Living in L.A. has afforded me the luxury of seeing celebrities in person on a fairly regular basis.  Here are a few pics of some of the stars that I have been fortunate enough to meet.

Me with my VERY FAVORITE actor Matt Lanter (sigh!) whom I randomly met while he was doing some filming in Downtown L.A.

Me with my VERY FAVORITE reality star/actress, Kristin Cavallari, whom I met while she was doing some filming in Hollywood.

Me with Mark Ballas;

Colin Egglesfield;

Jennifer Love Hewitt;

Bart Johnson from High School Musical;

Joshua Ledet from American Idol;

Jessica Sanchez from American Idol;

and Nick Swardson from Just Go With It.

Me with Soleil Moon Frye;

Balthazar Getty;

Barry Watson;

Ana Ortiz;

Jason Bateman;

Johnny Knoxville;

Paul McCrane from ER;

Lisa Edelstein;

Jack McGee from The Fighter;

Missy Yager;

Nathan Kress from iCarly;

Holly Robinson Peete;

Jennifer Garner;

Ben Affleck;

David James Elliot;

Patricia Heaton;

and Bethany Hamilton, all of whom I met at various charity events.

Aileen Quinn, aka “Annie” from the 1982 movie of the same name, whom I met at the Hollywood Collectors Show.  I just about lost my mind when I saw her name on the list of celebrities who would be appearing as Annie was my very favorite movie growing up.

Another pic with Aileen!

The Annie program that Aileen signed for me.  Love it!

Me with Daniel Roebuck, from Lost, Matlock and The Fugitive, whom I also met at the Hollywood Collectors Show.

Me with singer Jason Mraz, whom I met randomly in Burbank.

Me with Emma Roberts, whom I met randomly in Hollywood.

Me with James Spader;

Joshua Ormond, from The Fields;

Richard Grieco;

Anne Jeffreys;

Michael Papajohn from Spiderman;

Cloris Leachman;

Annie Wood from Good Luck Chuck;

Valerie Harper;

Brandon Tyler Russell;

and Leilani Sarelle from Basic Instinct, all of whom I met at a premiere in L.A.

Me with Chris Pine;

Eric Stonestreet;

Gwen Stefani;

Danny Nucci from Titanic;

Paula Marshall from Gary Unmarried and Californication.

Me with Ben Savage, whom I met randomly in West Hollywood.

Me with Jenette Goldstein – aka Private Vasquez from Aliens, Janelle Voight (John Connor’s foster mom) from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and the Irish Mommy from Titanic – whom I met while doing some shopping at her FABULOUS store, Jenette Bras, in Pasadena.

Me with Jermaine Jackson whom I randomly met one day in Pasadena.

Me with Kristin Chenoweth;

David James Elliott (SO CUTE – sigh!);

and Leslie Bibb, all of whom I met on the set of GCB.

Me with Shenae Grimes, who I met on the set of 90210.

Me with Molly Shannon, who I met randomly one day in Pasadena.

Me with Idris Elba;

and Rob Lowe, both of whom I met at a talk show taping.

Me with Anthony Michael Hall;

Emmanuelle Chriqui;

and Guy Ritchie, all of whom I met at an awards show in Hollywood.

Me with Love Actually’s Kris Marshall;

and Olivia Newton-John, both of whom I met at an awards show in Los Angeles.

Me with Eric Estrada;

Robert Davi;

Jeff Garlin;

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ed Sanders;

Ted McGinley;

Jonathon Schaech;

Christopher McDonald;

Cindy Williams, aka “Shirley” from Laverne & Shirley!!;

Kate Linder from The Young and the Restless;

Marlee Matlin;

and Jack Jason, Marlee Matlin’s translator from Celebrity Apprentice, all of whom I met at a charity event.

Me with Summer Bishil, aka “Leila” on fave show 90210, whom I met randomly in Pasadena.

Me with Hasty Torres, owner of Madame Chocolat in Beverly Hills.

Me with Bradley Whitford, whom I met one day in Pasadena.

Me with Cynthia Watros, whom I randomly met in Pasadena.

