Page 11 - Celebrity Facts

Directors were required to shoot all of John Wayne's scenes before noon!

John Wayne has become the posterboy for cowboys and all things that were manly, despite having some terrible living habits. Let's face it, Wayne was a chain smoker ever since he was a young man, and he was also a functioning alcoholic - but he was still able to make the greatest Western movies of all time.

Filmmakers were aware of Wayne's drinking problem, and were told to shoot his scenes before noon because by the time the afternoon came around, he was througholy intoxicated and was a 'mean drunk'.

This piece of advice to directors came from Sam O'Steen's memoir, Cut to the Chase. O'Steen was a veteran filmmaker and a long time associate with Wayne before passing away in 2000.

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Charlie Sheen lost his virginity on a credit card!

Charlie Sheen lost his virginity at age 15. To a prostitute. Whom he paid for on a credit card. Sheen told Playboy that he once went to Vegas and spent $350 on a prostitute to lose his virginity.

The twist? The credit card was his dad’s! Sheen retold the moment when his dad found out: “I'm watching TV in our living room, and he's in his office 20 feet away... All of a sudden a piece of paper falls in front of me... It's his Visa bill. There's one thing circled, and it's $350.

There's an arrow pointing to it and three words: 'What is this?' He had gone back into my bedroom and was just waiting for me... That was a long walk... I was like a defense attorney going to trial against video evidence."

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Eminem was asleep when he won an Academy Award! Why?

Eminem, though he may be controversial, fans of hip hop music claim that he is among the top rappers of all time. His lyrical ability, although graphic and profane, cannot be denied.

Eminem starred in the film '8 Mile', which he also wrote an original song for that you may have heard of - it's called "Lose Yourself". The song has become extremely popular, even among people who find rap music distasteful.

The song has been nominated for countless awards, including an Oscar for Best Original Song - which the song ended up winning. Although, Eminem was absent from the ceremony - the first time a winner of Best Original Song for that year didn't perform.

In an interview, Eminem explained that he would have felt uncomfortable at the Oscars, considering the fact his songs make fun of almost everyone he would have been sitting in the room with. Furthermore, Eminem didn't even watch the ceremony! He said he fell asleep watching cartoons with his daughter at the time because he believed he wouldn't win the award!

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The actor who plays Joffrey on Game of Thrones got a letter from the author congratulating him on how hated he is!

Jack Gleason is an Irish actor best known for playing Joffrey Baratheon (er… Lannister) on HBO’s massively popular show Game of Thrones. If you’ve ever watched the show for even just one episode, then you know how easy it is to hate Joffrey.

In fact, he plays the part so well that author of the book series, George R. R. Martin decided to write him a note that read, “Congratulations on your marvelous performance, everyone hates you.”

Most of the cast and crew go out of their way to note during interviews that Jack Gleason is actually a very nice guy, charming and friendly. His performance is so realistic that the producers are constantly afraid that a crazy drunk fan might want to punch him out in public!

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The voice of Darth Vader was mute for 8 years when he was a kid!

James Earl Jones has just about the best voice an actor out there can have. He is known for his booming bass. He voiced Mufasa in The Lion King and Darth Vader in the Star Wars films. He's won Tony Awards and Golden Globes Awards.

He was born in Mississippi in the 1930s to Robert Earl Jones, a boxer, actor, and chauffeur and Ruth Jones, a teacher and maid. His dad left the family soon after James' birth. His grandma raised him and is of Native American, Irish, and African descent. It is pretty surprising to find out that as a child he had a stutter and was even mute.

When he was 5 he moved to his grandparents' farm in Michigan and the transition was traumatic for him. He developed a stutter and was effectively mute for 8 years until he reached high school where a teacher took interest in him and helped him overcome the stutter. He began speaking again after the teacher exposed James to poetry and saw that James was quite good at writing poetry.

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