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Danny Trejo will agree to play a villain or a bad guy in a movie only if his character dies in the end,so that kids who watch it will learn that crime doesn't pay.And unlike other action movie stars he refuses to do his own stunts,because he doesnt want to risk other people's job in the production if he gets hurt from that.
Danny Trejo is a selfless and thoughtful man even though he has that resting scary face.
Every first-hand account I’ve heard say he’s the kindest, most humble, likeable guy (including a family member who worked with him). Resting Scary Face is a great description
[Brendan Fraser’s website](http://brendanfraser.com) hasn’t been updated since 2001.
It’s a fascinating look back in time, since it gives some insight into how celebrities used to promote themselves online before social media really became a thing.
OMG, thank you so much for bringing it to my notice. It is such a charming website with all those photos and website effects. Reminded me of my childhood ❤
Celine Dion met her husband when she was 12 and he was 38!!! He became her manager. And they started going out when she was 19 and he was 43. They got married when she was 26 and he was 50!
This still shocks me.
And Celine herself has said it was a love match and didn’t want people talking about her husband as a predator. I have thoughts about that, but it’s part of the reason why it’s not more widely reported on.
Yes. Especially bc he left his wife to be with Celine. I still think it’s creepy, and explains why Celine was so utterly devastated when he passed away. She’s the only man she ever knew, and it wasn’t healthy (in my opinion), no matter how happy their marriage was. The way it began is wrong.
Tina Fey was attacked by a random stranger who slashed her face when she was 5 years old while she was playing in the front yard. She thought it was a pen and didn’t understand why he wanted to mark her.
you can see her scar pretty clearly during old SNL weekend update segments (again, if you know what you're looking for. she's said the scar never bothered her until cameras seemed to highlight it), but you don't see it often in 30 rock because she had specific filming requirements for what angles were allowed.
Diane Guerro's (Isabella from Encanto) parents were deported back to Colombia when she was 14. No one notified her and she came home to an empty house.
people also may know her as lina (jane's best friend) from jane the virgin. she has a [well-regarded memoir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Country_We_Love) all about this experience with her family!
She was on an episode of Jonathan Van Ness’s podcast and is incredibly thoughtful in her storytelling, she does a lot of activism work and was just all around super impressive, I definitely recommend listening
As unsurprising as this is, I’m still surprised. And also surprised he has yet to actually kill her since then. Strangulation is no joke. Huge red flag in spousal abuse.
Red flag indeed.
"43 percent of women who were murdered in domestic assaults, and 45 percent of the victims of attempted murder, had been strangled by their partner within the year before."
Sean Astin’s (Samwise Gangee and Bob from Stranger Things) mom is Patty Duke who was a huge star in the 1960s. She had her own show and has won Emmys, Golden Globes and an Oscar.
not just that, sean astin had four dads! :)
>When Astin was 14, Duke told him that Arnaz was his father, and the two developed a relationship. However, in his mid-20s, Astin met a relative of Michael Tell who suggested they were related. Sean set out to find the truth about his biological father, and underwent genetic tests which showed Tell was his biological father.\[10\] Astin has maintained close relationships with all three, and saying: "Desi Arnaz Jr. loves me, and I love him. We are so close ... Science tells me ... that he's not my biological father. Science tells me that Mike Tell is." Astin considers John his father, as John was the one who raised him. Astin is also close to his stepfather, Mike Pearce, saying, "I can call any of them on the phone any time I want to. John, Desi, Mike, or Papa Mike ... my four dads."\[5\]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean\_Astin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Astin)
mike & papa mike gets me every time lol
His mother also told him at one point that Desi Arnez Jr was his father and he developed a close relationship with him before finding out that Mike Tell was actually his biological father. He’s quoted as saying he has a close relationship with all “four” of his “dads” Astin who raised him, Desi who he thought was his biological father, Tell who turned out to be his biological father and his now step father Mike Pearce and can call any of them up whenever he needs.
I find that rather heart warming.
Jeffrey Jones (the principal from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Lydia’s dad in Beetlejuice) and Stephen Collins (the dad/reverend from 7th Heaven) are both pedophiles.
Matt Mira told a story on one of his podcasts where when he worked at the Apple store, Jeffrey Jones came in to the Genius Bar with a bunch of laptops and asked him to wipe them which he did. This was way before the news broke about his crimes.
he’s dutch / german / french! no idea how he’s so tan with dark features cause it is natural… but even if you look up his family they look nothing like him
There are a lot of dutch people that have mixed indonesian heritage (colonialism), and those genes are strong! He looks just like that mix, it hadn't occured to me before.
Rooney Mara (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Kate Mara (House of Cards) are sisters, whose parents own the NY Giants and whose grandfather founded the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Edit: misspelled a word.
iirc i think one side of her family own the steelers and the other side own the giants - i can’t even imagine growing up with those kind of connections/money
edit: it’s taken me over a day to notice but edited for a typo!
That Rami Malek has a twin brother, Sami. Was just talking about this with a few folks the other day and many of them had no idea!
https://preview.redd.it/u06an9sauw5a1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c905a0066e05ccf550cb9522e5ef4ca65cd8fffa
i remember him telling a story on kimmel about pretending to be his brother in college and giving a monologue to sami’s literature class for extra credit.
Ashton Kutcher also has a twin, though his is fraternal. They didn’t realize that there were two babies, so the twin was a surprise. Elvis had a twin who died at birth. Scarlett Johansson has a twin brother.
Ashton Kutcher also has a fraternal twin named Michael Kutcher who has cerebral palsy. They both recently did an interview on “The Checkup with Dr. David Agus” on Paramount+ and Michael mentioned how he was angry that Ashton revealed to the world that he has cerebral palsy and sadly experienced jealousy over Ashton’s fame. They seem to have healed their relationship now but I can’t imagine how it would feel to be Michael considering how popular Ashton has been for his whole career.
I hate when people say "oh he's changed" "he did that when he was a teenager" LIKE HUH??? I never blinded anyone when I was a teenager but okay... Sure, he didn't know any better... /s
The best things he has been a part of were roles where they made tongue in cheek reference to this. Boogie Nights and The Other Guys both made terrific use of his falsetto toughness to expose the vulnerability underneath and using it for drama and comedy, respectively. Anything that takes him at face value is immediately awful, because you can't believe that facade.
That Elle King is Rob Schneider’s daughter threw the Hell out of me, TBH.
A good one I know because I love her and I was obsessed with the movie when I was younger, Jennifer Garner is a very accomplished martial artist and all around athlete who performed a surprising amount of her own stunts as Elektra in *Daredevil* and *Elektra*; Michael Clarke Duncan (RIP) said in a special feature that he came on set and watched her do a running backflip off a wall without a double. She sustained a back injury while filming a fight against Will Yun Lee because he mistimed a katana strike while she was flipping, then got over it and came back and finished the scene herself. She got so good at using sais that an episode of *Alias* wrote them into a fight (she did a lot of her own stunts on that show as well).
