Wednesday, December 27, 2006

GUESS WHO JUST DROPPED IN...

Taking attendance of special guests at Roots stores

Celebrities have long been attracted to Roots and in 2006 countless figures from the world of movies, music, media, sports and other fields dropped in to Roots stores in Canada and the United States. There were so many in fact that we can’t list them all here.

For this year-end wrap, we’re including a selection of well-known names (in alphabetical order) of those who we had the pleasure of receiving in our stores in 2006. Actor Jessica Alba, actor/comedian Dan Aykroyd, the Barenaked Ladies, actor Antonio Banderas, singer Buck 65, film director Mike Binder, film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, actor Joan Collins, actor/comedian Drew Carey, comedian Dave Chapelle, actor Russell Crowe, singer Deborah Cox, singer Mariah Carey, actor Jamie Lee Curtis, actor David Duchovny, actor Robert Downey Jr., actor Donna Dixon, actor Harrison Ford, the Foo Fighters, film producer John Goldwyn, actor Melanie Griffith, actor Cuba Gooding Jr., screenwriter Mitch Glaser, actor John Hurt, actor Tom Hanks, actor Dustin Hoffman, actor Goldie Hawn, actor Angelica Huston, actor Eric Idle, actor Michael Keaton, fashion designer Ralph Lauren, actor/comedian Eugene Levy, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, comedian Howie Mandel, the Dave Matthews Band, hockey star Mark Messier, TV/film producer Lorne Michaels, actor Mike Myers, musician/singer Paul McCartney, actor/comedian Bill Murray, actor Rachel McAdams, the Oasis band, actor Jason Priestly, actor Natalie Portman, actor/singer Queen Latifah, musician/singer Robbie Robertson, singer Ed Robertson, actor Kurt Russell, actor Molly Ringwald, snowboarder Ross Rebagliati, film director Jason Reitman, actor Sissy Spacek, skater Jamie Sale, comedian Gary Shandling, actor/comedian Jerry Seinfeld, actor/comedian Marty Short, actor Tori Spelling, actor Vince Vaughn, actor Robin Williams and actor Catherine Zeta-Jones.