Whether consciously or not, we all receive a pretty high volume of exposure to celebrities’ personal lives. Think of social media, TV and reality shows, the fashion and beauty industries, you name it, nothing has remained untouched by A-list bravado where celebs transform their fame into brands.
This comes in many forms, from selfie announcements and live videos to reactions and statements in response to current events. It seems like we truly are “all in this together,” as the celebs kept convincing us during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. But are we really? In order to find out more about celebrity culture that, in spite of our turbulent times, seems to be thriving, we spoke with David Schmid, an Associate Professor of English at University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. So scroll down to see the insights he shared about it.
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Below is an entertaining list with some of the lesser-known and very random facts about celebrities that make you wonder who these people are, that so many of us aspire to be like.
#1 Jennifer Lawrence Has H2o Tattooed On Her Hand To Remind Her To Drink More Water
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#2 Katy Perry’s Cat Was Named Kitty Purry
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#3 Taylor Swift Has A Framed Picture Of Kanye West Interrupting Her At The 2009 Mtv Video Music Awards In Her Living Room. It’s Captioned, “Life Is Full Of Little Interruptions”
#4 Lorde Has A “Secret” Onion Ring Account Where She Reviews Onion Rings
Ah, the fish and chip shop ring. Humble, honest. Did I miss the crunch of a true battered ring biting into this? Perhaps. But it was perfectly seasoned, and brought joy. 3.8/5.
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#5 This Was Danny Devito’s First Tweet
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#6 Tom Cruise Has A Tooth That Sits Directly In The Middle Of His Face. Once You See It, You’ll Never Un-See It
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#7 Natalie Portman Has Had Papers Published In Two Scientific Journals
Her high school paper, “A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar,” was published in the Journal of Chemical Education, and while at Harvard, she co-authored a study called “Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”
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#8 Matthew Perry Is Missing Part Of His Middle Finger
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#9 The Obamas Didn’t Pay Off Student Loans Until They Were In Their 40s
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#10 Hugh Jackman Performed At Children’s Birthday Parties As Coco The Clown
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#11 When Lady Gaga Went To Nyu, A Group Of Students Started A “Stefani Germanotta, You Will Never Be Famous” Facebook Group
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#12 Helen Mirren At 25 And 70
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#13 This Is What Morgan Freeman Looked Like When He Was A Teenager
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#14 Before Going Solo, Britney Spears Was In An All-Female Group Called Innosense
#15 These Are Some Of Taylor Swift’s First Myspace Pictures
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#16 This Was Shaq’s First Tweet:
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#17 More Like During Filming, But During The Filming Of The Avengers Robert Downey Jr Hid Snacks Everywhere. The Food He Kept Offering People In The Movie Was The Actor’s Own Personal Stash – It Wasn’t Written Into The Script, The Actor Just Got Hungry And Would Pull Out Food. The Crew Couldn’t Keep Up With All His Hiding Places, So They Finally Gave In And Let Him Do It.
