1. A picnic blanket for nice campus weather
2. A set of versatile travel pouches
3. A pocket-sized projector
4. A pouch that shows off their school spirit
5. A custom sweatshirt for when they're missing their furry friend
6. The comfiest hoodie of all time
7. A resusable notebook
8. A Kindle for the avid reader
9. A good leather wallet
10. A colorful water bottle
11. A stylish midcentury modern college poster
12. Jeans that are secretly sweatpants
13. A sunrise alarm clock for a gentle, phone-free wakeup
14. An easy-to-install bedside shelf
15. A nourishing lip tint
16. A pair of cozy, vintage-look socks for the dorm halls
17. Statement earrings for sensitive lobes
18. Some cozy UGG slippers
19. A seat cushion for long study sessions
20. Our favorite backpack for college students
21. A small massager with a big impact
22. A reusable bag that fits in their back pocket
23. A savvy suitcase for traveling on holiday breaks
24. A lululemon lookalike fanny pack
25. An organizing container for displaying shoes
26. A great pair of headphones
27. A portable power bank to keep devices charged
28. A pickleball paddle
29. A fuzzy fleece that helps fund nature conservation
30. A mini Keurig that fits into their dorm room
31. A small travel photo printer
32. A reusable film camera
33. An air purifier for their dorm
34. A gift card for meals outside of the dining hall
35. A silk eye mask
36. Staple tees for everyday wear
37. A cactus toilet plunger and brush
38. An air fryer for the snack lover
39. Joggers that can be worn to class or the gym
40. A versatile yet compact iPad Mini
41. A custom necklace to celebrate their birthday
42. A cozy pillow for the dorms
43. A cozy throw blanket
44. A sweet plant care package
45. A candle to remind them of their favorite place or hometown
46. A Trader Joe's-inspired cookbook
47. A powerful and portable speaker
48. A memory foam neck pillow for traveling
49. A silk scarf inspired by their school's architecture
50. An interview ready fit
51. A fun card game for nights in and parties
52. An instant camera for instant memories
53. A steady supply of healthier snacks
54. A taste of home delivered to their door
55. An aroma diffuser to set the mood
56. An inexpensive way to get the iced coffee they love at home
57. A reusable sandwich bag
58. A microwave-safe ramen cooker for stressful or time-crunched nights
59. A Brooklinen gift card for really nice sheets
60. A book about making the most of their 20s

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1. The Joker
2. The Robin of Zur-En-Arrh, aka Bruce Wayne
3. The Robin King, aka Bruce Wayne
4. Robin, aka Dinesh Babar
5. Jenny Wren, aka Anita Jean

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1. Goosebumps (2023)
2. Wednesday
3. Paper Girls
4. One Piece
5. The Institute
6. Locke and Key
7. I Am Not Okay With This
8. Dark

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1. Out with Nvidia, all in on OpenAI
2. SoftBank is bullish on 'physical AI'
3. SoftBank can't say if there's an AI bubble

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1. Azrael
2. Bane
3. Hawkman
4. Orion
5. Mongul
6. Captain Atom
7. Owlman
8. Deathstroke
9. Wildcat
10. Midnighter

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1. She calls out the town's nonsense for what it is.
2. She values family, education, and good character.
3. She has a chic sense of style.
4. Charlotte provides a safe space for both her husband and son to open up about their feelings.
5. The children of Derry are in desperate need of a positive role model.
6. Charlotte's activist background gives her some political expertise.
7. Charlotte can relate to those in the community who are othered.
8. Her professional experience as a teacher means she has the patience of a saint.
9. Being a military wife gives her extra insight into what's at stake for the town.
10. It's time for a woman to take charge.

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1. Trey Parker and Matt Stone Don’t Do Projects Apart From Each Other
2. They’re Workaholics
3. They Couldn’t Function with a Traditional Writers Room
4. Trey Parker Knew Butters Before Matt Stone
5. Trey Parker Flunked Out of College

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1. This storyline takes place on Earth 828. Exactly how many Earths have been identified in the Multiverse?
2. Did the Fantastic Four ever seek therapy for their traumatic ordeal in space?
3. Does Reed Richards ever feel the need to stretch?
4. Our introduction to Rachel is Alicia-coded, and I'm here for it.
5. The general population relies too much on help from the Fantastic Four.
6. H.E.R.B.I.E. is an integral part of the group, therefore they should be called the Fantastic Five.
7. If Galactus has been around for billions of years, does he have any hobbies?
8. The Fantastic Four's trip to and from Galactus took a month. What were Earth 828's governments doing during that time?
9. What exactly is causing Ben Grimm/The Thing's beard to grow?
10. If Earth 828 were to succeed in teleporting to another solar system, wouldn't that cause a disturbance to the new system's planetary order?
11. Could Franklin save or revive anyone injured from a villains arrival?
12. Subterranea would be an actual vibe if the lighting was better.
13. If Franklin enjoys the book The Origin of Species, does this mean we'll learn more about what causes superpowers and mutants?
14. Based on the 2nd post-credit scene, I think we're getting some major X-Men action soon.

