Unexpected encounters with celebrities

[Bassett]

okay your denzel story was weird..what was with that 'in the flesh' ****?
anyway, I saw Denzel walking along college street once haha I had just parked my car at my grandparents and was going to get my first tattoo. He was wearing a trench and a hat (in the middle of summer

) but noticed me noticing him and smiled and kinda pointed his finger at me...

[with a look that said, Yeah, it's me. Denzel Washington. In the flesh. ]

 

[blairh]



I was playing pickup basketball and this tall, athletic black man was on our team.  He dominated every game, shooting from outside, taking it to the basket, rebounding, defense... He looked very familiar,  and I concluded he was an NBA point guard.  (NBA players occasionally played at this gym.)  As we walked off the court together, I looked at him, and he just looked back with this look on his face that said, "Yeah, it's really me.  In the flesh."  All the other players on the court came up to him, shook his hand and said to him, "Love your work, Man."  I wondered, does Scottie Pippen walk up to Michael Jordan and say, "Love your work, Man."  He looked back at me with a look that said, "Yeah, it's really me.  In the flesh."  Then someone said, "Congratulations on your Oscar."  I thought to myself, What NBA player won an Oscar?  He just looked back at me with a look that said, "It's me.  It's really me.  In the flesh."  Then I realized he was Denzel Washington.  He just looked back at me with that look that said, "Yeah, this is your lucky day.  'Cause it's really me.  Denzel Washington.  In the flesh."

 

[45elkton]

Saw Padma Lakskmi in the East Village the other day on Ave A... didn't know celebs make it that far east

 

[gdl203]

I've seen her a couple of times in my neighborhood, including last weekend with her baby, who surprisingly doesn't look Asian at all. Looks Irish or something

 

[lefty]

Father is Michael Dell's brother.

One year in SF ... still waiting to see a celebrity.

lefty

 

[acridsheep]



I was in a store years ago.  After a while, I came to realize there was a man standing nearby wearing a veil.  He just stood there for a long time.  I noticed him.  He looked back at me through the veil, as if being noticed was why he was there.  Yes, it was Michael Jackson.

I was playing pickup basketball and this tall, athletic black man was on our team.  He dominated every game, shooting from outside, taking it to the basket, rebounding, defense... He looked very familiar,  and I concluded he was an NBA point guard.  (NBA players occasionally played at this gym.)  As we walked off the court together, I looked at him, and he just looked back with this look on his face that said, "Yeah, it's really me.  In the flesh."  All the other players on the court came up to him, shook his hand and said to him, "Love your work, Man."  I wondered, does Scottie Pippen walk up to Michael Jordan and say, "Love your work, Man."  He looked back at me with a look that said, "Yeah, it's really me.  In the flesh."  Then someone said, "Congratulations on your Oscar."  I thought to myself, What NBA player won an Oscar?  He just looked back at me with a look that said, "It's me.  It's really me.  In the flesh."  Then I realized he was Denzel Washington.  He just looked back at me with that look that said, "Yeah, this is your lucky day.  'Cause it's really me.  Denzel Washington.  In the flesh."

I had a temp job delivering office supplies at MGM's office building in Beverly HIlls.  I was riding up the elevator with a young junior-executive type with a briefcase and dockers and a crew-cut.  We made small talk until we arrived at the 9th floor, where the top executives were.  I went my way to deliver post-it notes and pencils to the secretaries and he went into a meeting room with a bunch of bigwigs.  When I came back through the lobby, all the women rushed up to me and gasped, "What was he like?"  I said, "Who?"  They sighed and said, "Tom Cruise!"

Another time, in the same store in which I encountered Michael Jackson, there was a man walking all over the store talking very loudly to various clerks.  Like Michael Jackson, he didn't buy anything.  He just walked all over the store, talking loudly, making everyone notice him.  Alec Baldwin, dressed entirely in black, but no veil. 

I was coming out of a doctor's office when a horde of people came racing past me, knocking me down.  One of them looked down at me and explained, "It's Britney!"  Further down the sidewalk I could hear them snapping their cameras and calling out, "Britney!  Britney!"

This post was awesome.

 

[acridsheep]

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[ChicagoRon]

I've seen her a couple of times in my neighborhood, including last weekend with her baby, who surprisingly doesn't look Asian at all. Looks Irish or something

I was in your neighborhood last weekend... I didn't see her or you

 

[idfnl]



Saw Padma Lakskmi in the East Village the other day on Ave A... didn't know celebs make it that far east

I'm old or this thread has gone D list.

 

[gdl203]



I was in your neighborhood last weekend... I didn't see her or you

dude, drop me an sms or something. I'll buy you a cup of coffee and an official star map

 

[FLMountainMan]

Saw George Takei in the lobby of a hotel in town today, was there to talk to them about having my wedding reception there. This sounds weird, but he may be the most Asian looking person I've ever met, and I went to a high school that was 1/4 Asian.

 

[RSS]

I was at a reception on Sunday. I introduced myself, and George Lucas introduced himself right back.

 

[idfnl]



I was at a reception on Sunday. I introduced myself, and George Lucas introduced himself right back.

Tell me you said "Hi, I'm RSS" ?

 

[whiteslashasian]



Saw George Takei in the lobby of a hotel in town today, was there to talk to them about having my wedding reception there. This sounds weird, but he may be the most Asian looking person I've ever met, and I went to a high school that was 1/4 Asian.

I thought I saw on his news feed he was speaking at FSU. Interesting!

 

[RSS]



Tell me you said "Hi, I'm RSS" ?

I'm afraid that outside of SF I'm not RSS.