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The Life of an Actor

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Jackie Chan is perhaps the most famous martial artist in American cinema. The star of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jackie-chan-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference" target="_blank">blockbusters</a> like the&nbsp;Rush Hour&nbsp;trilogy and&nbsp;Kung Fu Yoga,&nbsp;Chan set Hollywood ablaze in the late &#39;90s and early 2000s&nbsp;with his amazing stunts and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jackie-chan-most-dangerous-scenes/zack-howe" target="_blank">dangerous movie scenes</a>. Despite his fame, there&#39;s&nbsp;likely a lot you don&#39;t know about Jackie&nbsp;Chan. For instance, he wasn&#39;t always a movie star, either in the United States or his native China.

But after all his years of international success, what happened to Jackie&nbsp;Chan? Though you may have heard otherwise, Chan is alive and well. He shared stories from his eventful life in the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/revelations-from-the-jackie-chan-memoir/ryan-sargent" target="_blank">memoir</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D6VWQVD/ref?&amp;tag=rankercom2679826-20" target="_blank">Never Grow Up</a>;&nbsp;more importantly, Chan continues to act (just check out our <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jackie-chan-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference" target="_blank">Jackie Chan movies list</a> for proof).

Inside Jackie Chan's Storied Life And Career

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What Ever Happened to Jackie Chan?

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Bands/Musicians

Teen pop artist Hoku&nbsp;was a one-named singer and&nbsp;two-hit&nbsp;wonder. Two big songs defined&nbsp;Hawaiian performer Hoku&#39;s&nbsp;music career:&nbsp;&quot;Another Dumb Blonde&quot; from the 2000 Nickelodeon&nbsp;film,&nbsp;Snow Day,&nbsp;and &quot;Perfect Day&quot; from the Legally Blonde&nbsp;soundtrack. But like many&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-forgotten-teen-pop-acts/mal1" target="_blank">teen pop acts</a>&nbsp;of the 1990s and early 2000s, she was a fleeting presence on the music scene. Perhaps you want to learn what happened to Hoku or&nbsp;other fun facts about her life, both before and after she went all &quot;Blonde&quot; and &quot;Perfect.&quot;

Hoku certainly has&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/most-musically-gifted-children-of-musicians" target="_blank">musical DNA</a>: her dad was the late singer, Don Ho. After she moved to&nbsp;California from Hawaii, her vocal talent&nbsp;drew comparisons to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. But&nbsp;Hoku&nbsp;reportedly stepped away from mainstream pop because she&nbsp;wanted to maintain a wholesome image&nbsp;due to her faith; she is now a married mom who is deeply&nbsp;involved in her California church.

She&nbsp;still sings&nbsp;and might&nbsp;surprise us with another hit, albeit in the inspirational musical category.

What The Heck Ever Happened To Hoku?

Band/Musician

Musician/Band Trivia

In the early 2000s, radio&nbsp;airwaves resounded with the hip-hop and R&amp;B stylings of artists signed to record label Murder Inc., including artists&nbsp;Ja Rule, Lloyd, and Ashanti. But after the Inc. went bottoms-up, many of those once-big names faded from the scene, the &quot;Princess of Hip-Hop and R&amp;B&quot; herself among them. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-ja-rule/carly-silver?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">What happened to Ashanti</a>?

As of 2018, Ashanti is still working with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-ja-rule/carly-silver" target="_blank">Ja Rule</a>&nbsp;on their &quot;I Love the 2000s&quot; tour. As &#39;90s nostalgia makes fans remember those glory days of R&amp;B, Ashanti during the 2010s&nbsp;has been in high demand. For a time when she first dropped off the main stage, she allegedly abandoned her Inc. colleagues (depending on whom you&#39;re asking) and went on to have a few minor hits, but kept pretty busy otherwise. Eagle-eyed fans might notice, though, that&nbsp;rapper&nbsp;Nelly is no longer around. Ashanti&#39;s breakup with Nelly was reportedly acrimonious, but the singer has put those days behind her.

