Looking for examples of accidental/unwitting/unwilling celebrities, before the Internet. Help me find the Star Wars Kids, Afroninjas, and Tay Zondays of the pre-1990s. [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 41 answers

Which causes or ideas have become more about the messenger than the message? [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2008 - 21 answers

How do I get famous rock star/celebrity autographs for my teenaged son? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 12 answers

Are there a lot of people who are recognizably as beautiful as supermodels who are not supermodels? Or do the present mechanisms of celebrity reliably account for a majority of people who meet the criteria to be supermodels? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 31 answers

Have you ever written to a celebrity who has fallen from grace? Especially one who landed really, really hard? [more inside]
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 15 answers

Who created those 8-bit pixel art graphics of many famous characters? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Celebrity comebacks with single artistic turning point? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 35 answers

Star sightings in NYC: This will be my second trip to NY. We will be in town March 4-5 staying near times square. Where's the best place to catch the celeb's? We probably won't be hitting any clubs mostly restaurants. I have prowled around the green looking for this but most of the questions I found just had to do with the touristy must do's. [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2008 - 14 answers

How do I find a list of publicists for stars of the theatrical stage or screen? Basically, I can be a hero if I can find celebrities currently in London, England recognizable to a Canadian audience. We need to hire them for a charming bit on our show... but the ones on our short list have not turned out. Therefore, I am now looking to get in touch with an appropriate publicist who has LOTS of clients and who can make suggestions as to who we should use, and then give them to us. [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 5 answers

What thank you gift to present to an unwilling interviewee? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 17 answers

I once read a book about a couple of autograph hounds who ranked celebrities by their willingness to meet with fans and sign autographs. If this system were ported to the web and opened to the public, allowing anyone who's had contact with a celebrity to rank their experience, how could you validate that the encounter actually happened? [more inside]
posted on Dec 24, 2007 - 5 answers

How are paparazzi not considered harassment? [more inside]
posted on Dec 24, 2007 - 26 answers

What are some techniques and tricks of pill-pushing celebrity doctors? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 13 answers

What are your favorite celebrity gossip blogs?
posted on Nov 28, 2007 - 36 answers

Scoobie Doo endorses Mac&Cheese by allowing his likeness to appear on the box. Question- how do his master and the folks at Kraft decide on his price? [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2007 - 5 answers

Please point me to resources on the sordid underbelly of Hollywood. [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2007 - 15 answers

Where do I find the contact information for the press people/managers of celebrities (actors and the like) to interview them? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 7 answers

Tired of hearing about crazy, spoiled women such as Paris and Lindsey, I want to know if there are any really rich, really accomplished young women out there doing fabulous things. Know any?
posted on Jun 9, 2007 - 35 answers

Celine Dion and Elvis - the duet - on last night's "Idol Gives Back". Oh pity please, how was it done? I've tried every combination I can on google/technorati.
posted on Apr 26, 2007 - 7 answers

Is there an easy way to find out what celebrities will be in Las Vegas on a particular date? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2007 - 4 answers

Are there any substantive critical analyses of fame written from the inside? [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2007 - 13 answers

Which celebrity or fictional character has the most fake myspace profiles? [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - 13 answers

Inspired by this photo of Walt Disney, Richard Nixon, and Art Linkletter, I'm looking for more photos of odd celebrity pairings. [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2006 - 21 answers

What is the best way to search for Celebrity owned or worn items on Ebay? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 5 answers

Are there any famous Iranian males who are well known among non-Iranians in the west (especially the USA)? Any kind of celebrity will do: actors, musicians, artists, authors, or other kinds of TV personalities like newscasters. [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2006 - 43 answers

Are there celebrity star maps of london? [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 5 answers

How to arrange contact with a famous singer for a very deserving young woman? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2006 - 15 answers

In order to inspire my pupils, and demonstrate to them that studying science does not mean you have to become a scientist, I'm trying to compile a list of famous people with science-related qualifications (bachelors degrees and better, preferably). I'm specifically interested in those with physics, chemistry or biology qualifications (or variations thereof, e.g. biochemistry, astrophysics) but if it turns out that Orlando Bloom has a degree in geology or Christina Aguilera is an expert neuroscientist then I'll take them too. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2006 - 70 answers

