Wizard World’s Chicago Comic Con (which happened August 11-14 2011) treated its VIPs and press to a special Red Carpet event at the DoubleTree hotel on August 12, 2011.

Several celebs that attended the con strolled down the rosy rug up to take photos and be mobbed, er, interviewed by the press. I was lucky enough to snag a few short words with the celebs and get their insights on their current and past roles.

The San Diego Comic-Con starts July 22, 2010, so if you’re going to be attending you better begin your preparations. Get a good sized tote bag ready for freebies, make sure you have enough money for buying from vendors, have a water bottle you can refill, find your most comfortable gym shoes and get out a notepad and pen for autographs. Like all Comic-Cons, the Comic-Con International 2010 is going to have lots of stars appearing, either to show up and promote movies, attend panels or perhaps even just mill around with the common folk.

You could end up running into…

Gaia Online just announced the release of celebrity-inspired items for Gaia users. This week’s items now allow registrants the opportunity to dress up their avatars as Snoop Dogg or The Incredible Hulk with hairstyles, purple pants, green fists and more. This marks the first time fully licensed celebrity-branded virtual items have been sold in the virtual world.

In a partnership with virtual goods sales and distribution system Virtual Greats LLC, Gaia Online will allow users to collect or “snare” quality celebrity items each month to create…