My Celebrity Blog, celebrity encounters, celebrity autograph

Mine and Cesar's celebrity encounters first started in 2007. Our first red carpet premiere was in Hollywood in June of that year when we attended the star studded premiere of Ocean's 13.

The movie stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon and all were in attendance including Angelina Jolie who was there with Brad.

We were fortunate enough to be in the front row and met all the stars. Since then we have attended numerous premieres, concerts and awards shows and I have had my photo taken with over 100 of them and have had the stars sign various pieces of paraphernalia.

The nicest stars I have met are George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon, Def Leppard, Snow Patrol, Paris Hilton, Jesica Alba and Jensen Ackles.

The worst are Robin Williams (not so much a funny man in real life!) Billy Idol, Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland. All either refused to sign or were just plain rude!

Cesar and I attended a charity auction at a gallery next door to the LA INK shop owned by Kat Von D. Kat had sketched numerous portraits of her boyfriend Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue fame.

The tattoo artists were present, Corey Miller and Hannah Aitchison as was Nikki. Tom Araya from Slayer was also there even though he denied he was said person and a weird conversation with him ensued! He eventually admitted he was Tom and signed and posed for a photo

Knotts Berry Farm had the group Puddle of Mudd performing a free acoustic concert for the holidays. They performed half a dozen songs including their smash hit "Blurry" and songs from their new album. After the show the singer Wes Scantlin signed autographs and posed for photos, we got a cd signed and I had my photo taken with Wes.

Cesar and I received tickets to see Snow Patrol at a chat show. The band was performing an oudoor mini concert. Tom Cruise was also appearing on the show and signed autographs. Unfortunately we were in line for the concert so missed out on Tom but we had met him twice before. Cesar and I were front row centre for the concert, Snow Patrol performed five songs and ended with an amazing performance of "Chasing Cars".

After the show we went to the place we always go to try and get autographs and the guys didn't disappoint. The singer Gary and the keyboard player Tom came over and signed cd's and index cards for us and I had my photo taken with both. The guys were really nice and hung out for quite a while, it was a good night!

Cesar and I attended the premiere of the movie "My Bloody Valentine 3D" starring Jensen Ackles of Supernatural fame. We had a great evening, we got to hang out with the likes of Jensen, Jessica Alba and Paris Hilton.

All in all we had ten celebrities sign and pose for photos, these people were: Jensen Ackles, Jessica Alba, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kerr Smith, Jaime King, Frank Miller, Corey Haim, Katy Perry and Bruce Vilanch.

We went to the Kimmel show to see the band Disturbed. We were front row off to the right so had a really good view. The band performed half a dozen songs and then signed autographs and posed for photos afterwards.

We attended the Hollywood Collector's Convention in Burbank on Valentine's Day. Amongst the celebrities attending were Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis and Eric Roberts. I chatted and got autographed photos from the above mentioned plus Joan Collins, Robert Picardo, Richard Kiel and Sean Kenney.

All the celebrities were very accomodating and polite if not a little quirky. Joan Collins had her own room to sign in, I was told this was due to the fact that she did not want the flourescent lights on. She was apparantly also complainig a lot that it was either too hot or cold for her.

Eric Roberts gave me a 10 dollar refund so I only paid ten dollars for his signed photo and to have my photo taken with him, bargain!

Sean Kenney from Star Trek told me he became an actor whilst serving in the airforce. He was sent to Harrow in the UK and met a woman who was trying to become an actress. He would read lines with her and picked up the acting bug!

Kevin Sorbo, of Hercules fame, was charging 30 dollars for a signed photo and 20 to have your photo taken with him, total rip off, I got Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds combined for the 50 dollars he was charging. I noticed his table never had much activity.

We went to Hollywood for the Paley Festival at the Cinerama Dome. We were lucky enough to get into a Desperate Housewives event. There we met James Denton (Mike) Kyle MacLachlan (Orson) Neal McDonough(Dave) Kathryn Joosten (Mrs. McCluskey and also the entertainment reporter Terri Seymour.

We attended a Hollywood Convention in Burbank. Amongst the celebrities were Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers) Erin Gray (Wilma from Buck Rogers) Tia Carrere, Dawn Wells (Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island) and Richard Eden from the Robocop tv series.

