literally.  I was walking through Universal Studios and he was there signing autographs.  As he left his table, he turned and walked into my knees.  I didn't see him there until I looked down.   :lol  He was cool about it and said it happened all the time.

Also got to play some music with Vincent DiMartino while in college.  He's a really famous trumpet player and John Williams' right hand man for trumpet solos in any of his music. 

Other than that, not much...
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 02, 2010, 12:58:55 AM
Oh yeah, I hung out with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian one night. That was seriously awesome.

Also - completely forgot about this one : Muse.

on the flight that had me move to Japan in 2000, Muse were sitting next to my ex and I in cattle class. She was chatting away with them, i was too busy crapping myself and hammering the whiskey as i wasn't a fan of flying back then.

You knew of them back in 2000? That was before Origin of Symmetry even (which is still by far their best album).

Who didn't know of them back in 2000? Shit, I saw Muse back in 1999 in support of Showbiz.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: elektrikluv on February 02, 2010, 02:15:14 AM
OMG and how could I forget:

Richard Dawkins! He asked me where the toilets were  :-*

you work at a restaurant? cool

Me and Cheebs will make sure to visit next time we go to Europe

No I don't lol, I said in the first post I worked at a theatre :p a stage theatre not a movie theatre as I know Americans call cinemas theatres too...And I don't work there anymore. If you guys come to Europe you will have to visit me at Oxford!
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Reb on February 02, 2010, 02:23:36 AM
Oh yeah: One time we went drinking and Maura Tierney was there. She was dating my old roommate's friends brother or something? She was quiet, but cool and bought us beer. ++.

:heart Maura :heart
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Eric P on February 02, 2010, 09:48:56 AM
i saw peter dinklage with blond hair and a pornstache at Strand Books like last week or so.

i see a lot of "famous for brooklyn" people but then i live in williamsburg.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: chronovore on February 02, 2010, 10:37:49 AM
I shared an elevator with Ichirou once. The guy is a lot taller than I'd expected, and really handsome. It took me a couple minutes to place him, because he asked me "Push two, please?" in American-accented English, and I had thought Ichirou's English would have been like Asian Buttmuncher's. Anyway, I couldn't push two because my hands were full of baggage, and his were empty, so I was in full-on WTF mode until we reached the lobby.

Mick Fleetwood was at Renaissance Faire (Agoura) one year when I was working (1988 maybe?), and I saw him in the parking lot, dressed like a wizard. It was cute.

After TGS once I saw Kevin Perreira in Akiba, looking really wild-eyed and exhausted. I wasn't familiar with his stuff at the time or I would have said "hi." Or "Where's Olivia?"

Edit: :lol at "asian buttmuncher" for poor Godzilla's name.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Ichirou on February 02, 2010, 10:40:20 AM
Ichirou Suzuki fucking rocks. :rock
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 02, 2010, 11:02:38 AM
I shared an elevator with Ichirou once. The guy is a lot taller than I'd expected, and really handsome. It took me a couple minutes to place him, because he asked me "Push two, please?" in American-accented English, and I had thought Ichirou's English would have been like Asian Buttmuncher's.

This is the biggest pink elephant in the room out in Seattle. Everyone knows that Ichiro seaks perfect English, yet the media totally plays dumb when he only speaks Japanese.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Human Snorenado on February 02, 2010, 01:26:58 PM
I shared an elevator with Ichirou once. The guy is a lot taller than I'd expected, and really handsome. It took me a couple minutes to place him, because he asked me "Push two, please?" in American-accented English, and I had thought Ichirou's English would have been like Asian Buttmuncher's.

This is the biggest pink elephant in the room out in Seattle. Everyone knows that Ichiro seaks perfect English, yet the media totally plays dumb when he only speaks Japanese.

He does it so he won't have to talk to the media.  Once he was on first and started talking to the first baseman, who mentioned something about being miked and Ichiro said "You're miked?  Get away from me!"
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 02, 2010, 01:31:50 PM
You travel with Cheebs now?  :teehee

PD chauffeurs.  It's like driving Miss Daisy but more gay.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 02, 2010, 01:32:57 PM
I shared an elevator with Ichirou once. The guy is a lot taller than I'd expected, and really handsome. It took me a couple minutes to place him, because he asked me "Push two, please?" in American-accented English, and I had thought Ichirou's English would have been like Asian Buttmuncher's.

This is the biggest pink elephant in the room out in Seattle. Everyone knows that Ichiro seaks perfect English, yet the media totally plays dumb when he only speaks Japanese.

He does it so he won't have to talk to the media.  Once he was on first and started talking to the first baseman, who mentioned something about being miked and Ichiro said "You're miked?  Get away from me!"

That happened during the All Star game one year. :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: drew on February 02, 2010, 01:49:20 PM
i almost forgot this story

when i went to the cincinnati tennis tournament in the early 2000s i stayed in the same hotel as andre agassi and lleyton hewit, agassi always just zipped to and from his room but lleyton hung around a lot more, i was in line with him for the breakfast buffet a couple mornings :lol  anyways to the gist of the story, back then i didnt really follow tennis, since i had more than enough of it in my life from just playing it, so i didnt really know all the players, and when me and my family first got to the hotel we sat in an empty restaurant/bar thats in the middle of the hotel and didnt have any walls and was open to everything else, me and my sister are sitting there eating chex mix from the bar and this guy who i later found out was lleyton walks in with some other guy and have to circle the entire bar to get to the elevators, the entire time he was doing this he was staring at my sister, now im known to be notoriously overprotective of my family in general, so i yell out "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKIN AT", him and the guy he was walking with laugh and he yells back "NO WORRIES"

my sister eventually worked up the nerve to say hi when he and his entourage were having coffee in the lobby, when she extended her hand the guys next to him went all secret service and he ducked down a little bit, i think they thought she was going to shoot him or something :lol

edit: its also worth mentioning that at the same tournament when my sister leaned over the railing to get andy roddick's autograph after one of his matches he looked at her, winked, and signed right on his crotch, it was the cover of a magazine he was on and he was mid shot and you could kind of see his junk
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: T234 on February 02, 2010, 02:05:35 PM
One of John Jesus Calipari's assistants paid several parking tickets for me.


