Page 9 - Celebrity Facts

Steve McQueen would demand free clothes from movie studios so he could donate them to the boy's reformatory he went to!

Steve McQueen is one of the most famous actors of all time. He had an odd reputation when it came to his dealings with movie studios though. McQueen was known for requesting bulk amounts of jeans, men's razors and other essentials from a studio when he agreed to do a film with them.

People later found out that McQueen was donating these items to the Boy's Republic Reformatory School. He attended the school as a teen and would occasionally go back to visit with the students.

McQueen had a tough childhood; his father left he and his mom alone, who developed alcoholism. She eventually left him with his granparents until his teen years. She had remarried by then, and McQueen didn't like his stepfather one bit.

McQueen was sent to the California Junior Boys Republic reform school because he threatened to kill his stepfather after the police caught him stealing hubcaps.

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Snoop Lion created a community gardening project to provide fruits and vegetables to children worldwide

Snoop Lion (the rapper formerly known as Snoop Dogg) recently visited Jamaica. He was horrified by the poverty he saw there and decided to do something about it.

Snoop created a community garden project called "Mind Gardens." The goal of this garden is to provide organic fruits and vegetables to needy children around the world.

He has also teamed up with Reed's Ginger Brew to start a nonprofit dedicated to building community gardens in impoverished neighborhoods.

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Andy Warhol sent a sketch of a penis to the moon!

"Moon Museum" is a small ceramic wafer that contains sketches from six prominent 1960s artists. It was taken to the moon as part of the Apollo 12 mission. The artists chosen to be on the 3/4" x 1/2" tile were Robert Rauschenbeg, David Norvos, John Chamberlein, Clae Oldenburg, Forrest Myers and Andy Warhol.

The tiny wafer was covertly attached to a leg of the landing module, which was left on the moon after the mission. However, it's impossible to know if the wafer is actually there unless someone goes to look for it. It was Forrest Myers' idea. He tried to get it officially done through NASA, but when they didn't show much interest, he smuggled it on board.

Andy Warhol had a little fun with his drawing. Although officially he drew a stylized version of his initials. However, being the rebel that he was, the sketch can also be mistaken for a penis or a rocket ship.

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Ryan Gosling was fired from The Lovely Bones for being too fat!

When Peter Jackson originally cast Ryan Gosling to play the father role in his adaptation of The Lovely Bones. Just a few weeks before the movie was scheduled to start shooting, Gosling was let go and recast by Mark Whalberg.

Reports at the time varied as to what the reason was for the recast. The most circulated explanation was that Jackson thought Gosling was too young to play the part. Some other people said that Gosling had been too demanding and that made working with him difficult.

Later, however, Gosling himself explained the real reason for his firing. Gosling gained 60 lbs for the role because he thought that would be the best direction for the character. Jackson disagreed and he was fired.

In case you were wondering, Gosling's secret for getting fat? Drink melted Haagen Das instead of water.

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The twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg just made millions on the Bitcoin market!

You might remember the Winklevoss twins from The Social Network. They famously sued Mark Zuckerberg because the alleged he stole Facebook from them. They recently got in $11 million on the Bitcoin market.

In case you haven't head of Bitcoins, they're a decentralized digital currency. With the world's currencies being in such flux, the peer-to-peer currency has recently gained a lot of popularity. Their price has skyrocketed in the last few weeks and months.

The Winklevoss twins put a lot of money in the currency and their holdings now amount to $11 million. The Bitcoin market isn't safe from fluxes though. On April 11, the price of one Bitcoin dropped from $266 to $105 and then rose again to $160. If you're in that market, you might be in for a wild ride.

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