28 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History

Take a peak behind the curtain.

I miss when the only information that I really got about celebrities came from the magazines that I browsed at the dentist's office or at the check out line of a grocery store. Now, I know way too much about everyone – especially when it comes to celebrity gossip. Every time I open my phone to do a little doom scrolling, I come across some piece of “news” against my will, speculating that someone is now secretly dating a Kardashian, and the comments sections are filled with outrage and doctored screenshots and more rumors. 

But where are the FACTS? Where is the true knowledge about the mysterious individuals whose visages grace our screens and whose voices sound on the radio? Well, they're right here, actually. 

Leonardo DiCaprio

Woah, to think he could just have easily been named Raphael or Michelangelo DiCaprio. Or even Jean-Michel or Man Ray DiCaprio if his parents were in the contemporary art section. 

Mother!

This is sort of my dream, except I'd want a Lord of the Rings tent plastered with art from the books, playing the movies on the loop, and lembas bread. 

Weird Al Yankovic

Nicolas Cage for Pachinko

Is Nicolas Cage unironically the best celeb? He's always down to take on the weirdest and most random roles. 

Antonio Banderas for Mulino Bianco

I mean he is, in fact, known best for his role as a talking cat. 

Ed Sheeran's Grandfather

Source

Elton John

I dunno, Reginald Dwight sounds pretty jazzy to me, too.

Source: The Guardian

A-List Celebrities

Rob Zombie

This is the sort of niche and oddly-specific knowledge that I live for.

Ben Affleck

Ah, back when tats were still totally socially unacceptable. How the times have changed!

The New York Times

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