Celebrities I have met in Real Life

by abhansen-874-996709 | created - 27 Apr 2015 | updated - 27 Apr 2015 | Public

1. Helen Slater

Actress | Supergirl

Helen Slater was born in Bethpage, New York, to Alice Joan (Citrin), a lawyer and peace activist, and Gerald Slater, a television executive. She was raised in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is of Eastern European Jewish descent. Appearing in many shows as a child, she attended the New York ...

I met Helen Slater at Krypton Comics in Omaha, NE on Free Comic Book Day in 2011.

2. Dean Cain

Actor | God's Not Dead

Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...

I met Dean Cain at the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL in Summer 2014.

3. 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Soundtrack | UHF

Few would have guessed that "Weird Al" Yankovic - who as a shy, accordion-playing teenager got his start sending in homemade tapes to the Dr. Demento Radio Show - would go on to become a pop culture icon and the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time, with classic song and music video ...

Weird Al was my late brother's all-time favorite celebrity. Both of us got to see him back in 1996-7 at the Nebraska State Fair. My mother and I got to meet him at his last-minute Omaha concert in July 2013.

4. Dessa

Actress | Maalaala mo kaya

Dessa is known for Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991), Radio Romance (1996) and Bituin (2002).

Jerome took me to see Dessa at the Sokol Underground in Omaha back in 2006. She signed a CD for me for my 17th birthday!



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