Why is there no ILX celebrity sighting thread?

i didn't see kim, tho, i don't think. i may have seen her separately?

my streak of missing the 'neb is blessedly intact

kevin mcdonald.

and andre royo!

tim robbins and susan sarandon

but i have seen you in all your sartorial splendor, morbs!

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I just walked by the big Ben's Chili Bowl 50th Anniversary lineup on U street and I spotted many celebrities, no doubt, but I mistook them all for unusually well-mannered DC buppies because I am a rangy white bigot and a fool who did not know it was Ben's 50th bash with celebrities attending

I seriously did not read the news today and my situational awareness was so bad I probably could have looked Bill Cosby right in the eye and thought "man that guy looks a lot like Bill Cosby, wow"

this happens to me all the time!

kim is really short compared to thurston, i barely saw the top of her head above the crowd

john c. reilly (his hair is looking very art garfunkelish)

Item! Was that a lugagge-less BOBBY GILLESPIE running through international arrivals at Gatwick yesterday?

Item! Was that a verrry pregnant KIRSTY ALLSOP trying on clothes in the dressing room of the MATERNITY section of Topshop today?

Item! Was that really a be-hatted and be-stubbled MICHAEL STIPE walking by an atm off of Carnaby Street HOLDING SOMEBODY'S HAND today?

Item! This reporter would not have GUESSED that SIENNA MILLER fancies the clothes at Topshop, but there she was, LEAVING the shop, WITH A SHOPPING BAG in broad daylight today.

It would appear that Finlay Quaye is currently stalking me, I've seen him round Camden three times in the last couple of weeks.

Richard Ayoade in Kennington, and outside the Royal Festival Hall. Meredith MacNeill, peep show occasional and Man Stroke Woman stalwart, in the BFI. My cup runneth over!

Triple sighting today...

#1: Doris Roberts in the lobby of the Arclight
#2: Oscar from The Office sat next to us at "Burn After Reading"
#3: John Densmore from The Doors in front of us in the checkout line at the 3rd & La Brea Trader Joes (he was buying cat food)

saw nick cave browsing at polyester records in melbourne

I just saw Mogwai at a Mogwai show...

Paul Cook standing on a street corner in Soho... he looks like WH Auden these days. Then, half an hour later, Steve Diggle strolling along nattering on a mobile phone. 'Tis the season for old punk rockers, me hearties.

michael cera (seen him a couple times over the past week because he lives across the street from me, lol)
"mclovin" - visiting michael cera

Paula Poundstone in a bright blue suit on Lake Street. (On her way to a Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me taping, I assume.)

andrew "dice" clay with blonde companion having lunch at the nosh of beverly hills

Jennie Bond in Tesco, Cardiff!

vera wang, martha stewart, helena christensen, faye dunaway, parker posey, zac posen, nico muhly, etc.
not exactly a "sighting" like running into them on the street though.

Mia Farrow in a restaurant in NYC.

I just met Haruki Murakami.
I think he was embarassed that I recognized his name on his credit card and was like "omg u r teh writer!U(@*!??! u are very popular and good!&(*@"

wow that's big league! was he friendly?

very nice guy. we didn't have toooo much of a conversation. mostly me being like "you can have this record for free" (cuz he spent a lot of money) and then him asking for the new location of our manhattan store. but yes, very nice and humble and friendly.

i saw peter bogdanovich the other day, looking kinda old but still rocking that little scarf/ascot thing

after reading "underground" I always figured he was a really good friendly person.

Most of the Dandy Warhols at the My Bloody Valentine show

Also at the Spiritualized show at the Echo a couple weeks ago...

Clem Burke, Kid Congo Powers, and Eric Erlandson

- Walked past Chris Noth on the way to work this morning. He is genuinely pretty large. Managed not to say "I really liked your one line as a tranny hooker in that Richard Hell movie."

- Also Law & Order-wise: saw Bebe Neuwirth this summer, standing on a streetcorner in bike shorts waiting for someone. Bebe Neuwirth is fantastically gorgeous.

- Couple weeks ago: bumped into Lukas Haas's bike. Did a whole "oops, sorry" / "no, my bad, Lukas Haas" thing.

Also, maybe from spring: walked past the guy who played Michel on Gilmore Girls, and was getting really excited about it, then noticed curly-haired scientist-guy from Bones walking right behind him (some sort of casting was going on nearby, maybe?) -- this was sort of trippy, in that having two minorish network-TV actors just wandering around created a weird Truman Show effect where it felt like all the people around in daily life were being replaced by actors

i, too, have seen chris noth (wearing a terrible sweatsuit) and bebe neuwirth recently! also adam duritz (his apt is right by my office), daniel day lewis (in that ridiculous leggings/big hat/plaid cape ensemble), kevin corrigan (<3), and hilary duff.

at the obama concert - michael kors, jon bon jovi

mentioned on thread but kenley from project runway in my neighborhood last weekend.

i wanna see chris noth! would smash.

daniel day lewis (in that ridiculous leggings/big hat/plaid cape ensemble)

Yeah he really gets into the method actor thing. While studying in Dublin in 2001, one of my housemates saw him walking around our neighborhood in what we would later realize was his Bill the Butcher costume from Gangs of New York which, of course, came out the following year.

the veronicas were eating in the crab restaurant we went to last night. that's right, THE VERONICAS

jason jones of the daily show, manning the duck-pond game at a school fundraising fair in our neighborhood sunday afternoon. it was one of the least popular attractions, but that wasn't his fault. hard to compete with inflatable bounce-houses and decorate-your-own-cupcake.

cupcakes always after bouncy castle, never before.

yes.

I met and chatted with Kelis once. I made a dick of myself by trying to talk about her album that never got a U.S release that I couldn't remember the name of.

Eventful walk to work this morning. I passed:

- Gilbert Gottfried, muttering to himself and making that squinty face

- Reg E. Cathey, who played Carcetti's head advisor in The Wire (if you don't watch the Wire I think he was in Airheads), looking sceptically back at me looking admiringly over at him

i keep seeing rachel zoe around, but she's not a real celebrity i guess.

Charlie Gibson on york avenue

Ken Clarke MP in the Royal Academy last Thursday
Jenny Agutter at the Duke Of York's theatre on Saturday

Paul Shaffer sat in with the band tonight

you have a band?

i didn't say i was in the band

ambiguity: helpful in widely interpreting , not so helpful in determining gabbneb rockstar status.