Brushes with Fame

Submissions Tagged 'Tom_Cruise'

Now, I'm not what you would call a celebrity stargazer, but I have to say I experienced one of those moments yesterday, in which against all common sense, the magnitude of fame leaves you positively giddy...

...I mean let's face it: it's not every day you meet a movie megastar like Tom Cruise.

I work for a prominent Canadian television company; Cruise was scheduled to make an appearance on one of our network entertainment programs. I had popped out quickly to grab lunch and was returning to the office, when I was met by security blocking me from Read more

by jennbarnesy in Brushes with Fame  12.10.08

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My sense of fame is off-kilter. I worked at _The Tonight Show_ and got this close to Halle Berry, Hillary Clinton, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Tom Petty, Steve Carell, and a slew of others. But I was never totally amazed by any of it. You walk by someone that famous and you sorta feel like there's nothing to it because it's a setup—it's staged, this Hollywood thing.

I was always more fascinated by the F-listers and the notorious. When you're able to talk to the original Hamburglar in the McDonald's ads or the midget from _Fear and Loathing in Read more

by Alessandra_Rizzotti in Brushes with Fame  07.03.08

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