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Wily Dalton
In 1832, John Dalton, the father of atomic theory, received a doctorate from Oxf...
Impromptu Jump
One day during the production of I Wanted Wings, Ray Milland went up with...
Marlon Brando & Superman's ...
Like the actor himself, Marlon Brando's eating binges grew to assume legendary p...
Godfather of Bellies
So much did Marlon Brando's weight balloon during the production of ...
Oversight Blooper
"This one killed me," 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno announced one evening in Augu...
Katharine Hepburn: Playing ...
One day on the set of The Lion in Winter, a reporter noticed that Kathari...
Comic Opera
Hillary Rodham Clinton once ridiculed U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William R...
Bump & Grind
One day during the production of MGM's The Cross of Lorraine, Sir Cedric ...
Pantomime Dali
"In 1936 Salvador Dali inadvertently caused more sensation than he had intended ...
Fitting Attire?
During a rehearsal of the revue "Sigh No More" one day, Noel Coward was dismayed...
Pink Apparition
"In the Colombian jungle, during Expedition Darien, Major Blashford-Snell's sple...
Nia Vardalos: Nia Has to Pee
For her role in Connie and Carla (2004), Nia Vardalos was literally sown ...
Webbed Wonder
One day in May 2003, Michael Jackson donned a Spiderman mask and burst into the ...
Hundred Years Old
"On one occasion I [William Douglas-Home] gave a quavering, senile performance a...
Megan Mullally: @@ps
Megan Mullally: "I was the lead in a Cole Porter musical set in 1920s Paris when...
Gentle Puck
As a teenager, Mickey Rooney played Puck in a stage version of Shakespeare's ...
Costume Ball?
Louis Untermeyer once attended a New Year's Eve costume party. As he unleashed s...
Mad Hatter
One evening Georges Clemenceau, famed for his idiosyncratic nature, encountered ...
Standard Fare?
Early in their careers, director Paul Thomas Anderson and some friends made a mo...
Jeri Ryan: Size Seven of Nine
Jeri Ryan, famed for her role as "Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Ze...
The Women
In 1939, Joan Crawford appeared opposite Norma Shearer in George Cukor's ...
Elizabeth Taylor: V.I.P.
During the production of Anthony Asquith's The V.I.P.s (a film which take...
Sober Thought
Winston Churchill, noted for his fondness for drink and fine cigars, had many ru...
Death to Gucci?
In the 1990s, film industry costume designers began complaining that such fashio...
Le Quex
"William Le Quex, the author of many popular mystery stories, was much addicted ...
Birthday Suit?
On the 23rd of July, 2001, Monica Lewinsky turned twenty-eight. "It seemed like ...
Gladiators
One day during a break in the production of a certain historical epic, Victor Ma...
Edith Headstrong
When a rough workaday costume was needed for Ingrid Bergman in Sam Wood's ...
Curious Habit
In November 2000, Michael Jackson confessed to having kicked a curious habit in ...
Sock Trick
In 1994, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis recounted a seminal momen...
Dream Date
In 1975, a KISS fan won a dream date contest with Gene Simmons, the band's front...
Motley Crue
In 1982, Vince Neil and his Motley Crue bandmates decided to bring their show to...
Jack McClelland
The flamboyant publisher Jack McClelland (whose father founded McClelland & Stew...
Tony Hawk: 360 Loop
In 2003, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk sustained the worst injury of his career...
Chicken's McNuggets
Ted Giannoulas (better known as the San Diego Chicken mascot) was once asked whe...
Casting Anthony Daniels
Ironically, Anthony Daniels - famed for his role as C-3PO in George Lucas's ...
Andres Serrano & Christophe...
Some time after his paralysis (following a polo injury) Christopher Reeve was vi...
Peter Bowles: Jeep Bottom
For his role as a wolf in the Christmas pantomime "Little Red Riding Hood" early...
William Rehnquist: Iolanthe
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist often led his law clerks in...
Mekong Lady?
As a young teenager, Suzanne Vega went through a punky urchin phase. "I was very...
Primative Therapy?
While serving as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Robert Gates...
¿qué el infierno?
Tallulah Bankhead once dropped a fifty-dollar bill into a Salvation Army player'...
Royal Pain?
Slated for a performance in Zurich, Slezak left his home in Vienna one day havin...
Bright Future
Her central role (as Trinity) in The Matrix catapulted Carrie-Anne Moss i...
Feeling Romantic?
Before making love to his wife Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson often engaged in a w...
Mein Herr
While starring in the musical Cabaret, Joely Fisher was required to wear ...
Taye Diggs: Caribbean Attra...
Among Taye Diggs's early jobs? Working at a New York pizzeria (for $100 a week) ...
Cheyne: Wardrobe Malfunction
Cheyne was once asked to recall her most embarrassing moment. "Turkey," she said...
Law Suit?
In September 2002, Tennessee politician Robert Hodges appeared in court to fight...
Lapse of Memory
"Frank Benson suffered wonderful lapses of memory. As Caliban, one of his effect...
Leg Warmer?
When Jim Carrey began performing at The Comedy Store early in his career, Rodney...
Xanta Klaus
Balls Mahoney had a short run in the WWF as Xanta Klaus, a demented mall Santa w...
Yow!
The Jesus Lizard's David Yow once made an unusual Halloween costume: A pin-strip...
King of Kings
The set of Cecil B. De Mille's Biblical epic The King of Kings (1927) was...
Casting Decision
While casting the part of Mark Antony in Cecil B. De Mille's 1934 classic, ...
King of Kings
One day on the set of his Biblical epic The King of Kings (1927), Cecil B...
Fitting Response
In 1954, famed costume designer Edith Head was delighted to be awarded an Oscar ...
