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JOHN LANDIS
I was sitting in a nondescript conference room at a plush hotel in Beverly Hills. The beige walls, carpet, and chairs weren’t doing anyt...
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REO SPEEDWAGON GUITARIST
My date ditched me while we were out at a fabulous party and I can’t thank him enough. I was all dressed up at the Beverly Wilshire hote...
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DICK VAN DYKE
Back when I was working in advertising, my creative partner and I wrote a TV commercial starring Dick Van Dyke. It was a qui...
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DJ RUN
I used to like this guy. I’d been a fan since 1983 when he and his friends introduced themselves to the world as Run-DMC. Back then he c...
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PHIL JACKSON
I hadn’t seen a celebrity in a few months, but who better to get me back in the game than Phil Jackson? I was in my own foggy bea...
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DEAR ABBY
Dear Abby, I’ve never written to you before, but every Halloween I am reminded of the big surprise I got a couple of years ago. I’m hop...
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WENDY LIEBMAN
I was at a no-holds-barred Halloween house party on a tree-lined street in Santa Monica. This would normally pass as a nice, family hom...
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ADRIAN GRENIER
I could have bought a car with the money it cost to purchase a ticket to this event. Instead, I was at a wonderfully impressive fundrai...
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JON BATISTE
Six hundred years ago, in 1987, I met my first boyfriend, Mr. ____ Batiste. He told me he belonged to a musical family from New Orleans t...
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NORM MACDONALD
Every Wednesday night for a few years, some neighbors and I used to get together to play trivia at our local sports bar. It was a cool li...
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DAVID HOCKNEY
His paintings sell for millions. His photography was also a big hit. If this goes the way I am hoping, this photo David Hockney took of m...
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DAN HAGGERTY
He was most famous for his role as a soft-spoken survivalist, a friend to animals, and a doer-of-good. Dan Haggerty was a prime exa...
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RON JEREMY
I still feel so dirty, but this was bound to happen. I used to see this guy everywhere. I was at the famous Rock n’ Roll landmark, Rai...
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BO DEREK
Living my dream, I was at a fundraising event and celebrity roast honoring Muhammad Ali. Before I made my way into the party, I was strol...
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LINDA HAMILTON
I was at a movie premiere at the one and only Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. Several of the actors w...
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TODD BRIDGES
Just because my trusty camera was lost to the sticky fingers of some thief doesn’t mean I leave the house empty-handed. No no. A celebr...
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THE HEIST
I was sitting on a cold slab of concrete they call a bench when the courtroom door opened and we filed in. I’d brought a magazine to ke...
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CHUMLEE
We walked in the door to a room full of tough guys. There must’ve been six or seven bouncers, and some other huge guys working the counte...
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ROBERT WAGNER
I was at a glamorous party in Century City. Aside from hobnobbing with the absurdly rich and unbelievably famous, the goal of this ev...
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ANGELYNE
If you were in LA in the 80s, you likely saw her self-promotion. Angelyne posted suggestive pictures of herself on billboards all arou...
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BRANDY
There were 40 people, at best, in this big, open soundstage, on a small studio lot in Hollywood. I was at a taping of the Source Sound La...
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LOU FERRIGNO
I used to love lifting weights. I loved everything about gym life. I worked at an awesome gym, I was in a gym commercial, I modele...
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HRH PRINCESS REEMA BINT BANDAR AL SAUD
Once upon a time, in a fantasy world called Beverly Hills, I attended a phenomenal conference at a legendary hotel. Today's subject was w...
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SCOTT BAIO
It was an unusually chilly night in Santa Monica. I was sitting in a big, cushy chair near the fireplace in the hotel lobby of Shutters o...
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