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Did you ever run into a famous person?

cherry — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:06:19 GMT

I have ,but only twice. Yesterday was my second time. I took my husband, and myself to Cracker Barrel for an early dinner

It was absolutely packed and we had to wait about 1/2 hr to get seated. We looked around for a while, and then my husband went up to wait at the reception station ,for the last bit of time.

We were close to being called ,when I looked up ,and walking through the archway , leaving the dining room ,was Rev. Jesse Jackson. He looked really pleasant and happy. He had a big smile on his face. He was with a couple of gentlemen.

We didn't want to intrude on his privacy, and the people around us either didn't notice him ,or felt the same way. I don't know what happened after he passed us.

He is here to give an award to someone. We heard he was at a Baptist church in Detriot

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I am still oxox — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:10:02 GMT

When I was in college in Manhattan I ran into Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson and Dustin Hoffman at another time

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IMW — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:11:53 GMT

Yes, living in NYC its not difficult. I’ve seen Trump, way before he was President, Cher, Yokohama Ono.

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Ainhisg — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:14:14 GMT

I saw Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at his niece's or nephew's (not sure which) basketball game. I was there to see my students play, and his family was playing on the court right next to ours. I was less than 20 feet from them the whole game. They both had on sunglasses, but as soon as they were recognized, word spread throughout the crowd. To everyone's credit, we all remained seated--no one was bugging them for autographs...but I don't think anyone was watching the game. lol

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Blahblahvampemer — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:17:58 GMT

I've done websites for a few, corresponded with others and knew a bunch of PAs. I know the details of a sexual harassment suit that wasn't true (recent headlines) to an Oscar winner's porn addiction. TMI.

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:20:24 GMT

Paul Ryan and his family were eating at the same restaurant where we were dining. This happened last year.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:24:00 GMT

Many years ago my parents were friends with a woman who was dating a piano player at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, and we were able to meet Tina Turner, I will always remember how nice she was, offering my sister and I cheese, and fruit, we were only probably 10, and 12....

Then again as an adult my cousin married a Denver Broncos football player and at the height of his career , we were visiting them in L.A. and went to a exclusive nightclub and met Eddie Murphy......

My husband and I also met and took pics with Magic Johnson.....I also met and received his book from Kareem Abdul Jabbar.......

The two that were super nice and memorable were Tina Turner and Magic!!!!!

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viva923 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:40:10 GMT

twice for me.

Larry Storch in New York city, walked right into him.

this was many years ago.

going back to the 70's. was at honolulu airport,one of the characters from the original hawaii 5-0 helped me get my son-stroller down an escalator while I was picking someone up at the airport. I can't remember they man's name,he was just one of the main characters way back when. They could have been filming that day can't remember don't really know.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:41:07 GMT

Used to play this game at parties. I rode on an elevator w/ Dr. Sam Shepherd (the one from the Fugitive).

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ItsME — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:44:44 GMT

I used to live in NYC, where you often see famous people. I ran into ****** Van ****** at a craft fair years and years ago. I actually spoke to him. He couldn't have been nicer! Passed through a revolving door .. in opposite directions ... with JFK Jr. Saw Tony Robbins during intermission at a Broadway show. I sat with Henry Kissinger on a shuttle flight between NYC and DC. He was very sweet to me! A couple months later, I sat behind Al Sharpton on a different shuttle. He wasn't happy that I sat so close (open seating on that one) and he glared at me at every opportunity he had.

Down here in the Palm Beaches, I attended a birthday party for Lilly Pulitzer at her museum when she turned 80. She was lovely!

The software edited the name of the man who played Rob Petrie on his own show in the early 60s. For those too young to remember, who may be trying to figure it out, Mary Tyler Moore played his wife, Laura.. Too funny!

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Mz iMac — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:43:19 GMT

All the time. Quite a few live in my city or neighboring ones. So running into them has become normal. Most (females) are unregognizable w/o makeup.

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Red Foxx - Bally's Casino Keno machine. He sat next to me & taught me how to play.