We attended a charity yard sale being held by Scott Baio and his wife. Amongst the atendees were, Scott, Jason Priestly, Larry Bird and Dannilynne, Kristy Swanson, Doug Jones, Jeremy Jackson and the Clique Girlz.

We bought baby clothes which had belonged to Scott's Baby, Jason's baby and Dannilynne (Anna Nicole Smith was her mum) We had the daddys sign them!

We attended an awards show in Hollywood which was entitled "A Father's Day tribute to tv dads" This event featured famous dads from tv shows. We managed to get Erin Moran, Jon Cryer, Bill Paxton, Adam Rich, Douglas Smith and Christine Lankin despite extra tight security.

We attended a free signing by the Los Angeles Dodger James Loney at a BMW car dealership in LA. Cesar got him to sign a Dodger hat he had and we were given a free photo for him to sign also. The car dealership also gave us free hot dogs (Dodger dogs!) and soda whilst we were waiting, not a bad day!

We attended a convention in Burbank. Amongst the celebrity attendees were Henry Winkler, Lou Ferigno, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Shannen Doherty, Taylor Dayne, Davy Jones, Barry Williams, Chrstopher Knight, Susan Olsen, George Lazenby, Greg Evigan and Rosanna Arquette.

Henry Winkler was really nice, he went around shaking everybody's hands whilst we were waiting in line and he wrote I was lovely on my photo, awwwww.

The Brady Bunch cast were very chatty and eager to pose for photos and the Happy Days cast were all very nice especially Henry Winkler and Anson Williams (Potsie).

We attended a celebrity golf tournamnet held on Donald Trump's course in Malibu. The event was star studded and amongst the attendees were Don Johnson, Michael Chiklis, Daniel Baldwin, Jonathan Banks, Rick Dees, Joe Mantegna, Ron Perlman and more. It was a lovely sunny day, the golf course overlooked the ocean and it was a beautiful place. All the celebrities were very friendly and posed for photos and signed autographs, some of them weren't too bad at playing golf either!

Michael Chiklis from the Shield and Fantastic Four started speaking with an English accent (which was not good) when he heard me speak. He said he liked spending time in England, obviously not enough judging by his accent attempt!

We attended a classic car show in Burbank and were pleased to see car enthusiast Jay Leno as a guest. He was happy to sign autographs and pose for photos.

We attended the Hollywood Show convention in Burbank. Amongst the celebrities in attendance were Sean Astin, Charisma Carpenter, Angela Cartwright, Claudia Christian, Patrick Duffy, Richard Hatch, Margot Kidder, Peter Mayhew, Ray Park and Tiffany.

Everone was nice and friendly especially Tiffany and Ray Parks (he happens to be English!) Ray asked me what I was doing in America and Cesar told him he had kidnapped me to which he replied "That was a good kidnapping!"

Sean Astin heard my accent and asked me what "shire" I was from referring to "Lord of the Rings" to which I replied "Yorkshire!" which he thought was funny!.

Tiffany said she liked my hair and said one of her favourite movies is "Calendar Girls" which is set in Yorkshire and asked me if all Yorkshire women were like the characters in the movie!

We attended a dog adoption event in Melrose, Hollywood. Amongst the attendees were Ed Begley Jr., Kelly Carlson, Jillian Clare, Carolyn Hennesy, Greg Germann and Emmanuelle Vaugier. There were some really cute dogs up for adoption and I really wanted to take one home but decided not to, maybe next time!

We attended the CNN Heroes awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. We were lucky enough to get Terrence Howard, Felicity Huffman, William H Macy and AnnaLynne Mccord before security told us not to approach the stars. Damned mall cops!

We attended the Kodak Theatre for the show Dizzy Feet which featured stars from dance shows and movies. Amongst the people in attendance were Mark Ballas, Lil C, Sheila E, Greg Evigan, Mitzi Gaynor, Robert Hoffman, Derek Hough, Rick Malambri, Gilles Marini, Matthew Morrison, Kayla Radomski and Nick Zano.

The first convention of 2010 we attended was the Hollywood Show in Burbank. Amongst the guests were Terminator stars Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton and Robert Patrick. Also legendary stars Jane Russell, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Chamberlain. We also got to meet Verne Troyer from the Austin Powers movies, Larry Hagman from Dallas fame, Lindsay Wagner from the Bionic Woman and Stefanie Powers from Hart to Hart.