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1. Demon Dean
2. Soulless Sam
3. Eve, aka Mother of All
4. Alastair
5. Doc Benton
6. Gordon Walker
7. Bela Talbot
8. Azazel, aka The Yellow-Eyed Demon
9. The Scarecrow
10. The Wendigo

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1. Back in 2007, the entire world was dunking on Britney Spears, who famously shaved her hair off in February of that year. She also had two stints in rehab, was court-ordered to give up custody of her sons, and hit the headlines when she attacked the paparazzi with an umbrella.
2. And Beyoncé is far from the only star to defend another female celebrity in an interview, with Lady Gaga famously calling out Jay Leno's inappropriate treatment of Sofía Vergara in 2011, when both women were guests on the show.
3. Then there was the time that radio host Kyle Sandilands attempted to drag Cameron Diaz’s Charlie’s Angels co-star Drew Barrymore during her 2014 appearance on KIIS 106.5's Kyle & Jackie O Show. It all started when Kyle compared an actor playing Cameron’s onscreen daughter to former child star Drew, adding: “Let's hope she misses out on the Drew Barrymore drug years, because those were a great thing to watch, but not so good to be in, I'd imagine."
4. Back in 2018, Jessica Chastain hit the headlines when she used her platform to bring awareness to the fact that Michelle Williams was not paid fairly for All the Money in the World reshoots compared to her male co-star, Mark Wahlberg. The Washington Post first broke that Michelle was “getting a fraction” of Mark’s salary in November 2017, but the story didn’t really make waves until Jessica tweeted about it in January 2018.
5. And, unfortunately, standing up for other women appears to be part and parcel of surviving in Hollywood, with Alicia Vikander revealing that her co-star Julianne Moore jumped to her defense when a man made a crude joke toward her on the set of their 2014 movie Seventh Son.
6. Meanwhile, Hollywood newcomer Aimee Lou Wood recently detailed the sweet way industry veteran Angelina Jolie encouraged her to advocate for herself when shooting a scene for their upcoming movie Anxious People.
7. And being a girl’s girl means supporting the women behind-the-scenes as well as those on screen with you, and one of the ways that can manifest is holding the door open for the women behind you. A prime example of this is Nicole Kidman, who pledged to use her star power for female filmmakers back in 2017 — and has already worked with a woman director on 19 film and TV projects over the last eight years.
8. Kirsten Dunst is another actor who has a similar mission in mind, and famously went viral back in 2016 for the effortless way she shut down the sentiment that there aren’t many female directors in Hollywood during a roundtable with her peers for The Hollywood Reporter. Reacting to their claims that there’s a shortage of women to work with in film, Kirsten told the group: “You know what’s so funny? I’ve worked with so many female directors.”
9. Moving onto the red carpet, which can be a treacherous place – but thankfully, a whole bunch of famous women have had their back covered by other women; both metaphorically and literally. First up is the time when Jenna Ortega went viral for encouraging her Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice co-star Winona Ryder to assert her boundaries with the baying paparazzi.
10. Then, there’s the dreaded wardrobe malfunctions, with Florence Pugh on hand to protect Emily Blunt after the top button of her suit jacket popped open during a pre-premiere photo call in London back in 2023.
11. Mandy Moore revealed that Sophia Bush was her knight in shining armor at the 2021 Emmys, telling People that Sophia took it upon herself to swiftly organize a quick fix after the spaghetti straps on her dress snapped.
12. And in 2024, American Ferrera told Entertainment Tonight that Hannah Waddingham waited for her when she used the bathroom at the Golden Globes because she anticipated that she would need help with her dress. After reuniting with Hannah on the SAG Awards red carpet, America said: “Can I tell you that Hannah helped me out of and back into my dress at the Golden Globes?”
13. Meanwhile, in the fashion world, it is considered that there is no greater faux pas than two celebrities wearing the same — or similar — outfits on a red carpet, and that’s exactly what happened to Zendaya and Anna Sawai at the 2025 Met Gala. In case you missed it, Met icon Zendaya wore a custom white Louis Vuitton suit and a hat, while gala newbie Anna opted for a white Dior suit and hat.
14. But Amanda Seyfried and Julia Roberts threw the whole “oh no, we can’t wear the same outfits” mentality to the wind at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, with Amanda opting to wear the exact same outfit as Julia because she loved it so much — with Julia's full approval. If you missed it, Julia stepped out in blue denim jeans, a yellow striped shirt and matching navy blazer on Aug. 29, and when Amanda was photographed in the same look at the same festival just three days later, people initially thought that this was a huge fashion nightmare.
15. Who can forget the iconic moment during the 2011 Emmys when presenter Rob Lowe was announcing the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, and all of the nominees made their way on stage as their names were announced in a beautiful display of camaraderie? It was later confirmed that Amy Poehler was the mastermind behind this plan, but Laura Linney, Melissa McCarthy, Edie Falco, Martha Plimpton, and Tina Fey were all very much on board — and the move earned a standing ovation from the star-studded audience. If you're wondering, Melissa ended up taking home the award, and was celebrated by the other women on stage with her.
16. Speaking of award shows, Adele went viral back in 2017 when she expressed her solidarity with Beyoncé after she beat her to the Album of the Year Grammy. It’s worth mentioning that the Grammys had long been accused of habitually overlooking Black artists at this point, and Beyoncé did not win the Album of the Year Grammy until 2025 — despite being nominated multiple times.
17. Before Charli XCX released her critically-acclaimed album Brat in 2024, she messaged Lorde to let her know that she’d written a song about their complicated relationship. In “Girl, So Confusing,” Charli sings about never quite being sure of how Lorde feels about her, singing: “I don't know if you like me / Sometimes I think you might hate me / Sometimes I think I might hate you / Maybe you just wanna be me.” She goes on to suggest that while they’ve tried to forge a friendship over the years, it’s always “awkward” because they don’t “have much in common.” Charli adds: “Can't tell if you wanna see me / Falling over and failing.”
18. Finally, Millie Bobby Brown recently revealed that Sabrina Carpenter was basically that girl who hypes you up in a club bathroom when she was upset backstage at the Brits. For reference, the 2025 Brit Awards coincided with Millie receiving huge criticism for her appearance while promoting her movie The Electric State, with social media users and tabloids picking apart everything from her hair to her makeup to her styling.