I also ran (quite literally) into and summarily over Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow's parents once outside of Commonwealth Stadium. Tim Tebow is a fucking GIANT. Nice guy, though.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 02, 2010, 02:20:47 PM
By "assistant" I'm guessing you mean bookie. 

:violin
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: brawndolicious on February 02, 2010, 02:31:34 PM
I don't think I've met many, if any.

I once met a guy immediately after he was rejected on the NBA draft (because of free-throw stats I think).  I don't know if he eventually made it though.  ESPN did a piece on the ugliest rookies of the year which he was on so he was a bit famous at least..

I also met Joe Brown, the former mayor of Oakland who is currently in the gubernatorial race.  He seemed like a cool guy but then he's a politician so who knows.

Oh and I also had one teacher in my High School who had Steve Jobs as a student (the Apple HQ is like 2 miles away).  He liked to brag about giving Steve Jobs a D.  So that's like knowing somebody who knows somebody famous.
my sister eventually worked up the nerve to say hi when he and his entourage were having coffee in the lobby, when she extended her hand the guys next to him went all secret service and he ducked down a little bit, i think they thought she was going to shoot him or something :lol
The same thing happened to my friend with Peter Moore.  It was at the North America X360 launch and he saw him looking real nervous surrounded by 4 body guards and just weaved in said "HOW YA DOING?" and shook his hand quickly.  I can't believe that Peter Moore would get that much security.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: T234 on February 02, 2010, 02:36:30 PM
In retrospect, this dude was probably DeMarcus Cousins' handler as Cousins was with him and they were getting Cousins' girlfriend's car out of the tow yard  :lol
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 02, 2010, 02:37:54 PM
mmm NCAA sanctions. Oh wait  :maf
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: T234 on February 02, 2010, 02:40:45 PM
If you think for one minute that UK is gonna get booked on NCAA sanctions, then think again. Very slick operators running the show now, and a bunch of people behind the scenes to keep secrets.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 02, 2010, 02:42:50 PM
Yup, my point. What a shame.

UConn :piss2
Florida :piss2
UK :piss2
OSU :piss2

Michigan  :'(
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Human Snorenado on February 02, 2010, 02:43:22 PM
He's just upset that Michigan isn't good enough to need to cover up any violations.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 02, 2010, 02:45:17 PM
smh   :-\

I might become a Pistons fan again if they magically get the first pic/land John Wall. That dude is a beast
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Tauntaun on February 03, 2010, 09:54:08 AM
Met Richard Christy last night! :rock  Really cool dude, can't wait to see his new band this spring! :rock
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: T234 on February 03, 2010, 12:31:14 PM
I had a rather involved converstion with Madlib the other night regarding burgundies and Throbbing Gristle.

:rock
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 03, 2010, 12:33:30 PM
I had a rather involved converstion with Madlib the other night regarding burgundies and Throbbing Gristle.

holy shit omg  :o

Where did  you meet him?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: chronovore on February 04, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
I shared an elevator with Ichirou once. The guy is a lot taller than I'd expected, and really handsome. It took me a couple minutes to place him, because he asked me "Push two, please?" in American-accented English, and I had thought Ichirou's English would have been like Asian Buttmuncher's.

This is the biggest pink elephant in the room out in Seattle. Everyone knows that Ichiro seaks perfect English, yet the media totally plays dumb when he only speaks Japanese.
Huh. I'd no idea. His English was so good that I started thinking he was not Asian. Seriously, I'm surrounded by poorly pronounced English from Japanese people all day long here, so when I'm in the USA and any Asian chimes in without an accent, it's outside the realm of expectations.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: ch1nchilla on February 04, 2010, 01:34:23 AM
I took a piss next to Nick Faldo (ex PGA) at some restaurant in Maui, and he was a nice guy. Or at least as nice as you could be when someone calls you out for being you while taking a piss.

Also, when I was like 8 and Coolio was still famous, I was at the Red Carpet Club in Heathrow and Coolio was also there. He let me chill with him and his entourage and we played Bloody Roar on his PlayStation w/ TV adapter. It was a good time.

Sat behind Mandy Moore with Bacchus7 and another friend watching Superbad at the local theatre in Oregon (her bus was going through town for a tour), but we both completely pussied out and failed to say anything to her. Fucking horrible.

Also met a lot of Chicago-area sports stars when I was a little kid, most notably Frank Thomas and Scottie Pippen. I still have a Sox hat signed by Frank Thomas.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: chronovore on February 06, 2010, 02:14:04 AM
So basically you expected duckroll and got Bebpo?

More like expected Bepbo and got Grohl'd.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 06, 2010, 06:05:37 PM
Do it, post pictures.
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 06, 2010, 06:14:03 PM
Taro Aso?  :o
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 06, 2010, 06:27:47 PM
pass on the Asos, sign me up for Miss Japan
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 06, 2010, 06:43:14 PM
Miss Japan...the one who took it up the butt with miss universe?
Title: Re: The Bore: Celebrity Encounters
Post by: TEEEPO on February 06, 2010, 07:27:20 PM
I had a rather involved converstion with Madlib the other night regarding burgundies and Throbbing Gristle.

 :o