STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

You would think that since I have lived in NYC for my entire life that I've got a list a mile long, but I don't. I tend to not pay attention when I walk around and I never go to "hot" night spots. And I pass film shoots all the time but I never bother to look to see if there are any stars around.

-I saw Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn when he was shooting Everyone Says I Love You around the corner from my school. I was trying to go to the deli but they were filming a scene there. He was rubbing her shoulders. I love Woody, but it was a bit creepy.

-I met Beck when I got backstage at one of his concerts. Some woman gave my friend and me VIP passes. It was pretty empty backstage and we talked to him for a little bit but I was so in love with him that I was practically catatonic. I remember talking about toasters. I've met other indie music people too, but I don't know if anyone would really care. I guess the next most famous after Beck would be Steve Albini who is a fairly famous record producer (In Utero, Bush, etc) and has been in a bunch of bands.

-I've seen lots of big art world people, but I guess my best encounter was when I went out to dinner with Matthew Barney and a bunch of people from the art department at my college. I had to sit next to him, it was kind of weird. I feel like he's fairly well known outside the art world because he married Bjork and has a kid with her.

-I went to Roger Ebert's first Overlooked Film Festival so I met him and some of the people who were in the films. None of them were really big stars though.

-Finally....I met Leonardo diCaprio and Mark Wahlberg when they were filming the Basketball Diaries. Through a connection, my friend and I were allowed to sit in on one of their basketball practices with this Catholic h.s. team. Leonardo's mom is actually a childhood friend of my aunt's and I remember mentioning that to him because they've met before. I also remember that he signed a poster or something for me and had the hardest time spelling my name. Also, Marky Mark called me cutie.

Hmmm I'm sure I've got some more but that's all I can remember.

ben affleck  at the grungy local bar in college. we actually hung out with him (but i use we in the very general sense) he was nice enough, but he's really not impressive in person. though i am biased b/c i don't think he's that impressive in general.

matt damon -- my roommate recognized him. i was excited for a 1/2 a second then i went back to eating dinner

bob saget -- i actually have pictures with him. he was coked out of his mind (i probably shouldn't share that, but he's not really a-list so i don't think anyone cares)

natalie portman -- she is the teeniest, tiniest person ever. she looks like she's 12

tatiana ali -- very nice person

tyson beckford (the model, he used to do a lot of ralph lauren ads) -- he's short

rosario dawson -- she's also tiny

redman (the rapper) -- saw him in passing in south beach

thandie newton -- my friend and i were walking and we saw her trying to hail a cab. she's the most elegant looking person i've ever seen

black eyed peas (rap group) -- this was pre fergie. they were nice. but then again, i'm inclined to think that anyone who puts up with a bunch of rowdy college kids is nice (see above re ben affleck)

shaquille o'neal -- he was really lame. also in miami, i was going to get a slice of pizza and he was blocking the door to the pizza place, in this really obvious "gawk at me" kind of way and he's a big guy. i literally had to duck under his arm to get inside to get my slice. and i really don't care for him, so i was trying my hardest to act like i was sooo unimpressed.

richard jefferson (basketball player) -- the love of my life. i saw him at a club. my friend convinced me to talk to him, and i proceeded to make a complete ass of myself b/c i was so starstruck (though he's not really a "star")

kenyon martin (another basketball player) -- in foot locker. i actually stood in line to get his autograph (in my defense the line wasn't really that long) and his wife gave me dirty looks.

interestingly enough, most of these people i saw in college (with the exception of the athletes) i walk around the city so much, but i never see -- maybe i should say recognize famous people.

eta: i thought of one more. saw jay-z over the summer at 40/40. after he walked by my friend was like "damn, we didn't get discovered" so obviously a career as a video girl is not in my future. 

-- Edited by honey at 14:20, 2005-01-10

• Faith Hill (w/out makeup she's still gorgeous)


• Christian Slater & Ryan Haddon


• Tom Sizemore


• Dan Aykroyd & Donna Dixon


• Nicolas Cage


• Michelle Pfeiffer & David E. Kelley


• Elton John


• Janet Jackson


• Kareem Abdul Jabbar


• Warren Moon (former NFL quaterback)


• Destiny's Child


• Tommy Lee


• Ace Freely (of Kiss)


• Kirk Hammet (of Metallica)


• Don Knotts


• Paul Walker


• Kate Beckinsale


• Jerry Bruckheimer


• Garry Marshall


• Neil Sedaka


• Herb Alpert


• Luther Vandross


• Lee Ann Rimes


• Neve Campbell


• President & Senator Clinton

A few others, but I can't recall.  Most of them was when I was working @ a hotel in town.  The only one I was dumbstruck by was Nicolas Cage b/c his eyes were this piercing blue & he's a very muscular.  Paul Walker was incredibly nice & Michelle Pfeiffer wasn't wearing a bit of makeup & was still gorgeous.

