Real Life Celebrity Encounters: Nicest Stars. While the general wisdom is to never meet your heroes … sometimes it works out. These 1. 8 people took to Reddit to share the completely lovely (and unexpected) encounters they had with their favorite celebrities. Lady Gaga. I worked room service and the bar at a hotel she was staying at. She ordered room service, and I brought it up. She was in casual cloths and was extremely nice and courteous.

It seemed like no more than 3. GIPHY2. “Nick Offerman was the dude. I met him after an American Ham show.

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He got down on one knee for it because I’m in a wheelchair. I sort of joked that he didn’t have to do that, and, dead serious, he goes, ‘Son, you should make everyone take a knee for you.’ It took me a while to figure out he wasn’t joking; he was saying have enough self- respect to ask people to accommodate you. That guy is operating on another plane of existence.”3. Hugh Jackman. Insanely nice, and he was twice as handsome in person.”4. Jeff Goldblum. I was working at an amusement park around the time Jurassic Park came out.

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I was zoning out at my register, and he was standing right next to me, waiting on someone. I did a double take, not quite sure it was him.

He just looked at me, gave a smile like he knew I was trying to figure it out, and said, ‘How you doing?’ in that distinct voice of his.”via GIPHY5. Val Kilmer was pretty cool.

I tried to get his autograph for my cousin (we were kids, and she loved him) and realized I didn’t have a pen or paper. He pulled out his wallet and signed it on a dollar bill with a pen his buddy was carrying.”6. My girlfriend met Chris Pratt on a red- eye flight from L. A. to Orlando. He waited around and took selfies with everyone waiting for their bags while he waited for his. She tried to take the fastest picture ever because she was embarrassed to bother him, and he made sure the picture was good before she left.”7. I met Lindsay Lohan in a club, and she asked me and my friends if we wanted to hang out in her booth.

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She bought us drinks and everything. Super down to earth.”via GIPHY8. Jack Black once came into the movie theater I used to work at. He accidentally spilled his popcorn all over the front row of the theater. I saw this and went over to clean it up, but he told me to have a seat, took my broom and cleaned it up himself.”9. My aunt has a great story about Jimmy Fallon. She’s lived in N.

Y. C. for the last 2. One time, she was in the same bar as him back when he was on SNL.

When she went to leave, he asked her to stay and dance with him. They both went to the jukebox, picked out a song and danced together. He’s a goofball and just a really sweet guy.”1. Zac Efron was filming at my old work overnight, and I did not even recognize him. He came into our office between shoots and watched a movie with us. We just chatted for two hours and essentially hung out. It was only after I went home and put two and two together that I realized I just hung out with a former teenage heartthrob of all the girls in my high school.

The next night, he thanked me for not freaking out by a star and asking for an autograph.”via GIPHY1. I played blackjack with Bryan Cranston while he was in Las Vegas filming. Probably the coolest person I’ve ever met.”1. Maria Sharapova. I was at a tennis tournament and was in the autograph line after her match to just get to see her leave. I guess she noticed I was the only person there not screaming for an autograph, because she stopped, took a picture with me, and gave me a signed ball.”1.

One of Sandra Bullock‘s movies was filming a couple blocks from where I lived as a kid, so we all went down to watch. She spent the entire day talking with people when she wasn’t working. She was really sweet, and even when you could see that she was tired, she made a point to say hello to everyone who came out to see her, smile and take pictures.”1. Dolly Parton. She is exactly what you would expect. Just the sweetest thing ever.”via GIPHY1. I met Quentin Tarantino at a bar in Austin. He was by himself, so I just said ‘hi.’ We ended up talking for nearly an hour, and he covered my bar tab.

Nice dude. He talks really fast.”1. Dave Coulier from Full House. It was years ago, at a celebrity hockey game in Michigan. After the game, a bunch of the celebrities were signing autographs. As you can imagine, there were huge crowds of people around everyone. Being a super short kid, I was pushed back by all of the adults. Dave saw me struggling to get to him, and he made everyone move out of the way so I could get up to him and get his autograph.

He did a couple impressions for me, then sent me on my way before he was swarmed again.”1. Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell were just so genuinely friendly. We talked for a few minutes before I realized who they were. Then when they introduced themselves, I was shocked.”via GIPHY1.

Tom Hiddleston is a true gent. He’s always out and about locally and is extremely gracious.”All posts have been edited from Reddit for length and clarity.

Serena Williams - Wikipedia. Serena Williams. Full name. Serena Jameka Williams.

Country (sports) United States. Residence. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U. S.[1]Born(1. 98. 1- 0. September 2. 6, 1. Saginaw, Michigan, U. S. Height. 5 ft 9 in (1. Watch The Polar Express Online Mic.

Turned pro. September 2. Plays. Right- handed (two- handed backhand)Coach. Richard Williams (1. Oracene Price. Patrick Mouratoglou (2.

Prize money. US$8. As of February 2. Official websiteserenawilliams. Singles. Career record. Career titles. 72 WTA (5th in overall rankings), 0 ITFHighest ranking. No. 1 (July 8, 2. Current ranking. No.

October 2. 3, 2. 01. Grand Slam Singles results. Australian Open. W (2. French Open. W (2. Wimbledon. W (2. 00.

US Open. W (1. 99. Other tournaments. Grand Slam Cup. W (1.

Tour Finals. W (2. Doubles. Career record. Career titles. 23 WTA, 0 ITFHighest ranking. No. 1 (June 2. 1, 2. Current ranking. No. 3.

