Page 13 - Celebrity Facts

Seth Rogen co-wrote the first draft of Super Bad at age 13.

The Canadian born actor, Seth Rogen, found success through Judd Apatow who believed in him. Rogen was cast in Apatow's cult hit Freaks and Geeks. Apatow could tell Rogen would be a comedic star and continued to give Rogen roles, but networks just didn't see Rogen as a leading man.

Rogen wasn't too surprised as he always figured he'd gain much of his success through writing. He co-wrote the first draft of Super Bad when he was just 13. He continued writing and was on a writing staff for people like Judd Apatow and Sacha Baron Cohen. He continued writing and eventually was given the chance to show off his leading acting skills in his own comedies and those of Apatow and others.

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Jake Gyllenhaal witnessed a murder while preparing with the LAPD for a film!

End of Watch was a 2012 film shot documentary style about LAPD partners who make a few good busts and the Mexican drug cartel orders their deaths. The film was loosely based on real life LAPD partners, Charles Wunder and Jamie McBride, from the 1990s.

As part of their training, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña spent five months doing 12-hour ride-alongs with on-duty LAPD officers. During Gyllenhaal's first ride-along, he witnessed a murder. Gyllenhaal and Pena improvised most of the banter between them in the film.

In law enforcement, "end of watch" has two meanings; it commonly refers to time to go off duty at the end of shift. Also, if an officer is killed in the line of duty, the date of his death is referred to as his end of watch.

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The ONLY blind contestant in a reality cooking show also won Masterchef!

Christine Ha won the third season of MasterChef. She is the first and only Reality TV cooking show contestant to be visually impaired or blind. Ha likens her sigh impairment to seeing the world through a thick, puffy cloud of white steam. She stuck to making mostly Asian cuisine and keeping it simple.

Her finale rival on the other hand cooked items from across the globe and used fancy techniques. Some criticize that Ha only one for ratings since she is disabled, but the point of the show is to highlight every day cooks at home being able to make extraordinary dishes that top chefs even enjoy. Ultimately, Christine Ha made history by just being on the cooking show, let alone win the whole thing.

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Governor Schwarzenegger once sent an acrosstic spelling 'F*ck you' to a lawmaker!

The former Governor of California was a man who wasn't afraid to tell other members of the government what was on his mind. In an open letter to the California State Assembly, Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to sign Bill 1176 out of frustration that all the bills his legislation had tried to pass were refused.

Seems pretty normal, right? Well, that's because it is, until you look at the first letters of each line of the letter. The hidden message reads "F**k You". However, when one of the lawmakers, Tom Ammiano noticed the hidden message he asked the Governor about it. Arnold denied his intent to have the message there, and states that it was merely a coincidence.

After this infamous message was discovered by Ammiano, Schwarzenegger vetoed five of Ammiano's bills. But, perhaps this is just another coincidence. Read the source for more!

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David Bowie Turned down Knighthood!

David Bowie isn't the first rock star to be offered knighthood. There's Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John - and we can't forget Sir Mick Jagger. Yet, despite being offered this incredible honor, David Bowie turned down knighthood in 2003.

The reason Bowie did this is that he thought he was undeserving of the title, famously saying "I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that, I seriously don't know what it's for. It's not what I spent my life working for." But Bowie isn't the first person to say no to knighthood either.

John Lennon also gave the Queen a big thumbs down, but he refused out of protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria - Biafra conflict, and of the countries support of America in Vietnam. Stephen Hawking is also famous for saying no to the Queen, like so many scientists before him.

Learn who else said no by reading the source!

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