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1 week ago | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
For as long as there have been rock stars, there have been members of the opposite sex throwing themselves right at their rocking faces. The idea that rockers can pick and choose any love interest they want is one of those cliches that is pretty much true, so when musicians settle down with just one partner, you can be sure that partner is pretty special.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
If you ever had occasion to spend a sleepless late night in front of the television in the '80s or '90s, then you may have fallen under the charms of one of the period's many, many infomercial stars: folks whose business was show, and what they were there to show you was their dazzling, nay, life-changing products. Between all the B-movies and syndicated re-runs you may have been tempted to switch to, the best of those pitchers knew how to weave their spell.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
It may shock you to learn this, but celebrities are not manufactured in the "Celebrity Factory" before being shipped straight to the entertainment industry for consumption by their adoring fans.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
British rock band Oasis, led by guitarist-songwriter Noel Gallagher and vocalist Liam Gallagher, are famous for two things, only one of which is being a hugely successful outfit. Sure, they were definitely huge — their 70 million-plus album sales, pair of Grammy nominations, immortal hit single "Wonderwall," legendary status in the U.K., and still-rabid fan base can all attest to that.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
One might think that being a famous actor would be the greatest job in the world, but like any job, it comes with a certain amount of pressure and stress — and since they are just as human as everyone else, every actor responds to that stress differently. When things get real on the film set, a few positive, supportive words for the supporting cast and crew from the movie's star can go a long way toward keeping the production on track.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
The life of a reality television star is one few can even imagine, aside even from the fickle judgment of the public. There are some strange rules reality TV stars have to follow, and then there's the often rags-to-riches-to-rags-again nature of their celebrity.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
Having the adoration and attention of the public seems to make some celebrity types feel like they can get away with all kinds of bad behavior, from trash-talking whomever they feel like in the press to straight-up breaking the law. However, there are plenty of very famous people who have spent some time in the pokey, if even for a few days, and yet more celebrities who have actually done (or are still doing) hard time in prison.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
Movie stars have been a sort of moneyed, aristocratic class unto themselves from the early days of cinema, but every last one of them has one thing in common with the least glamorous among us: The Reaper comes for us all. As it turns out, fame (regardless of what the song says) decidedly does not mean you're gonna live forever, and money can't buy off the immutable laws of nature.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
It's a testament to the savvy and business instincts of Howard Stern that, even for those who have never listened to a single minute of talk radio, he hardly needs an introduction. Stern began his career as a radio personality in the late '70s, but it wasn't until the mid-'80s that he, along with his faithful sidekick Robin Quivers, perfected the format for which the term "shock jock" was coined.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
grunge.com | Mike Floorwalker
The internet, one of the most life-changing technologies in human history, has been around for a few decades now — and like most great, sprawling, labyrinthine places that have been around for a long time, one can find a lot of really weird things there if one knows where to look. From its very earliest days, the net has been a place where relative anonymity allows people to play mind games, throw up weird puzzles, and leave bread crumbs leading to who knows where.
