Katie Holmes - Tom Cruise

Ok, so I couldn't take the temptation. Here goes. My connection is - Manfred Enickl - as mentioned before. Willem De Klerk, son of FW De Klerk - Mandela. Who has met, any of the spice girls, particularly Victoria, who has become friends with the said couple.

So, how many degrees is that: 6

The degrees of separation

Ok, so now I'm wracking my brain for other connections to famous people - lets face it - you wouldn't be interested in my connections to some distant cousin of mine anyway. But, I just wanted to mention that this won't just be based on arb things like watching a programme with the person on it or being in the same vague space of the person; I'm counting on actually (albeit probable) interaction between individuals. I was convinced I'd thought of a connection to Oprah Winfrey the other night, but I must have been wrong. I guess it can't just be through Nelson Mandela because then I'd have a connection to her, the spice girls, Bono, and whoever else happened to grace his threshold so, no, I've to to dig deeper...

John Cusack

A good friend of mine, Allun Turner, once met Rachel Wiesz, who appeared in Runaway Jury with John Cusack in 2003.

Degrees of separation: 3

Tyra Banks

I recently saw an episode of America's Next Top Model in which they were in Cape Town, South Africa, and Gerda Genis was one of the guest judges. She once did a talk to my photography class while I was studying for a National Diploma in Graphic Design at what was then Cape Technikon.

Degree of separation: 2

Leonardo DiCaprio

I once saw Kate Winslet in Covent Garden, just outside London Graphics where I went all the time for supplies, carrying her little daughter. She appeared in the movie, Titanic, with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Degrees of Separation: 2

Madonna

I once saw Rupert Everett in Covent Garden, around Seven Dials, having his morning coffee. He was in a movie called The Next Best Thing with Madonna.

Degrees of separation: 2

Nelson Mandela

Ok, so my mentor when I first started out in my career of graphic design was the late Mr Manfred Enickl. He in turn introduced me to a Willem De Klerk on a number of occasions, who is the son of FW De Klerk, who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela.

Degrees of separation: 4

Six degrees of separation

Ok, so I thought about it the other night and found some cool connections, so I thought I'd post some. Each time I do I'll put the person's name I'm connecting to as the title of my post. The connection, for me, is not one where we've broken bread together, but some people I have shared a table with at some point in my life and then the connections from there will be where the positibility exists that they would have some contact with other people in the chain. Sometimes where it's proven, sometimes not.

Anyhoo, here goes...