The Extraordinary Book of Useless Information by Don Voorhees Page B

stand-up in his spare time.
    Colin Farrell has a lucky belt and always wears the same boxer shorts, with shamrocks, on the first day of shooting a new movie.
    Heidi Klum carries a bag of her baby teeth for good luck.
    Reese Witherspoon’s father is a bigamist.
    In 1935, unmarried actress Loretta Young conceived a child with Clark Gable while filming
The Call of the Wild
. Young had the baby in secret and put her into orphanages until she turned nineteen months, at which time she brought the child home and told the public that she had adopted her. In 1940, when Young married Thomas Lewis, the girl, Judy, took his surname. Until her dying day, Young never publicly acknowledged Judy as her biological daughter.
    Comedian Jimmie “J.J.” Walker, of
Good Times
fame, once employed both Jay Leno and David Letterman as writers for $150 a week.
    After the cancellation of
Star Trek
and a divorce from his wife, William Shatner lived in his car for a time.
    Lucille Ball filed for divorce from Desi Arnaz the day after they filmed the last episode of
I
Love Lucy
.
    Johnny Depp appeared as a guy named Eddie in a 1991 music video for Tom Petty’s song “Into the Great Wide Open.”
    Christina Aguilera made a Spanish language album—
Mi Reflejo
—in 2000, even though she doesn’t speak the language.
    Richard Gere played the part of Danny Zuko in the stage production of
Grease
in 1973, five years before John Travolta rose to fame playing the role in the 1978 movie adaptation.
    Kelly Bensimon of
The Real Housewives of New York City
is not a housewife, or any other kind of wife. She was divorced in 2007.
    Richard Belzer holds the record for playing the same character in the most different TV series. He has appeared as Detective John Munch on at least eleven different shows, including
Homicide
,
Homicide: Life on the Street
,
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
,
Law & Order: SVU
,
The X-Files
,
The Beat
,
M.O.N.Y
.,
Sesame Street
,
The Wire
,
Arrested Development
, and
30 Rock
.
    Daniel Radcliffe admits to showing up on the set drunk from the night before while filming the later Harry Potter movies.
    Pat Sajak confided that he and Vanna White would down up to six margaritas during their breaks between the shooting of several
Wheel of Fortune
shows per day.
    LeAnn Rimes has a tattoo on her right foot that reads, “the only one that matters.” It’s something husband Eddie Cibrian said to her.
    Michael Richards was slated to play the title character on
Monk
on ABC. He backed out and then so did ABC. The show was then picked up by USA Network, starring Tony Shalhoub.
    Kate Upton’s great grandfather was a cofounder of Whirlpool.
    David Bowie’s left eye is permanently dilated from being punched in the face as a kid.
    Gossip Girl
star Leighton Meester was born in prison, where her mother was doing time for being involved in a drug ring.
    Frank Oz is the puppeteer who performed Yoda, Miss Piggy, and the Cookie Monster, among others.
    Katie Couric battled bulimia in college.
    Pierce Brosnan used to work as a fire-eater in a circus.
    During one week in November 1994, Tim Allen had the top movie (
The Santa Clause
), the top TV show (
Home Improvement
), and the top
New York Times
bestselling book (
Don’t
Stand Too Close to a Naked Man
).
    Jane Lynch met director Christopher Guest while shooting a Frosted Flakes commercial. The two went on to work together on several “mockumentary” movie projects, including
Best in Show
and
A Mighty Wind
.
    CULT OF PERSONALITIES
    Notable celebrity Scientologists include Kirstie Alley, Anne Archer, Karen Black, Sonny Bono, Jeff Conaway, Chick Corea, Tom Cruise, Isaac Hayes, Juliette Lewis, Priscilla Presley, Kelly Preston, Leah Remini, John Travolta, Greta Van Susteren, and Edgar Winter.
    People who were once Scientologists include Al Jarreau, Charles Manson, and Lisa Marie Presley.
    SELLEBRITIES
    Rihanna once promoted Secret (deodorant) Body Spray.
    Serena