Through it all, Ashanti&#39;s career path maintained a solid trajectory&nbsp;as she consistently releases&nbsp;music - some on her own label - and even appeared on Broadway. Though early predictions Ashanti&nbsp;would <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/arts/music-the-solo-beyonce-she-s-no-ashanti.html" target="_blank">outperform</a>&nbsp;Beyonc&eacute;&nbsp;as the queen of the music industry didn&#39;t necessarily stand the test of time, Ashanti&#39;s been doing just fine on her own.

Whatever Happened to Ashanti?

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I Want My MTV

Culture

MTV dominated the reality TV dating game in the 2000s, and Parental Control was one of&nbsp;its most popular programs. On the show,&nbsp;parents who disapproved of their children's significant others set their kids up with more ideal partners.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-mtv-tv-shows/voteable" target="_blank">MTV's addictive program</a> offered a real-life version of what lots of moms and dads wished they could do for their families.This&nbsp;doesn't mean, however, that stories about Parental Control&nbsp;were all peachy. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/inappropriate-things-said-on-parental-control-mtv/zack-howe" target="_blank">Contestants' parents said inappropriate things</a>, and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-leprechaun-movies/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">behind the scenes</a>, participants dished&nbsp;about the show's scripted nature. After scrolling through the&nbsp;Parental Control&nbsp;secrets below, you'll see how some reality TV features a lot less &quot;reality&quot; than you previously thought.

Behind-The-Scenes Stories From The Set Of 'Parental Control'

13 Behind The Scenes Stories About MTV's 'Parental Control'

Pop Culture

Since 2007, Kaley&nbsp;Cuoco has provided laughs&nbsp;playing Penny on&nbsp;the hit sitcom&nbsp;The Big Bang Theory, a show with a colorful cast of characters.&nbsp;While Cuoco's&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-the-big-bang-theory-characters/reference" target="_blank">Big Bang Theory&nbsp;role</a>&nbsp;is one of her most&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/kaley-cuoco-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference" target="_blank">notable TV and film appearances</a>, she has a long history in the industry.&nbsp;Cuoco&nbsp;began&nbsp;her showbiz career at age 5, starring in national advertisements&nbsp;before making her big break on the final season of&nbsp;Charmed.Cuoco has remained&nbsp;transparent about her&nbsp;mildly tumultuous personal life. She married&nbsp;tennis player Ryan Sweeting after a whirlwind romance, but&nbsp;divorced him two years into their partnership after allegations of drug abuse surfaced. She's also made controversial comments about feminism, which garnered considerable public backlash. Cuoco&nbsp;married fellow equestrian Karl Cook in June 2018, and the animal lovers share a few pets. In addition to acting, multi-talented Cuoco&nbsp;continues to pursue her passion for horse racing.

Things You Didn't Know About Kaley Cuoco

13 Things You Didn't Know About Kaley Cuoco

Summer

According to the Bible and other biblical texts, Hell&nbsp;brims with fallen angels who turned into&nbsp;demons, and some&nbsp;have stories as detailed as well-known religious figures.&nbsp;Among those fallen is Azazel.&nbsp;Formerly&nbsp;one of God's favorite&nbsp;celestial beings, Azazel decided to rebel alongside Satan and spread evil throughout&nbsp;humanity. As a result,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/scary-stories-about-archangels/lyra-radford" target="_blank">archangels&nbsp;bound his hands and feet</a> and condemned him to a lifetime of misery. Azazel&nbsp;facts describe his association with goats - specifically, the scapegoat - and the Devil. The worst traits of man have&nbsp;roots tracing&nbsp;back to Azazel, making him a destructive figure akin to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/abaddon-facts/matthew-lavelle" target="_blank">Abaddon the Destroyer</a>, especially&nbsp;when it comes to terrifying biblical figures.