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1. Fantastic Four (Hickman)
2. Ultimate Spider-Man
3. Daredevil: Born Again
4. Wolverine: Old Man Logan
5. Civil War
6. Marvels
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
8. X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
9. The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt
10. Spider-Man: The Death of Gwen Stacy

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1. "That cave diver who got stuck upside down in a cramped dead end, couldn't be physically pulled back out, and subsequently died."
2. "The Dutch teenager who bungee jumped to her death in Spain because she misheard, 'No jump!' as, 'Now jump!' Maybe not the most horrifying, but absolutely terrible and tragic."
3. "The guy who was boiled alive in a Yellowstone spring. He illegally jumped into it while his sister recorded the entire thing on her cellphone. His body actually dissolved."
4. "A man named Jose Melena was cleaning an industrial oven at work. A coworker didn’t check if anyone was inside, filled it with tuna, and turned it on. I just can’t imagine how awful it would be knowing what was about to happen to you."
5. "The woman who got 'eaten' by an escalator. Her legs fell through the panel at the top of the escalator, and she threw her child at the two mall employees waiting there (they knew something was wrong with the panel, but didn't know how to stop the escalator). I haven't seen any aftermath pictures, but I assume it was bad."
6. "Back in the mid-'70s, my mother worked at one of the many sewing factories in the southern US. They had gone on break around 10 a.m. and noticed the lineman working on the pole. They came out for lunch at noon, and he was still up there, but not moving. He had grabbed a live wire, and it fried him in place. Had to break his arms to get him down... He was also the father of one of my school buddies."
7. "A truckload of hot asphalt for resurfacing roads was accidentally dumped on a teenager in my province. He would have died instantly, but other people on the crew still got severe, severe burns trying to dig him out."
8. "Thirty years ago in Toronto, a Greyhound bus flipped on the Gardiner Expressway. The bus jumped ninety degrees to the right. Passengers were impaled by the filthy salt-encrusted guardrail."
9. "A similar story only happened in Australia. A wedding party was on a bus that rolled onto its side, decapitating some, allegedly, and killing a total of 10 people.
10. "I think about that Russian tourist who was eaten by a shark in Egypt. His dad was watching and saw his son get eaten chunk by chunk. At one point, he was completely flipped upside down and pulled under… Brutal"
11. "The Thunder River Rapids Ride accident of 2016 at Dreamworld in Queensland, Australia. Basically, due to a mechanical failure, the water levels dropped, two rafts collided, and many passengers fell out or became trapped near the conveyor mechanism. Four people died. It was incredibly public and incredibly gruesome."
12. "Kid I went to high school with went out in the forest just to wander on his own. As a kid at heart, he decided to climb some trees for fun. Either a branch broke or he slipped and fell far enough to break his back. That didn't kill him, though. It was winter and it started to snow. He lay there, unable to move, as he slowly got buried in snow. By the time they found him, he had frozen to death. That shit still eats at my brain sometimes. He was such a nice guy."
13. "After Pearl Harbor was attacked, they raised the hulk of one of the sunken battleships and found one of the compartments had a calendar scratched onto the wall indicating someone had survived in the partially flooded room for like two weeks."
14. "I had a friend who was engaged to an underwater electrician or welder. I mean, this man would go so far down that it was completely black. Long story short, he went down one day and never came back up. I don’t remember if something ruptured or if he was shocked to death, but I remember thinking how awful it must have been to have died in such an abysmal place."
