So last night my DH and I were out to dinner and we were discussing and planning our summer for this year. We always include the upcoming Airshow into our plans. That is our favorite summer activity. Anyway, while discussing the airshow we got to reminiscing about last years airshow and how we got to meet Gary Sinise . We didn't even know he was there until we heard it on the loud speaker. We took off running like a couple of kids running toward a candy store. We got to where he was and walked in front of about 200 cameras so we could meet him and shake his hand. All the cameras must have got a picture of the back of our heads but we didn't care about that. We were so excited. We were on cloud 9 all day. It was deffinately the highlight of the whole airshow I tell you.

So this morning I woke up still thinking about that and I was wondering who my CC friends would like to meet if they had a chance. If you could meet any celebrity in the whole world, who would it be or if you have already met some celebrities, who were they? Just curious that's all. Thought maybe it would be a fun thread. Talk to ya'll later.

I would LOVE to meet Gary Sinise! One of my all-time favorite actors. I would also love to meet Sandra Bullock. She's a great actress and a class act.

On the non-actor side, I'd love to meet Dean Koontz and Patricia Cornwell, two of my fav authors.

Tis is cool, I would love to meet Christopher Lambert or Johnny Deep as far as actors go. My older brother has met Lee Greenwood and Porter Wagoner, he worked for Opryland one season and had the luck of meeting them.

Shelle, I have met Patricia Cornwell. She was a speaker here in town one day and hubby surprised me with tickets to go! LUV her books!

Used to be real involved in politics so I've met a number of them including Newt Gingrich and Dan Quayle, and I can show you the picture of me and him together to prove it! I was so excited that I gave him a big hug and hubby says, "Debi, the Secret Service really did take one step forward when you threw yourself at the Vice President!" I brought his book to get his autograph and was told "The Vice President won't have time for autographs."

Uh .... *MY* book is autographed!

would love to meet Oprah ... not because of her celebrity, but because of her talent as a businesswoman. Same with Gene Simmons ... not because he was/is a rock star but because of his business genius.

And to spend a day with Donald Trump to pick his brain. Wow! The ultimate high.

george clooney.... i dont even have to speak to him... i can watch him from afar, they have laws that will let me do that you know.... 100ft according to a judge i guess

I would love to meet Ellen DeGeneres. She is so funny and down to earth.

And I would love to meet Debi Brim!

You all may find this odd but I don't dream about meeting/seeing any "celebrities". I am not a "star struck" person by any means. I am more impressed by people who have done something in the world but I still don't care about just seeing them. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy their entertainment, like Ellen, shes halarious (don't care for Oprah as a entertainer). If I could talk with someone seriously I guess I'd like to meet the Dali Lama and the one guy that I could find myself salivating over if I were younger would be Mario Lopez.

I wouldn't walk across the street to see the president. Any of them, and they have visited my town. My SO is always bugged with me because he likes concerts and seeing people "live" and I could care less. I know it's odd it's just that I am not in awe of people, or imidated by them, I TRULY believe everyone is just as important as the next person and I wouldn't treat any celebrity any different than I'd treat my neighbor, that includes the Dali Lama. That's just me.

Indydebi I can just imagine what the secret service guys faces looked like when you plunged in to hug the Vice President. They were probly thinking "who does this woman think she is"? That is too funny! Thanx for sharing that story.

2 words.... George Clooney

i dont even have to meet him..... im sure i got a court ordered piece of paper around here somewhere that says i have to stay at least 100ft away from him so i can stand and watch him from that distance

I always wanted to meet Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash/June Carter-Cash. Never had the opportunity although saw them in concert on more than one occasion. I met Bob Crain (Hogan's Heros) at Six Flags/FT.Worth 35 years ago. Met Bill Clinton/Hillary when he was our govenor, and met Roger Clinton once in a bar in 1985 (not that he is really a celeberity). I don't know if any of you listen to country music but Justin Moore (Small Town USA and Backwoods) is my brother-in-laws nephew. So, I've known him all of his life. His video to Small Town USA was filmed 5 miles from my house.

I would love to sit down with John Travolta...he always seems like such a hoot! OR it would be a hellava dinner to have dinner with the Ocean's 11 group and their wives...I think it would be a hoot

I'm a big UFC fan, and think I would do just about anything to meet Georges St. Pierre!

Hi... welll I just met today...RonBen Israel... Ashley Vicos... Mary (Ultimate Cake Off) she is from GA., Ronald and his wife (FN Challenge, and a few other cake off contestants and FN Challenge competitors.... at the ABE2010... it's awesome!!! I know u probably meant Hollywood stars... but if I had Tom Cruise and Kerry Vincent Next to each other... I would RUN to Kerry Vincent and pass right by Tom Cruise without blinking hehehehe....

AND met 2 of my fellow Cake Central Addicts hehehe...
AWESOME!

I agree. Tom is just strange, or is it only me that thinks so?

I have to agree with the vote for george clooney, mmmmmmm.

Also have to vote for Johnny Depp and maybe a few of the handy men from HGTV - do they count as celebs?

Where I live, a lot of western movies have been shot here so I have met quite a few actors: Val Kilmer, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Kurt Russell (he's got the bluest eyes), Sam Elliot(I told him he was a tall drink of beautiful water), Michael Landon( he would stop by our restaurant a lot), Kevin Costner, Whoopi Goldberg, a few others and Barbra Streisand. She came and ate at our restaurant. She was by far the worst! I couldn't stand her.

She isn't living anymore, but I would have loved to meet Julia Child.

Indydebe wrote:
Now, instead of Cruise, if it was Sean Connery, I might have to pause for a second to decide!


What is it about that man...I think the older he gets, the better.
(And, I must admit this, I named my son after him!)

yes - Sam Elliot SOOO gets better with age! mmm....

I love the fact that he's tall! Most of the other ones were wearing higher-heeled boots and almost were eye level with me. I'm only 5' 9 1/2" so it was nice to look up at him. And his voice is just beautiful, among other things!

I would LOVE to have a chat with Jon Bon Jovi. I would also like to meet Josh Holloway (the guy who plays Sawyer on Lost).

I've met Paula Deen & Emeril Lagasse.

Well, now, as a kid I was on an Easter Seals telethon, it was so exciting for a 7 year old, going to the CBS studio in NYC and all, and I got to give Peter Falk (Columbo) a donation check.

And I met and chatted with Emeril Lagasse at a book signing. You were permitted to stand behind him at the signing table to have your picture taken, well, with the boxes upon boxes of books, I couldn't navigate my wheelchair behind him, he was getting frustrated with B&N staff, so he finally got up and stood next to me for the pic! He didn't have to do that but he did and I found out he stayed 2 hours past the end time.

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I would love to meet Channing Tatum...ever since I saw the movie STEP UP....OMG! Hubby always teases me when he comes up with a new movie....

great thread!!
i have met quite a few famous people. i LOVE going to concerts and have been really lucky to meet some of my favorite bands. no im not a groupy or did any shady things. alot of it is being in the right place at the right time.
but the one person who i wish i could meet is elvis. not because of the whole sex symbol thing, but would have love to talked to him about his life. country boy - to rock icon.
my kids pedi - did meet him at graceland. he and he business partner at the time (a real famous owner of a major movie studio) were concert promoters years ago. and were promoting one of his last concerts. i love hearing his stories. my kids pedi then went into medical school and his friend stayed in the entertainment business. he gets to go to alot of big hollywood premiers etc. i think thats pretty cool.