Azazel, The Fallen Angel Who Caused The Biblical Flood, Is So Bad His Name Actually Means 'Hell'

Azazel, The Fallen Angel Who Caused The Biblical Flood, Is So Bad His Name Actually Means “Hell”"

Did you read that article that linked so-and-so to that guy from the thing? Or see the video about how this is the same as that? Come on, let's weave some tangled webs!

It's a Conspiracy

Get to know the fascinating family headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and comprised of her four children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren—some of whom may someday become the King of England.

The Royal Family

Royalty

As the most public and storied&nbsp;monarchy in the world, it stands to reason the British royal family would have generated its share of mysteries and conspiracy theories&nbsp;- many revolving around&nbsp;the matriarch.&nbsp;

During <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-queen-elizabeth-ii-facts/alby-thompson" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II</a>&#39;s&nbsp;more than 90&nbsp;years on Earth,&nbsp;the ruler of&nbsp;the United Kingdom has racked up quite a few <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/conspiracy-theories-about-queen-elizabeth/tamar-altebarmakian" target="_blank">royal rumors</a> about herself. The strangest of all might be that she&#39;s a shape-shifting lizard, or &quot;reptilian humanoid,&quot;&nbsp;part of an elite, ancient family&nbsp;poised to infiltrate networks all over the globe for mere sport.&nbsp;

The conspiracies don&#39;t stop there;&nbsp;myriad&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/weird-queen-of-england-facts/carly-silver" target="_blank">weird&nbsp;facts</a>, far-fetched speculations, and wild theories exist about Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. From her alleged Nazi sympathies to her purported&nbsp;cannibalistic tendencies to her responsibility&nbsp;for the death of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/unexplained-things-about-death-of-princess-diana/lyra-radford" target="_blank">Princess Diana</a>, the conspiracy theories about the Queen keep coming -&nbsp;that is, if she&#39;s the rightful ruler at all.

Outlandish (And Not So Outlandish) Conspiracy Theories About Queen Elizabeth II

Crazy (and Not So Crazy) Conspiracy Theories About Queen Elizabeth II

Secrets

R&amp;B superstars Destiny's Child released their self-titled debut album&nbsp;in 1998. This was also the world's first introduction to&nbsp;Beyoncé&nbsp;Knowles.&nbsp;Though their last record,&nbsp;Destiny Fulfilled, came out&nbsp;2004, they still remain in our collective memories. The group&nbsp;ruled the airwaves in the late '90s and early 2000s, but tons&nbsp;of drama played out <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-first-wizarding-war/saim-cheeda?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">behind the scenes</a> - drama that might have led to&nbsp;disbandment in the age of social media. As a result, there are some epic stories surrounding&nbsp;the creation of smashes like &quot;Independent Women&quot; and &quot;Bootylicious.&quot; These fascinating&nbsp;secrets have been obscured by the group's overwhelming popularity and&nbsp;Beyoncé's eventual rise to the top of the music world.&nbsp;Reading these stories, you can see&nbsp;why many say the group's manager - Beyoncé's father, Mathew - is responsible for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-other-destinys-child-members/carly-silver" target="_blank">original lineup</a>'s breakup. Mathew notoriously pushed his young charges, making them work so hard they cried. He also&nbsp;nearly bankrupt&nbsp;the Knowles family&nbsp;while managing a fledgling Destiny's Child. Other little-known facts include the ways Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, supported her daughter's fledgling career, and&nbsp;how LaTavia and LeToya learned they'd been booted from Destiny's Child. Plenty of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/beyonce-conspiracy-theories/carly-silver&nbsp;" target="_blank">Beyoncé&nbsp;conspiracy theories</a>&nbsp;occupy the public's interest these days, but all that jazz has its roots in the phenomenon of Destiny's Child.

Secrets You Never Knew About Destiny's Child

14 Secrets You Never Knew About Destiny's Child

Are you the Rap Expert on your Zoom Trivia Team? Here's everything you need to know about the big names in hip-hop, young & new school rappers, and where are they now? acts you almost forgot about.