June 1. 2, 2. 01. Grand Slam Doubles results.

Australian Open. W (2. French Open. W (1. Wimbledon. W (2. 00. US Open. W (1. 99. Other doubles tournaments.

Tour Finals. SF (2. Mixed doubles. Career record. Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results.

Australian Open. F (1. French Open. F (1. Wimbledon. W (1. 99. US Open. W (1. 99.

Team competitions. Fed Cup. W (1. 99. Hopman Cup. W (2. Last updated on: July 9, 2. Serena Jameka Williams (born September 2.

American professional tennis player. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. She became the world No. July 8, 2. 00. 2. On the sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 1. Steffi Graf for the most consecutive weeks as world No. In total, she has been world No.

Open Era among female tennis players. Many commentators, players and sports writers regard her as the greatest female tennis player of all time.[a] On April 1. Williams holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined amongst active players. Her record of 3. 9 Grand Slam titles puts her third on the all- time list and second in the open era: 2. She is the most recent female player to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (2. Rod Laver and Steffi Graf.

She is also, together with her sister Venus, the most recent player to have held all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles simultaneously (2. Her total of 2. 3 Grand Slam singles titles marks the record for the most Grand Slam wins by a tennis player in the Open Era,[1. Margaret Court (2. She is the only tennis player in history (man or woman) to have won singles titles at least six times in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the only player ever to have won two of the four Grand Slams seven times each (seven Wimbledon titles and seven Australian Open titles). She is also the only tennis player to have won 1. Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades. She has won an all- time record of 1.

Grand Slam singles titles on hard court. Williams holds the Open Era record for most titles won at the Australian Open (7) and shares the Open Era record for most titles won at the US Open with Chris Evert (6).

She also holds the all- time record for the most women's singles matches won at the Grand Slams with 3. She has won 1. 4 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, and the pair are unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals.[1. As a team, she and Venus have the third most women's doubles grand slam titles, behind the 1.

Natasha Zvereva (1. Gigi Fernández) and the record 2.

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Williams is also a five- time winner of the WTA Tour Championships in the singles division.[2. Serena has also won four Olympic gold medals, one in women's singles and three in women's doubles—an all- time record shared with her sister, Venus.[2. The arrival of the Williams sisters has been credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour.[2. Williams was the highest paid female athlete in 2.

She repeated this feat in 2. Forbes' list of the 1. She has won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year award three times (2. December 2. 01. 5, she was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine.[2. Early life[edit]Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan to Richard Williams and Oracene Price, and is the youngest of Price's five daughters: half- sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price, and full sister Venus.[1] When the children were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where Williams started playing tennis at the age of three.[2. Her father, Richard, home- schooled Serena and her sister Venus.[3. While he and subsequently her mother, Oracene, have been the official coaches, other mentors who helped her learn the game included Richard Williams, a Compton man who shared her father's name and would go on to found The Venus and Serena Williams Tennis/Tutorial Academy.[3.

When Williams was nine, her family and she moved from Compton to West Palm Beach, Florida,[2. Rick Macci; Macci began to provide additional coaching.

Macci did not always agree with Williams's father, but respected that "he treated his daughters like kids, allowed them to be little girls".[3. Richard stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments when Williams was 1. Experiences of racism also drove this experience, as Richard Williams had heard white parents talk about the Williams sisters in a derogatory manner during tournaments.[3. At that time, Williams had a 4. United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked number one among under- 1. Florida.[3. 5] In 1.

Williams was in the ninth grade, her father pulled his daughters out of Macci's academy and, from then on, took over all coaching at their home. When asked in 2. 00. Williams responded: "Everyone does different things.

I think for Venus and I, we just attempted a different road, and it worked for us."[3. Playing style[edit]Williams is primarily a baseline player, and her game is built around taking immediate control of rallies with her powerful and consistent serve,[3.

Williams's forehand is considered to be among the most powerful shots in the women's game,[3. Williams strikes her backhand groundstroke using an open stance, and uses the same open stance for her forehand. Williams's aggressive play, a "high risk" style, is balanced in part by her serve, which most say is the greatest in women's tennis history.[3. She consistently projects great pace and placement with her serves; in the 2. Australian Open, she had a peak serve speed of 1.

Venus's 1. 29 mph[4. Sabine Lisicki's 1. What makes her serve even more deadly is her ball placement and her ability to consistently place powerful shots with great accuracy.[4. At the 2. 01. 2 Championships at Wimbledon, she hit a women's tournament record of 1.

Williams also possesses a very solid and powerful overhead. Although many think of Williams as only an offensive player,[who?] she also plays a strong defensive game.[4. She has stated that her favorite surface is clay because it gives her extra time to set up her shots.[4. Williams is known for producing exceptional comebacks, particularly on the Grand Slam level. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles after saving match points, (the 2. Australian Open final versus Kim Clijsters, the 2.

Australian Open final versus Maria Sharapova, and the 2. Wimbledon final versus Elena Dementieva), a feat achieved more often than any other player in history.[4. She also came back from a 3–5 deficit in the third set against Kim Clijsters in the 1. US Open en route to her first Grand Slam singles title.[5.

In the 2. 01. 2 US Open final against Victoria Azarenka, she was down 3–5 in the third set and found herself two points away from losing the match. Williams then proceeded to win the next 4 games and defeated Azarenka.[5.

In the semi- finals of the 2. French Open, Williams was ill and barely able to walk during changeovers, yet beat her opponent, Timea Bacsinszky, 6–0 in the third set.[5. Another improbable win occurred in the third round of the 2.