Me with Helen Mirren;

Gerard Butler;

again ;

Elle MacPherson;

Piper Perabo;

Seth Rogen;

Kate Beckinsale;

Jessica Alba;

and Channing Tatum, all of whom I met at an awards show in Hollywood.

Me with George Clooney;

and Alexander Payne, both of whom I met at a Q&A for The Descendants, which you can read about here.

Me with Holly Marie Combs;

Perrey Reeves, aka “Mrs. Ari” on Entourage;

Melanie Lynskey, aka “Rose”, Charlie’s stalker on Two and a Half Men;

Ashley Jones, from The Bold and the Beautiful;

and Francois Arnaud from The Borgias, all of whom I met at the This Means War premiere, which you can read about here.

Me with Jeremy London, who I met one day in Palm Springs.

Me with Harvey Levin, who I met one day in Santa Monica.

Me with Matt Bomer;

Jessica Chastain;

Jess Weixler;

Anna Faris;

Chris Pratt;

Ken Todd;

Darren Criss;

Lisa Vanderpump and Giggy!;

Kelly Ripa;

Max Greenfield;

Brit Marling;

Ian Somerhalder;

Michael Shannon;

a super-nice actress whom the paps were going crazy for, but unfortunately I am unsure of who she is ;

Wilmer Valderrama;

and cutie Matthew Lillard, all of whom I met during Academy Awards week 2012.

Me with Oliver Hudson (Kate Hudson’s brother and Goldie Hawn’s son), from Dawson’s Creek and Rules of Engagement;

Sam Page, from Shark (such a cutie!);

Patrick Warburton, aka “David Puddy” from Seinfeld;

Rob Morrow, from Numb3rs and Northern Exposure (SO amazingly nice – LOVE HIM!);

Richard Karn, aka “Al Borland” from Home Improvement;

Mike Inez, from Alice in Chains;

Christopher McDonald, aka “Shooter McGavin” from Happy Gilmore;

guitarist/songwriter/music producer Steve “The Colonel” Cropper (he was also a member of The Blue Brothers band in both the 1980 and 2000 movies of the same name);

Cheech Marin;

and Alice Cooper – all of whom I met at a celebrity golf tournament in Palm Springs.

Me with Joel McHale at a taping of The Soup;

and Denise Richards, whom I met in the parking garage after the taping had ended.

My friend Marie, who took me to the taping, digitally added The Soup set to the background of my picture with Joel.  LOVE IT!

Me with Martin Sheen;

Emilio Estevez;

and Ed Lauter, all of whom I met at a screening of The Way, which you can read about here.

Me with Regina King;

Shawn Hatosy;

Ben McKenzie;

Michael Cudlitz;

and C. Thomas Howell, all of whom I met at a SAG screening of the television series Southland, which you can read about here.

Me with Camille Grammer;

and Dick Van Dyke, both of whom I met while stalking Dick Van Dyke’s annual Halloween extravaganza, which you can read about here.

Me with Mekia Cox;

and Matthew Lillard, both of whom I met while attending Matthew’s phenomenal play, Harbor, which you can read about here.

Me with Kellie Martin;

Melissa Joan Hart, from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch;

James Denton, from Desperate Housewives;

Aaron Hill, from Greek;

Verne Troyer;

Roger R. Cross, from 24;

Jason Alexander;

Jamie Gold, the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event champion;

singer Ryan Cabrera;

Camryn Manheim;

Michael Trucco, from Battlestar Galactica;

Ben Lyons, from E!’s The Daily 10;

poker player Tiffany Michelle;

Josh Altman, from Million Dollar Listing;

Karina Smirnoff, from Dancing with the Stars;

Slash, from Guns N’ Roses;

and Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees in the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th, all of whom I met at the 3rd Annual “Get Lucky for Lupus” Celebrity Poker Tournament, which you can read about here.

Me with Jermaine Jackson, whom I randomly ran into in Pasadena.

