Celebrity discoveries: How the stars found fame

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Jay-Z began his interest in rap from a young age, using music to escape the violence and poverty that came with the Marcy Projects, a housing estate in New York City where he lived. In 1989, he began collaborating with the slightly older rapper Jaz-O, and they recorded a song called The Originators. When they performed the song on an episode of Yo!

How Your Fave Celebrities Were Discovered - Peoplemag

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The Long and Strange History of Celebrity | Columbia …

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When does fame become something akin to what we see today? In the 1500s and 1600s, people became interested in actors, playwrights, and humanists. In the eighteenth century, increased literacy and …

Real Stories of How Famous Actors Were "Discovered"

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Wes Craven took one look at Johnny Depp and asked him to audition for A Nightmare on Elm Street. Alfred Hitchcock saw Tippi Hedren in an ad for diet soda and …

How these famous actors got their start in Hollywood

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How Actors Started Out - Business Insider

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Jimmy Kimmel From Pepsi and Bubble Yum commercials to failed sitcoms and small guest roles, A -list celebrities were once struggling trying to make it in the …

What Actors Were Doing Before They Made It Big and …

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Celebrities who weren't born into stardom had different odd jobs — or even full-fledged careers — before finding success as actors. Brad Pitt, Rachel McAdams, Amy Adams, Melissa McCarthy, and Megan …

Where Celebrities Went to College and What They …

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Emma Watson, Jessica Chastain, and John Legend all had illustrious college careers. Mindy Kaling, Viola Davis, and Lupita Nyong'o studied theater in college. Some celebrities, like Emma Watson and …

The Culture of Celebrity | Psychology Today

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Once the famous were recorded for the ages in stone and in paint. Alexander the Great was the first famous person in a modern sense, contends Leo Braudy, Ph.D., professor of …

Celeb Confessions That Will Make You Never Want to …

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01 of 17 Amanda Seyfried: Anxiety & Panic Attacks Caused by Fame Feels Like 'Life or Death' Amanda Seyfried. TODAY/YouTube Although she's been acting for over two decades, Seyfried still struggles...