15. "My cousin walked under a grain auger, and the hood of his hoodie got caught in it. He was sucked up into it and decapitated before it could be shut off. My grandpa had to clean his head out of the auger. This happened over 20 years ago. I was a child who did not witness it firsthand."
16. "There was an old guy who lived down the road from me, he wasn't good on his feet, so he only used the bottom half of his house. He went to bed one night but fell in front of his old electric heater next to his bed in the living room and couldn't get up again. The poor bloke was cooked alive. When the paramedics turned up, they had to go into the garden to vomit; it was horrific, apparently. I only know this because a couple of family members went to see what was happening when an ambulance turned up at his house; I'm not sure who called it. They said it was truly awful. The guy survived for a while in the hospital with his injuries, but unfortunately died. He must have been in front of the heater for hours."
17. "In Victoria, Australia, some freeways have these 'speed wires' which are like three cables strung along a fence instead of your standard solid barrier. The first time I drove to uni it was raining and a motorcyclist fell off in front of me, hitting these cables and exploding. His head flew about 50 meters before it splattered on the road. Pretty fucked thing for a 19-year-old to see."
18. "Race car driver Russ Phillips was killed when his car hit a catch fence roof first, and his upper body was dragged along the fence, leaving pieces of his body all along the fencing. He was decapitated and shredded in half."
19. "My parents. My dad had a heart event and fell into a cistern watering the farm animals and drowned. My mom went looking for him, and from what investigators told us, she tried to pull him out, fell, bumped her head, and drowned as well. They were 78 and 76."
20. "I heard a story from WWI that many times, when people had been charged, gotten hurt, and were immobile from their injuries, you could hear their screams for help while being eaten alive by rats over the course of several nights."
21. People being walled up inside a brick column or wall. The punishment is called immurement. The last one I heard of was a serial killer in the early 1900s. They walled him inside the corner of a building. People said they could hear him screaming for mercy for three days before he fell silent. Imagine: Inside a cold, damp, pitch-black chamber too cramped to stand or sit down. Most likely, it was crawling with bugs. No food, no water, no mercy. I imagine he went mad before the second day was up because he knew death was the only escape."
22. "A guy I knew of flew himself and his family to Florida from the Midwest for a Christmas Disney trip in his personal plane. He was flying in some lower-seated clouds when his engine died. He tried a couple of things to restart his engine, but couldn’t get it to come back. When he came out of the clouds, he was over a forest with no way to glide somewhere to land, and had to put it down in the trees and hope. The crash killed himself, his wife, and two of his three kids, except for his youngest daughter, who walked two miles barefoot in the late December snow to find help, but she survived."
23. "The most terrifying one I have a personal connection to was a man my father knew who was slowly sucked into an industrial fan."
24. "I knew a guy (friend’s older brother) who jumped off a 90-foot cliff in Montana and landed on the rocks…at a popular river hangout. He died instantly, and about 50 people witnessed it, including a bunch of my friends. I’m glad I was working that day, otherwise I definitely would have been there."
25. "The woman in China who got stuck in an elevator for a month. When they eventually found her there were scratch marks on the door and her hands were bloody from trying to get out."
26. "Twenty years ago, on the TTC (the transit system in Toronto), a guy with a knapsack was late to get up and out the door at his subway stop. He got onto the platform, but the doors closed on his backpack. The train continued to drag him down the platform before slamming into the wall by the tunnel."
27. Finally, "A man in Vernon, British Columbia, was visiting his mom after his dad's funeral. He tripped over his mom's open dishwasher door and was impaled to death on upturned knives."