Where can I buy this celebrity NorthFace jacket? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2006 - 9 answers

How would I look into hiring a celebrity for an event in the UK? Before you mention it, I know it's expensive... [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2006 - 7 answers

Help me plan out a strange segment in a weekly newspaper. [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2006 - 8 answers

Who is the oldest man still widely considered sexy? [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2006 - 80 answers

I'm looking for tales about the dark side of Hollywood, showbiz, and the gossip/tabloid industry. I've read "Day of the Locust" and "The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up", seen "All About Eve" and "Sweet Smell of Success" and "Showgirls", am halfway through Julia Phillips' "You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again", and am planning on reading Joe Eszterhas' "Hollywood Animal: A Memoir". I'm not looking for gossip, per se, as much as I am looking for explorations, whether first-hand or fictional, of how screwed up the cult of celebrity is. Suggestions for books, movies, musicals, blogs, or whatever would be welcomed.
posted on Jan 1, 2006 - 35 answers

Seven years ago, I had an extended affair with a celebrity, and it has recently come back to haunt me. [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2005 - 59 answers

Why are Japanese fans curious about musicians' (actors', sports players' etc) blood types? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2005 - 9 answers

Name 5 US Celebrities to have gone to jail that aren't boxers or rap stars. [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2005 - 51 answers

Can you help me come up witha witty name for a celebrity fashion blog? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2005 - 32 answers

Can I legally print a list of celebrity names within a fictional work? [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2005 - 9 answers

What is the psychology behind celebrity worship?
posted on Feb 21, 2005 - 32 answers

CelebrityDomainFilter: what are the "rules" for websites under the [famousperson].com domains? the famous "more inside"
posted on Feb 7, 2005 - 6 answers

I was recently in LA and had a strange run in with a well (-enough) known actor. I'm a native Californian and I don't consider myself too concerned with the goings-on of Hollywood, but this was just weird. The incident was so out there that I have to ask: Has anyone else had a bizzare run in with a celebrity? And when you met them/were run over by them/were propositioned for sex by them, were you starstruck at all, even if you don't consider yourself that kind of person (if you obliged them for sex, feel free to share that too)?
posted on Jan 20, 2005 - 61 answers

I'm collecting notes on Internet fame with the half-hearted goal of writing "How to be famous for 15 minutes or two years." But mostly I'm just curious. What are the most long-lasting legends of the Internet -- real specimens such as Time Cube rather than quick jokes, one-liners, virals or urban legends. G*atse would barely pass because it's so prevalent, but "All Your B*se" wouldn't make it.
posted on Jan 19, 2005 - 22 answers

I need a question to ask Will Smith via Q Magazine. It would get me £25 and fulfil a long held ambition to see my name in the magazine. You can ask whatever you want. Why you would give me the question and not go the extra step of submitting it yourself I don't know.
posted on Jan 5, 2005 - 14 answers

OK, so a friend wants to contact a celebrity's publicist / representation. He wants to send some photos taken of him with the celebrity that he promised to send when he got them developed. How can somebody find out who represents a celeb? He'd probably be willing to call around, if he just knew what kinds of people to call...do you just ring up the Walter Morris Agency and ask who represents so-and-so?
posted on Jul 28, 2004 - 15 answers

So one of my very good friends was on television last night (he did a bit on the Graham Norton Effect) and I was wondering...is that neat? I myself was on TV half my life ago, on the Dr. Fad show, and I thought it was pretty cool at the time (as a kid). But, obviously, it was a much different situation...I mean, have any of you been on television, or know others who are in tv and movies? How famous are we?
posted on Jul 9, 2004 - 49 answers

I know I saw a feature in a recent magazine, which I thought was Entertainment Weekly, but now I can't find it again. It was a full page of photos of regular people from around the nation, and they had asked each person to name the movie they most wanted to see that never came to their town -- "Capturing the Friedmans" was named, among others. Has anyone seen this feature, and if so, can you tell me which magazine it was in? We get a LOT of magazines, so if not EW it could have been in Esquire, People, Vanity Fair, etc. Any help will be much appreciated!
posted on Jan 22, 2004 - 5 answers