Get to Know Those Rap Guys

Music History

Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, man of many names and many more dollars, occupies a place in pop culture few others can match. Plenty of cool Diddy stories exist which exemplify his incredible, over-the-top career and lifestyle, and a few of them happened&nbsp;before he hit it big. In fact, his first moniker, Puff Daddy, actually stems from a childhood nickname. Apparently even before fame, Diddy already thought quite highly himself. Throughout all of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sean-combs-names/amylindorff" target="_blank">Sean&nbsp;Combs's&nbsp;name changes</a>, he held his title as a record label exec.&nbsp;Fun facts about Diddy include his monumental influence on music of the '90s and 2000s.&nbsp;More than a music mogul, Diddy holds stakes in&nbsp;liquor,&nbsp;fashion, restaurants, and television. As a result, Diddy now stands as one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wealthiest-rapper-ceos-and-entrepreneurs/whatevayoulike" target="_blank">wealthiest rappers-turned-CEOs</a>.With all these accolades and riches, naturally a couple of dark Diddy&nbsp;facts also exist, including the infamous Bad Boy Curse people say follows the label. Regardless of how you view him, one cannot deny the influence of Diddy not just on music but on American pop culture in general. When you're Diddy-big, the stories just follow you.

Things You Never Knew About Diddy

20 Surprising Things You Never Knew About Sean 'Diddy' Combs

In January 2015, Thomas &quot;Tommy&quot; Gilbert Jr. walked into the Manhattan apartment of his father, financier Thomas Gilbert Sr., and<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jennifer-pan-parents-murder-facts/inigo-gonzalez" target="_blank"> killed him</a> in cold blood. The Gilbert murder rocked news outlets. How could a handsome young man with a seemingly perfect upbringing have done such a deed?&nbsp;As it turns out, it was over money. The headline &quot;Princeton graduate murders his father over allowance&quot; headlined every newspaper and blog in the country. In fact, Gilbert Jr. murdered his dad because Gilbert Sr. was threatening to cut his son's allowance off. The serially unemployed son had been mooching off his namesake for years, and the dad finally had enough. As a result, Gilbert Jr. joined the dubious ranks of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-killed-their-parents/ranker-crime" target="_blank">people who killed their parents</a>.&nbsp;

This Princeton Grad Killed His Father For Cutting His Allowance

Princeton Grad Thomas Gilbert Killed His Father For Cutting His Allowance

People Trivia

On April 20, 2018, the music world was rocked when famed electronic/dance music&nbsp;DJ Avicii&nbsp;was found dead in Muscat, Oman. The&nbsp;quiet, not-very-public persona behind such <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-avicii-songs-and-remixes/ranker-music" target="_blank">EDM&nbsp;hits</a> as &quot;Levels&quot; and &quot;Wake Me Up&quot; hid the&nbsp;true scope of Avicii&nbsp;legacy:&nbsp;a generous and intentional&nbsp;life plagued by&nbsp;health problems in part from simply living so passionately.Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, Avicii was a passionate house-style musician&nbsp;responsible for inventively&nbsp;incorporating both country and bluegrass music into his electronic&nbsp;programs. He also&nbsp;produced&nbsp;remixes for megastars like Madonna and Coldplay, and could be heard all over international radio stations throughout&nbsp;the 2010s.&nbsp;Though he was&nbsp;only 28 when he died, bypassing&nbsp;entrance to <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/members-of-the-27-club/famous-celebrity-deaths-list" target="_blank">the infamous 27 Club</a>, Avicii's&nbsp;young death was mourned globally&nbsp;by fellow stars and myriad fans alike.Crank the bass while you celebrate the life and career of Avicii with these&nbsp;fascinating,&nbsp;under-the-radar stories including everything from his severe health problems&nbsp;to his extreme&nbsp;generosity toward charity to his public feuds with fellow DJs.

16 Things You Never Knew About Avicii

Looking closer at the who, what, where, why, and how of mummies and human preservation around the world and throughout history.

