Stars I Like

Yup he's pretty great.

I found the original posting of that story and her grandma is totally fierce.

Welp, that made me cry a little bit.

Never Enough wrote:Oh man, that totally made me tear up. Silly, I know. I love his response at the end.

*sniffs and passes tissues*

Aw, bless him. I've always had such a soft spot for him and was so happy he managed to pull his shit together.

Aw, that really got me. He is a good sort, isn't he?

Sometimes, celebs do stuff that make me love them so much.

Ron Perlman reprised Hellboy for a make-a-wish kid. So. Awesome.

Escape wrote:Sometimes, celebs do stuff that make me love them so much.

Ron Perlman reprised Hellboy for a make-a-wish kid. So. Awesome.

Oh my god, bless both of them! How amazing!

Just when I thought I couldn't love these guys more, Zachary Levi, Nathan Fillion, and Adam Baldwin did it.

All the fun happens around the 1:55 mark. We were in the audience for that, and it was just awesome.

Also, massive props to Zac and The Nerd Machine for raising $140,000 for Operation Smile.

Escape wrote:Just when I thought I couldn't love these guys more, Zachary Levi, Nathan Fillion, and Adam Baldwin did it.

All the fun happens around the 1:55 mark. We were in the audience for that, and it was just awesome.

Also, massive props to Zac and The Nerd Machine for raising $140,000 for Operation Smile.

Nathan Fillion may be the most awesome human being in the world.

I bet the woman felt super lucky to be on stage when that happened. $1000 well spent.

This was mentioned in passing by biakbiak in the Stars I Hate thread, about Benedict Cumberbatch:

It's why I have always thought the story that Brent Spiner tells about him coming up to Patrick Stewart and him eating dinner in London and asking how his life would change if he took the role in ST.

I didn't mention it there, because it has nothing to do with Biddlesticks Cumberbund or hating, but this reminded me of how much it warms my heart that the Star Trek:TNG cast is still really friendly after all this time. This too.

Patrick Stewart in particular: I hate to give someone credit for not being a jerk, but it would be easy for someone with his stature as a Shakespearean actor to look down on the goofy science fiction show he used to be on. (And as much as I loved it, it could be pretty silly). But he doesn't do that at all, and he seems to be good pals with his co-stars from it. For many reasons, I love him a lot.

Oh, that picture fills me with happiness and clapping.

A few years ago when Patrick Stewart was nominated for a SAG he took Marina Sirtis as his date and I thought that was delightful. As TNG is in some ways the Trek of my heart it is nice to know that they get along still.

I think she qualifies as a sports star rather than celebrity, but anyway:

Michelle Kwan is engaged. No doubt she's got Vera Wang on speed dial to make her a wedding dress fit for skating royalty.

Someone on another board found her fiancee's resume on WhiteHouse.org and I feel like a slug. He's only 30 and his accomplishments are eye-popping..

I'm seeing comments here and there about how she can do better but I seriously do not see how. Clay Pell's resume is fourth from the bottom. After doing some reading on the family, they once literally owned Westchester County in New York.

Uh, wow. I don't really see how anyone could do much better unless Michelle's fans expected her to marry into royalty.

I'm still just trying to get my head around the idea Michelle Kwan is 32...

Holy shit, Pell Grants are named after his grandfather! Yeah, I think he's all right in my book!

Hell if he's not good enough for her I'll take him.

I literally read his resume while eating a subway sandwich at my desk and I don't know why but that scenario made me feel even more pathetic in comparison.

I'm just going to save myself the shame spiral and not read his resume.

Stepping away from the topic of our sad unaccomplished lives, this

"It was hot and we were going to go into the water to cool ourselves off a little bit," Kwan says. "I wasn't anticipating going swimming. I said, 'I don't feel comfortable because I don't have my bathing suit on.' He's like, 'No, come on in,' so I said, 'Okay.' "

makes me wonder if he proposed while they were skinny dipping.

When did that guy have time to do all that? I want to take a nap just reading his bio.

I'm assuming he hasn't slept since he was 13. Either that or he's a replicant of some sort.

He and Michelle probably fell in love when they realized they were the only two of their extremely overachieving species.