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Famous people are constantly flashing on the screen, they have a lot of fans who watch their every move. But celebrity biographies are full of little known facts. We present you a selection of star photos and interesting facts from their life.
14. Do you know what links Jim Carrey and Leonid Brezhnev?
As a child, Jim Carrey made parodies of people who impessed him the most - Brezhnev and Jack Nicholson.
15. Do you know what links Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Korenev?
Gagarin was very fond of the theatre, he always helped artists: someone with the flat, others with the installation of the phone or with the holidays. And once he even saved "The Deck", the adaptation of Leonid Zorin's play, which was played by Vladimir Korenev - the legendary Ichthyander from the cult film "Amphibian Man". Yuri Gagarin came to the general run of the play and was very impressed. However, this lovestory of a married man and a young girl was banned on moral and ethical grounds. The performance was saved by a happy chance. When the Minister of Culture Ekaterina Furtseva asked the cosmonaut: "What's the latest thing you've seen in a theatre?" - Gagarin answered: "I was at the Stanislavski Theatre, saw the general run of the play “The Deck”. Wonderful! I loved it!" They say next to Furtseva was the official who tried to ban "The Deck", but he didn't dare to object, so the play was saved.
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16. Do you know how Bruce Willis handled stuttering?
A-list actor struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years. Willis discovered a way to overcome his stutter by accident - he tried out for a part in his high school’s drama club production of ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’ and as soon as he took the stage, he noticed his stutter was gone. That's why Bruce became interested in acting.
17. Do you know that Bruce Lee swapped Сha-cha for Kung fu?
Bruce Lee won Hong Kong's Сha-cha competition in 1958. At that time, he decided to take Kung fu lessons. His first teacher recalled that Bruce came to him and said, "Master, I know that you have an excellent knowledge of Kung fu - and I am the best Cha-cha dancer... So let's exchange our knowledge: You'll teach me the art of Kung fu, and I'll teach you how to dance the Cha-cha".
18. Do you know what Marilyn Monroe and Zelda Zork have in common?
Norma Jean pretended to be not only Marilyn Monroe. Sometimes, to avoid being recognized, she would wear a dark wig and sunglasses, and called herself Zelda Zonk.
19. Do you know what Andy Warhol, Sergey Kuryokhin, Timur Novikov, Viktor Tsoi, Sergey Bugaev Africa, George Guryanov, Oleg Kotelnikov and Boris Grebenshchikov have in common?
Andy Warhol sent gifts to all these musicians, artists and singers - portraits of Marilyn Monroe signed by him, images of tomato soup "Campbell", cans of tomato soup and books. American singer Joanna Stingray visited Leningrad in 1985, one of her goals was to collect paintings of "New artists" for the exhibition "Red wave" in Los Angeles and release an album of Russian rock music. Back home she showed Andy Warhol paintings of "New artists" and gifted him collages by Kotelnikov and Novikov. In response, Warhol sent the parcel to Leningrad.
20. Do you know what links Joanna Stingray and Russian Rock bands?
In 1984 Stingray travelled to Leningrad where she was introduced to Boris Grebenshchikov of the rock group Akvarium. Impressed by Grebenshchikov, and other artists' music, Stingray began to export the music of 'underground' Soviet rock bands beyond the confines of the Soviet Union. Stingray married and divorced the guitarist from the band Kino, Yuri Kasparyan. Then she married Alexander Vasiliev, drummer from the band Center. Today Joanna is married to an American and leads a quiet life.
21. Do you know what links Lika Star, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Vladimir Presnyakov Jr?
Bondarchuk and Presnyakov fought for the heart of the beautiful singer. She chose Fyodor, even though he was already married. The sscret romance lasted a couple of years and ended in a painful breakup. But Star and Presnyakov are still good friends.
22. What links Marlene Dietrich and a musical saw?
A singing saw as a musical instrument “died "after the Second world war, and the actress was one of the few who knew how to play it.
23. Do you know who loved Frida Kahlo despite all her problems, whims, illness and affairs?
After the bus accident, Frida Kahlo suffered multiple fractures of almost all bones, including 3 fractures of the spine, but she survived and became a famous artist. Kahlo was an open bisexual and had numerous affairs with both men and women, but the main love of her life was Diego Rivera. They married when he was 42 and she was 22. Their life was full of betrayals and scandals, but Rivera stayed with Frida till her death. Once she said: "There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego".
24. Do you know what Kirsten Dunst thinks about her career?
Kirsten Dunst does not like films she starred, but she always read the script thoroughly and tries to avoid erotic scenes. Kirsten turned down the role in the Oscar-winning "American Beauty" because she didn’t want to smooch with Kevin Spacey.
25. Do you know how many languages Milla Jovovich can speak?
Milla speaks English, Serbian, French and Russian. Her first music album has also the song in Ukrainian.
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