George Clooney, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sir Ben Kingsley receiving an award in Beverly Hills, CA

There was an event over the weekend in which my spouse and I decided to try.  We don't enjoy going to this particular venue as the "fan area" is small and confined. 

However, because Julia Roberts. Geoge Clooney, Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ben Kingsley and among others were on the list to attend, we decided to go.

Because of the time that we arrived at the event, we didn't expect to get anything.

At arrivals, we were able to get Jason Isaacs on floorboards and an index card.  We forgot our Idris Elba photos at home so we couldn't get him, nor did we had photos for Ralph Fiennes who came over to sign and took pictures.

When Benedict Cumberbatch arrived, it was a fan/autograph dealer frenzy.  He came over to sign in the front section and skipped one section in which my spouse and I were in; and because of the photographers who where standing in front of us, I had to think fast and moved to another spot.  I was thankfully able to get two photos done and was looking for my spouse who had the other two photos but by the time we exchanged photos, Benedict was done signing.

After the event was over, we were able to get Sir Ben Kingsley to sign our "Hugo" and "Ender's Game" photos.

My spouse hesitated to ask Ralph Fiennes for a picture because he was being standoffish; that even someone asked for the picture instead of the autograph!  Ralph took pictures only with 3 people..

Benedict didn't sign when he exited and Director Kathryn Bigelow only took pictures with fans and did not sign from what we saw.

George Clooney Surprised Fans at AFI

My spouse went to the AFI expecting to get Julia Roberts, Abigail Breslin, etc.. basically those who were not on the list..

We didn't do our homework and when fans were shouting out "George!" we saw George Clooney arriving at the event and then was walking towards us, we had nothing but index cards and wooden floorboards.

We managed to get 2 floorboards signed.  He only signed and didn't do any pictures with fans. 

Stana Katic Signing...(again?!) No Way..

Due to the failure of obtaining any autographs from Stana Katic at the "CBGB" premiere a few months ago, my spouse and I became very discouraged into ever trying for her again.  There were rumors that she had a alleged stalker and therefore she was very cautious of her surroundings. 

We didn't believe that she would "hide" or even used "umbrellas" to block herself from either fans and paparazzi; until witnessing her behavior at the "CBGB" premiere.

Well... the other day, Stana Katic was out and we decided her go to the event because we had not only photos for her but another actor as well (Idris Elba).  We didn't expect anything from her, but when some of the fans in the front shouted her name, she came over to us and I was fumbling to get her photos out of my bag to prepare for her to sign.  We didn't know how many she was going to do, so we waited patiently for her to hit our section.. and she did! We each managed to get one each from her, which is a blessing (especially from the fiasco at the "CBGB" premiere!)

Her publicist even complimented on my spouse's photo! She nodded in approval and smiled and said "that is a nice shot.."  Even Stana remembered my spouse from other events!

On exits, Stana chose to sign one DVD for a fan and I got to her one on one but she was done signing after that.

We'll take the 2 autographs! Thanks, Stana for signing again!!