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In Liza Minnelli’s memoir Youngsters, Wait Until You Hear This!, she revealed that her mom, Judy Garland, had a detailed relationship with John F. Kennedy. Their households would trip collectively on the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port. And every time Garland and Kennedy had lengthy talks on the telephone, he requested her to sing lyrics from “Over the Rainbow,” one among her signature songs from The Wizard of Oz. The legendary performer fortunately obliged.
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There’s an enormous popular culture rumor that little one pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey was by no means murdered in her Colorado dwelling in 1996. Folks consider she grew as much as be the pop singer Katy Perry, which…is unfaithful and a rumor that originated with conspiracy theorists on YouTube. Though we nonetheless do not know who actually killed Ramsey within the ’90s, she was sadly killed. She simply did not develop as much as be Perry.
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Madonna’s lengthy relationship historical past not solely contains well-known males, like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Warren Beatty, but in addition well-known girls. Again within the ’90s, the Queen of Pop was linked to mannequin Jenny Shimizu (who additionally dated Angelina Jolie within the ’90s). Within the docuseries In Vogue: The 90s, Shimizu recollects their sexual relationship and the way every little thing was primarily on Madonna’s phrases.
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And speakinggggg of Madonna, whereas selling her upcoming album Confessions II, she sat down with Grindr and had an open dialog about intercourse, revealing plenty of wild secrets and techniques. When requested about the very best lover she’s ever had, she did not hesitate to name-drop John F. Kennedy Jr., which, GOOD FOR HER!
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In 2001, Winona Ryder was caught stealing over $5,000 value of designer objects from Saks Fifth Avenue (together with Marc Jacobs items). She went to court docket for it, carrying a few of Jacobs’ objects throughout her appearances. Due to the incident, Ryder’s performing profession did not obtain as a lot consideration, and he or she left the general public eye for some time. However the coolest factor to come back out of this? Marc Jacobs and Winona Ryder began a long-lasting friendship and collaboration. When it got here to the Spring 2003 advert marketing campaign, Jacobs revealed to Howdy! journal, “I requested Winona to do the marketing campaign as a result of I believed she appeared so stunning in all these photos that we have seen just lately, no matter whether or not they have been from the trial.”
Years later, in 2016 and 2022, they collaborated once more, and Ryder starred in Jacobs’ magnificence product and purse advert campaigns. Speak in regards to the sweetest type of revenge!!! Rock on, Winona.
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In Future Kid’s “Bootylicious” music video, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams had Stevie Nicks enjoying guitar at first sequence. This was an homage to Nicks, because the group sampled the rock star’s hit “Fringe of Seventeen.”
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On an episode of Good Cling with Amy Poehler, Viola Davis sat within the chair to debate her iconic EGOT-winning profession, childhood, and extra. However the one story that caught out was her expertise filming Doubt with the legendary Meryl Streep. Davis revealed to Poehler that she was beyondddddd starstruck by Streep (naturally) as a result of she had adopted her whole profession. Because of this, she was particularly awkward round her and did not know methods to deal with being on set along with her. And in case you’re a fan of Streep, then you definately generally do foolish issues to impress her, as Davis did.
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Katharine Hepburn revealed in a uncommon 1985 interview that, as a teen, she used to interrupt into homes (and even steal a factor or two, like a crocodile nutcracker).
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Earlier than they made it huge as members of Fleetwood Mac in 1975, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham fashioned a rock band within the late-’60s known as Fritz. Of their early twenties, they performed each gig they might land — and one among their most notable gigs was opening for legendary singer Janis Joplin in Cleveland in 1970.
Janis Joplin yelled at Stevie Nicks and the remainder of Fritz off the stage as a result of their set went over their allotted time. “Being yelled off the stage by Janis Joplin was one of many best honors of my life,” Nicks stated. “On walks this woman in silky bell-bottoms, a phenomenal high, a number of beautiful jewellery, feathers in her loopy, huge pure hair. A lot of angle, conceitedness, the gang within the palm of her hand. She was not a phenomenal lady, however very enticing. I used to be very taken along with her.”
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Whereas filming their makeout scenes in Grease, Jeff Conaway (Kenickie) really gave Stockard Channing (Rizzo) hickies you see within the malt store scene. Channing stated that Conaway was “was actually feeling his oats.”
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Whereas some TV actors really feel irritated by being perceived or recognized just for their hottest position, Lisa Kudrow feels the other. In terms of Phoebe Buffay, the hilarious and kooky character she portrayed on Pals for 10 wonderful years, she’s by no means bothered when “regular” folks acknowledge her as Phoebe (even 32 years later).
And one other enjoyable reality? Lisa Kudrow filmed The Comeback (2026) on Warner Bros. Stage 24, the identical set the place she filmed Pals. Full-circle second? Full-circle second!
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Rita Moreno was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Marlon Brando for eight years, which has at all times been glamorized by the general public. In a 2021 interview with AP, Moreno revealed the reality behind her relationship with Brando, which was really poisonous. Within the interview, she stated, “We did a film collectively lengthy after I attempted to dispose of my life, and all of that needed to do with my relationship with Marlon Brando. The film’s known as The Evening of the Following Day [1969] … and I hauled off and slapped him on this scene … And, to my absolute astonishment, he not solely slapped me again, he slapped me again so onerous I — I now understood what it meant whenever you stated, ‘I noticed stars.'”