Another surprising thing about her is that she’s also a beautiful singer, who made a surprise appearance on Andrea Bocelli’s *Si Forever* album performing the song “Dormi Dormi (Lullaby)” as a duet.
Jen was raised in the same area as me in Charleston, West Virginia and she has done a lot to help our state, especially during a massive flood a while ago that caused several deaths. She did a fundraiser and sold t-shirts and her close friend Reese Witherspoon also promoted it. Jen comes here a lot to visit her family and go white water rafting and other outdoor activities. I’ve always appreciated how she has always spoken about where she’s from and isn’t ashamed of it (since our state and the people in it is often mocked and insulted by everyone). Jen and Drew Barrymore are my favorite actresses because of how honest and REAL they are. They are both amazing and strong women.
I didn't know about Eli King and THAT IS CRAZY! I could see why she probably dropped the Schneider though because I don't know that I would have taken her as seriously when I first heard her!
Jon Hamm was involved in hazing a guy in college that was so violent the kid lost a kidney after being beaten. They also dragged him around by his… junk… with a claw hammer.
I knew this but I just have to say that movie was so on point on what being 13 at that time was like (for me anyways) so makes sense to me that a 13 year old wrote it 😅
This movie had me fucked up. I watched when I was 13 and it was too real. Some of the dumb shit my friends and I did… how disconnected our families were… I can’t stand the idea of watching it as an adult.
Exactly the same for me. I was reading reviews on Letterboxd and people were saying things like 'When I was thirteen I was just stanning the Jonas Brothers' and I'm like... I legitimately did too many similar things in this movie that I'm surprised I am alive today. The early 2000s were wild.
she was 14 during the writing, but it was def about her life from 12-13!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen\_(2003\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_(2003_film))
Every time Pedro Pascal tells the story of his families escape from Chile during the dictatorship it’s like shocking to me, but I feel like people don’t know about it.
Idk maybe it’s just me but his parents like scaled a wall at an embassy to hide/live in for 6 months because they were going to be arrested for helping protestors. That’s crazy to think about. Crazier to think that their son is now a leading star of 2 major tv franchises.
I remember the article where he told that story. He said his parents climbed the wall of the embassy so their child could have a life in America where he would have a meltdown in a Blockbuster at age 12 because they wouldn’t rent The Breakfast Club.
Yes lmaooo that was a killer quote from him. He said in a podcast that was the one movie his dad banned because his dad was pissed these rich white kids spent the movie complaining about their made up rich people problems and he felt that was a bad influence on his son lmaooo
And her mother's death is the reason for the Mansfield Bar on tractor trailers (the bar across the lower back to keep cars from driving up under them in a crash)
As a teenager, Charlize Theron's father, an alcoholic, threatened both her and her mother, physically attacking her mother and firing a gun at both of them. In response, Charlize's mother retrieved her own handgun and shot him dead. Legally, her mother was not charged with the shooting because it was deemed self-defense.
i am always surprised to see comments like “Hugh Jackman left Wolverine movies to do this (musicals and theatre) while he left THIS to do Wolverine movies😅
I think this happens often where fanbases totally overlook theatre etc as being significant in acting careers. I often see ‘whatever happened to so and so, their acting career went nowhere’ when they’ve been working consistently on stage (Bryan Cranston is an example of that recently)
Theatre is always overlooked. It’s not as accessible so I understand, but it’s an incredible medium. It’s also the only place where you can see a massive star in person performing feet from you. And lemme tell you, Hugh Jackman may not have the best singing voice but the man OOZES charisma on the stage.
Nicolas Cage used to own the home of Madame LaLaurie in New Orleans. If you are not familiar, this woman used to own and torture slaves, they were in the floor boards when the house was burned down. The house is said to be haunted and anyone that owns the house is cursed. Shortly after Nic bought the home, his career went downhill, he was divorced from his wife, and filed for bankruptcy. He has since sold the house and the guy that moved in after him was some big wig in oil and apparently his company started not doing well afterwards.
I learned this on a ghost tour in NOLA, they are heavily regulated for what they can say on these tours by the city so I thought it was an interesting addition.
phil lewis (mr. moseby from suite life on disney) was arrested for manslaughter and a dui
he blew 3x the legal limit, but only served 1/5 years of his sentence due to his positive reach with a prison theater troupe
Dirty industry secret: if you worked in media long enough, you knew about Chris D'elia and Adam Levine years before their shit went public. Also, Jared Leto still arranges for locals to find out when he "pops up" unexpectedly.
ALLEGEDLY 😎
It’s more obvious now, but years ago when Kim K and family was pushing “waist training” corsets, it was actually the process after getting lipo. They literally made bank from pretending to women that the product was doing what they know was lipo. Not that anyone did, but never trust a celebrity for honest beauty advice.
And the details are important bc of the hero worship he got from young Hollywood who were also friends with Natalie. Natalie was 15 and driven, mostly bc her mother drilled into her that every job meant their money was on the line. But Natalie was known to be kind to people. Dennis Hopper writes of her in his memoir. About how she showed him the ropes and was enthralled with the actor’s studio and how they were wild, little teens in Hollywood. Quite sweet.
But to prove she was wild enough to be in Rebel Without a Cause, she slept with the married producer. I forget his name. And was drinking and smoking. But again, 15.
Her mother drove her to the Chateau Marmont for a meeting with Douglas and was waiting downstairs. Natalie was too young to realize this was a must-fuck situation and that you dont go up without your mother. She was Oscar nominated and her mother and sister were downstairs. She probably believed that she could say no and turn men down politely. She was wrong. He was very drunk and beat her. She passed out during. When she tried to leave he raped her again. When he was finished, he told her to come back tomorrow if she really wanted a part.
She came down after and hour shaken and traumatized. Her mother said she must’ve said something that ticked him off. Natalie needed a doctor bc Her private area was bleeding. She also wanted the studio to admonish Kirk, which of course was a joke. Her sister was young and in the backseat and was only told what happened years later.
Matthew Broderick killed someone in a car accident decades ago.
Also, Tim Allen was sentenced to prison for dealing POUNDS of cocaine in the 70s.
Edit: Broderick killed 2 people.
>Also, Tim Allen was sentenced to prison for dealing POUNDS of cocaine in the 70s.
I say this every time this comes up because it's so insane - he was arrested at an airport not because he was flying with the cocaine, but because he organised the drug deal to take place AT AN AIRPORT lol.
just some twisty name stuff i think is funny:
Martin **Sheen**'s legal name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo **Estévez** \- according to his wiki, he gave himself a different professional name in order to "help him gain parts."
his sons split the difference - Charlie went with "**Sheen**" and Emilio went with "**Estévez**"
Martin **Sheen** starred in **Apocalypse Now**, an epic film that was marred with all sorts of behind-the-scenes madness. he eventually refused to complete filming after conflicts with Francis Ford Coppola, the director, so his brother Joe **Estévez** stood in for those scenes.
