Cracked Archive - Celebrities

6 Celebrities (You Never Realized Have Terrifying Hobbies)

Mike Tyson is famous for punching people in the face. Pigeons are famous for pooping on your car. Together, they race!

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By Mark Hill
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February 04, 2016

The 5 Celebrity Arrests We'll Probably See Next

The fact that R. Kelly isn't behind bars already is quickly becoming one of life's most fascinating mysteries.

By Adam Tod Brown
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January 28, 2016

6 Famous People With Secret (Eerily Opposite) Family Members

The fact that Ben Franklin had an illegitimate son wasn't even the most awkward conversation had at the Franklin family dinner table.

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By Luke John Smith
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January 27, 2016

6 Feel-Good Stories From 2015 That Had Horrible Endings

It pains us to inform you that all of those silly and life-affirming Internet stories that distracted from civilization's inexorable march into the void were just the E. coli icing on 2015's cake of turds.

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By Jim Avery
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January 20, 2016

5 Huge Celebrities With Insane Secret Backstories

Some celebrities take the scenic route to stardom, and wind up going down some strange back roads.

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By B.T. Doran, Abraham Mireles, E.M. Caris, Tara Marie, Billy Fitzsimmons
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January 19, 2016

5 Great Actors With Dumb Early Roles They Hope We Forgot

In 1982, a promising young actor named Tom Hanks nailed his first movie role: a made-for-TV drama about the evils of tabletop RPGs.

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By Robin Warder
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January 10, 2016

8 Ways To Make Yourself A Better Person (With Ben Affleck)

Hi, my name is Pauli, and Ben Affleck helped me become a better person. Let's see how far he can take me.

By Pauli Poisuo
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January 09, 2016

6 WTF Origin Stories Behind Famous Pop-Culture Names

In a world where people will spend hours and hours of time coming up with the perfect name, these people just blindly stumbled into something iconic.

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By B.T. Doran
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January 06, 2016

5 Awful People We Were Forced to Know In 2015

I know it's a weird thing to say, but when you get right down to it, there was no real reason for Martin Shkreli to be as big of a news story as he turned out to be in 2015.