Are there any famous or not-so-famous epidemics with blindness as an indicative symptom? If so, which? How and/or why? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 14 answers

When did professional speech-ghostwriting start, and how confident can I be that those who delivered "classic" speeches and letters actually wrote them themselves? [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2008 - 10 answers

Are there any groups like the Algonquin Round Table around today? [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 8 answers

Famous examples of personality disorders? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 33 answers

Why do some actors use their own names in TV shows? [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2008 - 30 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

Before they were stars (pre-fame jobs of celebs please) [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - 51 answers

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

What is the most famous typo in history? (And I don't mean malapropisms like "misunderestimated" or Kerry's botched joke.) [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2007 - 83 answers

What are some of the stupid things rich and famous people have spent their money on? I know about Michael Jackson and his ten AIBOs, for example. What are some other examples? Actors, politicians, athletes, past and present — tell me about their excesses. [This is lazyweb research for a future article.]
posted on Jan 10, 2007 - 58 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

Who are the most famous people of recent times that were married but never had (or will have) children?
posted on Aug 24, 2006 - 64 answers

Are there any confirmed and documented cases of famous people that have lost everything for one reason or another and ended up broke, alone, and homeless? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2006 - 39 answers

Which historical figures can be classified as "passive-aggressive" or performed historically "passive-aggressive" acts?
posted on Mar 17, 2006 - 19 answers

I'm curious which bloggers and media people have gotten their 15 Minutes (or longer) after affiliation with Metafilter. [+]
posted on Feb 18, 2005 - 18 answers

Are there any intelligent, cool celebrities (specially women, gays and intellectuals) who are conservative, quiet-spoken and traditionally-minded (and preferably non-religious) in a soft-spoken, non-libertarian, non-gung-ho, non-gun-totin' sense? Here's a list and here's another - but they both seem full of loud-mouthed, unthinking yobs or evangelists. Many thanks for any help with a list I've been asked to compile.
posted on Jun 22, 2004 - 26 answers