**Apocalypse Now** is based on the book ***Heart of Darkness.*** the director's wife made a documentary about the strife behind the filming of A**pocalypse Now** aptly but confusingly called "Hearts of Darkness"
Halle Berry was p[ut on three years probation because of a hit-and-run](https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/472616)
Paul Walker, Katherine Heigel, Jon Heder, Aaron Eckhart and Brandon Flowers (lead singer of the Killers) all grew up as part of the Mormon church. (I grew up Mormon and would aways try to find Mormon celebs lol)
I always try to find Eastern Orthodox celebs lol. Our biggest get? Tom Hanks
ETA: just googled some more: Jennifer Aniston, the Belushis, Tina Fey, Zach Galifinakis, John Stamos, Natalie Wood??? 😳
I don’t know if they’re all currently practicing though.
Hedy Lamarr, a gorgeous leading actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood of the 1940s and 1950s, was also an inventor. One of her patents is the basis for modern day GPS and Bluetooth technology.
Prince became a Jehovah's Witness in the early 2000s. Also had a son that died at 8 months in the 90s.
You hear nothing about it because Prince was very good at being very private.
Rihanna is not the only woman that Chris Brown abused.
People who defend him keep saying he made ONE mistake when he was young but nope, it's a pattern of behaviour he's kept up with several women since and I don't know why people don't know that.
Karrueche Tran (ex-gf, allegedly threatened to kill her, threw her down some stairs), Amikka Harris (publicly embarrassed the mother of his only son), Kehlani (tweeted that she was attention seeking after a suicide attempt)…the list goes on..
An aspiring actress who was an extra in one of Kirk Douglas’ movies in 1949 mysteriously disappeared and her purse was found a couple days after with a note addressed to someone named Kirk saying she was going to see someone named “Dr. S” or “Dr. Scott” or something like that. There is speculation she was having an affair with Kirk and got pregnant, went to receive an under the table abortion (this was the 1940s), and died during the procedure. Her name was Jean Spangler
Keanu Reeves was in a relationship with a woman named Jennifer Syme when he was in his early 30s. They became pregnant with a baby girl who ended up being stillborn at 8 months. Reeves and Syme broke up, but ended up reconciling later. Not long after getting back together, she was killed in a car accident. She was driving while impaired after partying at Marilyn Manson’s house.
So whenever the “sad Keanu” meme was circulating I always thought “yeah no shit!”
Another one:
In 1993 when Robert Downey, Jr. was still super messy he was arrested for breaking into a stranger's house and falling asleep in one of their beds. [Robert Downey Jr. Passes Out in a Neighbor's Bed, Is Arrested | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/2cf7dc630a00b76159e541c09913087e)
Could you imagine coming home to find some creep sleeping in your house and then like 10ish years later you turn on the TV and see him staring as mfing Iron Man??
I would literally throw out my tv
I've commented about this before on this sub, but my housemate's sister's best friend (who I've met) works as an escort for a high-end agency in London. This agency offers various dominatrix services. A frequent customer is Rowan Atkinson, who loves being beaten and kicked, apparently.
another about Rowan, him and his current partner, Louise Ford cheated on their former partners with each other. He left makeup artist Sunetra Sastry, his wife of 25 years and mother of his children, and Louise left comedian James Acaster. James has actually talked a bit about it in his comedy routines. Rowan and Louise met while doing a play in London together.
Muhammad Ali impregnated a 16 year old girl, Wanda Bolton (who later changed her name to Aaisha Ali), in his 30’s while he was married to Khalilah Ali. He married Aaisha in an Islamic ceremony that was not legally recognized while still married to Khalilah. They named the daughter Khaliah. Ali also married Khalilah when she was 17 and he was 25, they met when she was 10 years old at her hometown mosque.
Leighton Meester was born in jail.
ETA: semantics. Her mom was in jail but she was born offsite in a hospital. It’s a pretty messed up story if you go into it, her parents were quite something. Family on her mom’s side too. Her aunt escaped from jail.
Cheech Marín from Cheech and Chong is an avid art collector and has the largest collection of Chicano art in the country. The most important collection of Chicano art.
-sebastian stan was born in romania and lived there until he was 8 and he’s done at least one long form [interview in romanian](https://youtu.be/X0VDoTvGIbk)
-hugh dancy and his family, including his wife claire danes, have a [website](https://www.carpetsforairports.com/) where they [review](https://twitter.com/bloodsfest/status/853623907181613057?s=46&t=ZRWiW7EDSoNZJfvtbqJHsA) airport carpet/tile
-frank iero (of my chemical romance) actually only plays guitar on 2 of the songs off their first album, i brought you my bullets you brought me your love. because he wasn’t formally asked to join the band until later. he was a huge mcr fan and booked them their first 13 shows but was only around during the [recording sessions](https://youtu.be/wfXhb0eKj-8)because he was driving geoff rickley (of the band thursday) to the studio since he was producing their album.
edit to add another emo related fact: mikey and gerard way (of mcr) are cousins to joe rogan (i believe 2nd cousin removed?)
Aaliyah was a nepotism baby - her maternal aunt by marriage was Gladys Knight, who pushed her to get on Star Search which was how she was already known in the industry prior to working with he who shall not be named. She was also a fan of Korn, Beck, and Nine Inch Nails and planned on collaborating with all 3 of them before she died.
Speaking of NIN, Trent Reznor was the grandson/heir to an air conditioning magnate who manufactured heaters mainly in his hometown in PA but are still made in every part of the country to this day. I was shocked when I encountered a heater that said Reznor on it for the first time and I had to Google to be sure it was the same guy and sure enough, yep, that’s his granddaddy. Circling back to Aaliyah, he also wrote the NIN song ‘And All That Could Have Been’ about her after she died.
Courtney Love claimed that she performed fellatio on Ted Nugent when she was 12. She was also briefly in the band Faith No More when she was 17. She also claims to have had an affair with Gavin Rossdale while he was married to Gwen Stefani.
The title of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit refers to a deodorant worn by Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill whom Kurt allegedly had slept with. Kathleen Hanna who was also in BK got punched in the face by Courtney.
Tori Amos founded RAINN, and she also dated Trent Reznor. Their relationship was, ironically, destroyed because of Courtney Love. ‘Professional Widow’ by Tori and NIN’s ‘Starfuckers Inc.’ are both about Courtney (the latter is also about Marilyn Manson).
Manson himself was a journalist before he became MM/founded The Spooky Kids. It was through his journalism career that he met Trent. He became his protégé three years later.
