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Saturday is customarily celebrity day here at DigitalLife. Past years have yielded such notables as Jessica Alba, Method Man, and of course, Saved By the Bell star Dustin Diamond. On occasion, however, if you're sharp-eyed and lucky, you can spot some famous folks on the showroom floor on a Thursday or Friday. Their presence almost inevitably makes for some blogworthy moments.

Take, for example, the above picture of Pac-Man being interviewed on camera--slightly odd, perhaps; long a man of actions over words, Mr. Man has never been noted for public speaking. The money shot, however, was the moment that Popeye attempted to grab some screen time but was warded off by a strong-armed camera man. Damn my slow shutter speed!

Fortunately, moments like that are par for the course at the Namco booth, which is staffed by about twenty folks wearing yellow hats in the shape of Pac-Man.

Another star-struck moment after the jump!

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Over on the other end of the Javits Convention Center, video-conferencing company ooVoo had its own in-house celebrities--or so it claimes. The company sent out a release prior to the show advertising the fact that both Howard Stern and Laura Croft would be showcasing its product. I balked at that--first off, Laura Croft isn't, um, you know, real. Second, Howard Stern showing off videoconferencing software for four days? Doesn't he have some scantily clad women to spank?

Turns out I really ought to trust my instincts. Howard Stern and Angelina Jolie lookalikes were demoing the software. To ooVoo's credit, the software is incredibly cool, and when a wandering band of elves from the Lord of the Rings MMORPG booth came by, I had the opportunity to shoot the above picture.

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