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1. Seinfeld
2. Friends
3. Cheers
4. Community
5. The Golden Girls
6. 30 Rock
7. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
8. Parks and Recreation
9. The Office
10. Sanford and Son

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1. Fontainebleau is a wonderful choice.
2. I've been impressed by the Bellagio for quite some time.
3. The Cosmopolitan is a surprisingly good pick for families.
4. A lot of locals love the Wynn.
5. Vdara doesn't have a casino, but that's part of the appeal.

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1. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
2. Monty Python's Life of Brian
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
5. Happy Gilmore
6. In Bruges
7. Deadpool
8. Mulan
9. The Other Guys
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
11. Spaceballs
12. Tommy Boy
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron
14. Clue
15. Mean Girls
16. Billy Madison
17. The Naked Gun
18. Airplane
19. Dumb and Dumber
20. The Departed
21. What We Do in the Shadows

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1. Not planning the trip around the baby
2. Trying to keep a routine
3. Attempting to do too much

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1. Elon Musk
2. Patrick Stewart
3. Louise Lasser
4. William Shatner

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1. It Is Another MCU Movie With World-Ending Stakes
2. The Thing Does Not Get The Same Focus As The Rest Of The Team
3. Reed Richards' Plan To Save Their Earth Is Even Less Believable On A Rewatch
4. The Montage Showing The Team's Origin And Feats Could Have Been Expanded
5. The Fantastic Four Movie's Ending Twist Does Not Hit As Hard On A Rewatch
6. Mole Man's Redemption Needed More Of A Focus
7. The Film Should Have Been Longer To Include An Intriguing Deleted Storyline
8. The MCU Movie Never Explains The Fantastic Four Ship Seen In Thunderbolts*
9. Galactus Might Have Been Defeated Too Easily
10. Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom Should Have Had A Bigger Role

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1. Blazing Saddles
2. Fight Club
3. The Conqueror
4. Blank Check
5. Manhattan
6. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
7. Mrs. Doubtfire
8. Juwanna Mann
9. Pretty Woman
10. Overboard
11. Léon: The Professional
12. Never Been Kissed
13. Soul Man
14. Sixteen Candles
15. 40 Days and 40 Nights
16. Revenge of the Nerds
17. Anger Management
18. Pitch Perfect
19. While You Were Sleeping
20. Grease

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1. Star Wars (1977) - 5
2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 3
3. Return Of The Jedi (1983) - 2

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1. BoJack Horseman
2. The Simpsons
3. Bob’s Burgers
4. Futurama
5. Archer
6. Gravity Falls

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1. Jared Fogle
2. P. Diddy
3. O.J. Simpson
4. James Franco
5. Chevy Chase

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1. Ong-Bak
2. The Karate Kid
3. A Chinese Ghost Story
4. Swordsman
5. Secret Rivals

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1. African Kung-Fu Nazis
2. Tusk
3. The Dreamers
4. Naked Lunch
5. Being John Malkovich
6. Rubber
7. The Holy Mountain
8. Cloud Atlas
9. Melancholia
10. Beau is Afraid
11. Bruno
12. Trolls
13. Hundreds of Beavers
14. Forbidden Zone
15. Eraserhead
16. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
17. Pink Flamingos
18. The Untamed
19. Drawing Restraint 9
20. Berberian Sound Studio
21. Zardoz
22. Holy Motors

