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It's only been five years in the city, but we've seen lots! You might notice below that there is a preponderance of attractive women in this selection (Mila Kunis, Keri Russell, etc) ... which sociopsychobiologists might say is due to my propensity to just plain look at them more. Who knows how many male celebrities I've missed! Note: Click on some of the photos to see larger pictures.

Recent spotting: Elisha Cuthbert of TV's 24. She sat next to Rachel and I at a restaurant down the street. She's the incredibly attractive blond to the left, not the zombie-looking guy below.

Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of The Cars

 

Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of The Cars, can not possibly be mistaken for anyone else. He's gaunt, tall, and wears all black. He wandered into Big Daddy's the other day.


Yesterday I saw Boone from Lost (Ian Somethinghander) walking down the street talking on his cell phone, presumably to my friend Ji. Or perhaps, to one of Ji's friends, asking them to see if Ji "like" likes him.

Of course, it's unlikely he could even form complete sentences since due to his untimely death this was most likely Zombie Boone. Perhaps he was asking about Ji's brains.

 

 

 

I saw Keri Russell walking along Sixth Avenue and it only took me about three blocks to work up the nerve to say "Hi" to her. She also said, "Hi." Yep, pretty exciting stuff. (By the way, she's attractive, it turns out.)

The picture below (along with the words) was one of the first that came up after Google Image searching Kerri Russell to find one for the page. It cracks me up.

Boone from Lost
Keri Russell
Mila Kunis
A highlight of my celebrity brushes - Mila Kunis, star of That Seventies Show. And really really short, which is nice. Marc and I saw her walking in the Village with an albino guy. He was peculiar-looking, not because of the albinoness but rather because of some additional strangeness he possessed.

Larry David

 

 

Larry David sat behind us when I saw not-cheesy-at-all the Broadway show Little Women with my girlfriend. No laughs - clearly the show was awesome enough that he wanted to see it too.

Spike Lee
Lawrence M. of New York, New York, writes: "This morning I saw Spike Lee in the Dunkin Donuts in my office building. He was buying breakfast for his kid. He is short and wears thick glasses."

 

Sarah Jessica Parker
Spotted Sarah Jessica Parker outside our apartment packing clothes in a wardrobe trailer. At least, it looked like her from above. The staff was wearing Sex in the City shirts - kind of a tip-off.

John Wesley Shipp
Saw John Wesley Shipp at a comic book show. A very nice guy.
Adam West
We saw Adam West at the same show, but we didn't want to have to wait in line to actually meet him.

Jimmy Fallon

Saw Jimmy Fallon one night at The Copper Door - right down the street. It was very late - presumably after an SNL taping! He was talking to us and everything, basically because there was no one else in the bar.


We passed Jane Krakowski at WholeFoods - she did not look like Betty Rubble, below.
Jane Krakowski


Ali LarterOliver Platt
Marc and I saw Ali Larter a
while ago walking her dog downtown.
This was before her recent Heroes stint.
Marc, Lawrence and I saw Oliver Platt walking between 5th and 6th Avenue on 22nd street. Probably headed towards Barnes & Noble, like any reasonable person. He looked cool, but not as attractive as Ali Larter.

Naveen Andrews - Sayid of TV's Lost

 

We saw Naveen Andrews - Sayid of TV's Lost - an hour before we were about to watch Lost. Ji and Lawrence and I saw him at some movie premiere in Union Square. There were other actors there too, giving interviews to the cameras, but he was the only one we recognized.

Pacey Jackson, star of Dawson's Creek
Marc and I also ran into Pacey Jackson, star of Dawson's Creek as well as Dawson's Creek Season Two. He walked out a movie theater with us after we saw Big Fish. He held the door for us, which was nice. His date was unsurpisingly attractive. Note also that in searching for a photo of him (above), I was strangely compelled to find one that included Katie Holmes (pre-crazy).

Kristin Davis is gorgeous
Kristin Davis is gorgeous, and apparently prone to walking along Fifth Avenue, next to Central Park. Not a bad place to walk.

Illeana Douglas
Illeana Douglas is in a bazillion movies, such as Ghost World, above. She was at Union Square's Coffee Shop.

Matt Pinfield (not to be confused with Penfold)
Matt Pinfield (not to be confused with Penfold, below, whom we did NOT see, unfortunately) and his posse were in a BBQ place where my boss and I were eating. Antwan and I were very embarrassed when Jon talked to him, but he seemed a good sport.
Penfold

Kelly Clarkson
My roommate saw Kelly Clarkson, who is his Idol. Ha ha Ha! Whew.

Scott Wolf and his wife, Kelly something
A recent addition, we saw Scott Wolf and his wife, Kelly something from the Real World. They are both attractive, and like many of the folks here, much shorter than you'd think. They were shopping at Banana Republic in SoHo.
Dear Scott - I love Lost!

Mark Linn-Baker, best known to non-theatre-goers as cousin Larry on Perfect Strangers, walked by me on the way to work ... for both of us. He's in a show now across the street from Meetup, where I work. Here's a great caricature by the indomitable Al Hirschfeld (with Nathan Lane on the left, I think).
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore, or her bizarro twin because I swear it looked just like her, was standing by me on 3rd Ave. She was with some elementary school kids. I wonder if she has kids, or was just kidnapping some. I guess I could look that up.

Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon makes my Sex in the City celebrity bump-intos almost complete. She was in the Met with people who looked like her parents, and a baby. Of course, it might have been an animatronic baby, or a pig; I didn't get that close a look.

Joe Perry from AerosmithThis guy has crazy hair. He's Joe Perry from Aerosmith. We saw him talking on the phone a block away from our apartment. No doubt discussing with Steven Tyler how to make Amazing into another song.

Ja Rule
Lawrence also saw Ja Rule. I have no idea who he is, but he looks pretty tough in this photo, much like my roommate himself.

 

AND, Lawrence saw Chris Robinson, from the Black Crowes and married to Kate Hudson fame. Oddly, his friend saw the lead singer from the Counting Crows the other day. Next we plan to see Ray Bolger, Brandon Lee, and Cillian Murphy.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
I saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Rodeo Bar two blocks up from our apartment. Lawrence didn't believe me since his back was to her.

Paul Dano, who was in The Girl Next Door with Elisha Cuthbert
This is Paul Dano, who was in The Girl Next Door with Elisha Cuthbert (see above). We saw him at the good ol' Lyric Diner.

Chris Robinson, from the Black Crowes

 

Seth Green

Ji saw Seth Green on NJ Transit and ALSO on the subway! It's like he
was stalking her.

John Flansburgh and John Linnell of my favorite band, They Might Be Giants
I was lucky enough to run into John Flansburgh and John Linnell of my favorite band, They Might Be Giants, in Union Square. Of all these celebrities, they were the only ones I stopped to say hi too, and shake their hands. They were nice and had at least one Dan from their band of Dans with them too.


We are absolutely honestly in this park for real
Wow, I just happened to run into Kristen Bell of TV's Veronica Mars and Heroes in Washington Square Park! What are the chances?! ...

Not similar ages at all
And oh my God, I also happened to go to this great club with Heroes' famous cheerleader, Hayden Panettiere! I can't believe it.

... Ok, I posed for professional photos with them both. Whatever, you would too.

 

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