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#18 Vince Vaughn Is Missing Part Of His Thumb
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#19 The Rock Eats And Documents His Enormous “Cheat” Meals
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#20 Harry Styles Has Four Nipples
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#21 Daniel Radcliffe Broke Over 80 Wands While Filming The Harry Potter Movies Because He Used Them As Drumsticks
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#22 Actor Woody Harrelson’s Dad Was A Hitman
Charles Voyde Harrelson (July 23, 1938 – March 15, 2007) was an American hitman and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century
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#23 Monica Lewinsky Is Very Funny; She’s Always Making Jokes Like This On Twitter
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#24 Steve Buscemi Used To Be A Firefighter
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#25 “Before She Was A Reality Star, Kim Kardashian Was Paris Hilton’s Stylist And Professional Closet Organizer
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#26 Scarlett Johansson Has A Twin Brother Named Hunter
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#27 The Weirdest Thing Daniel Radcliffe Ever Had To Do To Prepare For A Role Was Wax His Butt
#28 Tyra Banks Suffers From Delfiniphobia (Aka A Fear Of Dolphins)
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#29 Rami Malek Has A Twin Brother Named Sami
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#30 Soon After Moving To New York City, Madonna Worked At A Dunkin’ Donuts. She Was Fired After One Week For Messing With The Jelly Machine
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#31 Ths Is Brad Pitt’s Brother, Doug Pitt
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#32 Katy Perry Collects Celebrity Hair
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#33 Elvis Presley Was Actually A Blond
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#34 Ashton Kutcher Has Webbed Toes
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#35 Tim Allen’s Mugshot After Being Arrested For Possession Of Over 650 Grams 1.43 Lb Of Cocaine. 1978
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#36 Oprah Has A Bathtub That’s Shaped Like Her Body
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#37 A Young Bob Ross In His Army Days
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#38 Beyoncé Got An Insect Named After Her. It Happened In 2012, When Researchers In Australia Discovered A New Species Of Horse Fly. So They Named It “Scaptia Beyonceae,” Apparently Because Of The Golden Hairs On The Fly’s Abdomen. Researchers Even Claimed That The Rare Horse Fly Is The “All-Time Diva Of Flies”
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#39 Zac Effron Used To Have A “Yolo” Tattoo
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#40 Limp Bizkit Were Originally Going To Be Called Blood Fart
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#41 The Spice Girls Were Originally Named Touch
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#42 Christopher Walken’s Old Friends Called Him Ronnie. His Birth Name Is Ronald
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#43 Ed Sheeran Has A Giant Lion Tattooed On His Chest
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#44 Nicole Kidman’s Hair Is Naturally This Curly
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#45 Eddie Murphy Has 10 Children
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#46 Dennis Rodman Has 28 Siblings
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#47 Taylor Hanson Has Seven Children, Zac Hanson Has Four Kids, Isaac Hanson Has Three Kids
For those not keeping track, that means there are currently 14 spawn of Hanson.
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#48 Simon Cowell Polished Jack Nicholson’s Axe On The Set Of ‘The Shining’
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#49 Calvin Harris’s Real Name Is Adam. Like, That’s What Taylor Swift Called Him When They Were Dating
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#50 After He Didn’t Make The Cut For The Backstreet Boys, Chris Kirkpatrick Was The Founding Member Of N’Sync
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#51 AOC’s Nickname Is Sandy
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#52 This Is Kourtney Kardashian’s Children’s Playhouse
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#53 Rachel Mcadams Has A Sister Who Looks Exactly Like Her Named Kayleen Mcadams
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#54 Ashton Kutcher’s Real First Name Is Christopher
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#55 Before Shooting The Friends Pilot Episode, Jennifer Aniston Turned Down Being A Cast Member On Saturday Night Live
#56 Ricky Gervais – Young And Old
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#57 Bill Murray Was Arrested When He Was 20 For Trying To Bring 10 Pounds Of Marijuana On A Plane
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#58 Hannah Montana Was Almost Called Alexis Texas
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#59 Martha Stewart Started Out As A Fashion Model
#60 Leonardo Dicaprio’s Mom Was Looking At A Leonardo Da Vinci Painting In A Museum In Italy When Leo First Kicked. That’s Why He’s Named Leonardo
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#61 Here’s What Jason Momoa Looked Like In His 20s
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#62 There Also Used To Be Another Spice Girl Named Michelle
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#63 Angelina Jolie Wanted To Be A Funeral Director
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#64 Well, Apparently He Retired At 19 With $40 Million In The Bank
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#65 Luke Perry Has A Son Named Jack
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#66 This Is What Stevie From Malcolm In The Middle Looks Like Today
#67 This What Billy From School Of Rock Looks Like Today
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#68 Anne Hathaway Thought Catwoman Audition Was Originally For Harley Quinn
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#69 The Goo Goo Dolls Were Originally Named The Sex Maggots
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#70 Cate Blanchett With Her Husband Adopted Baby Girl In 2015
#71 Grimes Legally Changed Her Name From Claire To c In 2018. The Lowercase Is Intentional
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#72 Kanye West Used To Work At The Gap
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#73 Tom Cruise Went To Seminary School As A Boy. He Could Have Been A Priest
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