Me with Ariel Winter from Modern Family;

Steven Levitan, creator of Modern Family;

Aaron Staton from Mad Men;

Kathleen Rose Perkins from Episodes;

Tony Shalhoub from Monk;

comedienne Carol Leifer;

and Idris Elba from Thor and The Office, all of whom I met at a few different pre-Emmy parties.

Me with Anthony John Denison;

Kyra Sedgwick;

Robert Gossett;

Raymond Cruz;

Jonathan Del Arco;

Phillip P. Keene;

Mary McDonnell;

Jon Tenney;

and Michael Paul Chan, all of whom I met at the Paley Center for Media’s An Evening with The Closer, which you can read about here.

Me with Eric Avery from the band Jane’s Addiction;

Jesse Spencer from House;

Chad Lowe;

Eric Balfour from The O.C.;

Tate Donovan, also from The O.C. and also my girl Jen Aniston’s former main squeeze;

John Slattery, from Mad Men, Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City;

Brian Geraghty from The Hurt Locker;

Ross Thomas from Soul Surfer;

Krysten Ritter;

and Sam Trammell from True Blood – all of whom I met while attending the Surfrider Foundation’s 6th Annual Celebrity Expression Session, which you can read about here.

Me with producer Fred Levinson (who lives next door to the Grim Cheaper’s boss) standing in front of his massive collection of movie and television awards!

Here is a closer look at some of Fred’s awards . . .

. . . as well as some of the celebrity photographs and letters that paper his living room walls . . .

. . . and his invitation to the fated wedding of Nicole Brown and O.J. Simpson.  Not kidding – he actually attended those nuptials!

Here’s the two of us again, in front of Fred’s antique juke box which plays actual records.  So incredibly cool!

Me with Rufus Sewell;

Jason Ritter;

Taryn Manning;

DJ Qualls;

and Daniel Sunjata, all of whom I met at the premiere for The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll, which you can read about here.

Me with Ken Jeong;

Kevin Nealon;

and Ed Helms, all of whom I met randomly one Saturday night in Beverly Hills.

Me with Frenchie Davis;

Teri Seymour;

and touching Christina Aguilera’s hand during an Extra taping at The Grove Shopping Center, which you can read about here.

Me with Jason Sudeikis;

Jesse Metcalfe;

Zachary Levi;

Oscar Nunez;

Joey Lawrence;

and Jamie Foxx (and my friend Pinky Lovejoy), all of whom I met at the premiere for Horrible Bosses, which you can read about here.

Me with Jennifer Grant, whom I met at the signing for her new book Good Stuff, which you can read about here.

Me with Sam Trammell;

Johnny Galecki;

Michael C. Hall;

and Joel McHale (sigh!) all of whom I met at the Envelope Emmy Week "Geek TV" Event, which you can read about here.

Me with Willie Garson;

Matt Bomer;

and Tim DeKay, all of whom I met at a SAG screening of White Collar, which you can read about here.

Me with Alexandra Paul;

David Chokachi;

Kelly Packard;

and David Duchovny, all of whom I met at the Pedal on the Pier 100 Mile-a-Thon, which you can read about here.

Me with Christina Hendricks, whom I met at an Envelope Emmy Week screening for Mad Men, which you can read about here.

Me with Margo Martindale;

Walter Groggins ;

and Erica Tazel, all of whom I met at a SAG screening for the television show Justified.

Me with Kathryn Joosten from Desperate Housewives;

Jillian Harris, star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette;

Matt Rutherford from the first season of Glee;

Sterling Beaumon, who played Young Ben on Lost;

and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition designers Tracy Hutson . . .

. . . and Paige Hemmis, all of whom I met at an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition wrap party.

Me with Carrie Underwood;

Ryan Seacrest;

Nigel Lythgoe;

Mary Murphy;

David Cook;

Kris Allen;

James Durbin;

Scotty McCreery;

Stefano Langone;

Pia Toscana;

Casey Abrams;

Lauren Alaina;

and Paul McDonald, all of whom I met at Simon Fuller’s Walk of Fame Star Ceremony, which you can read about here.

