8 Celebrities You Won’t Recognize As Teens

August 14, 2015 By Anne Burwell Leave a Comment

We all have embarrassing pictures that show our former teenage selves rocking a bad haircut or dodgy makeup. And since celebrities are people too, they have their share of pictures they’re not particularly proud of. Take a look at these 8 celebrities you won’t recognize as teens. Before getting famous they all followed the trend and sported wispy eyebrows or crazy hair colors. Now we’re used with their super classy outfits and always neat coiffures. Get ready to take a walk down memory lane looking with these pictures that will remind you of the times when you were young and restless as well.

Before becoming an actress, filmmaker and humanitarian, Angelina Jolie was once a young student. She now holds the title of Hollywood’s best paid actress, and it’s no secret she earns anywhere between ten to fifteen million dollars per movie. She broke the ice and became famous wide world in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and since then she played a wide variety of roles, from badass chicks to vulnerable mothers.

The 51 year old actor and producer was once young, as the above photo proves it. William Bradley “Brad” Pitt first became known for his role in “Interview with the Vampire”, “Seven” and “Fight Club”. During his acting career he received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award three times.

This might be a difficult one, but can you guess who that is? Three times Golden Globe Award winner and two times Academy award winner, George Clooney was no stranger to unflattering haircuts or glasses. But he looks like an optimistic kid. Maybe he knew what was in store for him. He became widely successful with “Ocean’s Eleven” and then his career just took off.

Yes, Johnny Depp rocked the bad boy attitude straight out of high school. The 52 year old actor, producer and musician was first introduced to the American audiences through the TV show “21 Jump Street”, which transformed him into a teen idol overnight. “Edward Scissorhands” quickly established him as a pretty boy and from there on he got bigger roles and fatter pay checks.

The best paid actor of 2015, Robert Downey Jr looks dashing in this photo of him as a young man. Despite struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in his youth, he managed to keep himself afloat with the help of his family and friends. Even more, he became extremely famous playing roles like Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes.

Any idea who this kid playing a video game in his room is? Here’s a hint: the poster on his wall is actually a film he starred in, besides “The Dark Knight’ and “The Machinist”, of course. If you guessed Christian Bale, you’re right. The English actor first received great critical acclaim for his role in “American Psycho”. Since then he’s appeared both in blockbusters and smaller, independent films.

Best known for her roles in “Fight Club”, “The King’s speech” and all the other Tim Burton movies, Helena Bonham Carter is a two time Academy Award nominee. She has an eccentric sense of fashion and she doesn’t shy away from unconventional roles. She was the perfect choice for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Dark Shadows”.

If you’re not a fan of “Boardwalk Empire”, this one might be tricky for you. Steve Buscemi is an actor, director and writer who played in five movies of the Cohen brothers. He was once asked why he never got his teeth straightened and he answered many dentists offered to help him and he always told them they would only put him out of an acting job.

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6 A Listed Actors With Mommy Issues

August 5, 2015 By Vernon Gadson Leave a Comment

If you dread the thought of going home for the holidays because you have to spend time with your family, you’re not the only one. Check out these 6 A listed actors with mommy issues and keep them in mind next time your grandmother gets tipsy on Thanksgiving and asks you for the umpteenth time when you’re getting married and having a kid. Find the strength in the following examples to not give in to family emotional blackmail at the next Christmas party. Not only did these celebrities manage to leave all their troubles behind, but they’re now making enough money to stay in therapy for years.

#1 Jack Nicholson

The three time Academy Award winner only found out who his real mother is when he was thirty seven years old. And not because she thought it was high time she told him, but because TIME Magazine thought it was high time he was told. And also make a lot of money from publishing the story. It turns out Nicholson’s alleged mother, Ethel May, was actually his grandmother and his sister, June, was actually his mother. Umm, does this sound like a telenovela plot twist to anyone else? Apparently June relinquished baby Jack’s custody in order to continue her career as a dancer. What is more, Nicholson’s father already had a wife when he married June. And you thought your eccentric aunt coming to visit was bad news?

#2 Kelsey Grammer

The Grammer family’s history sounds like a horror story. Kelsey’s father was shot twice in 1968 after he was lured out of his house. This was followed by his younger sister being killed in 1975 when Kelsey was required to identify the body. Five years later, two half brothers of Kelsey died in a scuba diving accident. Oh, we forgot to mention Grammer was married and divorced three times. But that pales in comparison with the more tragic events in his family. Which still leaves us with the question: were the Grammers gangsters?

#3 Tobey Maguire

The son of two poor parents, Maguire was passed from relative to another relative in his childhood. His father, Vincent, took custody of his nieces after their mother died of cancer. Trying to find new means to provide for his family, Vincent robbed a bank but was caught shortly after.

#4 Alec Baldwin

Although Baldwin was born and grew up comfortably in a family of actors, his behavior towards his daughter indicates he has some real issues. In a leaked voicemail we can hear him brutally insulting his daughter, who was eleven years old at the time, calling her a “rude thoughtless pig”. His outrageous behavior was caused by his daughter missing their scheduled phone call. Baldwin subsequently apologized for his outburst, but the leaked tape still affected his custody trial with his former wife, Kim Basinger. That should teach him some manners.

#5 Charlize Theron

Theron was fifteen years old when her alcoholic father went into a fit of drunkenly rage while waiving a gun and firing randomly through his house, not caring about his wife or daughter getting hurt. In self defense, Charlize’s mother shot her husband dead and managed to protect her teenage daughter who was hiding in her room. The Oscar winner actress praises her mother to this day for her courage.

#6 Demi Moore

Moore and her mother, Virginia, were abandoned by her father before she was born. Virginia was a bipolar alcoholic who was incapable of taking care of herself, let alone of baby Demi. So Moore was brought up by her stepfather. The latter wasn’t all milk and honey either. He had his own problems which he could only fix by killing himself. Virginia was still a drug addict when Demi broke off their relationship. From there on her mother started posing nude for porno magazines, parodying her daughter as an actress and model. The two women reconciled just before Virginia passed away.

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The Weird Stuff that Actors Do in Almost Every Movie

March 4, 2015 By This Blog Rules Guest Leave a Comment

It is easy to think that actors are paid to, you know, act. This would in theory mean that they appear to be completely different people every time you see them.

Yet, some of the world’s most famous actors have little habits, traits or customs that appear to crop up in just about all of their movies.