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In Carrie Fisher’s dwelling in California, she collected a ton of eccentric objects, putting them round each room, nook, and cranny on the property. Within the 2016 documentary Brilliant Lights, she gave an final tour of her enjoyable home (which was downright iconic). She confirmed off distinctive objects, like a participant piano within the toilet, humorous Prozac artwork within the kitchen, and a visitors mild hanging from a tree in entrance of her home. The one one who might pull off this sensible sort of superstar dwelling decor was Carrie Fisher, and Carrie Fisher solely!
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Olivia Dean, aka the 2026 Grammy winner for Greatest New Artist (!!!!!), was named after the legendary Lauryn Hill. Dean’s mother and father blessed her with the center identify Lauryn as a result of they’re big followers of Hill’s music. “I really feel like I channel it a bit, the ability of Lauryn Hill,” Dean revealed to HELLO! Journal. “I have never seen her dwell, although. I form of wish to simply protect the place she exists in time for me. I take heed to [The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill] now on a regular basis.”
However the stunning kicker? Olivia Dean acquired to see Lauryn Hill carry out on the 2026 Grammys when Hill gave a shocking tribute to the late D’Angelo and Roberta Flack. Life, man!!!
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Sabrina Carpenter was impressed by the 1992 movie Loss of life Turns into Her for her “Style” music video. The video costars Jenna Ortega, and also you see the 2 girls preventing over a person in a really weird method, very similar to Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn did within the unique movie. (Sabrina and Jenna’s model is barely bloodier, although.)
And he or she wrote her huge hit, “Juno,” after watching…properly, Juno (2007). Throughout her NPR Tiny Desk live performance, she claimed it was initially a “joke tune,” nevertheless it got here to fruition for her album Quick n’ Candy.
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Jennifer Lopez has a customized (normally bedazzled) Swarovski cup made for no matter undertaking she’s engaged on in the mean time. On Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ podcast Las Culturistas, Yang recalled this when he labored with Lopez on Saturday Evening Stay. “She was in Ego [Nwodim]’s workplace, and her and I have been simply speaking. We have been like: ‘Oh my god, J.Lo, we love your cup!’ and he or she was like: ‘I do one for each undertaking.’ It is full Swarovski crystal.” D’Arcy Carden, who was a visitor on the episode, stated Lopez had a “small grenade” on her cup after they filmed the upcoming film Shotgun Wedding ceremony collectively.
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On The Graham Norton Present, Salma Hayek talked about internet hosting a celebration with a Donald Tr*mp piñata. She wasn’t afraid to precise the enjoyment it gave her when she stepped on it, which, good for her!!!
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In Intercourse and the Metropolis, Sarah Jessica Parker needed Carrie’s character to make use of as little profanity as potential whereas taking pictures scenes and writing her columns. That is finally the course they took for all six seasons of the sequence. If you happen to rewatch it now, discover how little Carrie curses (if in any respect).
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Within the early ’70s, Jessica Lange moved to Paris to examine mime. “I [discovered mime] by way of this experimental modern-dance theatre in New York within the ’60s, working with a lady named Ellie Klein,” she revealed to Interview Journal in 2013. “I believed, ‘Mime…I adore it, it is stunning, however I do not know if that is one thing that I can do.’ So, it was a pure subsequent step to attempt performing.”
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In 2015, Brittany Howard (and Alabama Shakes) carried out at Prince’s dwelling, Paisley Park. They jammed collectively on Alabama Shakes’ tune “Gimme All Your Love,” and after the evening ended, Prince known as Howard up. “He known as me, and he had a super-deep voice,” Howard revealed. “[He said], ‘Did you’ve an excellent time tonight? Test your electronic mail — we should always work collectively.'”
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In 1970 when political activist Angela Davis was arrested in New York Metropolis for a criminal offense she was wrongfully accused of — and even threatened with the dying penalty — many well-known musicians got here ahead to point out their assist. Large names like Aretha Franklin supplied $100,000 to $250,000 to submit bail for Davis. “Angela Davis should go free. Black folks can be free. I have been locked up, and I do know you bought to disturb the peace when you possibly can’t get no peace,” Franklin informed Jet Journal in 1970. “I’ve the cash — I acquired it from Black folks. They’ve made me financially capable of have it, and I wish to use it in methods that can assist our folks.”
Nina Simone additionally confirmed her assist by visiting Angela Davis in jail and giving her a balloon to carry her spirits. Within the 2012 documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Davis recalled, “Nina Simone got here and visited me for a very long time. She got here in with a balloon, which the jailers didn’t need me to have, however I fought for that balloon as a result of I really like Nina Simone!”
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And Jane Fonda and Marilyn Monroe have been within the identical Methodology performing class — the Actors Studio — which was run by legendary performing coach Lee Strasberg. “I sat subsequent to Marilyn Monroe in Lee Strasberg’s courses. She and I’d sit behind the room,” Fonda recalled on Oprah’s Grasp Class in 2012. “She’d don’t have any make-up on, darkish sun shades, and a shawl round her head. She was too scared to rise up and do something.”
