Celebrities

Last time I was in America I went to two NBA games in Miami, and I saw Enrique Iglesias, Anna Kournikova and Tara Reid at the games. Since we were going to 3 NBA games and 3 NHL games I felt sure that we would spot a ton of celebrities. Especially at the two games in New York.

At Oakland I saw no celebrities.
At San Jose I saw no celebrities.
At Orlando and Fort Lauderdale I saw no celebrities.

At the New York Knicks game I expected to see director Spike Lee, as he is famed for having courtside Knicks tickets and going to every game. He wasn't there. Who was? They flashed up a New York Rangers player in the crowd (Henrik Lundqvist I think), and then a couple of NY Giants players (Sean O'Hara and some other guy). Not exactly star studded. Later in the game they showed Chaz Palminteri! Woo! Biggest star we had seen at a game yet. I think he might have been the cop in The Usual Suspects.


And then they flashed up Kim Kardashian, who became famous for being in a sex tape, and then became a reality TV star.


We had some celebrities, but they weren't exactly A-List. I mean, Jack Nicholson always sits courtside at Lakers games. It doesn't matter that the Knicks suck, surely Al Pacino shoulda been there.

(The Knicks game, by the way was a massive blow-out and was not very entertaining at all. They were down by 25 within the first 7 minutes or so, and they ended up losing by about 30. It was cool to be at MSG though.)

Then at the ice hockey, the Rangers game at Madison Square Gardens we finally got someone who is somewhat famous. Someone who you could bill as the star of a film and not have it bomb (maybe). It was Gerard Butler, star of such films as 300. Yay!


Also, did I mention that I spotted the guy from Psych in Vegas sporting a beard and a cap?


(And the Rangers game was incredibly good. They were in eigth place, but needed this win to cement their position in the playoffs. They were playing Philadelphia, a team a few spots higher than them. And it was a super close game all-game. The crowd really got into it, and so did Me and Cara, chanting "Lets Go Rangers", and "Flyers Suck!", and "Hen-Rik", and "Goal!". It was fun to be part of a dumb mob. Probably the most fun sports experience of the trip.)