The serial killer Richard Ramirez sent gifts to Metallica’s Kirk Hammett from his prison cell (after Metallica filmed in San Quentin for the St. Anger music video) because he (Richard) somehow knew Kirk was a fan of horror which extended to material collected from serial killers.
Brandy is Ray-J’s sister and Snoop Dogg is their cousin. She also committed vehicular homicide, was punched in the face by Monica, and she would regularly bash Aaliyah in interviews for showing off her midriff among other things.
Fall Out Boy signed Panic! at the Disco which is why their songs both contained long song titles and why Brendon’s voice sounded like Patrick’s at the beginning of their career. Also Pete Wentz has allegations of grooming a minor.
Fergie groomed a 16 year old Justin Timberlake when she was 24.
Steven Tyler adopted a 13 year old just so he could travel with her across state lines without getting arrested and have sex with her. Prince did this same thing albeit with legal guardianship in lieu of adoption and he “waited until [his wife] was 19” to have sex (yeah, I don’t buy that one bit lmfao.)
This is Old Hollywood but Rex Harrison may or may not have [killed a lover.](http://www.carolelandis.net/2012/11/was-carole-murdered.html?m=1). He’s at most responsible for letting her die alone to avoid scandal.
Prince was a creep. If you're in your 30s and you see a 16 year old and say "that's my future wife" you are, in fact, a creep. I don't care that he "waited" until she was 22 to marry her. Still gross.
I totally agree, he's not the only one. But the craziest thing to me is that right after her divorce she dated the guy who did the Leaving neverland doc, he was 10 years younger than her (18 yo I think)
1) Ted Danson once dated Whoopi Goldberg
2) Ted Danson did blackface during that time period 😭 https://apnews.com/article/59a857fd2b10063314283c524f8a851c
I thought it was during the Emmys but looks like it was at a Friars Club Roast of Whoopi
When I was in high school (in the 90s) my friend worked at a really high end clothing store in our city and J Lo came to try stuff on and my friend said she left it all in a huge heap on the floor with deodorant stains on everything and it reeked of perfume. That's my J Lo story.
Halle Berry is from Ohio and went to tri-c. J.Cole is half white. Nicholas Cage (Nicholas Coppola) took the name Cage from his favorite superhero, Luke Cage, and to also avoid nepotism. There is no evidence of voter fraud that led Donald Trump to lose the election.
Sofia Vergara just casually mentioned in an interview once that her son was a result of her getting pregnant after being raped and the interviewer acted as if they didn't hear her and moved on like????? HELLO?
Edit: [Apparently it was supposed to be a "joke" ](https://youtu.be/2aE695AfeOI)
She married her ex-husband at 18 and they had their son. I haven't heard anything about him being the product of rape. The marriage ended because he didn't like her pursuing a modelling/acting career.
Mark Wahlberg used to have a Hate Crimes section on his wiki page. I just checked and the title has since been updated to Legal Issues. But, yea. Lots of violence under that section
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Danny Trejo will agree to play a villain or a bad guy in a movie only if his character dies in the end,so that kids who watch it will learn that crime doesn't pay.And unlike other action movie stars he refuses to do his own stunts,because he doesnt want to risk other people's job in the production if he gets hurt from that. Danny Trejo is a selfless and thoughtful man even though he has that resting scary face.
"Resting scary face" is crazy accurate😆
He was also in prison with Charles Manson and had some [strange interactions with him.](https://youtu.be/jkyDTmSzEfM)
Also his cookbook is awesome. It's one of my go-to cookbooks and every recipe I've made has been a hit.
He guested on Top Chef! I had no idea at the time that he cooked ugh I love this man haha
He also plays animal crossing! There is a super wholesome video of him giving someone a tour of his island.
A friend’s dad worked with him on a non profit and he takes his zoom calls laying on the sofa with his laptop on his belly/chest.
Love him ❤️
Every first-hand account I’ve heard say he’s the kindest, most humble, likeable guy (including a family member who worked with him). Resting Scary Face is a great description
Basically the opposite of The Rock, who has it put in his contract that he can’t get beat up too much in movies he’s in because his ego is so fragile.
[Brendan Fraser’s website](http://brendanfraser.com) hasn’t been updated since 2001. It’s a fascinating look back in time, since it gives some insight into how celebrities used to promote themselves online before social media really became a thing.
Oh my god I love it
OMG, thank you so much for bringing it to my notice. It is such a charming website with all those photos and website effects. Reminded me of my childhood ❤
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I was wondering about that, too!! Thank goodness somebody must have set it to auto-pay way back when the site was first set up!
Damn that’s interesting, thanks for sharing! I love how Act IV of his “about” section is still marked “coming soon”.
Great, now I love him even more. That site is charming AF.
Celine Dion met her husband when she was 12 and he was 38!!! He became her manager. And they started going out when she was 19 and he was 43. They got married when she was 26 and he was 50! This still shocks me.
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Lana Del Rey was born in the mid 80s 🤔
Stop...
Yeah, I can’t believe the things that people overlooked a few decades ago.
Trust me, people have been talking about it for decades. Her talent and success just seems to overshadow the marriage.
And Celine herself has said it was a love match and didn’t want people talking about her husband as a predator. I have thoughts about that, but it’s part of the reason why it’s not more widely reported on.
Yes. Especially bc he left his wife to be with Celine. I still think it’s creepy, and explains why Celine was so utterly devastated when he passed away. She’s the only man she ever knew, and it wasn’t healthy (in my opinion), no matter how happy their marriage was. The way it began is wrong.
Tina Fey was attacked by a random stranger who slashed her face when she was 5 years old while she was playing in the front yard. She thought it was a pen and didn’t understand why he wanted to mark her.
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What the actual fuck
You can see a little scar on her lip but you have to know what you're looking for.
you can see her scar pretty clearly during old SNL weekend update segments (again, if you know what you're looking for. she's said the scar never bothered her until cameras seemed to highlight it), but you don't see it often in 30 rock because she had specific filming requirements for what angles were allowed.
Yeah she talks about it in her book, Bossypants.
Diane Guerro's (Isabella from Encanto) parents were deported back to Colombia when she was 14. No one notified her and she came home to an empty house.
Omg, her storyline in orange is the new black hits even harder now. How horrific.
Yes she has spoken about it in interviews and how it was important for that storyline to be told. It was devastating.
Her storyline was my favorite of the entire show. An incredibly brutal but truthful depiction of Americas immigration system :/
Same here! I felt so bad for Maritza and Flaca. Maritza never got a break, remember the mouse scene? Very hard to watch.
people also may know her as lina (jane's best friend) from jane the virgin. she has a [well-regarded memoir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Country_We_Love) all about this experience with her family!
Yea Diane’s character on Orange is the New Black had a very tragic and similar story and Diane mentioned why that storyline was so important to her.
that’s just heartbreaking
She portrayed Maritza on Orange is the New Black and her storyline was very sad and hit close to home for her.
