Taylor Hawkins. The stories are true. Cool, genuine, nice, great person to be around. I’ve met him a couple times and I had the same experience both times.
Not a well known celebration such (though British soap fans will know who I mean). Tom Lister from the soap ‘Emmerdale’.
I grew up with him and we were in the same friendship group together as teens. He was nice then. And he’s nice now. Just a genuine down to earth type of guy.
(Ps. I never watched the show).
Very nice and cool if you can do something to make them more famous once they become famous they drop you like a hot potatoes and only engage with those that can do more than you can for them, have worked with many before and after fame and that’s the pattern I noticed
So when I was 6 my family went on holiday to Tenerife. Most evenings we went to a karaoke pub full of mostly other British holiday goers. And most evenings there was this very boisterous, drunk Londoner teen girl who would cause all kinds of drama. But when she got on the karaoke to sing everybody shut up and listened. I barely remember it but I remember my parents remarking she had an amazing voice.
Cut to two years later, it’s 2008 and Adele is starting to get really popular. My Mam’s watching one of her music videos on TV and she says “that’s her! That’s that Londoner that we met at that pub!!”
So yes you could say I technically met Adele before she was famous, she was like most British teens. A party animal
Ethan Embry clearly had a special quality about him, but he was just a guy. In a good way. He seems to still be like that. We were in middle school youth group together.
He was a right old softy with a heart of gold. But his wife got ill and on her death bed gifted him a puppy, then someone broke into his house stole his prize car and killed his dog..
Had a friend group that would mutually bump into Justin Bieber. The few times I met him he just seemed pretty ordinary. My friends hated him cause they thought he was obsessed with himself. I just thought he talked about his music career alot and came from a slightly more sheltered place than I did. We definitely poked fun when the song baby came out.
Now that we are all adults, I can’t help but feel bad for the guy a bit. Fame made him suffer some abuse and he missed out on the tail end of just being a teenage kid. Hope he’s found his peace now
Austin Creed (Ithink that is what he goes by, the pro wrestler) was a friend of my little brother in junior and high school. He was a good guy. Quiet. Even then he trained relentlessly and everyone knew he was going to be a pro wrestler. He was adopted. I taught him how to play Dungeons and Dragons. I remember he got a job selling Cutco knives and my mom still has hers.
Kyrie def knew the world was round when we were in 3rd grade together. joking aside, he was kind in the classroom/on the playground but also insufferably cocky when it came to basketball.
I saw Julien Baker shortly before she blew up pretty big and before the show, which was in a cafe, I 100% cut her off and almost knocked the coffee out of her hands. I did apologize but had no idea it was her until she was up on stage about 30 minutes later.
I grew up next door to a girl who had become a fairly famous and very talented English actress who”s been nominated for Olivier awards and BAFTAs. She may have even won some awards.
She was about 18 months older than me, and as a kid, she always seemed unhappy and troubled, although she was always very kind to me, and I liked her a lot. As a teenager, she was a bit wild in a quiet way and, let’s say, generous with her affections.
I lost touch with her when we moved house when I was sixteen, and I had no idea she’d gone into acting–it wasn’t something she ever talked about–until I recognized her eight or nine years later in her first film. She’s gone on to build up a truly impressive career in movies and especially on TV, and although I can’t swear to it because I left the UK in 1999, I think she’s probably a household name.
Looking back with hindsight, I think it’s obvious that as a kid, she had some serious “issues” at home, and I can’t tell you how pleased I am to see what a success she’s made of her life. Whenever I see her on TV, I get a little misty eyed.
I graduated high school with St. Vincent (Annie Clark) and Mark Salling (Puck from Glee). Annie’s success was not surprising as people would go to the school talent show each year to see what she’d do. She was very popular and I was not so we didn’t interact much, but she seemed nice. Mark was the only person who still regularly bullied my friends and me through high school, so I never had a high opinion of him. I figured he was trying to compensate for insecurity, didn’t realize it was so much worse than that.
I know one of the stars of hangover. He was just like he seems to be now. Super talented musically and I’m acting. A bit nerdy in a good way. Decent guy.
My old roommates went to High School with Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, and Matt Damon. They also use to come to our house and party when they were in town, (Boston). Matt seemed funny and nice. Ben was also funny and was incredibly magnetic to women. They were falling all over him, it was almost weird how attracted to him they were. Casey was kind of a shit. He never brought any beer or anything else to our apartment. Always complaining. This was more than thirty years ago.
Lindsey Stirling was very friendly. Creative and hardworking type. Always had some sort of project she was working on. Saw her do the violin dancing thing she does very early in it’s development. She was always cool, very authentic type of person.
It’s still a little weird to me how famous she is. She may not be the biggest celebrity but she’s certainly had mainstream success. Like her working with Evanescence is just… weird. We were both in High School when Evanescence was big. And then a decade later she’s in a song with them. It’s weird to think about. But Lindsey herself is great.
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Lady Gaga- confident, driven and artsy
Taylor Hawkins. The stories are true. Cool, genuine, nice, great person to be around. I’ve met him a couple times and I had the same experience both times.
Not a well known celebration such (though British soap fans will know who I mean). Tom Lister from the soap ‘Emmerdale’.
