from Digital Spy Forum

"I met Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen late one night last August, both were friendly and polite, though I embarrassingly didn't realise it was Viggo until he spoke."

Posted at: 10/17/07 12:11 PM Newgrounds forum

"I have three free periods in a row today, so I decided to go to the mall and lounge around with some friends. In the parking lot, a man got out of a mercedes benz and walked towards the front door. It was Viggo Mortensen.

I caught up with him, and stupidly said, "Umm...A-are you V-v-vigo mortensen?". He laughed and turned towards me. "Wow, I never thought people actually recognized me."
I was so nervous I said "You were amazing in "Eastern Promises". He smiled and pat me on the shoulder. "Thanks, glad you liked it!", he said, and walked into the mall.

I got him to sign my wallet, and let him be. He's from around my area of New York, so it makes sense he was here."

Mar 29th, 2007 @ 10pm Sat behind Orlando Bloom at “Talk Radio.” After the show, he, Naomi and Liev walked down 48th Street together and talked about going to Bond 46 for a drink. Orlando and Naomi are practically the same height.

from defamer

Went to the John Doe/Grant Lee Phillips show last night (1/26) at Largo. It was a great show. Jon Brion even joined them on stage for a bit. When John Doe left the stage to watch for a bit I saw him wander to a table in the corner near the entrance. Who was hangin out there: Viggo Mortensen. He was hanging out with a couple other people enjoying the show.

from Orlando_Watch

I am not sure if you post fan encounters I sent this to OBM too! Last Thursday I had my dream come true as a HUGE Orlando Bloom fan. I was sitting in Restaurant with my parents in Paris France, we' were there on vacation for my mother's birthday. I seriously don't even know how we ended up picking this bistro, but my step dad picked the very expensive Chez Pauline for my mom's birthday and low and behold sitting a few tables up from us was Orlando Bloom, his sister, a guy my age and Viggo Mortensen! I wasn't sure it was Orlando at first, it was such a freak thing! My mother recognized Viggo first and then I noticed Orlando! I wanted to go up and ask for an autograph but I didn't want to be rude so I just waited for them to leave. Viggo and Orlando's sister (I think it was her) left first and then Orlando and the guy got up and left. I followed them out and found Orlando standing outside smoking waiting for someone, He was startled when I came up to him and I apologized to him and he laughed and gave me his autograph on a napkin I brought outside, He wouldn't take any pictures, I think he was in a rush and he also said that he couldn't have his picture taken. He called me sweetheart, kissed my cheek and Thanked me in French! I melted on the spot! He was very friendly and so handsome face to face!

Elle

[..] Viggo Mortensen, vibin' to John Doe lyrics at Largo. Fairfax Avenue. City of the Fallen Egos. Planted solo, deep in the banquette room, V.M. (sporting a red soccer shirt and a five o'clock shadow) politely gabbed with blond admirers and sipped on-the-house bevs--still remembering to tip. Vig-doll's interest in Mr. Doe is rooted in history: John once punked out in the band X with Mr. M.'s ex-wife, Exene Cervenka. Ms. C. is reportedly suing V.M. for amped-up child support for their 16-year-old son, Henry.

from a blog

Scene:
Viggo: Do you know if you have this in another color?
Kasper, thinking: OMFG, OMFG! This is Viggo Mortensen. OMFG OMFG!
Kasper: I don't know...lemme just check.
Kasper: *asks co-worker if we have this in another color*
Co-worker: No, I don't thin..hey, isn't that Viggo Mortensen?
Kasper, thinking: OMFG, Like, LOTR! OMFG OMFG!!
Kasper: Oh yes, indeed I think it is.
How fun.-.- I'm so lame. But, like...VIGGO!Oh, and in case you're wondering he bought all kinds of weird stuff. Including clothes for a 3-year-old girl o.O And about 4 bottles of apple-wine.