She was on an episode of Jonathan Van Ness’s podcast and is incredibly thoughtful in her storytelling, she does a lot of activism work and was just all around super impressive, I definitely recommend listening
Ozzy Osbourne was arrested for trying to kill Sharon. He almost strangled her to death during a fight.
As unsurprising as this is, I’m still surprised. And also surprised he has yet to actually kill her since then. Strangulation is no joke. Huge red flag in spousal abuse.
Red flag indeed. "43 percent of women who were murdered in domestic assaults, and 45 percent of the victims of attempted murder, had been strangled by their partner within the year before."
He also knocked out her front teeth, the fact that they are looked at as some cute kooky couple is really scary
She had to push a panic button near their bed or he would have succeeded.
Sean Astin’s (Samwise Gangee and Bob from Stranger Things) mom is Patty Duke who was a huge star in the 1960s. She had her own show and has won Emmys, Golden Globes and an Oscar.
And his (adoptive) dad is John Astin, aka Gomez addams.
not just that, sean astin had four dads! :) >When Astin was 14, Duke told him that Arnaz was his father, and the two developed a relationship. However, in his mid-20s, Astin met a relative of Michael Tell who suggested they were related. Sean set out to find the truth about his biological father, and underwent genetic tests which showed Tell was his biological father.\[10\] Astin has maintained close relationships with all three, and saying: "Desi Arnaz Jr. loves me, and I love him. We are so close ... Science tells me ... that he's not my biological father. Science tells me that Mike Tell is." Astin considers John his father, as John was the one who raised him. Astin is also close to his stepfather, Mike Pearce, saying, "I can call any of them on the phone any time I want to. John, Desi, Mike, or Papa Mike ... my four dads."\[5\] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean\_Astin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Astin) mike & papa mike gets me every time lol
His mother also told him at one point that Desi Arnez Jr was his father and he developed a close relationship with him before finding out that Mike Tell was actually his biological father. He’s quoted as saying he has a close relationship with all “four” of his “dads” Astin who raised him, Desi who he thought was his biological father, Tell who turned out to be his biological father and his now step father Mike Pearce and can call any of them up whenever he needs. I find that rather heart warming.
Woody Harrelson’s dad was a hitman that killed a federal judge and may have been connected to the Kennedy assassination
It’s A Mystery Wrapped In A Riddle Inside An Enigma.
Jeffrey Jones (the principal from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Lydia’s dad in Beetlejuice) and Stephen Collins (the dad/reverend from 7th Heaven) are both pedophiles.
Matt Mira told a story on one of his podcasts where when he worked at the Apple store, Jeffrey Jones came in to the Genius Bar with a bunch of laptops and asked him to wipe them which he did. This was way before the news broke about his crimes.
Holy fuck. TIL. Yuck.
taylor lautner is fully white
i still remember being like "there's no way this guy isn't mixed with non white genes" back then
I thought he was at least half Asian or something for so long 😭
Where the hell have you been, loca?
Bro I was CERTAIN he was Latino
What?! Is it tanning? Can’t be because he’s looked like that since he was a child.
he’s dutch / german / french! no idea how he’s so tan with dark features cause it is natural… but even if you look up his family they look nothing like him
He was switched at birth with Pete wentz
Which is funny, because "Hey, isn't it funny that you look nothing like the rest of your family?" was a plot point in the movie Abduction
There are a lot of dutch people that have mixed indonesian heritage (colonialism), and those genes are strong! He looks just like that mix, it hadn't occured to me before.
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Her twin passed away in August 2020. Leslie Hamilton. So sad.
I think about how Ginuwine’s real name is Elgin Lumpkin like twice a month at least.
Ginuwine… is Ginuwine.
Rooney Mara (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Kate Mara (House of Cards) are sisters, whose parents own the NY Giants and whose grandfather founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. Edit: misspelled a word.
iirc i think one side of her family own the steelers and the other side own the giants - i can’t even imagine growing up with those kind of connections/money edit: it’s taken me over a day to notice but edited for a typo!
Jesus could you imagine being that stupidly rich
If I do for too long I wanna commit crimes lol
That Rami Malek has a twin brother, Sami. Was just talking about this with a few folks the other day and many of them had no idea! https://preview.redd.it/u06an9sauw5a1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c905a0066e05ccf550cb9522e5ef4ca65cd8fffa
i remember him telling a story on kimmel about pretending to be his brother in college and giving a monologue to sami’s literature class for extra credit.
My older brother was in class with them in high school. He liked Sami more.
I don’t know why this comment was so funny to me but thank you
Ashton Kutcher also has a twin, though his is fraternal. They didn’t realize that there were two babies, so the twin was a surprise. Elvis had a twin who died at birth. Scarlett Johansson has a twin brother.
I can’t imagine a surprise second baby. That would be a fun hospital room.
Ashton Kutcher also has a fraternal twin named Michael Kutcher who has cerebral palsy. They both recently did an interview on “The Checkup with Dr. David Agus” on Paramount+ and Michael mentioned how he was angry that Ashton revealed to the world that he has cerebral palsy and sadly experienced jealousy over Ashton’s fame. They seem to have healed their relationship now but I can’t imagine how it would feel to be Michael considering how popular Ashton has been for his whole career.
Mark Wahlberg has committed at least 5 hate crimes.
This is the one I always ALWAYS think about
Blinded a Vietnamese man and opened up Wahlburgers
WHAT. How is he not in prison? What a terrifying human. I knew he assaulted someone for taking his seat on a plane, but that’s it.
He was sentenced to 2 years, only served 45 days. Typical 🙄
I hate when people say "oh he's changed" "he did that when he was a teenager" LIKE HUH??? I never blinded anyone when I was a teenager but okay... Sure, he didn't know any better... /s
Same, I don’t know how it keeps getting overlooked how awful he was
And he's a *terrible* actor. I don't understand how he gets work. I would love to see The Italian Job redone with people who could actually act.
He's the whiniest tough guy in the business
The best things he has been a part of were roles where they made tongue in cheek reference to this. Boogie Nights and The Other Guys both made terrific use of his falsetto toughness to expose the vulnerability underneath and using it for drama and comedy, respectively. Anything that takes him at face value is immediately awful, because you can't believe that facade.