I grew up with him and we were in the same friendship group together as teens. He was nice then. And he’s nice now. Just a genuine down to earth type of guy.
(Ps. I never watched the show).
Very nice and cool if you can do something to make them more famous once they become famous they drop you like a hot potatoes and only engage with those that can do more than you can for them, have worked with many before and after fame and that’s the pattern I noticed
So when I was 6 my family went on holiday to Tenerife. Most evenings we went to a karaoke pub full of mostly other British holiday goers. And most evenings there was this very boisterous, drunk Londoner teen girl who would cause all kinds of drama. But when she got on the karaoke to sing everybody shut up and listened. I barely remember it but I remember my parents remarking she had an amazing voice.
Cut to two years later, it’s 2008 and Adele is starting to get really popular. My Mam’s watching one of her music videos on TV and she says “that’s her! That’s that Londoner that we met at that pub!!”
So yes you could say I technically met Adele before she was famous, she was like most British teens. A party animal
Ethan Embry clearly had a special quality about him, but he was just a guy. In a good way. He seems to still be like that. We were in middle school youth group together.
I knew Ronnie Pickering..
He was a right old softy with a heart of gold. But his wife got ill and on her death bed gifted him a puppy, then someone broke into his house stole his prize car and killed his dog..
Had a friend group that would mutually bump into Justin Bieber. The few times I met him he just seemed pretty ordinary. My friends hated him cause they thought he was obsessed with himself. I just thought he talked about his music career alot and came from a slightly more sheltered place than I did. We definitely poked fun when the song baby came out.
Now that we are all adults, I can’t help but feel bad for the guy a bit. Fame made him suffer some abuse and he missed out on the tail end of just being a teenage kid. Hope he’s found his peace now
Austin Creed (Ithink that is what he goes by, the pro wrestler) was a friend of my little brother in junior and high school. He was a good guy. Quiet. Even then he trained relentlessly and everyone knew he was going to be a pro wrestler. He was adopted. I taught him how to play Dungeons and Dragons. I remember he got a job selling Cutco knives and my mom still has hers.
Kyrie def knew the world was round when we were in 3rd grade together. joking aside, he was kind in the classroom/on the playground but also insufferably cocky when it came to basketball.
Members of The Bloodhound Gang. Drunken assholes but this was college so we all were drunken assholes.
I saw Julien Baker shortly before she blew up pretty big and before the show, which was in a cafe, I 100% cut her off and almost knocked the coffee out of her hands. I did apologize but had no idea it was her until she was up on stage about 30 minutes later.
I grew up next door to a girl who had become a fairly famous and very talented English actress who”s been nominated for Olivier awards and BAFTAs. She may have even won some awards.
She was about 18 months older than me, and as a kid, she always seemed unhappy and troubled, although she was always very kind to me, and I liked her a lot. As a teenager, she was a bit wild in a quiet way and, let’s say, generous with her affections.
I lost touch with her when we moved house when I was sixteen, and I had no idea she’d gone into acting–it wasn’t something she ever talked about–until I recognized her eight or nine years later in her first film. She’s gone on to build up a truly impressive career in movies and especially on TV, and although I can’t swear to it because I left the UK in 1999, I think she’s probably a household name.
Looking back with hindsight, I think it’s obvious that as a kid, she had some serious “issues” at home, and I can’t tell you how pleased I am to see what a success she’s made of her life. Whenever I see her on TV, I get a little misty eyed.
I graduated high school with St. Vincent (Annie Clark) and Mark Salling (Puck from Glee). Annie’s success was not surprising as people would go to the school talent show each year to see what she’d do. She was very popular and I was not so we didn’t interact much, but she seemed nice. Mark was the only person who still regularly bullied my friends and me through high school, so I never had a high opinion of him. I figured he was trying to compensate for insecurity, didn’t realize it was so much worse than that.
I was in an improv group with Felicia Day. She was super nice and funny
Zach Quinto: charming and very funny.
Alex Jones was a bit of a doofus back in the ACTV days, then he got famous and became a raging ass.
I knew Dan Stevens the actor a bit at university. Just as acquaintances, really. I watched him and Rebecca Hall star in a production of Macbeth once.
Dan was a really nice guy, very intelligent, infuriatingly good looking.
I know one of the stars of hangover. He was just like he seems to be now. Super talented musically and I’m acting. A bit nerdy in a good way. Decent guy.
My old roommates went to High School with Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, and Matt Damon. They also use to come to our house and party when they were in town, (Boston). Matt seemed funny and nice. Ben was also funny and was incredibly magnetic to women. They were falling all over him, it was almost weird how attracted to him they were. Casey was kind of a shit. He never brought any beer or anything else to our apartment. Always complaining. This was more than thirty years ago.
Lindsey Stirling was very friendly. Creative and hardworking type. Always had some sort of project she was working on. Saw her do the violin dancing thing she does very early in it’s development. She was always cool, very authentic type of person.
It’s still a little weird to me how famous she is. She may not be the biggest celebrity but she’s certainly had mainstream success. Like her working with Evanescence is just… weird. We were both in High School when Evanescence was big. And then a decade later she’s in a song with them. It’s weird to think about. But Lindsey herself is great.