Viggo at Orlando's party

January 16, 2007 -- LOS Angeles was one big party town on the eve of the Golden Globes. Orlando Bloom was a very happy birthday boy as he celebrated his big 3-0 at Teddy's Saturday night, because he had Penelope Cruz by his side.

"She was never further than arm's length from Orlando," a witness told Page Six, even when other women surrounded him on the dance floor.

Leonardo DiCaprio went in the other direction and came without his girlfriend, Israeli model Bar Refaeli. DiCaprio showed up with his "Blood Diamond" co-star, Djimon Hounsou, and "danced until the lights went on."

Bloom's party gathered so many rowdy revelers - including Andy Garcia, Leelee Sobieski, Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Ronson, Vincent Gallo and James Franco - it spilled into the Roosevelt Hotel lobby.

James Blunt, who performs at Elton John's Oscar party tonight, celebrated his 33rd birthday with girlfriend Petra Nemcova, Orlando Bloom and other pals at Dakota before heading off to Teddy's.
(nydailynews)


Blunt In Car Accident Prior To Oscars

The "You're Beautiful" singer was leaving an A-list, pre Oscar bash in Hollywood when he was involved in a road accident.

Officer Norma Eisenman told PEOPLE, "All I can do is confirm that James Blunt was involved in a traffic accident in which a man's foot was run over."

Blunt and his girlfriend, Petra Nemcova, were leaving the home of Hollywood agent Bryan Lourd when the foot of an unidentified man was run over.

Prior to the February 24 crash, Blunt was celebrating his 32nd birthday in L.A. With most A-list stars out and about for Oscar week, the Brit was able to rub shoulders with who's who of Hollywood while celebrating.

While partying at the Soho House, Blunt was in good company as Oscar hopefuls Penelope Cruz - and rumored boyfriend Orlando Bloom - spent a night out alongside Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou.

(allheadlinenews)

Big Shot Report Card: Bloom to the Rescue!

When it comes to celebrities, I don't care who they are wearing. Sorry. I also don't care for that phrase. What I do care about, though is their manners, their skills.

We already did Boston Accent Report Cards, but why stop there. These big shots need to know how they're doing, on the Red Carpet, out at parties, anywhere they're mingling among the common people. Hollywood can be an ugly place. But you know what? It can also be a beautiful display of human kindness.

Shoot. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Time to start, clearly.

Orlando Bloom: A

Twelve-year-old girls who swoon for the Pirates of the Caribbean hunk have pretty good instincts. At a recent pre-Oscar blowout, Orlando had the perfect opportunity to be a jerk.

He and a bunch of his friends were dancing on chairs. It was obvious that someone was gonna get thrown into the melee. A friend of mine was on the verge of being tossed in (and probably on his ass) when Orlando went all party martyr and tossed himself to the mob.

After recovering from the crowd semisurf, he worked the party and invited a bunch of girls to join him at Teddy's. Sleazy, you might think, but so not. See, a nice guy makes those invitations himself. The creepy dudes send bouncers around to do their plucking for them.

Now, if only Orlando could add Can-Carry-a-Big-Film-All-by-Himself to his repertoire, he'd be just about perfect.

Shockwaves NME Awards Show: The Maccabees, London KOKO; Tue Feb 27

Orlando's dive from the drums gets 10s all round

We've never seen a band so keen to play a gig. Leaping on the stage desperate to drop their new carpet bombing tirade of tracks on an unsuspecting crowd, The Maccabees rip through 'First Love', 'Latchmere' and 'Precious Time'. These tracks from the highly-anticipated debut perfectly soundtrack the crowdsurfing frenzy below, but it's Orlando Bloom climbing onto the drum kit and bouncing off the cymbals like a pill-popping Zebedee that makes the night.

