Cracked Archive - Celebrities
5 Celebrities You Didn't Know Ass-Kicked Their Way to Fame
The next time you see a celebrity walking down the red carpet surrounded by scary-looking guys in black suits, pay attention to those muscleheads: One of them could become the next big thing.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Ryan Menezes
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463 5 Pleasant Surprises About Famous People You Had All Wrong
PR is a helluva drug.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Javier Yepes
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5 Psychotic Marketing Stunts That Traumatized Their Audience
It's like the old advertising slogan says:
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- By Sara Ohlms, Sam Jackson
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The 5 Craziest Black Sheep from Famous Families
These outcasts generally expected no audience -- they were just doing 'their thing' because they really wanted to. And because they were crazy.
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- By Anita Serwacki
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5 Beloved Celebrities Everyone Forgets Did Terrible Things
We forever remember Michael Richards for screaming racial slurs, and Charlie Sheen will always be a punchline, but the vast majority of the world has forgotten about these.
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- By Lachlan M., Javier Yepes
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6 Insane Reasons Formerly Famous People Dropped Off the Map
Not every Tinseltown career ends after being busted for having a cocaine-snorting contest with an aardvark. Sometimes, their lives take a somewhat unexpected turn.
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- By Robin Warder
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The 5 Most Hilarious Actor Meltdowns Behind Famous Movies
Hollywood meltdowns make Chernobyl look like routine procedure.
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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5 Beloved Celebrities Who Were Nothing Like You Think
In some cases, real celebrity personalities actually contradicted the one thing they're now famous for.
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- By Dennis Fulton
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5 Celebrities You Won't Believe Were Badass Soldiers
Most celebrities are profoundly disappointing in real life. Not these guys.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Patrick Dugan
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The 5 Most Baffling Celebrity Cameos in Pro Wrestling
One reason pro wrestling will probably stick around forever is that there are certain advantages to having everything scripted, such as making sure shocking underdog stories happen right on schedule, and celebrity guest appearances.
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- By Andrei Cherascu
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5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities
We should stop every now and then and point out when celebrities do nice or even heroic things. Because it does happen.
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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The 8 Most Horribly Insulting Attempts to Honor the Dead
When you're trying to create a dignified memorial to some historic event, it's important to ask yourself, 'Is what I'm about to create actually ridiculous and/or insulting to everyone involved?'
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- By Marcus O'Reilly, Scott Pearson
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6 Famous People Who Eerily Predicted Their Own Deaths
Too bad they didn't get to say "I told you so!"
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- By Stephen Milton
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7 Eyebrow-Arching, Post-Fame Careers Of Famous Musicians
If you're about to sign a record contract, take a cue from these seven artists. All have played before thousands-strong audiences, and all have followed up their fame with successful (if totally random-ass) careers.
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- By Bashir Mamow, Eric Ding
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5 Famous People You Didn't Know Have Real Mutant Powers
Mutants are very real, and they are among us -- in our TVs, and our iPods, and our sexual fantasies.
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- By Samuel Flashner
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