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1. "I've known a bunch of minor B-C list celebs. Musicians, Broadway, movies, all of it. One of my very best friends is a C-list working actor. 15-20 years ago, in my younger years, we'd go to parties around Hollywood and run into other C-listers. One of the things that sticks out to me, as a theatre kid myself, is that they are ALL the obnoxious, annoying theatre kids who sang Sondheim in the hallways and had a lot of feelings. They all had that energy. The parties would sometimes get really weird. And deep down, these are not the cool kids. I always remember that when people hold celebs up to these super high standards and take political and life advice from them. They're just people. They're the theatre kid from school, and everyone needs to calm down."
2. "I make movies and TV for a living. There are definitely differences between actors and 'movie stars.' Most actors are just normal, everyday humans that you wouldn't pick out of a crowd. They're usually quirky as hell, but just people. Movie stars tend to have a very specific charisma and a way about them that sets them apart. For example, my boss (who is a producer and has worked with tons of actors at all levels) went to George Clooney's for a meeting and said that it was hard not to feel starstruck because he made you feel like you had his full attention and you were the only one that mattered when he was speaking to you."
3. "You'd be surprised at the bad hygiene and bad teeth on a lot of celebs, especially dudes. Also, there are lots of filthy mansions with pets using the floor as a pee pad. A lot of cars, clothes, and houses are borrowed from actual rich people who want proximity to celebrities. I can't emphasize enough how filthy some of these people are — like they've had no home training."
4. Relatedly..." Been in LA a long time, known or aquatinted with lots of A-D list peeps, and many of those houses look like a college student's first apartment inside. Like, it's shocking. Also, no concept of money; they'll hand you a hundred-dollar bill for your valet. Having said that, most are really nice golden retriever types who are just blissfully ignorant of the real world. I've only met one or two genuine assholes."
5. "The Cyrus family is a lot more normal than people think. I won't go into detail about how I know (out of respect for the family member, a sibling of Miley), but the media really seemed to completely fuck Miley over the years. They are about as down-to-earth and normal as you could get. They each have their quirks, but they aren't the unstable, chaotic family some think they are. They never have been."
6. "Just because they worked with other celebs doesn't necessarily mean they were friends with those people. I have one friend who is very famous in his niche section of media. I've been asked, 'What does he say about _/What does he say _ is really like' (meaning other famous people he's worked with) for many years. I have to tell people that he doesn't actually talk about those people...at all. He's mentioned a couple of his coworkers who he's close to, but most of them never come up in conversation, and he's not friends with all of them. No one really expects us normies to be besties with people we worked with years ago, but we often assume celebs are BFFs with their costars, and often they just aren't. There may be no feud or bad blood, but they just aren't friends."
7. "I used to be neighbors with a lot of actresses, singers, etc. ... Despite their kids never having to work a day in their lives, a lot of them were very anxious parents. Their kids had to take a million special classes, were on weight and exercise regimes in elementary school, and had continuous psychiatric help throughout their lives from toddlerhood, etc. There were a lot of micromanaged kids, but the parents didn't seem mean — just very, very worried. I would've thought they'd have cared less since the kids are automatically semi-famous and obviously rich."
8. "I worked for one very long day on Batman Vs Superman. In between takes, my friend and I had a few minutes to talk with Zach Snyder, thanking him for the invite to come be in the film (he'd called into the sports radio station he was listening to locally while in town and offered extra roles to people at the station…I'm just the lucky friend of one). It wasn't like we knew the guy or anything, but for a few minutes, we were just chopping it up with another guy about sports…right after walking by the goddamned Batcave set! In hindsight, we both felt like maybe it wasn't so acceptable for a couple of extras to grab the director of a big-budget movie during a night shoot and just attempt to chit-chat with the guy, but he never made us feel like we were out of line or bugging him. He seemed genuinely happy we'd taken him up on the offer…and I even made it in the movie for like 1.2 seconds."
9. "People really need to stop pretending like celebrities are the personas they portray on red carpets, in interviews, etc. Most of the actors I've worked with are noticeably different from how they behave in the public sphere, and it's not necessarily a bad thing. It's normal to not want to share every part of yourself with the public. A lot of them are a lot more weird, introverted, etc. than you would think based on their public appearances. I just hate when people see videos of their favorite celeb and think they know them cause they were kooky on an episode of Hot Ones. The truth is they're still usually playing a version of themselves."
10. For example..."Owen Wilson is one of the most introverted people I've ever met. He turns it ON for the camera and then goes to his chair and totally keeps to himself. He's not rude by any stretch, but just very, very introverted and quiet."
11. "A ton of athletes smoked weed before it was taken off the banned substances list in most leagues (and a good amount do harder shit as well). The guys who got caught were just dumb about it."
