Not now, but I grew up nearby a few. Martha Stewart, DMX, Christopher and Dana Reeve, and the Clinton's moved there shortly before I moved away. Also, Elton Brand and Hilton Armstrong went to my high school. Elton is several years older than I, but he was friendly with my sister. Hilton and I were friendly.
Lol that people are posting celebs who live miles away.
In that case, Jack Hanna and John Glenn are my neighbors. Except not really.
Yes, I was assuming "close proximity" to mean something along the lines of "when I borrow a cup of sugar from a neighbor, that neighbor is actually a famous person.". If we get to count anyone within a several mile radius, then I am changing my answer to yes. There are two Hollywood A-listers, an internationally known athlete, and a business mogul with a household name a mile or two from me, but it's not like my kids trick or treat at their houses or anything.
Well, it is NY. But apparently a recently-divorced famous person lives in the building next to mine. I've never seen this person, but I've heard others have. v
I know people who have seen that person in person
Nice! I'm still waiting for a glimpse. I call BS until I get one.
No, but I can't for the life of me imagine why no celebrities live in a low-income apartment complex in rural central Florida. I really think it would be more popular!
Lol that people are posting celebs who live miles away.
In that case, Jack Hanna and John Glenn are my neighbors. Except not really.
Yes, I was assuming "close proximity" to mean something along the lines of "when I borrow a cup of sugar from a neighbor, that neighbor is actually a famous person.". If we get to count anyone within a several mile radius, then I am changing my answer to yes. There are two Hollywood A-listers, an internationally known athlete, and a business mogul with a household name a mile or two from me, but it's not like my kids trick or treat at their houses or anything.
That's what I assumed to.... as I see them out while walking my dog. If we are talking near proximity almost every major country star lives within 5 miles of me :-)
DS2 was playing a little rough at the park last week and knocked over a boy The dad was there. I went an apologized along with making DS apologize. I then went back to the other moms and one said isn't that "X". No one else was sure so we pulled up his page on wikipedia and sure enough it was. Then we joked about how many of our neighbors have wikipedia pages and we have nothing.
Post by alleinesein on Feb 10, 2013 8:28:07 GMT -5
Where I currently live....oh hell yeah but I dont think that too many people would know who they are since they are mostly Bollywood actors. I can see Shahruhk Kahns place from my window and there are a ton of others just a few blocks away.
The closest I've got is Ashton Kutcher's childhood home. His family is still here, so he's often here for holidays. He and Mila were shopping in my local grocery store over Christmas.
Post by estrellita on Feb 10, 2013 14:32:34 GMT -5
My parents house was a couple houses down from an Olympic hockey player. Her family moved a while ago, and she was a few years older than me so I wasn't really friends with her. They also live within about a mile of our old governor who was almost a presidential candidate this past election.
As for where I live now.. I don't think anyone famous lives around here, haha. Although I *think* Kris Humphries' parents have something to do with a restaurant in this town. I remember Kim Kardashian went there and it was a huge deal around here. She was also talking shit about MN around that time. She can stay out of my state, TYVM.
When I lived in Nashville (well suburbs) I used to see Ronnie Dunn outside playing in the yard with his kids. I lived down the street from Leann Rimes before she went all crazy then too.. I am sure there were other country stars around
Now I am pretty sure I have random NHL players that I would never recognize...and a few major CEOs people may have heard of.
Post by dragonfly08 on Feb 10, 2013 18:05:26 GMT -5
DH and I used to live on the same street as a couple of NHL players. But we moved out of state. As far as I know, a bestselling author lives in my town but 1) I've never actually seen him and it's possible he's moved, and 2) assuming he's still here I have no idea where and it's a big town, so the definition of proximity is relative.
Post by runblondie26 on Feb 10, 2013 20:05:02 GMT -5
A local news anchor lives across the street from us. Gold medalist swimmer Steve Lindquist lives on our block too.
I'd consider him more infamous than famous, but rapper T.I. has a house further back in our sub division. We've never actually seem him, but have seen the TV crews for his reality show a few times.
When I lived in Nashville (well suburbs) I used to see Ronnie Dunn outside playing in the yard with his kids. I lived down the street from Leann Rimes before she went all crazy then too.. I am sure there were other country stars around
Now I am pretty sure I have random NHL players that I would never recognize...and a few major CEOs people may have heard of.
You can probably see Dave Ramsey's house then.... if you live near Leann Rimes' old house.
Current neighborhood? No. However, in college, junior year my roommates and I lived across the street from Charlize Theron. She was seeing Stuart Townsend at the time and we would literally spy on them coming and going (we were 20 year old bored girls). My senior year, my roommates and I lived on the same street as Adam Sandler, Pamela Anderson, Tom Hanks and Sting. Gotta love Malibu.
Never lived directly next door to someone famous. Just lived nearby. Gwen Stefani before she got really famous. Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. Jenna Jameson and tito ortiz. I ran in to.them at babies r us.
Now .. no one that I know of. Unless they are literally your neighbors how do you find out about the people living in your town?
When DH and I lived with his mom for a while after college, Alec Baldwin and Michael J. Fox lived in the building on the corner and the Zagats lived about 5 brownstones up from them.
Yeah, something major happened on my block, but I can't say what because it would totally give away where I live (or narrow it down to ~20 houses, at least).
Hmm.....think I might know the event youre referring to....