The following in New Orleans (when I had my camera ready)...

Lenny Kravits leaving the airport

(my panties melted right off)

Missy Elliot, Solonge &

Beyonce chit chatting outside a restaurant bathroom. I forgot the 1 on the left name.

Hakeem from Empire coming into convention hall.

Common outside a restaurant

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Nightowlz — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:46:39 GMT

Saw Bewitched when I was a kid at Disneyland in Ca when she was pregnant.

We were in Ca before & after we moved to/from Hawaii so I don't know if it was before we went to Hawaii or after we came back. It was in the 60's.

We went to Disneyland & Knotts Berry Farm.

There was 7 of us kids so when we saw her coming down the stairs from the restroom dad yelled at all of us to leave her alone. He would not let us go over to her. She was looking at us all when she heard dad yelling at us telling us to leave her alone. She smiled & walked on.

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LyndaGee — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:51:50 GMT

In 2000, at an event in Madison Square Garden, I saw Farrah Fawcett and Laura Dern, walking out of a Ladies Room.

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Caaareful Shopper — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:53:36 GMT

I was born and raised in New York -- on the subway (you'd be surprised how many celebrities take the subway on a regular basis, even to this day), restaurants, walking down the street, sitting at the next table at an intimate jazz club in the Village, brushing past me in small bar/restaurants. In addition, I used to work in an office in Madison Square Garden where I rode up in the elevator with celebrities and athletes at least once a week.

Also, Rucker Park in Harlem is home to famous pick-up basketball games where NBA stars used to come to play in the off-season. It's a black-top court that has always looked like it should be closed down. I used to take my son to watch the games, saw Kobe Bryant twice.

[I moved to the metro DC area 20 years ago. Here I've seen Kevin Spacey and George Clooney, but only from a distance, so I don't really count them.]

The best? I was 12 years old on a family vacation in Los Angeles. We were in the LA Airport waiting for our flight back home to NY. The overhead announcer paged Cab Calloway (I'm telling my age!) over the speaker (when they used to do such a thing, in the early 70's). My 9 year old cousin and I immediately went searching for him, not that my cousin even knew who he was. I knew very well since my Dad loved Cab Calloway movies and music and Daddy's girl watched them with him all the time. We searched for that man everywhere and could not find him. Dejected, we came back to where our family was sitting and I told my Dad we couldn't find him. I then plopped down in my seat and turn around -- and there he was, looking down at me and smiling slightly. He was in his 60's, but even at 12 yrs. old, I thought he was gorgeous!!! He wore a tan suit and had a camel colored coat draped over his arm, while holding a dark brown hat. He was with a woman, but I can never remember what she looked like. I froze, so my Dad took my hand and stood me up and very politely asked Mr. Calloway if he could introduce his daughter to him. Mr. Calloway smiled broadly, shook my hand, and said, "I hear you've been looking for me? It's entirely my pleasure to meet you." We stood there smiling at each other, then I sensed my Dad pulling my hand away. Then, that was it, he was gone, and I was in love.

Sorry this was so long. That Calloway memory just came flooding back.

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violann — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:00:48 GMT

I was at a very crowded benefit at the Metrapolitan Museum of Art and walked right past Tim Gunn, whom I'm happy to say is exactly the same in real life as he is on Project Runway.

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tansy — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:11:02 GMT

Fess Parker — Davy Crockett. I was super excited🙂

Buddy Ebsen. Sitting at the counter of a Coco’s.

William Conrad. He was filming Cannon where I lived.

Dino Martin Jr and Dorothy Hamill. Rodeo Drive.

Fred McMurray. Disneyland.

ETA: corrected Dorothy Hamill’s name. I am talking about the ice skater with the famous wedge haircut.