Viggo & Orlando At Beecake (Billy Boyds' band) gig

"Yatta!!! I'm at ORC in CA, and a bunch of us Loons went to see Billy Boyd's band Beecake (which totaLLY ROCKS!). Turns out we weren't the only ones. Orlando was there, along with James Blunt for the show. Viggo Mortensen was spotted as well." source

"After the gig we realised that the guy that had been standing behind us the whole night heckling the band was none other than Viggo Mortensen. Though I'm not exactly sure why he wanted Billy to get his Cock out, because as Billy said a) he didn't have a chicken and b)?Cock Fighting is illegal in California. As we were marvelling over the fact that Viggo was there who should come through the crowd looking for Billy but Orlando Bloom.? Word also has it that Dom was in the carpark later which could possibly be correct because the boys from World Without Sundays were loitering around outside when we left. And we both got a thank you from TBC himself when we were stand in photographers for the girls we are almost sure are the girls from Myspace Beecake JP. Incidentally we think Beecake has broken Myspace tonight." source

"SO THE GIRLS SAW BILLY AND ALI AND BILLY CARRYING BABY JACK INTO THE CLUB AND THEN THERE WAS BEECAKE AND BILLY WAS WEARING BLACK AND THEN THE GIRLS WERE LIKE HEY IT'S ORLANDO BLOOM AND I WAS LIKE WTF ORLANDO BLOOM NO IT'S NOT AND IT WAS ORLANDO FUCKING BLOOM WITH THE FUCKING HAIR THAT DEFIES GRAVITY AND THEN LATER WHEN WE WERE ALL DEAD FROM BILLY'S HOTNESS AND THE STARING AT ORLANDO DURING SINGING WE TURNED AROUND AND THE OTHER GIRLS WERE LIKE HEY CHECK OUT THOSE COWBOY BOOTS THAT'S TOTALLY VIGGO MORTENSEN AND I WAS LIKE BITCH NUH UH AND THEN I WALKED AROUND HIM AND IT WAAAAAAAAS VIGGO MORTENSEN AND SO YOU SEE I AM DEAD NOW AND HAVE TO BE BURIED IN THE ALLEY BEHIND THIS CLUB.
ETA AND ALSO OKAY SOME PEOPLE JUST CAME IN AND SAID DOM WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AFTER SO BASICALLY HELLO VIGGO AND ORLI AND DOM AND BILLY ARE ALL TOGETHER TONIGHT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" source

"After the concert we caught sight of Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom in the audience - a couple of Japanese girls asked Orli for a photograph, so he said "All right, but only one," and they both turned and gave their cameras to us, so we took the shots and Orli thanked us. So I can honestly say that I took Orli's photo even though I don't have the evidence" source

"However, it turned out to be very worth it. As the last band started to play (Beecake, whose lead singer is Billy Boyd who was Pippin in the LotR movies), Alex and Rebecca has moved forward while our friend Dusty and I hung back to lean on the wall. Suddenly, Rebecca rushed over and said in hushed tones, "Orlando Bloom is here!!!" Dusty and I craned our necks, along with about 10 other people in the audience and started debating whether or not it was really him. The club was really dark, and all we could really make out was tousled hair. However, it did turn out to be him! Rebecca downed a beer and mustered up her nerve to go and speak to him, and ended up getting a picture!
After the show, we actually spotted someone who looked very much like Viggo Mortenson darting into the VIP room - so basically we saw two of the rarest LotR stars in one night, while watching a third perform! It made me realize that if I lived in LA, I'd probably spend all of my time looking for celebrities - last time I was here I happened to be on the rental bus with Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe, which was pretty random. It wouldn't be long before I was seeing celebrities around every corner! :)"
source


"Billy said that they'd been in LA for a month or so, that the hecklers last night were his friends, and that Viggo attacked him in the bathroom at the club -- at first he didn't know who it was and thought he was being kidnapped for a moment." - "Before Billy came out, there was a fan video about Aragorn and Arwen. Billy cane out and said he was distracted by Viggo kissing, and that Viggo had kissed him with more passion than he did Liv!" source