Ok here's my list
1. I met Jamie Fox when I went to CA
2. I met Outkast in the mall in Charlottesville, VA before they become as big as they are now, and I have their autograph on ao VC bag because I didn't have anything else
3. I met Jimmy Smitz from NYPD and West Wing at a mall in Northern VA

I met sandra bullock, She came into the blockbuster I worked at all through high school.
She was very nice. She also had 4 body guards with her that were very intimidating. I don't remember what she rented but she did open the emergency exit and set off our alarm and the cops came!!!

i have seen a lot of celebrities in nyc ... these are the ones that come to mind

-fat joe

-terror squad (pre remy martin)

-john leguizamo (in south beach)

-camron (south beach)

-scottie pippen (south beach)

-keith sweat (my friend dated him briefly)

-the casting director from the Real World that went out with that guy David (i forget what season that is) (walking the streets of ny)

-Paul, the blond gay guy, from the Real World (on the subway)

-SJP & Matthew Broderick (walking on W3rd St. ... i was a little drunk and i screamed "OH CRAP ITS FERRIS BUELLER .. i think i scared them)

-Lil Kim (Garden State Plaza)

-Charli Baltimore (Garden State Plaza)

-Puffy & JLo (South Beach)

-Glenn Close & Michael Douglas (back when I lived in Manhattan, we lived on the UES, and my mom and I were walking somewhere and it was the premier of their movie, Fatal Attraction)

-Rodney Dangerfield (also seen at D'Agostinos near our apt in Manhattan)

thats all i can remember right now

-- Edited by Karina at 20:55, 2005-01-10

Saw Damon Wayans in LA at Vitello's (Restaurant famous now for the Robert Blake murder case) in Spring 2002. 

Spoke to Jose Conseco in LA at The Standard on Sunset in 2002.  My husband and I think we also spoke/joked around with with Tommy Davidson (In Living Color) that night, but it might have been a lookalike because we didn't ask his name and at the time we couldn't remember why he looked familiar either.

Saw Geri Halliwall (Ginger Spice of Spice Girls) in Dallas at a Mavericks game when I had courtside seats in 2000.  She wore pink snakeskin cowboy boots and her pink thong was hanging way out of her jeans.  Also saw Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitski, and Eduardo Najara of the Dallas Mavericks at a bar called Nikita in 2002.

Saw Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) and the rest of the band at a SMALL backyard Labor Day barbeque (no hot dogs either, only veggie burgers) in Hollywood in 1998.  Pam Dawber (Mork and Mindy) was there too.  Random!  The party was being thrown by some friend of a friend who is a casting director, so there were likely other actors there, but unrecognizable to me.

Saw comedian Margaret Cho at a party in LA in 1998.

Saw Deion Sanders and various other Dallas Cowboys in 1998 at Pappadeaux Seafood after a game.

Spoke to Jack Wagner (Dr. Peter Burns of Melrose Place) at a celebrity golf tournament in Plano, TX in 1997.  I was working the event for Outback Steakhouse, outdoors.  He was very good looking and friendly!

Met the entire band Offspring in 1997 in Dallas because I had a friend who worked for a radio station.

Met Steven Jenkins of the band Third Eye Blind in 1997 in Dallas, thanks to the same friend.

Met Robert Peters, http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0676649/ he's an actor and a good friend of one of my best friends.  Very nice person. 

-- Edited by lorelei at 12:10, 2005-01-10

-- Edited by lorelei at 12:11, 2005-01-10

Get ready to be rocked by my celeb sightings in DC:

Madeleine Albright (former Secretary of State)- her law firm was located in my office building when I worked at a law firm.  I saw her quite a few times.  Didn't seem like the warmest person in the world, and her hair needed some serious work.  Maybe I am being too harsh for an 80 yr/o lady.

Senator John Warner - (also once married to Elizabeth Taylor, I believe) at the Whole Foods near my house.  Shopping in a suit with an aide, I think, also in a suit, searching for some wine and cheese I think.  It was kind of funny.  He seemed kind of grumpy and rushed.

Chelsea Clinton at a bar called Garrett's in Georgetown, a few years ago.  It's a really small bar so I kept seeing her everytime I went to the bathroom or to get a drink - but I think she thought I was following her.  As I walked past her one time I overheard her say "This bar is really fun" sarcastically to a friend.

Ralph Nader - again, in my old office building.  The Kerry campaign headquarters were there and he was meeting with Kerry.  He looks exactly like Ralph Nader.

John Kerry - also in my old office building.  I was so excited I posted about this one on FH.  My friend and I were going down and the elevator stopped on his floor.  Kerry got on (or should I say, hustled on) with about 4 secret service guys.  He is very tall and rather handsome in person.  He said, "Good afternoon!".  My friend and I were like, "Hello!  Hi!" and suppressing nervous giggles.  He kind of joked around with his SS about something.  Then the SS made us get off first and hustled him off the elevator.  They sure don't mind pushing past you...don't mess with the SS.

some ex-Redskin at a bar in Dewey Beach who was hitting on us, then followed us out to the parking lot and dropped his pants (can't remember the series of events leading up to this, but the evening was bizarre to say the least).

That's all I can think of for right now.  Pretty exciting stuff.   I've got to get out of DC.

-- Edited by DC Shopper at 14:12, 2005-01-10

i've got some no one else metioned:

michael j. fox and tracey pollen

kevin bacon and kyra sedgewick

woopi goldberg

meryl streep  (i saw her at a bob dylan concert)

diane von furstenberg

oscar de la renta

most of these people have homes in/near the town where i grew up.

oh yeah, and i forgot -- candace bushnell, who wrote  the sex in the city book, used to hang out in my town a lot.  whenever i would go to the wine store on saturday night she and a friend would be in there hanging out drinking wine with the owners. 

-- Edited by e_doli at 10:00, 2005-01-14

-- Edited by e_doli at 10:02, 2005-01-14