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1. What Has Been Your Strangest Fan Encounter? Miriam Shor: I was in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Those are some special and amazing fans. I got a fan letter from someone when I was in the stage show that asked if I would like to have tea with them sometime (I have no idea if it was a male or a female — or both, considering what the show is) and that they couldn’t stop thinking about how I moved my legs. I played a man in the show, so I wasn’t, like, walking around in little stilettos or […]

What has been your strangest fan experience? Elizabeth Berkley: At the stage door of a Broadway show I was doing, a young fan came up to me and launched into a full scene from Showgirls right there on the street. Choreography and everything. What was even crazier than that is that he was actually amazing! He nailed it. It was rather shocking, but he nailed it! You’re at a magazine rack and can pick up three magazines — what are they? Definitely Time. I love InStyle — it’s so much fun. And probably Vogue. If your television only carried three […]

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? Spencer Grammer: I met some people at the vet when I was taking in my cat. I was waiting for, like, 20 minutes with my cat who had pink eye and here come these people telling me they like the show [Greek on ABC Family]. They were very nice, but it was just a weird place to run into fans. 2. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? National Geographic, Automobile and Us Weekly. I haven’t bought [Us Weekly] in a long time. With all that’s […]

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? Paige Davis: I once got what I would consider trapped in a supermarket. … It was very late at night so there were just a couple of cashier people and there weren’t too many customers. And they got very excited that Paige Davis from Trading Spaces was in the supermarket. This woman grabbed hold of my wrist and she would not let go. I would have needed a tool from our truck to pry her fingers away from my wrist. She sat me down in a chair and people started calling their […]

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? John Lehr: I just took my daughter to Travel Town, which is a little park inside Griffith Park, and this guy just comes running up to me with his kid, saying how much he loved [10 Items or Less]. It really freaked me and my daughter out, because we didn’t know why he was coming. 2. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? I think I would pick Vogue, even though I don’t read it or anything. Just the amount of pages you get for your […]

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? Sal Masekela: Last year at the Summer X Games, this kid followed me around all day, begging me for a dreadlock. It was like one of those movies where every time you turned around the corner, he was standing there. Finally, the last day, I was like, “All right. That’s it. Go get some scissors.” I cut off half of a dreadlock. I couldn’t believe how excited the kid was. 2. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? Complex, Vanity Fair and Surfer. 3. What’s your […]

1. What has been your strangest fan encounter? Steve-O: A friend of mine in England — I really consider him more of a friend than a fan — but there’s a guy out there that’s literally covered in tattoos of me. He’s got a lot of Steve-O tattoos. So I flew myself out to England to go tattoo my autograph on him as well. 2. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines. What are they? Well, I would rather [derive onanistic pleasure from] Maxim than, say, Hustler. I like to leave something to the imagination, so I’m going for that […]

Ally Walker stars in the new series HBO series Tell Me You Love Me, which airs Sundays at 9pm ET beginning Sept. 9. If your TV only carried three shows, which three would you want? Ally Walker: The Shield. My show now [Tell Me You Love Me]; I have to say that. Well, The Sopranos is over so I have to say — and my husband’s going to be horrified, horrified — I love American Idol! [Note, Walker’s husband, John Landgraf, is president of the cable network FX.] You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three magazines, what are […]

1. What Has Been Your Strangest Fan Encounter? Chad Faust: Here’s a funny one. It was from The 4400. I got this fan letter from a woman, and one of the things she said in it was that she thought that I was “capable of mass seduction.” Which I thought was … I mean … I guess a compliment! [laughs] Then I was in the makeup room, and [my costar] Joel [Gretsch] was reading this letter from a fan, and he goes, “This woman thinks I’m capable of mass seduction!” And it was the same woman! 2. You’re At A […]

Minnesota native Marisa Coughlan takes time out from flipping her house to fill us in on the quirky new series Side Order of Life, premiering July 15 on Lifetime. 1. What’s the strangest fan encounter you’ve ever had? Marisa Coughlan: Probably recently, with this house flipping thing. I literally have never looked scarier or felt scarier than in the last month. Every time I go out the door I’m covered in grime and headed to Home Depot, and it’s always at those moments when I’m recognized. 2. You’re in front of a magazine rack that has everything. What do you […]