[Marks crimes:](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mark-wahlberg-racist-hate-crimes-wikipedia-history-george-floyd-blm-protests-a9554191.html?amp)
That Elle King is Rob Schneider’s daughter threw the Hell out of me, TBH. A good one I know because I love her and I was obsessed with the movie when I was younger, Jennifer Garner is a very accomplished martial artist and all around athlete who performed a surprising amount of her own stunts as Elektra in *Daredevil* and *Elektra*; Michael Clarke Duncan (RIP) said in a special feature that he came on set and watched her do a running backflip off a wall without a double. She sustained a back injury while filming a fight against Will Yun Lee because he mistimed a katana strike while she was flipping, then got over it and came back and finished the scene herself. She got so good at using sais that an episode of *Alias* wrote them into a fight (she did a lot of her own stunts on that show as well). Another surprising thing about her is that she’s also a beautiful singer, who made a surprise appearance on Andrea Bocelli’s *Si Forever* album performing the song “Dormi Dormi (Lullaby)” as a duet.
I am such a huge Jennifer Garner fan and I’ll always believe she would’ve had an even bigger career if she hadn’t married Ben Affleck.
100%, ben affleck is a useless manchild and she put her career on hold for him
She honestly seems like one of the best people ever, and he is undoubtedly one of the worst.
Jen was raised in the same area as me in Charleston, West Virginia and she has done a lot to help our state, especially during a massive flood a while ago that caused several deaths. She did a fundraiser and sold t-shirts and her close friend Reese Witherspoon also promoted it. Jen comes here a lot to visit her family and go white water rafting and other outdoor activities. I’ve always appreciated how she has always spoken about where she’s from and isn’t ashamed of it (since our state and the people in it is often mocked and insulted by everyone). Jen and Drew Barrymore are my favorite actresses because of how honest and REAL they are. They are both amazing and strong women.
I didn't know about Eli King and THAT IS CRAZY! I could see why she probably dropped the Schneider though because I don't know that I would have taken her as seriously when I first heard her!
Jon Hamm was involved in hazing a guy in college that was so violent the kid lost a kidney after being beaten. They also dragged him around by his… junk… with a claw hammer.
Lit him on fire, too.
This tread was all fun and games till I read this comment
He set him on fire.
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that's wild. also has hella "it's a big club and you ain't in it" energy.
The movie Thirteen was co-written by 13 years old Nikki Reed
I knew this but I just have to say that movie was so on point on what being 13 at that time was like (for me anyways) so makes sense to me that a 13 year old wrote it 😅
This movie had me fucked up. I watched when I was 13 and it was too real. Some of the dumb shit my friends and I did… how disconnected our families were… I can’t stand the idea of watching it as an adult.
Exactly the same for me. I was reading reviews on Letterboxd and people were saying things like 'When I was thirteen I was just stanning the Jonas Brothers' and I'm like... I legitimately did too many similar things in this movie that I'm surprised I am alive today. The early 2000s were wild.
she was 14 during the writing, but it was def about her life from 12-13! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen\_(2003\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_(2003_film))
Every time Pedro Pascal tells the story of his families escape from Chile during the dictatorship it’s like shocking to me, but I feel like people don’t know about it. Idk maybe it’s just me but his parents like scaled a wall at an embassy to hide/live in for 6 months because they were going to be arrested for helping protestors. That’s crazy to think about. Crazier to think that their son is now a leading star of 2 major tv franchises.
I remember the article where he told that story. He said his parents climbed the wall of the embassy so their child could have a life in America where he would have a meltdown in a Blockbuster at age 12 because they wouldn’t rent The Breakfast Club.
Yes lmaooo that was a killer quote from him. He said in a podcast that was the one movie his dad banned because his dad was pissed these rich white kids spent the movie complaining about their made up rich people problems and he felt that was a bad influence on his son lmaooo
Chile went through some crazy shit that I don’t think many Americans know about.
The CIA knows about it all too well.
Mara Wilson, who played Matilda, her and Ben Shapiro are cousins but they have no contact and she’s disowned him lol
Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order SVU) is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield.
You can see a photo of Jayne on Olivia Benson’s desk sometimes
And her mother's death is the reason for the Mansfield Bar on tractor trailers (the bar across the lower back to keep cars from driving up under them in a crash)
Wasn’t Jayne Mansfield like genius level smart as well?
As a teenager, Charlize Theron's father, an alcoholic, threatened both her and her mother, physically attacking her mother and firing a gun at both of them. In response, Charlize's mother retrieved her own handgun and shot him dead. Legally, her mother was not charged with the shooting because it was deemed self-defense.
Coretta Scott King (MLK’s widow) paid the cost of Julia Robert’s birth (Roberts’ mom taught acting to King’s kids and they became friends).
i am always surprised to see comments like “Hugh Jackman left Wolverine movies to do this (musicals and theatre) while he left THIS to do Wolverine movies😅
I think this happens often where fanbases totally overlook theatre etc as being significant in acting careers. I often see ‘whatever happened to so and so, their acting career went nowhere’ when they’ve been working consistently on stage (Bryan Cranston is an example of that recently)
Theatre is always overlooked. It’s not as accessible so I understand, but it’s an incredible medium. It’s also the only place where you can see a massive star in person performing feet from you. And lemme tell you, Hugh Jackman may not have the best singing voice but the man OOZES charisma on the stage.
He’s such a great song and dance man. Just saw him in The Music Man and he killed it. He was great in Oklahoma, too.
Snoop Dog is Brandy Norwood and Ray Jay’s full cousin.
He’s also the cousin of wrestler Sasha Banks
Nicolas Cage used to own the home of Madame LaLaurie in New Orleans. If you are not familiar, this woman used to own and torture slaves, they were in the floor boards when the house was burned down. The house is said to be haunted and anyone that owns the house is cursed. Shortly after Nic bought the home, his career went downhill, he was divorced from his wife, and filed for bankruptcy. He has since sold the house and the guy that moved in after him was some big wig in oil and apparently his company started not doing well afterwards. I learned this on a ghost tour in NOLA, they are heavily regulated for what they can say on these tours by the city so I thought it was an interesting addition.
phil lewis (mr. moseby from suite life on disney) was arrested for manslaughter and a dui he blew 3x the legal limit, but only served 1/5 years of his sentence due to his positive reach with a prison theater troupe
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Emma Stone’s real name is Emily. There’s already an actress named Emily Stone so she had to change her name and chose Emma
and she chose Emma because of her love of Emma Bunton! (Baby Spice)
Wentworth Miller is also half Black.
Dirty industry secret: if you worked in media long enough, you knew about Chris D'elia and Adam Levine years before their shit went public. Also, Jared Leto still arranges for locals to find out when he "pops up" unexpectedly. ALLEGEDLY 😎
What does the part about Jared mean, I'm confused.
He calls ahead of him going to places to get fans to show up but pretends it's a surprise when they're there.
Elton John has been sober for decades. He's resurrected the careers of a lot of artists because he admires their work. Including Robert Downy Jr.
He also helped Eminem get sober in the 2000s
Oprah smoked crack
It’s more obvious now, but years ago when Kim K and family was pushing “waist training” corsets, it was actually the process after getting lipo. They literally made bank from pretending to women that the product was doing what they know was lipo. Not that anyone did, but never trust a celebrity for honest beauty advice.