Me with The Bachelor star Bob Guiney;

James Denton;

Mark Moses;

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Tamra Barney;

Estella Warren;

and Teri Hatcher, all of whom I met at Teri Hatcher’s Red Carpet Charity Yard Sale, which you can read about here.

Me and Glee’s Josh Sussman, whom I randomly met after a Starbucks run in Burbank.

Me with Michael Yo;

Ian Gomez;

Josh Hopkins;

Michael McDonald;

Busy Phillips;

Dan Byrd;

Christa Miller (and my friend Pinky Lovejoy);

Bill Lawrence;

Brian Van Holt;

Jerry Penacoli;

and Courteney Cox, all of whom I met at a Cougar Town event, which you can read about here.

Me with Corey Feldman;

Kristy Swanson;

Jeremy Jordan;

Julie McCullough;

Donna D’Errico;

Nicole Eggert;

Sofia Milos;

Bai Ling;

John Marshall Jones;

Brandi Passante, from Storage War$;

Mary Carey, the adult film actress/Celebrity Rehab star who ran for governor of California in 2003;

Francisco San Martin, who plays Dario Hernandez on Days of Our Lives;

Phoebe Price;

Natasha Alam, who plays Yvetta on True Blood;

and Mike Foy, all of whom I met at the Decisions movie premiere and Celebration of Corey Haim’s Life, which you can read about here.

Me and Angelina Jolie, whom I met on the set of The Man Who Wasn’t There.  Angelina was so incredibly sweet to me – and I really wish I could say otherwise being that the little homewrecker broke up my girl Jen’s marriage.    Jen may no longer be bitter about the whole Angelina stealing Brad thing, but I certainly am! 

Me and Alicia Silverstone, whom I met at a signing for her book The Kind Life, which you can read about here.

Me and Kris Jenner;

and Doris Roberts, both of whom I met during Academy Awards Weekend 2011, which you can read about here.

Me and Shannen Doherty, whom I met at a signing for her book Badass, which you can read about here.

I just dug this photograph of me, the Grim Cheaper, and Ryan Hurst (who played Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans) out of the archives – I had completely forgotten about it.  I ran into Ryan at a garage sale at his house (not kidding!) back in 2003 and just about died upon recognizing him.  His father, Rick Hurst, who is perhaps best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg from the television series The Dukes of Hazard, took the above photograph.    The GC so did NOT want to be in the picture, but Rick, who could NOT have been nicer, insisted.  LOL  If he only knew how embarrassed the GC was over the whole thing.

Me and Megan Mullally;

Anne Heche;

and Nick Offerman – all of whom I met at Alec Baldwin’s Walk of Fame Star Ceremony, which you can read about here.

Me and Kelly Osbourne;

Leighton Meester;

Olivia Wilde;

Chris Hemsworth;

Hailee Steinfeld;

Garrett Hedlund;

Loni Love;

Sarah Colonna and Brad Wollack;

Ross Mathews;

and Brian Austin Green – all of whom I met at an awards show.

Me and Paris Hilton, whom I met at the Beverly Hills Hotel the night before the 2007 Oscars.  You can also see famed author Dominick Dunne just over my left shoulder in the picture.

Me and actor Michael Vartan, whom I randomly ran into while vacationing in San Diego.  You can read about that night here.

Me and Tori Spelling, whom I met at her uncharted terriTORI book signing, which you can read about here.  Those are “The Guncles”, Bill Horn and Scout Masterson, sitting to her left.

Me and Raquel Welch, whom I met at her Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage book signing, which you can read about here.

Me and actress Kimmy Robertson, aka Cathy from fave movie Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, whom I randomly ran into while doing some grocery shopping in Pasadena.

Me and actress Pamela Adlon from Californication, whom I randomly met at LAX.  You can read about that experience here.

Me and actor Chris O’Donnell, whom I met while NCIS: Los Angeles was doing some filming in Pasadena, which you can read about here.

Me with Jonathan Togo,

Robin Bartlett,

John Beasley;

Eddie Cibrian;

and Eva LaRue (and my dad), all of whom I met while CSI: Miami was doing some filming in Altadena, which you can read about here.

Me and Teri Polo, whom I met during the Venice Christmas Show, which you can read about here.

