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YouTube Star Sighting In LA

November 1, 2007 | 9:19 AM

I hadn’t intended to run into any Web celebrities during my time at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers fall meeting in Los Angeles (with the exception of ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf, of course).

So imagine my surprise when I encountered a stick-thin, mascara-wearing, bleached blonde at a trendy restaurant on Sunset Boulevard. That's right, I'm about 99 percent sure that a friend and I had a run-in with YouTube sensation Chris Crocker. Then again, it could have been Courtney Love.

Crocker, if you'll recall, made headlines earlier this year with his dramatic defense of beleaguered pop singer Britney Spears. Shortly after the Tennessee native's foray into the public eye, there were rumors of him getting his own reality television show. Perhaps that's what brought him to La-La Land?

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