Most people know, but for the young ones: Kirk Douglas (Michael Douglas’s father) raped Natalie Wood.
I feel like everything I’ve ever read about Natalie Wood has been heartbreaking. She deserved better.
And the details are important bc of the hero worship he got from young Hollywood who were also friends with Natalie. Natalie was 15 and driven, mostly bc her mother drilled into her that every job meant their money was on the line. But Natalie was known to be kind to people. Dennis Hopper writes of her in his memoir. About how she showed him the ropes and was enthralled with the actor’s studio and how they were wild, little teens in Hollywood. Quite sweet. But to prove she was wild enough to be in Rebel Without a Cause, she slept with the married producer. I forget his name. And was drinking and smoking. But again, 15. Her mother drove her to the Chateau Marmont for a meeting with Douglas and was waiting downstairs. Natalie was too young to realize this was a must-fuck situation and that you dont go up without your mother. She was Oscar nominated and her mother and sister were downstairs. She probably believed that she could say no and turn men down politely. She was wrong. He was very drunk and beat her. She passed out during. When she tried to leave he raped her again. When he was finished, he told her to come back tomorrow if she really wanted a part. She came down after and hour shaken and traumatized. Her mother said she must’ve said something that ticked him off. Natalie needed a doctor bc Her private area was bleeding. She also wanted the studio to admonish Kirk, which of course was a joke. Her sister was young and in the backseat and was only told what happened years later.
Matthew Broderick killed someone in a car accident decades ago. Also, Tim Allen was sentenced to prison for dealing POUNDS of cocaine in the 70s. Edit: Broderick killed 2 people.
>Also, Tim Allen was sentenced to prison for dealing POUNDS of cocaine in the 70s. I say this every time this comes up because it's so insane - he was arrested at an airport not because he was flying with the cocaine, but because he organised the drug deal to take place AT AN AIRPORT lol.
Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing) was in the passenger seat in that accident. not implying guilt or anything, just stating that she was also there!
Can’t believe how long I had to scroll to get to the Broderick one. He killed two people in a head on collision in Ireland in ‘87.
just some twisty name stuff i think is funny: Martin **Sheen**'s legal name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo **Estévez** \- according to his wiki, he gave himself a different professional name in order to "help him gain parts." his sons split the difference - Charlie went with "**Sheen**" and Emilio went with "**Estévez**" Martin **Sheen** starred in **Apocalypse Now**, an epic film that was marred with all sorts of behind-the-scenes madness. he eventually refused to complete filming after conflicts with Francis Ford Coppola, the director, so his brother Joe **Estévez** stood in for those scenes. **Apocalypse Now** is based on the book ***Heart of Darkness.*** the director's wife made a documentary about the strife behind the filming of A**pocalypse Now** aptly but confusingly called "Hearts of Darkness"
Halle Berry was p[ut on three years probation because of a hit-and-run](https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/472616) Paul Walker, Katherine Heigel, Jon Heder, Aaron Eckhart and Brandon Flowers (lead singer of the Killers) all grew up as part of the Mormon church. (I grew up Mormon and would aways try to find Mormon celebs lol)
I always try to find Eastern Orthodox celebs lol. Our biggest get? Tom Hanks ETA: just googled some more: Jennifer Aniston, the Belushis, Tina Fey, Zach Galifinakis, John Stamos, Natalie Wood??? 😳 I don’t know if they’re all currently practicing though.
That Alec Baldwins wife is not Spanish in any way and was raised in Boston 🥒
She was also born “Hillary-Lynn Hayward-Thomas” not “Hilaria”
It's just Hilarias she thinks she can fool people I'll see myself out
Also - she’s not even that good at yoga 🥒🥒
Hedy Lamarr, a gorgeous leading actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood of the 1940s and 1950s, was also an inventor. One of her patents is the basis for modern day GPS and Bluetooth technology.
Prince became a Jehovah's Witness in the early 2000s. Also had a son that died at 8 months in the 90s. You hear nothing about it because Prince was very good at being very private.
Rihanna is not the only woman that Chris Brown abused. People who defend him keep saying he made ONE mistake when he was young but nope, it's a pattern of behaviour he's kept up with several women since and I don't know why people don't know that.
Karrueche Tran (ex-gf, allegedly threatened to kill her, threw her down some stairs), Amikka Harris (publicly embarrassed the mother of his only son), Kehlani (tweeted that she was attention seeking after a suicide attempt)…the list goes on..
An aspiring actress who was an extra in one of Kirk Douglas’ movies in 1949 mysteriously disappeared and her purse was found a couple days after with a note addressed to someone named Kirk saying she was going to see someone named “Dr. S” or “Dr. Scott” or something like that. There is speculation she was having an affair with Kirk and got pregnant, went to receive an under the table abortion (this was the 1940s), and died during the procedure. Her name was Jean Spangler
Keanu Reeves was in a relationship with a woman named Jennifer Syme when he was in his early 30s. They became pregnant with a baby girl who ended up being stillborn at 8 months. Reeves and Syme broke up, but ended up reconciling later. Not long after getting back together, she was killed in a car accident. She was driving while impaired after partying at Marilyn Manson’s house. So whenever the “sad Keanu” meme was circulating I always thought “yeah no shit!”
Another one: In 1993 when Robert Downey, Jr. was still super messy he was arrested for breaking into a stranger's house and falling asleep in one of their beds. [Robert Downey Jr. Passes Out in a Neighbor's Bed, Is Arrested | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/2cf7dc630a00b76159e541c09913087e)
Could you imagine coming home to find some creep sleeping in your house and then like 10ish years later you turn on the TV and see him staring as mfing Iron Man?? I would literally throw out my tv
I've commented about this before on this sub, but my housemate's sister's best friend (who I've met) works as an escort for a high-end agency in London. This agency offers various dominatrix services. A frequent customer is Rowan Atkinson, who loves being beaten and kicked, apparently.
Finally some fresh tea!
another about Rowan, him and his current partner, Louise Ford cheated on their former partners with each other. He left makeup artist Sunetra Sastry, his wife of 25 years and mother of his children, and Louise left comedian James Acaster. James has actually talked a bit about it in his comedy routines. Rowan and Louise met while doing a play in London together.
Muhammad Ali impregnated a 16 year old girl, Wanda Bolton (who later changed her name to Aaisha Ali), in his 30’s while he was married to Khalilah Ali. He married Aaisha in an Islamic ceremony that was not legally recognized while still married to Khalilah. They named the daughter Khaliah. Ali also married Khalilah when she was 17 and he was 25, they met when she was 10 years old at her hometown mosque.
Leighton Meester was born in jail. ETA: semantics. Her mom was in jail but she was born offsite in a hospital. It’s a pretty messed up story if you go into it, her parents were quite something. Family on her mom’s side too. Her aunt escaped from jail.