Me with Andre Agassi, whom I met at a Starbucks in Pasadena, which you can read about here.

Me and Penn Badgley (and my good friend Steffi), whom I met while watching the filming of Gossip Girl in New York City, which you can read about here.

Me and G.W. Bailey . . .

. . . and Anthony John Denison from TV’s The Closer.  I met both actors at Kyra Sedgwick’s Walk of Fame star ceremony, which you can read about here.  The camera was on the wrong setting for the above photograph which is why it is so extremely close up.

Me and actor Scott Caan, whom I met while eating at the Farmer’s Market in Hollywood, which you can read about here.

Me and Anna Faris, whom I met at the Friday the 13th Premiere, which you can read about here.

Me with Nicole from Shear Genius, who has cut my hair twice. You can read about my haircuts with Nicole here and here.

Me and Guy Branum . . .

. . . and Chuy Bravo, both of whom I met while spending a day on the set of Chelsea Lately, which you can read about here.

Me and David Caruso;

Rex Linn;

Eva LaRue;

and Emily Proctor, all of whom I met while CSI: Miami was doing some filming in Pasadena, which you can read about here.

Me and What Not To Wear’s Nick Arrojo (and my mom), whom I met when my mom got her hair cut by the famous stylist, which you can read about here.

Me and Ryan Stiles (and my good friend James Castle Stevens).  I became friends with Ryan after doing some extra work on The Drew Carey Show.  Ryan is one of the nicest, most down-to-earth celebs that I have ever met.  Absolutely LOVE the guy!

Me and Ryan Stiles (again) and Colin Mochrie – star of Whose Line Is It Anyway? This photo was taken at The Drew Carey Show’s 2001 Christmas party.  Both Colin and Ryan are complete and total sweethearts!

Me with some college friends and Jarrad Paul (third from left) who played Kramer’s assistant on the Season 9 episode of Seinfeld titled "The Voice".  We ran into Jarrad at an In ‘N Out Burger in San Diego after a college dance and begged him to pose for a picture with us.

Me and actor Steve Eastin, co-star of countless movies including Matchstick Men and Catch Me If You Can.  I met Steve while karaoking at Dimples Bar in Burbank and had to sing a few tunes with him.

Me and my good friend, actor Lukas Behnken, who starred in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie The Challenge (where he got to kiss Mary Kate!), among countless other productions.

A photograph of Luke Perry horseback riding while vacationing on Coronado Island in San Diego in 1992 that was given to me by the concierges at the Hotel Del Coronado.

Me and jilted bachelor Jerry Ferris from the 3rd Season of The Bachelorette.

Me with my good friend/movie editor Michael Pasqualone and Ron Jeremy at the wrap party for the movie Confidence.  Ron could NOT have been a nicer guy!

Me and Ray Walston, whom I met on the set of the movie My Favorite Martian in Santa Barbara.  I was vacationing in the beach town with my family during the summer of 1997 and we happened to run into the crew filming on the famous Santa Barbara pier.  I was a big fan of Picket Fences at the time, so I was extremely excited to meet Ray.  He was also one of the very first celebs that I ever met!    And he could not have been nicer!

Me with the stars of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – my acting teacher Diane Louise Salinger, Elizabeth Daily, and the man himself, Pee Wee Herman.  I met them at a screening of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure that took place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which you can read about here.

Me with Michael Steger ;

and Jessica Lowndes from 90210.  I met them at a screening of the pilot episode of the series, which you can read about here.

Me with Without a Trace’s Roselyn Sanchez, whom I randomly met at a newsstand while doing some stalking in Studio City.  She was absolutely beautiful in person and SUPER nice! 

Me and Britney Spears’ former assistant, Felicia Culotta. I met Felicia at the wrap party for the movie Crossroads, which I was an extra in.  Felicia could not have been sweeter – a true Southern gentlewoman.  Besides being Britney Spears’ assistant, Felicia is also known for playing the teacher role in the music video for . . . Baby One More Time.  "Fe", as she is known, now assists the Jonas Brothers.