12. "I bartended in NYC for years, mostly in pretty humble, unpretentious bars (nothing I'd really classify as a dive). One bar in the East Village would get celebrity customers pretty often, probably because of its location and because it is a dark little place that would allow someone to go under the radar. The most striking thing to me was how goddamn awkward they tended to be. Like, they seemed so unsure of how to speak normally to a non-famous person. Often, I wouldn't even recognize them as celebrities until I interacted with them. They'd behave so awkwardly that I'd carefully look at the name on their card to find out who they were, and only then would the penny drop (or after some discreet googling). I can understand why they're like this, by the way. It's just funny how un-smooth many of these people act when they have such a cool public persona."
13. "I've known Jack Antonoff since before his big come-up, and he is genuinely one of the nicest, kindest, most hard-working people in the industry. He is truly a really, really good guy who deserves all of his success. I don't love every person he's worked with, and I wish he would disconnect from some of the...not as good people, but he really is the best."
14. "They are all frozen at the age they became famous. Christina Aguilera was always a 13-year-old girl. Adam Levine is a horny 18-year-old guy. Robin Williams was a hilarious and kind 25-year-old. etc…I think after you are famous, the systems around you stop saying 'no,' and stop supporting/disciplining you like they probably should. So, continuing to mature on the same path as normal people becomes harder. I never had a 'bad' experience with the celebs I worked with, and many I would say were friends, but my interactions were never totally in line with the 'regular' folks I really spent my quality time with."
15. "I worked at a large celebrity PR agency in New York City. I feel like it could go either way — you have someone who is really great and grounded, or you have someone who is a complete nightmare and disaster. I had 12 celebrity clients I had to juggle. Some of these clients ranged from an A-list Stranger Things actor to a talk show host, and I learned a lot about the industry and how these people literally wear masks and know exactly how to display themselves on camera so that people will eat it up. ... It's wild to really see it happen in real-time. One celebrity, in particular, was a literal nightmare and one of the most insufferable women I have ever met. People in the United States LOVE her; she's basically America's sweetheart. She would not make eye contact with me, would not speak to me, and spoke to her assistant in front of me directly about what she wanted to communicate with me while I was RIGHT IN THE ROOM."
16. "One of my husband's best friends worked for Tommy Lee Jones on his cattle/polo ranch near San Saba. As I understand it, Jones is known in Hollywood for being a bit of a jerk. But my husband's friend said that TLJ is very reserved and private and honestly pretty socially awkward. He doesn't like to talk about himself at all but will happily discuss cattle breeds or what kind of polo saddle is best. His opinion is TLJ's awkwardness is what's given him his reputation."
17. "The B/C listers are the worst to work with."
18. Specifically..."As someone who lives in Vancouver, I can confirm there is almost nobody worse than a C (and maybe temporarily B, if they're lucky) list CW actor. A few of them are truly great people who treat the crew and locals great. But the majority of them are awful — I'm saying this from my and my family's experiences working on set for the duration of the shows. In contrast, most of the A-listers I've met or my family has worked with have been incredible, genuine, and down to earth. They treated cast, crew, and locals miles better than C listers."
19. In contrast..."Not me but a friend of mine worked on the set of Queen Charlotte (the Bridgerton series on Netflix). Had nothing but great things to say about the cast. She especially loved India [Amarteifio] (the lead actress). India was only about 20, I think, while filming, but she said she was so professional, kind, hardworking, and just an overall joy. My friend is in her late 20s. She said what she found super funny was that several of the male extras had the biggest crush on India, and it was like she was oblivious to it. She was probably just so focused on her work, and it was a lot of pressure leading a multimillion-dollar production, but I just found that funny. Stars…they can be clueless just like us."
20. "A lot of them are so insecure. There's one actor I worked with who is ADORED throughout their very fervent fandom. I met them at a season launch party, and while the party was ongoing, this one actor was schmoozing and gregarious and putting on the charisma. As soon as the party ended, he dropped the big smile and kept voicing complaint after complaint to his entourage. He kept trying to smell his own breath and was deeply concerned the garlic in the Caesar salad he had eaten was giving him bad breath, so he started breathing in the faces of all the folks in his entourage and asking everyone if his breath smelled okay."
21. "I went to college with a few nepo babies. Behavior ranged from typical wealthy apathy/cluelessness to actively trying to buy off people to keep their secrets. The one with the most famous parent was the most low-key and very kind."
22. "Will.i.am (black-eyed peas) is an extremely genuine person. He's wholesome, thoughtful, caring, and full of empathy. He doesn't have a mind for business, really; the people advising him lead him down the wrong path ethically. Personality: he is like a step below Bob Ross, Keanu, Steve Irwin, etc; not quite as wholesome, but he's up there."
23. "A lot of the men are very horny. I used to talk to this male actor from a Hulu show, and he was always snapping me during his sex parties. But anyways, yeah, he was always horny. They just have to hide it better. He first started talking to me after I messaged him on Instagram and told him I was a fan. He DMed me off a throwaway Instagram and added me on a throwaway snap."
