Posts tagged: Celebrities

Photo of Princess Diana

The Death of Princess Diana Was the Birth of Who2

Who2 was born on this day 20 years ago, when the untimely death of Princess Diana made us wish for a simple online page with details about her life and death. The day was …..

Karen Pence Biography: New!

Our biography of Karen Pence, the wife of vice president-elect Mike Pence, is now live. A few things to know about her: Karen Pence is 58 years old. She was …..

Marilyn Monroe and Her DiMaggio

Marilyn Monroe was an up-and-coming movie star when she married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio on 14 January, sixty years ago. It didn’t work out.

Happy Birthday, Ruben Studdard!

As the American Idol winner turns 35, I found myself wondering, “what the heck is Ruben Studdard up to these days?”

Dr. Joyce Brothers Has Died

 America’s best-known pop psychologist from the 1960s has died at the age of 85.

Actresses Without Teeth

See some samples from the Tumblr “Actresses Without Teeth.”

Gore Vidal, Ladies’ Man

There’s a good feature in Vanity Fair about writer and high society gossipmonger Gore Vidal.

Jenny McCarthy, Celebrity Vampire

At the American Music Awards Jenny McCarthy clutched Justin Bieber as if she needed his life essence to stay young.

Funny Jennifer Lawrence Interviews

 The star of The Hunger Games and Winter’s Bone is a comical chatterbox. See these collected clips.

Name This Chest From 1992

We mean “whose chest is this?” — not “I think I’ll dub that chest ‘President Mitt Romney’.”

Brad Pitt’s Famous Family

 That Pitt family! First Brad’s brother makes the news with a funny video, then his mom makes the news with a letter to the editor.

25 People Who Played Vampires

Can you imagine Tom Cruise sucking the life out of someone? He’s one of 25 people in our gallery who’ve played vampires on the big (or little) screen.

Photos of Hip Hop Stars

A simple gallery of some musical greats, from the book Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix.

Six Photos From Beyoncé’s Tumblr

Yay! Beyoncé’s on the internet! Here are six great photos of B. from her very own Tumblr (and one more, just because it’s cool).

Shriver, Schwarzenegger and Ski Accidents

Patrick Schwarzenegger — that is, Patrick Shriver — posted this photo of himself after a skiing accident and scared celebrity watchers, but it’s okay now.

Howard Hughes Was Fastest

 Howard Hughes was a dashing millionaire who’d just turned 32 years old when he set a new speed record for a transcontinental flight on 19 January 1937.

Bob Hope Trivia

Bob Hope hurt his ankle in 1965, when someone “shoved him off the stage” in Thailand. Bob Hope used Brut 33 cologne and Gillette shaving cream. Quite by accident, I learned that and more this week.

Sorry We Missed Your Birthday, Dude

Oscar winner Jeff Bridges turned 62, yesterday. And we missed it. So happy belated birthday, with a few photos.

Photos of Tom Cruise in Tiger Paint

According to the gossipmongers at Splash News Online Hollywood bigshot Tom Cruise got his face painted as part of his 49th birthday celebration. Here’s one of the creepy photos to prove it: