28 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History

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28 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History
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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

CRAy Leonardo Dicaprio's first name was inspired by none other than Leonardo da Vinci. While his mother was pregnant with DiCaprio, she and his father

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!

The Mother! crew built Jennifer Lawrence a Kardashian tent, SO she could de-stress.. It had gumballs, it was plastered with Kardashians' pictures, a

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

Weird Al Yankovic GRACKED O1 For a long time, Weird Al requested a fresh Hawaiian shirt from every venue he performed at. He took out that clause afte

Nicolas Cage for Pachinko

28 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History

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

Antonio Banderas starred in a series of Italian commercials for Mulino Bianco, a brand of baked products. One of these is a bread commercial in which

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

Ed Sheeran's Grandfather

Ed Sheeran wrote Afire Love for his grandfather, who never really knew the singer due to Alzheimer's disease. Не began writing the song two weeks before his grandfather passed away. CRACKED.COM

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Elton John

Elton John Born Reginald Dwight, it makes sense why the performer would change his name. Не chose Elton from Elton Dean, a jazz musician. CRACKED.COM

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

Source: The Guardian

A-List Celebrities

A-list celebrities are paid small fortunes to wear designer dresses and jewelry at red carpet events. Celebrity stylist Jessica Paster has confirmed t

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie worked for Paul Reubens. NH Gf OFTHE LIViNG DEAD Before he was scaring kids with his movies and music, Zombie was a production assistant on

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

Ben Affleck

BEN AFFLECK LIED ABOUT GETTING A BACK TATTOO. After pictures surfaced of an enormous phoenix tattoo on his back, Affleck told the press it was a fake tattoo he got for a movie. About a year later, after no movie came out featuring him with the tattoo, the actor finally

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

The New York Times

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