Upstaged?
Sales of Kangols (the hats so beloved by rappers from LL Cool J to Run-D.M.C.) r...
Xenaphobic Superman?
Lucy Lawless was once asked what Xena - her character on "Xena, Warrior Princess...
Baboon
While hosting a formal dinner one evening, Lord Sandwich brought in a large babo...
Richard E. Bird?
Richard E. Bird (best known for his historic first flights over the North and So...
French Academy
One day, at the behest of a friend, Tristan Bernard submitted a hastily-assemble...
Classic Karloff
Though best known for his role in Frankenstein (1931), Boris Karloff was ...
Upstaged
After Tony Kaye's antics directing American History X, a studio executive...
Strange Customs
Depeche Mode's Martin Gore arrived one day at an international airport sporting ...
Superwuss
One day on the set of Pink Floyd The Wall, Bob Geldof (playing Pink) was ...
Lady Sings the Blues
One day during the production of Lady Sings the Blues (Sidney J. Furie's ...
Cher's Wigs
Comedian Dom Irrera, who often opened for Cher, once recalled that the storage a...
Doge of Venice
"As the Doge of Venice I secured the biggest laugh of my theatrical career," Wil...
Ostrich Feathers
One day on the set of the 1935 musical Top Hat, Ginger Rogers and Fred As...
Spider-Man Costume
"The breathing was OK, but I lost a little peripheral vision," Tobey Maguire onc...
Elgar-thon
In October 2003 - as part of a fund-raising drive for Sargent Cancer Care and th...
Dry Clean Show
In November 2003, Austrian designer Lisa D staged a memorable "Dry Clean Show" -...
Purple Lightsaber
Samuel L. Jackson landed the role of Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels...
Romijn-Stamos Mystique
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos was once asked how fans had reacted to her casting as Myst...
Lint
"I can't stand that something must be made more beautiful to be worthy of being ...
Beckham Bl@@per
During a Spice Girls concert for 60,000 in August 2000, Victoria Beckham's fans ...
Kelsey Grammer: Getup & Go?
"Kelsey Grammer took a spill on a moped while in Ireland filming his latest movi...
Easy-Going Ang Lee
"He has never lost his temper, really," Ang Lee's wife once remarked. "We could ...
Amanda Bynes: Bloomers Blooper
"Once, when I was doing The Secret Garden," Amanda Bynes recalled, "I had...
Bob Baffert: Winner's Circle
Before turning his hand to Thoroughbreds, the legendary horse trainer Bob Baffer...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Hallo...
"This Halloween," Conan O'Brien announced in October 2003, "the most popular mas...
Guy Pearce, Queen Of The De...
"[In Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert], Guy Pearce played a drag queen who,...
Lou Ferrigno & Son
The first time Lou Ferrigno's son saw his father as the Incredible Hulk, he beli...
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg (who spent some $70 million of his own money...
Heath Ledger: Knight's Tail?
"It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor," Heath Ledger once reca...
Cliff Arquette: Mrs. Butter...
David Arquette once told a funny story about his grandfather Cliff Arquette (bes...
Jack Lemmon: Thanks, Jerry
Jerry Lewis: "I turned down Some Like It Hot... I felt I couldn't bring a...
Dustin Hoffman
One day during the production of Sydney Pollack's Tootsie (1982), Dustin ...
Snoopy's Groupies?
Mariah Carey was once asked about her loopiest fans. "I have a Jack Russell who'...
Benetton & the Harajuku Bridge
"Every weekend, on a bridge near the train station in the Harajuku district, doz...
Young Brad Pitt: Job Factory
"With two credits needed before he graduated, in 1986 Brad Pitt climbed into his...
Patricia Arquette: Angelic
"Right after New Year's [2005]," Patricia Arquette recalled, "we went outside to...
Reid's Ruse
Tara Reid - a self-professed "jeans and T-shirts kind of girl" - earned a reputa...
Gere's T's
During the production of Unfaithful, director Adrian Lyne asked pretty bo...
Madame Zucka
When performing songs with alternate endings, the English bandleader Ray Noble o...
Young Rob Zombie: Hockey Freak
"I'd make my own costumes," Rob Zombie once recalled of Halloween, "so they were...
Glenn Hughes: Village Peopl...
On March 4, 2002, Glenn Hughes died (at 50) of lung cancer. Hughes, the original...
Slipknot: The Clown
Slipknot percussionist Shawn "the Clown" Crahan (aka '6') was asked about his cl...
Governor General
In 1952, Raymond Massey's brother Vincent was appointed to serve as Governor Gen...
Superdork?
Following the appearance of "Smallville" (a WB series chronicling Clark Kent's a...
Cobain
At a rock festival in 1992, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain donned a hospital gown ...
Wavy Gravy
Why did San Francisco's famed political activist Wavy Gravy (a former stand-up c...
Halloweird
"I always wanted to go as a hobo or a ghost," Mike Myers, the youngest of three ...
George Clooney: Easter Bunny
"Once, when [George Clooney] was thirteen, he was at home trying on an Easter Bu...
Julie Bowen: Halloween Costume
Julie Bowen once "inadvertently" dressed for a Halloween party. "I was on set do...
Stinson
During a concert in Minneapolis in 1984, Replacements guitarist Bob Stinson, fam...
The Great Sasuke
After winning a local election in 2003, Masanori Murakawa (better known as a wre...
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"In a world that truly appreciated and understood sucking," Neal Pollack once re...
The Tick: Kinky Costume
After playing Elaine's clueless boyfriend (Puddy Bagley) on "Seinfeld," Patrick ...
Snoop Doggy Style
Snoop Doggy Dogg accepted a role in the big-screen adaptation of the classic '70...
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