Particularly in this day and age of social media, some people may have the
impression that we already know everything there is to know about our favorite celebrity. However, there is always room for little-known
details that take us by surprise and perhaps cause us to view a star in a new light. We compiled a list of 9 Celebrity
Facts that we had never heard of before, and it blew our minds. These
Facts About Celebrities are fascinating. 1. Halle Berry
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One of the sights in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, where she was born, was the department store Halle Brothers. Her parents obviously had a soft spot for that shop, as it was the inspiration for her name.
2. Jennifer Lopez
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In the year 2000, there was no centralized location to view all of Google's image results. But once Jennifer Lopez showed up to the Grammys that year in an attention-grabbing costume, a flood of individuals who were searching for photos of Lopez transformed the way search engines function. The engineers at Google came up with this search mode as a result of this need.
3. Rebel Wilson
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When Rebel Wilson chose to take a year off between her undergraduate and law school courses to travel in Africa, she changed her career path. Malaria struck her there, and in her delirium, she imagined herself to be a famous actress. Although she did complete law school, that vision inspired her to choose a different line of work.
4. Justin Timberlake
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Co-stars on The Mickey Mouse Club as kid actors
Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling are now a couple. Gosling's mother eventually had to return to Canada for professional reasons, so Timberlake's mother stepped in to become Gosling's legal guardian so that he could continue filming.
5. Daniel Radcliffe
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As it turns out, the fanfare about the actor's casting in the Harry Potter film was underwhelming. The actor was in the shower when he heard the good news that he had gotten the part. And for his trouble, he was given half an extra hour of sleep to enjoy an episode of Fawlty Towers.
6. Britney Spears
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Innosense was an Americanized take on the Spice Girls. This collective's heyday was between 1997 and 2003. Nikki DeLoach, now a famous actress because to her role on MTV's Awkward, was also a part of it.
7. Jake Gyllenhaal
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Jamie Lee Curtis knew Jake Gyllenhaal from an early age since she and his parents were close. This is how she became known as her godson's godmother. Gyllenhaal is also the godfather of Heath Ledger's daughter, which is a remarkable fact in and of itself.
8. Stephen Baldwin
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Since his offspring were avid viewers of Hannah Montana, he hoped to make a cameo appearance on the show. In exchange for the guest starring role, the show's star, 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, dared him to get a tattoo of Hannah Montana's initials. This is what Stephen Baldwin did, but the guest appearance never happened.
9. Simon Cowell
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Although he is currently best known for his role as a judge on the talent program The X-Factor, he got his start in the industry shining the prop axe used by Jack Nicholson in the thriller The Shining. The talent judge was "extremely proud," according to Cowell's half-brother, of how polished the sets were in between takes.