Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts

Wednesday

Famous Celebrity Scars

We feel really bad about the source Tina Fey's scar, but she's got plenty of support from the celebrity community. Let's take a look at some of the most famous facial scars and their origins.

Harrison Ford's famous chin scar has been such a trademark for the actor, that in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the young adventurer cut his chin with a bullwhip. The truth is that the scar is the product of a car accident. Ford was supposedly trying to buckle his seat belt while driving. The real Indy wouldn't bother with the seat belt, he'd just punch the passenger.

Both Catherine Zeta-Jones and Elizabeth Taylor share a similar attribute: the tracheotomy scar across their necks. They would be hard to spot as both actresses tend to wear large necklaces to cover the marks. The procedure is performed when the airway is obstructed. Zeta-Jones had her procedure done when she was a child because of a sickness. Taylor had her trach in 1960, when she had pneumonia.

Soul singer Seal's scars have been the subject of speculation. The urban legend goes that the scars that cover his face are tribal scarring, but they are in fact a result of discoid lupus that he suffered from as a child.

Despite the rumors Joachim Phoenix's scar is not the product of a harelip, he was born with it. Phoenix has said in interviews his mother felt pains during her pregnancy and wondered if the scar was a result. Some doctors have speculated that he may have had a harelip before his birth, but his upper lip came together in the womb causing the scar.

While it's no longer visible, Paul McCartney has a scar on his upper lip. The scar helped spread the "Paul is Dead" urban legend, but the mark is really the result of a motorcycle accident. The accident occurred shortly before the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, which caused the self conscious musician to grow a mustache for the album cover. The rest of the band grew some facial hair in support.

Howard Hughes's trademark mustache was to cover up the scar on his upper lip. He got the scar in 1946 in a near fatal plane crash. He was flying the experimental XF-11 over California when he lost control. He crashed the plane in a Beverly Hills neighborhood, ramming through three houses. He suffered a broken collarbone, 24 broken ribs and third-degree burns. He wore a mustache for the rest of his life to cover the scar.

Lifestyles of the Dumb and Shameless...

PHOTO CREDIT: AskMen.com.

Speaking of class and elegance...

In a move that shocked no one except the lemmings living under a rock (OK, no one), US Magazine has confirmed that Adrienne Bailon (the Cheetah Girl recently involved in the latest "laptop stolen/nudie pix posted" imbroglio) and her "publicist" (Dirt Web blogger) Jonathan Jaxson leaked the story that racy shots were stolen from her laptop "purely to get attention."

In an interview with a local CBS affiliate, Jaxson confirmed they made up the scandal "to juice" things up. Added Jaxson (who helped Kim Kardashian through her own nude pic drama): "What better way to do that than to say that nude pictures could have been stolen from her laptop?"

Now, as anyone who knows me (either personally, or by following my writings for the past ten years) knows, I have ZERO tolerance for idiots, attention whores, skanks, and groupies of all shapes and sizes. I despise these weak, unintelligent people with the intensity of a thousand burning suns. Mere words cannot express how enraged I get when people, and especially women -- lacking in all other forms of intelligence and talent -- sell whatever meager dignity they have in the name of "fame," regardless of how tonsorial.

Obviously, this is the only way Adrienne Bailon can get attention. Apparently, the thought of her getting a JOB like the rest of us mere mortals never crossed whatever vestigal appendage passes for her "mind."

Adrienne Bailon deserves a special form of punishment because she went ON PUBLIC RECORD stating that a crime had been committed, and she had every intention of prosecuting the "offender." Well, newsflash, kiddo: filing false charges is AGAINST THE LAW in every state (and in some states, it's considered a FELONY). Not that you have anything to worry about in the prosecution department...I'm just saying...

It constantly amazes me how some people have absolutely no common sense, no sense of decency and no sense of how something like this will stigmatize them for the rest of their lives. Not that anyone EVER looked to this shameless moron as a fountain of wisdom, but now, Adrienne Bailon will NEVER be taken seriously.

Congratulations, Adrienne: you've been branded as an attention whore, and everything you do from this moment on will be marginalized. No matter what you do for the rest of your life, you'll always be thought of as that attention whore who lied to everyone to get a little bit of attention for a few days. I hope it was worth it, you idiot.

Katy Perry vs. Miley Cyrus

Dude, we are seriously losing interest in Miley Cyrus and the stupid high school drama queen that she is becoming lately. First, her YouTube video ragging on other Disney tween stars and now her lack of sense of humor with Katy Perry, 23.

Katy Perry joked in a recent interview that she was hoping to do her own version of the infamous Madonna lesbian kiss with Miley Cyrus at the upcoming Teen Choice Awards.

"Maybe we'll have another Britney-Madonna moment on stage," Perry joked. "How hilarious would that be? Although I don't think it would help her career. However, it would definitely help mine!"

Miley then came back and told E!, "No thanks. She sang on my record. So I think she's kind of getting back at me, because she was doing harmonies and backgrounds."

She said that?!?! Perry had worked with Cyrus on her new album, Breakout. When Katy Perry was told about what Miley said, she told PerezHilton.com, "6 weeks in a row at number one." Good for her, we are totally Team Katy on this one! The 2008 Teen Choice Awards will air August 4th on Fox. Guess we'll have to watch it to find out if the kiss ever goes down!



Perry's song, I Kissed A Girl is the #1 song in America yet again - for the 6th straight week - Miley's newest single 7 Things is already dropping at radio. Who does this 15 year-old girl think she is? We think Miley needs to lighten up, what are your thoughts? Team Miley or Team Katy? Be honest!

Tuesday

Celebrity Insurance Policies

If you're going to cut off one of Heidi Klum's legs I suggest you go for the right. That's because in her $2.2 million insurance policy that covers her legs, the right is insured for $1.2 million and the left, due to a scar, only for $1 million.

Heidi's insurance policy may sound a bit outrageous, but more and more celebrities have policies that cover their trademark features.

J. Lo. takes the cake. It's been rumored the singer/actress has a $600 million policy covering her. Her policy is said to protect her booty for $400 million and her breasts for $200 million.

Celebrities insuring their... features is not something new. Marlane Dietrich had her voice insured for a meager million, the same amount Betty Garble insured her legs for - coining the phrase "million dollar legs." Fred Astaire had a slightly smaller policy: only $75,000 per leg.

Body parts seem to have the most policies, with legs coming in the lead, but there are the exceptions. Dolly Parton has her 42-inch breasts insured for $600,000.

There are insurance policies less inspired by vanity. Many celebrities have practical insurance policies that cover their money makers. Liberace had and Keith Richards still has insurance policies on their hands.

Like Bruce Springsteen's voice? Well you'll be glad to know that it's covered for $6 million. And Rod Stewart would cash in on his policy should his scratchy voice ever become clear.

There are some strange policies out there too. British food critic Egon Ronay insured his taste buds for $400,000 and cricket player Merv Hughes took out a £200,000 policy on his mustache.