The VJ pub chatter thread

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

LisaD has made many attempts to make this place more active -- I propose the VJ pub thread!

Post your chit-chat (all the ####### you might discuss in the pub) here and keep it light people!

today I saw jo and slade from the real housewives of orange county at a "british pub" in hollywood.

i have had a good week of celebrity spotting -- daniel craig was short and grumpy looking, james mcavoy looked smoking and I can report john travolta derfinitely wears a wig!

[MichelleandCraig 1]

oooo nice! Yes, I AM a total dork, THANK you very much, but I don't mind saying that I wouldn't be averse to meeting Daniel Craig OR John Travolta! Wig or not. (Isn't he a scientologist too? As long as he's not as freakish as Cruise about it...sheesh! Nothing against the religion itself, of course....each to his/her own!) M.

I rarely EVER spot anyone up here in the boondocks...most was when I worked at the (smallllllll) airport for a couple of years...the country singer Mark Chestnutt, Def Leppard (a couple have a vacation place up here) and very few others...I'm celeb deprived. Oh well...I'm not bummin on it or anything...Craig cares way less than I do...he just loves Dylan (Baaaab, as he says I pronounce it ) and he doesn't even really care about meeting him...he says they're just another person..no better or worse than you or I. Well, he's right, but stilllllllllllll.

...and PS...I like Daniel Craig...we just watched Casino Royale the other night...(wasn't that the new one with him?) but I still like Pierce Brosnan best as 007. M.

Cute idea for a thread! Now...who has the pints??? (even tho I hate beer.... On second thought, bring me a slo gin & orange.... I'm a "don't really wanna taste the alcohol, but still wanna get loaded kinda girl....

[Thingee 0]

I've only ever spotted one celebrity. It was sad actually. This was years ago while the Scream movies were huge.

I was standing in line at the post office, sneaking peeks at this guy in front of me in line. It looked like he had cut a sleeve off of a tshirt and was wearing it as a hat. I was being discreet with my peeks trying to figure out if it WAS a t-shirt sleeve. I live in a fairly small town and he was chatting with the Postal service people..figured he went to school with someone's daughter. So he leaves and I go up and plunk my packages on the counter. The lady looks at me and says 'You have no idea who that was do you?'..."Um, no. Should I?" Turns out he was the male lead in Scream, I can't remember his name. He apparently lives around here.

[ajames79 0]

Was his name Skeet Ulrich or something along that???

Ummm we've had several celebs around here. They occasionally film movies in these here parts! (western NC mountains)

Jodi Foster, Andi McDowell, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, oooh here's one Burt Reynolds (ha), He used to have a house here.

Several others but it has been a while...no body spectacular. I didn't get to meet any of them but I've been to Berts house, and Jodi Foster was a complete ###### at that time in her life to most fans!

Even though it is 8:30 a.m. I'll have a pint of bitter please!

[fozzie 41]

I'm useless at celeb spotting. I live in new york so you'd think i'd see loads but i just don'e pay attention. Once in England i was standing next to liam gallagher at a urinal in a london pub and didn't realise until my mate told me afterwards.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

I went to Calif with work, looked all over Hollywood and couldnt spot one ha. I remember everytime we stoped at a light we looooooooooked ha . I think someone in the group finally thought they saw Danny Bonadouche (prob spelled wrong), but who knows. We even went thru Beverly Hills checking out the houses, but of course no one ever came out. Actually those houses were a surprise to us not what we thought they would have been.

[fozzie 41]

I went to Calif with work, looked all over Hollywood and couldnt spot one ha. I remember everytime we stoped at a light we looooooooooked ha . I think someone in the group finally thought they saw Danny Bonadouche (prob spelled wrong), but who knows. We even went thru Beverly Hills checking out the houses, but of course no one ever came out. Actually those houses were a surprise to us not what we thought they would have been.

Who the hell is danny bonadouche?

[brnidokiegurl 0]

the red headed kid from the Partrich Family i think it was, hes grown now and ive seen him on a few talk shows.

[Mary Lou 681]

When i went to Dublin in April 2005 Gary and i were waiting at the airport for the bus, and who came walking by us was Nicky from Westlife Gary had NO idea who he was but i really liked that boy band. Gary said to me go up to him, but i was too chicken so i told him to, anywho thats the only celeb i have ever seen up close and personal.

[Mags 112]

I saw Richard Fairbrass (lead singer of Right Said Fred "Too Sexy") in the Parkside private hospital in Wimbledon a few years back. The doctor came out, greeted him and said "Good morning Mr Fairbrass".

I've also seen:

Michael Palin - very tall.

Jonathan Ross - very scruffy.

Terry Wogan - very portly.

Mo off of Eastenders - very loud.

A few newsreaders - very nondescript.

Numerous The Bill actors - very policey.

Erm and some others, can't remember really.

[Fandango 1,439]

Yay what a cool thread!!! Thx Robin!!!!

To add to the thread, Alice Cooper once bought me a pair of boots, and I met Lenny Kravitz in a 7-11.

Mo off of Eastenders - very loud.

Shocking!

[Lou Lou 1]

That is funny - I have also seen Palin, Wogan and Ross. I used to have an office overlooking the actor's church in Covent Garden and would often spend many afternoons star spotting. Way too many to mention. Loads of The Bill actors seem to hang out in Brighton too for some reason. Me and me mam once saw Princess Margaret coming down an escalator in Harvey Nicks. My Mum didn't realise who it was as she was too busy looking at her hands and turned around and said to me "She doesn't do much housework".

I also have worked with some 'celebs' on books - Rick Stein (lovely bloke), Jamie Oliver (no comment), Philip Pullman (no comment, again), Kevin McCloud (a big dirty flirt), Mary Quant (she's VERY shy but sweet), Carol Vorderman (great nights out getting pissed), Miriam Stoppard (NOT nice), and my favourite claim...Sister Wendy

Eddie Izzard and Paul O'Grady were regs in the pub where I would go for lunch at work and Richard Branson went to my local when I lived in Maida Vale - he is one of the nicest blokes you will ever meet. Laurence Lewellyn Wotsit was my neighbour for 4 years who was very nice but his wife held VERY loud parties. We also used to see Vic & Bob in the pub next door to our school so lunchtimes were spent glued to the windows.

[Lou Lou 1]

Forgot the most obvious one. My dad's cousin was Tommy Cooper.

There is no chance to celeb spot in dullsville Vermont. Sandra Bullock's sister runs a bakery/deli a block away but that is about it. Sandra does visit and when she does, there is a line half a mile long to see her serve. There may be some others poodling around at the ski resorts but buggered if I'm going there to spot them. I miss Heat and Now magazine for some trash reading.

[MissStacey 1]

I met Jim Carrey and Nicolas Cage together at a bar in Montreal. Jello bar. Jim Carrey was so nice! He is very tall and his teeth are huge!

I also saw Nicolage Cage again in New Orleans. He was directing a movie and they were doing some filming on Bourbon Street.

I have also met Michael Damien (Young and the Restless)

I saw Nancy McKeon (Jo from Facts of Life) at Expo 86 in Vancouver.

I saw Jann Arden one night at a nightclub in Edmonton (Canadian Singer)

Mark Messier opened a door for me once and I thanked him.

A friend of mine met David Duchovney in Vancouver and got me his autograph. I was in love with him!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Does any one actually KNOW anyone rich and famous??? not me