All the celebrities were pleasant and approachable, Linda Hamilton grabbed my face and planted a kiss on my cheek. She said I had a lovely smile and to keep on smiling, she was a lovely woman!

Larry Hagman was sat in what looked like a baby's high chair but adult sized, don't know if he had a disability, he was very friendly.

Stefanie Powers told me she had a friend who owned a dance company in Yorkshire England when I told her I was from there. When she learned I was English she began talking with a strange American/English accent, Cesar found this very amusing!

Verne Troyer was so tiny! He told me he goes to England a lot for promotional purposes, I got a lot of comments on my English accent at this convention.

We went to see the band "Them Crooked Vultures" which is a super group made up of Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stoneage. We were front row and the concert was very good, unfortunately the band would not sign afterwards. The concert was at the Kimmel show and not all was lost as Nathan Fillion from "Castle" was there and he was nice enough to sign autographs and pose for photos.

We attended a Cypress Hill concert at the Kimmel show and met the band after the show, they were very nice and signed and posed for photos. Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine was also there playing with the band and he signed and posed for a photo as did rapper Young De. I was also happy to meet Alex O'Loughlin from the show "Moonlight" and the upcoming movie "The Back Up Plan"

We attended the Hollywood Show in Burbank. Amongst the celebrity guests we met were Emma Caulfield, Peter Fonda, Nicholas Hammond, Joe Lando, Ralph Macchio, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal & Charlene Tilton.

All were extremely nice especially Ryan O'Neal who was very down to earth and friendly unlike his daughter Tatum who was also there. We obtained a signed photo from her but she would not pose for a photo with me! She would only pose for "professional photos" provided by the venue.

Nicholas Hammond who played Spiderman and was also in The Sound of Music was super nice, he had flown over from Australia to be at the show. Cesar asked him if he could see through the eyes of the Spiderman suit and he said he could and that the lenses were tinted sunglasses. He seemed genuinely surprised when we said we watched the Spiderman show when we were younger and said it meant a lot to him.

Charlene Tilton was very chatty, she told me she had lived in Reading, England for a while and had done theatre and pantomime there. She said she loved my glasses and the colour of my jacket!

Joe Lando was nice, he asked me where I was from and was shocked when I said England. Cesar told him the usual story that he had kidnapped me and Joe said "I don't blame you!"

Ralph Macchio still looked like he did when he was in The Karate Kid! He was a bit quiet, I don't think he has been in the limelight for a while. Cesar asked him how he felt about the new Karate Kid movie and he said he didn't know, he hadn't seen it but it should be interesting.

We were out and about in Hollywood and stumbled upon the cast of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition doing a charity event. Tracy Hutson, Ed Sanders and Paul DiMeo were building a toy wood house outside of the Hollywood and Highland complex and all signed and posed for a photo.

We went to the Staples Center for the first game of the Lakers v. Celtics final. We managed to get Donnie Wahlberg, Pat O'Brien and Rondell Sheridan. We were snubbed by a myriad of stars including Sylvester Stallone and Stephen Spielberg. It is true to say that if a celebrity is not working, i.e at a premiere or taping a chat show, they do not like to sign.

We went to a flea market hosted by radio D.J Rick Dees. Some celebrities in attendance were Scott Elrod, Kiko Ellsworth, Boxer Mia St. John, Jenilee Harrison, Peter Kwong, Ken Davitan, Ice from American Gladiators and Kate Linder. All were very nice and friendly and signed autographs and posed for pictures.

We attended a celebrity golf tournament at Donald Trump's course in Malibu. Amongst those in attendance were Stephen Bauer, Chad Everett, Miguel Ferrer, Willie Gault, Robert Hays, George Lopez, Mil Mascaras, Neal McDonough, Jack McGee, Brandon Molale, Michael Ironside, Ron Perlman, Travis Shultz, Gary Valentine, Granville Van Dusen, Mykelti Williamson and Luke Wilson.

Rick Dees was also there and he remembered my name from our meeting at his flea market a few weeks ago, don't know if that is a good or bad thing!