Celebrity Facts

Louis Armstrong attributes his start in a musical career after beingsent to the New Orleans Waif's Home for Boys for firing his father's.38 pistol. There his music teacher took an interest in him and hebegan his love for music.Unusual deaths have plagued the cast of the

Poltergeist

trilogy of films including 12-year-old actress Heather O'Rourke, who died of septic shock. The theory is that the set was cursed by evil.Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.Walt Disney was afraid of mice.Lucille Ball, the long running star of the popular television show,

I Love Lucy

, wasn't a natural redhead. Originally she was a brunette.Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in ahospital.Back in 1956 recording artist Johnny Mathis was forced to make thedecision between trying out for the United States Olympic trackteam or recording his first album for Columbia Records. Obviously,he chose the recording and went on to become the eighth biggestselling album artist of all time.Actress Cheryl Ladd started her career as the singing voice of thecharacter Melody on the 1970's cartoon

Josie and the Pussycats

.James Buchanan was the only bachelor president.

Fatty Arbuckle, popular silent film comedian was charged with the rape and murder of thebeautiful, but promiscuous, actress Virginia Rappe. It took three different trials to sort out whatreally happened at the wild party at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel. Though he was finallyacquitted of the crime, his career never recovered from the scandal.George Clooney owns a pet pig named Max.Matthew McConaughey sometimes has to stop eating because he claims to get too sexuallyaroused by the food. He says: "I think food is really sexy."Vivien Leigh reportedly did not like kissing Clark Gable because she said that he had excessivelybad breath.Walt Disney named Micky Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for a while.Paul Newman’s first acting job was an appearance on the Television show,

The Aldrich Family

.Immediately afterwards, he quit the Yale Drama School and landed appearances on numeroustelevision shows.Even though they broke up 25 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.

Julia Roberts is the highest paid actress in film history.Actress Lisa Kudrow is a pool shark.Janis Joplin's will called for a party for 200 people at her favorite pub in San Alselmo,California at a cost of $2,500.00.George Clooney says he will never get married, nor have any children.Robert Evans and Jerry Lee Lewis top to the list of male celebrities having had the most wives.Both have had six.Dr. Seuss pronounced his name so it rhymed with "rejoice"Tom Hanks collects 1940’s typewriters.David Letterman worked at a local grocery store during his teenage years.Jennifer Lopez started taking singing and dancing lessons at age 5.Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year. He taught himself to read and write.Jamie Farr, who played Klinger on M*A*S*H was the only member of the cast that was a soldier in the Korean War.Actress Cameron Diaz’s childhood nickname was Skeletor, as she has always been skinny.Tom Cruiseonce enrolled in a seminary to become a priest but dropped out after only one year.The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 1924's

Mrs. Miniver

. Ittook an hour.

Time Magazine's

"Man of the Year" for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.John F. Kennedy had a sister, Rosemary, who was mentally retarded. She had a lobotomy, anaccepted practice at one time. She died in January, 2005 at the age of 86.The Mills Brothers have recorded the most songs of any artist: about 2,250.Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.Actor, Randy Quaid was once a regular on the popular television show

Saturday Night Live

.Starting in show business as the straight man in comedy teams, he often impersonated PresidentRonald Reagan in the show in the mid 1980’s.Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a statue of a dung beetle at the London Zoo, but declined to attendthe dedication of a children's playground and walkway dedicated to Diana, Princess of WalesItalian producer Carlo Ponti meet Sophia Loren when he was a judge in a beauty contest. Lorenwas only 15 years old. She starred in one of his films five years later and they married in 1957when Sophia was 23.

At age 16 at the 1984 Olympics, was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s first professional job was as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie.Before her success as a comedienne, Ellen DeGeneres consider becoming a professional golfer.Ronald Reagan appeared in 60 films from the 1930's to the 1960's.MGM star Spencer Tracy won consecutive Best Actor Oscars in thelate 1930’s for his appearances in

Captains Courageous

in 1937and

Boys Town

in 1938. This wouldn't happen again until TomHanks won back-to-back Oscars in the 1990s for

Philadelphia

in1993 and

Forrest Gump

in 1994.George Harrison, with

My Sweet Lord

, was the first Beatle to have aNumber 1 hit single following the group's breakup.Comedian/actor Billy Crystal portrayed Jodie Dallas, the first openlygay main character on network television on ABC's

Soap

, whichaired from 1977 to 1981.Jennifer Lopez,Paris Hilton, Britney Spears,Donald Trump, and Elizabeth Taylor all have their own perfumes or cologne. Lisa MariePresley vows to

never

make a Presley perfume. YEAH!!!Mike Wallace wasn’t always a reporter. He hosted seven TV gameshows before beginning his full-time journalism career.Harpo Marx was fully capable of speaking.Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates atHarvard.Actress Sharon Stone’s I.Q. is 154 and she is often known tocomplain that she is “fiercely intelligent.”Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year. He taughthimself to read and write.Penny Marshall was the first woman film director to have a film takein more than $100 million at the box office - she accomplished thiswith the 1988 film

Big

.

Rita Hayworth, known as the "Love Goddess," appeared on the cover of

Life

magazine five times.

Alan Alda’s father, actor Robert Alda, wanted Alan to become a doctor. But Alan, growing uparound Vaudeville comedians, developed into a natural clown.Winston Churchill, one of England's greatest politicians, historians and statesmen, was born in aladies' room during a dance.Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and many other famous vocalists got their start in a New York Cityclub called The Continental Baths.

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