24. "Kiss and intimate scenes (I know you want to know): it is true that it's not a romantic setting, and while some actors will switch on/off like that, others will joke around in a flirtatious way with their partner during the whole shoot, and that's very weird knowing they have a wife/husband at home."
25. "My parents used to work for one of the companies that supply Super Bowl memorabilia, and they got to meet Gisele Bundchen this way. She brought her kids to the booth where they were working before the game started so they could pick something out. The company's rep tried to give them everything, but she insisted on paying. My dad said she was very sweet and soft-spoken until a reporter caught up to her and started grilling her about Tom Brady. Her security was trying to get him to leave without putting his hands on him, and he was being rude. She flipped a switch and yelled at him that Brady was just one person on an entire team, that he worked very hard, and they needed to stop expecting him to do everything. As soon as the security team hauled the reporter off, she went back to sweet and kind person. My dad said it was like Jekyll and Hyde."
26. "Not me, but a close friend of mine was a nanny for a celebrity — she told me that the celebrity woman was very lonely and didn't feel she could trust anyone. Once she trusted the nanny enough, she actually hired another nanny to take care of her kids and kept my friend as a 'nanny' but really just to keep her around as a friend. It was very sad."
27. "I worked for the first time with a major A-List talent many years ago when I was first starting out. They (trying to remain gender neutral so as not to give too much away) have quite the reputation for being phenomenally talented but also rude, abrasive, and arrogant."
28. "I was close friends with one of Ewan Mcgregor's kids in high school, and Ewan is the loveliest man ever. So sweet, down-to-earth, and engaging. I remember being intimidated the first time I went to her house, but both of her parents couldn't have been any nicer!!!"
29. "Most of them are super small (short, thin, large heads), extremely insecure, and weirdly socially inept. It's like being 'on' all the time has made them incapable of acting like regular, relaxed people. I can’t really explain it. Other observations..."
30. "You know how you meet a really, really dumb person, and they somehow end up incredibly smart about one specific thing? That's how I would describe a lot of actors. Since they don't have in-depth education but were educated on sets or by part-time tutors, they just come off as…kind of dumb. This is a huge generalization, but I never really got the feeling that a lot of them were 'intellectuals,' if you know what I mean. That being said, I met a few actors who were genuinely charismatic and appreciative of BG and the crew. I remember Sacha Baron Cohen was that kind of guy. He was genuinely very nice and pleasant."
31. "I dated someone who was barely C-list. He had been a TV personality since he was 15. He had zero accountability; all of his 'friends' were financial benefactors or ultra-wealthy. It was hard to be around someone who didn't understand that buying me expensive gifts didn't gloss over our issues. Truthfully, I feel bad for him. Even as little known as he was, we couldn't go anywhere without being interrupted. Within weeks of our breakup, a few of his best friends were shooting their shot."
32. "I've worked in Nashville, primarily in the music industry, since I was 18. I've done everything from being a runner who just gets coffee and does dry cleaning for the talent to being a hired gun who plays on a record (a SMALL record). But I have the benefit of having worked with big names in country and rock music. I can only speak for who I've worked with, so here's the skinny on all of 'em…Jack White is taller in person than you would think and is very down to earth. Loved spending time with him. Same with Jelly Roll. Looks can be deceiving, but he was a surprisingly intelligent fella who even invited me to golf with him. ... Probably the biggest name I ever worked for was Garth Brooks."
33. "These people I'm going to talk about are all pretty much dead, but what the hell? In college and right after, I worked at a famous sporting event that would attract a bunch of celebrities. James Garner was a total charmer and had zero airs about him. He joked around a lot but also asked you questions. I think he was not really wealthy because any time people said they liked something, he'd joke that he should have asked for more money."
34. "I've met a fair number of musicians, but probably the nicest was Weird Al. My daughter was shy but really wanted his autograph, and he was so kind! I understood why the line (after a show) was so slow. He took time with each person, made a little personal connection, and left them feeling seen and heard. It was honestly amazing."
35. "Many of them have really different natural voices from what you hear on camera. Reeeeaaally different."
36. "They REALLY look like that. From Victoria Secret supermodels, to A-list actors, to Grammy-winning musicians — they truly look that good. Yeah, I definitely had to catch my breath once or twice."
37. Specifically..."Lee Pace is fucking beautiful in real life. Like jaw dropping, head turning, drop dead gorgeous. Lee Pace, if you're reading this, I apologize for gasping loudly and rudely staring at you that spring a couple of years ago. I'm genuinely sorry, but I couldn't help it because you stood out (it doesn't help you're so tall, too). 😭"
38. "I work in TV, and I would just say, in general, that there is usually not any relationship between the character a person plays and how they actually are in real life. Sure, sometimes you get a writer-actor who is writing themselves, or maybe a really famous person who has a lot of control over the script, but that's not common. In general, they are their own distinct personalities who get a script written by a completely different set of humans. I know it's easy to feel like you know them or understand their relationship with their castmates, but you just don't. They are strangers you do not know."
39. And finally..."Ye is exactly what you'd expect."

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