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DianeFM — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:04:24 GMT

Here's my run - ins:

On an elevator in Lake Tahoe - One of the singers from The Oakridge Boys - the one that sang Elvira - he was dressed to play tennis and holding a tennis racket. At a local book signing - Ree Drummond aka Pioneer Woman -( probably doesn't count) and her husband Ladd at their store in Pawhuska, OK. Country signer Lee Greenwood on a flight from Sacramento to Dallas. Women's basketball superstar Lisa Leslie at an airport in Denver. Singer Jimmy Buffet on a boat in Key West, FL. Actress Amy Irving at the aquarium in San Francisco.

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Rhema — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:10:40 GMT

Actually, yes ... several. The first was Aaron neville - because if you live in New Orleans you will eventually run into him. Ann Rice. John O'Hurley. I had a crush on John O'Hurley - lol. Melissa Gilbert was filimg a made for T.V. haloween movie thing on Bourbon - that was interesting to watch them shoot. Cyndi Lauper - who was very snotty. Jean Claud Vann Damm was on stage at a Karaoke bar with a blonde whom he claimed was his sister, bahahaha. He was filming something down here and has gornw his hair into shoulder length ringlets - sandy blond.

Then at the same karaoke club a week or so later these two guys go on stage to sing Boot Scootin Boogy ( yes this was all somewhere between 2002 and 2004.) I look up and as I'm watching the video on the screen think - interesting they look like the guys in the video .... then I realize it's because they ARE the same guys in the video! Yes - it was in fact Brooks and Dunn. Then one night late I turn a corner coming off Bourbon Street and run into Wynonna Judd as she was going to Bourbon Street. She was really nice, talked for a minute or two and did not seem put out at all. She's one of my favorite encounters. Then one morning at about 4am I am walking home with a friend ( I lived in the French Quarter at the time) and Patrick Swayze was filiming Roadhouse on Chartres street. So, we went over and checked it out. Patrick was the nicest guy, talked with everyone. Sooooo short and petite - I would've never believed it had I not seen it.

The funniest encounter I had was when I was talking to a Lucky Dog man on the corner on Bourbon and Gun's and Roses came strolling down the street .... all very drunk. I tried to wave them down because I had a friend who was head over heels with them. Finally Slash stopped and mumbled "What you want an autograph or somethin?" So I said yea. He handed me his wine glass and autographed the napkin I got from the Lucky Dog man. I walked off but then realized I still had Slash's wine glass. So, yea, I brought it back to him. BAHAHAHAHAHA - He probably didn't even remember drinking! lol.

I did not see Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt or any of the stars from Interview With the Vampire ( to my knowledge) but I did see most if not all the scenes shot in the french Quarter. It was just amazing how they transformed these small areas into this little time capsule from years ago. Time well spent, for sure.

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songbird — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:14:40 GMT

I've posted this before I think. I only had one and it was a big one. I met and had a brief conversation with Robert De Niro. It was in New York, not far form where he lives. The embarrassing part was I didn't know at the time who he was. I was visiting my sister in New York and at a street corner, we witnessed a big drag out fight between a couple in the street. They wouldn't leave and soon we had a whole crowd around us. Mr. De Niro walked up to me, watched them waiting for the police and struck up a conversation with me. I asked him if he was famous when he said he was an actor. I had seen him walk out of a theatre door. He laughed and said yes. He looked very ordinary. To be fair, I hardly saw any movies with him in it. I never even saw the Godfather. My sister (who was with me) screamed at me afterwards "You idiot, that was Rober De Niro!"

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:19:29 GMT

@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:
Many years ago my parents were friends with a woman who was dating a piano player at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, and we were able to meet Tina Turner, I will always remember how nice she was, offering my sister and I cheese, and fruit, we were only probably 10, and 12....

Then again as an adult my cousin married a Denver Broncos football player and at the height of his career , we were visiting them in L.A. and went to a exclusive nightclub and met Eddie Murphy......

My husband and I also met and took pics with Magic Johnson.....I also met and received his book from Kareem Abdul Jabbar.......

The two that were super nice and memorable were Tina Turner and Magic!!!!!

Back in the 70's a date took me for dinner at that Playboy Club. His father had a 'key', so we were served by 'bunnies' in the member's dining room. Very chic and 'groovy' at the time!