Cheech Marín from Cheech and Chong is an avid art collector and has the largest collection of Chicano art in the country. The most important collection of Chicano art.
-sebastian stan was born in romania and lived there until he was 8 and he’s done at least one long form [interview in romanian](https://youtu.be/X0VDoTvGIbk) -hugh dancy and his family, including his wife claire danes, have a [website](https://www.carpetsforairports.com/) where they [review](https://twitter.com/bloodsfest/status/853623907181613057?s=46&t=ZRWiW7EDSoNZJfvtbqJHsA) airport carpet/tile -frank iero (of my chemical romance) actually only plays guitar on 2 of the songs off their first album, i brought you my bullets you brought me your love. because he wasn’t formally asked to join the band until later. he was a huge mcr fan and booked them their first 13 shows but was only around during the [recording sessions](https://youtu.be/wfXhb0eKj-8)because he was driving geoff rickley (of the band thursday) to the studio since he was producing their album. edit to add another emo related fact: mikey and gerard way (of mcr) are cousins to joe rogan (i believe 2nd cousin removed?)
Anthony Kiedis slept with a 14 year old multiple times when he was 23 knowing how old she was
Aaliyah was a nepotism baby - her maternal aunt by marriage was Gladys Knight, who pushed her to get on Star Search which was how she was already known in the industry prior to working with he who shall not be named. She was also a fan of Korn, Beck, and Nine Inch Nails and planned on collaborating with all 3 of them before she died. Speaking of NIN, Trent Reznor was the grandson/heir to an air conditioning magnate who manufactured heaters mainly in his hometown in PA but are still made in every part of the country to this day. I was shocked when I encountered a heater that said Reznor on it for the first time and I had to Google to be sure it was the same guy and sure enough, yep, that’s his granddaddy. Circling back to Aaliyah, he also wrote the NIN song ‘And All That Could Have Been’ about her after she died. Courtney Love claimed that she performed fellatio on Ted Nugent when she was 12. She was also briefly in the band Faith No More when she was 17. She also claims to have had an affair with Gavin Rossdale while he was married to Gwen Stefani. The title of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit refers to a deodorant worn by Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill whom Kurt allegedly had slept with. Kathleen Hanna who was also in BK got punched in the face by Courtney. Tori Amos founded RAINN, and she also dated Trent Reznor. Their relationship was, ironically, destroyed because of Courtney Love. ‘Professional Widow’ by Tori and NIN’s ‘Starfuckers Inc.’ are both about Courtney (the latter is also about Marilyn Manson). Manson himself was a journalist before he became MM/founded The Spooky Kids. It was through his journalism career that he met Trent. He became his protégé three years later. The serial killer Richard Ramirez sent gifts to Metallica’s Kirk Hammett from his prison cell (after Metallica filmed in San Quentin for the St. Anger music video) because he (Richard) somehow knew Kirk was a fan of horror which extended to material collected from serial killers. Brandy is Ray-J’s sister and Snoop Dogg is their cousin. She also committed vehicular homicide, was punched in the face by Monica, and she would regularly bash Aaliyah in interviews for showing off her midriff among other things. Fall Out Boy signed Panic! at the Disco which is why their songs both contained long song titles and why Brendon’s voice sounded like Patrick’s at the beginning of their career. Also Pete Wentz has allegations of grooming a minor. Fergie groomed a 16 year old Justin Timberlake when she was 24. Steven Tyler adopted a 13 year old just so he could travel with her across state lines without getting arrested and have sex with her. Prince did this same thing albeit with legal guardianship in lieu of adoption and he “waited until [his wife] was 19” to have sex (yeah, I don’t buy that one bit lmfao.)
This is Old Hollywood but Rex Harrison may or may not have [killed a lover.](http://www.carolelandis.net/2012/11/was-carole-murdered.html?m=1). He’s at most responsible for letting her die alone to avoid scandal.
Finding Your Roots is chockfull of ancestry and DNA findings for celebs. Martha Stewart & Jimmy Kimmel are distant cousins.
Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor fucked each other on many occasions
Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance and Joe Rogan from Sometimes Having Fuckass Opinions are cousins.
Also, Gerard Way wrote Umbrella Academy ❣️
Speaking of Joe Rogan….I might be dating myself here but his stepdaughter’s biological dad was a singer in the RnB group H-town
Prince was a creep. If you're in your 30s and you see a 16 year old and say "that's my future wife" you are, in fact, a creep. I don't care that he "waited" until she was 22 to marry her. Still gross.
People overlook shit like this due to artistry and fame and it’s unfortunate.
I totally agree, he's not the only one. But the craziest thing to me is that right after her divorce she dated the guy who did the Leaving neverland doc, he was 10 years younger than her (18 yo I think)
1) Ted Danson once dated Whoopi Goldberg 2) Ted Danson did blackface during that time period 😭 https://apnews.com/article/59a857fd2b10063314283c524f8a851c I thought it was during the Emmys but looks like it was at a Friars Club Roast of Whoopi
I thought Pete was 1/4 black? I remember reading that his mom is half black years ago.
Wikipedia just says his mom is “of Afro-Jamaican descent.” You could be right though.
That Jennifer Lopez is mean. Some seemed genuinely surprised by those TikTok’s yesterday
I'm starting to become disillusioned that most celebrities, especially those who get to A and B list status, are jerks. And it's sad.
When I was in high school (in the 90s) my friend worked at a really high end clothing store in our city and J Lo came to try stuff on and my friend said she left it all in a huge heap on the floor with deodorant stains on everything and it reeked of perfume. That's my J Lo story.
Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick are cousins
Halle Berry is from Ohio and went to tri-c. J.Cole is half white. Nicholas Cage (Nicholas Coppola) took the name Cage from his favorite superhero, Luke Cage, and to also avoid nepotism. There is no evidence of voter fraud that led Donald Trump to lose the election.
Nick Cage, Sophia Coppola and Jason Schwartzman are all cousins
Add Rooney frontman and Princess Diaries heartthrob Robert Schwartzman to that list too!
The love interest in the first Princess Diaries movie, Michael played by Robert Schwartzman, is also a Coppola
 @ Nicolas Cage being a Coppola. What?!
Sofia Vergara just casually mentioned in an interview once that her son was a result of her getting pregnant after being raped and the interviewer acted as if they didn't hear her and moved on like????? HELLO? Edit: [Apparently it was supposed to be a "joke" ](https://youtu.be/2aE695AfeOI)
She married her ex-husband at 18 and they had their son. I haven't heard anything about him being the product of rape. The marriage ended because he didn't like her pursuing a modelling/acting career.
Mark Wahlberg used to have a Hate Crimes section on his wiki page. I just checked and the title has since been updated to Legal Issues. But, yea. Lots of violence under that section