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Jr. named his son Exton Elias.
Man vs. Wild
star Bear Grylls has sons named Marmaduke and Huckleberry.
Uma Thurmanâs daughter is named Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
Mariah Carey named her two children with Nick Cannon Monroe and Morocco (because Cannon proposed to her in a Moroccan-style room in her mansion). She calls the kids Roc and Roe.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z tried to trademark their babyâs first nameâBlue Ivyâbut were rebuffed by the court.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR
Mila Kunis is the voice of Meg Griffin on
Family Guy
.
Casey Kasem was the voice of Shaggy on
Scooby-Doo
.
Fergie was the voice of Charlie Brownâs little sister Sally on a couple of
Peanuts
specials.
Seth Green voiced Chris Griffin on
Family Guy
.
Jerry Orbach, who starred on
Law & Order
, was the voice of Lumiere in Disneyâs
Beauty and the Beast
.
HAPPILY NEVER AFTER
Singer Sinead OâConnor married her fourth husband, Barry Herridge, from the back of a pink Cadillac in Las Vegas. The honeymoon didnât last long. They were divorced sixteen days later.
Nicolas Cage was married to Lisa Marie Presley for 108 days.
Kenny Chesney and Renée Zellweger made it for 130 days.
Drew Barrymore was married to bartender Jeremy Thomas for fewer than two months and filed divorce papers after five months of marriage to comedian Tom Green.
Britney Spearsâs marriage to Jason Alexander lasted fifty-five hours.
The only one of Elizabeth Taylorâs seven husbands she did not divorce was producer Michael Todd, who died in 1958, a year after they were married. Todd perished when his private plane, the
Lucky Liz
, crashed in New Mexico. The plane was overloaded, flying too high for its design, and had icy wings. Taylor had wanted to accompany him on the flight, but he made her stay home because she had a cold.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS . . .
Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Janeane Garofalo discovered in 2012 that she had been married for some twenty years to writer/producer Rob Cohen. The two went to a Las Vegas drive-thru wedding chapel in a taxi in 1992. Apparently she didnât think weddings in Vegas were legally binding.
BRING THE BLING
Movie producer Michael Todd gave Elizabeth Taylor a thirty-carat diamond engagement ring in 1957.
Jay-Z gave Beyoncé an eighteen-carat diamond when he popped the question in 2008.
Mariah Carey accepted a seventeen-carat pink diamond from Nick Cannon in 2008 after dating for six weeks.
Donald Trump gave Melania Knauss a twelve-carat rock in 2004.
Grace Kelly got a ten-and-a-half-carat ring from Monacoâs Prince Rainier III in 1955.
HEREâS JOHNNY!
Johnny Carsonâs television career began in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1950. He hosted a local show called
The
Squirrelâs Nest
, where one of his bits was interviewing pigeons on top of the courthouse about the political corruption they had seen.
Carsonâs big break came in 1954, when, as a writer for the popular
Red Skelton Show
, he was asked to fill in at the last minute after Skelton had accidentally been knocked out just before airtime.
Johnny at first turned down hosting
The Tonight Show
, but after Joey Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, and Bob Newhart also declined, NBC convinced him to accept.
HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL
Director Tim Burton once played water polo and was on his high school swim team.
Sarah Jessica Parkerâs tenth great-grandmother was accused of being a witch in the Salem witchcraft trials.
Director James Cameron was once a school bus driver, as was John Malkovich.
Cuba Gooding Jr. was a backup dancer for Lionel Richie.
Brad Pitt had his front teeth chipped for his role in
Fight Club
, then had them redone afterward.
Mick Jagger studied at the London School of Economics and had planned on being an accountant.
Ken Jeong of
The
Hangover
is a medical doctor who studied at the University of North Carolina. He broke into comedy by doing
Man vs. Wild
star Bear Grylls has sons named Marmaduke and Huckleberry.
Uma Thurmanâs daughter is named Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
Mariah Carey named her two children with Nick Cannon Monroe and Morocco (because Cannon proposed to her in a Moroccan-style room in her mansion). She calls the kids Roc and Roe.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z tried to trademark their babyâs first nameâBlue Ivyâbut were rebuffed by the court.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR
Mila Kunis is the voice of Meg Griffin on
Family Guy
.
Casey Kasem was the voice of Shaggy on
Scooby-Doo
.
Fergie was the voice of Charlie Brownâs little sister Sally on a couple of
Peanuts
specials.
Seth Green voiced Chris Griffin on
Family Guy
.
Jerry Orbach, who starred on
Law & Order
, was the voice of Lumiere in Disneyâs
Beauty and the Beast
.
HAPPILY NEVER AFTER
Singer Sinead OâConnor married her fourth husband, Barry Herridge, from the back of a pink Cadillac in Las Vegas. The honeymoon didnât last long. They were divorced sixteen days later.
Nicolas Cage was married to Lisa Marie Presley for 108 days.
Kenny Chesney and Renée Zellweger made it for 130 days.
Drew Barrymore was married to bartender Jeremy Thomas for fewer than two months and filed divorce papers after five months of marriage to comedian Tom Green.
Britney Spearsâs marriage to Jason Alexander lasted fifty-five hours.
The only one of Elizabeth Taylorâs seven husbands she did not divorce was producer Michael Todd, who died in 1958, a year after they were married. Todd perished when his private plane, the
Lucky Liz
, crashed in New Mexico. The plane was overloaded, flying too high for its design, and had icy wings. Taylor had wanted to accompany him on the flight, but he made her stay home because she had a cold.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS . . .
Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Janeane Garofalo discovered in 2012 that she had been married for some twenty years to writer/producer Rob Cohen. The two went to a Las Vegas drive-thru wedding chapel in a taxi in 1992. Apparently she didnât think weddings in Vegas were legally binding.
BRING THE BLING
Movie producer Michael Todd gave Elizabeth Taylor a thirty-carat diamond engagement ring in 1957.
Jay-Z gave Beyoncé an eighteen-carat diamond when he popped the question in 2008.
Mariah Carey accepted a seventeen-carat pink diamond from Nick Cannon in 2008 after dating for six weeks.
Donald Trump gave Melania Knauss a twelve-carat rock in 2004.
Grace Kelly got a ten-and-a-half-carat ring from Monacoâs Prince Rainier III in 1955.
HEREâS JOHNNY!
Johnny Carsonâs television career began in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1950. He hosted a local show called
The
Squirrelâs Nest
, where one of his bits was interviewing pigeons on top of the courthouse about the political corruption they had seen.
Carsonâs big break came in 1954, when, as a writer for the popular
Red Skelton Show
, he was asked to fill in at the last minute after Skelton had accidentally been knocked out just before airtime.
Johnny at first turned down hosting
The Tonight Show
, but after Joey Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, and Bob Newhart also declined, NBC convinced him to accept.
HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL
Director Tim Burton once played water polo and was on his high school swim team.
Sarah Jessica Parkerâs tenth great-grandmother was accused of being a witch in the Salem witchcraft trials.
Director James Cameron was once a school bus driver, as was John Malkovich.
Cuba Gooding Jr. was a backup dancer for Lionel Richie.
Brad Pitt had his front teeth chipped for his role in
Fight Club
, then had them redone afterward.
Mick Jagger studied at the London School of Economics and had planned on being an accountant.
Ken Jeong of
The
Hangover
is a medical doctor who studied at the University of North Carolina. He broke into comedy by doing
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