Forever Young

One of the most remarkable <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-inca-ice-woman-juanita/lisa-a-flowers" target="_blank">mummies</a>&nbsp;in the world&nbsp;is the Ukok Princess, a woman who lived in Siberia at least five centuries BCE. Also called &quot;<a href="https://www.rbth.com/history/333847-mystery-of-siberian-ice-maiden-ukok-plateau-princess" target="_blank">Siberian Ice Maiden,</a>&quot; she was&nbsp;discovered in 1993, buried alongside&nbsp;a bag of weed and adorned in ornate tattoos still preserved all over&nbsp;her body. She was probably a woman of high status, as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/mummy-museum-guanajuato-mexico/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">she was&nbsp;buried</a> with several elaborately&nbsp;harnessed horses&nbsp;and many decorative&nbsp;accessories.

Technology has advanced since the early &#39;90s, and&nbsp;researchers have since conducted&nbsp;deeper dives into analyzing the Ukok Princess.&nbsp;In 2010,&nbsp;MRI scans&nbsp;revealed she was probably in her mid-twenties and&nbsp;may have died of breast cancer. Was the drug she carried a pain relief method? There is much to be unpacked from this exciting discovery.

This 2,500-Year-Old Mummy Was Found Covered In Mysterious Tattoos And Holding A Satchel Of Weed

Celebrity Trivia

After she posed for a picture&nbsp;in spring 2017, holding&nbsp;a faux chopped off head resembling President Donald Trump, comedienne&nbsp;Kathy Griffin became&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-celebrity-falls-from-grace-2017/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Hollywood&#39;s persona non grata.</a>&nbsp;The former&nbsp;My Life on the D-List&nbsp;star&nbsp;received a ton of negative feedback from both political parties.

Because of the stunt, Kathy Griffin&nbsp;lost&nbsp;a number of high-profile gigs and some&nbsp;celeb pals, like Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.&nbsp;But the Illinois native is making strides in the right direction, and her Laugh Your Head Off tour has been a massive success. News stories about Kathy&nbsp;Griffin prove she may be back better than ever.

What Happened To Kathy Griffin Post-Fallout

What Happened To Kathy Griffin After Her Trump Head Fallout?

Lists about the fascinating culture and practices of the civilization that occupied Northeastern Africa from 3000 to 300 BC. 

Walk Like an Egyptian

Resting Places

We&#39;ve all heard the fantastic <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-facts-about-king-tut/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">tales of King Tut</a> and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nefertiti-facts/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">stories of Nefertiti</a>, and how they wound up encased in brilliant tombs filled with treasure only to be uncovered thousands of years later. Their tombs are the stuff of legend, and there are few mysteries greater than those of the pyramids (<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/discovery-of-how-pyramids-were-built/nicky-benson" target="_blank">how were the pyramids built</a>, anyways?), but some of what was found inside these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-egyptian-artifacts/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">mystical tombs </a>was a bit stranger than one might expect. Golden jewelry? Makes sense. Entire boats? Come again?

This collection of artifacts, some&nbsp;pilfered and some honestly excavated, shine a light on the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/everyday-life-in-ancient-egypt/katia-kleyman" target="_blank">daily life of Ancient Egyptians</a>, as it shows us what they considered important enough to bring with them into the afterlife. It has to make you wonder what they would think about our comparatively simple processes of cremation and burial, but for now just try to wrap your head around these odd artifacts. Would you want these things with you in the afterlife?

Odd And Insane Things Ancient Pharaohs Were Buried With

The Most Bizarre Things Ancient Pharaohs Were Buried With

The legend of the Chinese zodiac&nbsp;dictates that the gods assigned 12 animals to a cycle of 12&nbsp;different years, a tradition that has carried down through the centuries. Chinese astrology <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-your-chinese-zodiac-sign/collin-flatt" target="_blank">can tell you all about&nbsp;yourself</a> - but it doesn't end there. The Western&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/zodiac-signs-of-historical-figures/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">zodiac signs of&nbsp;historical figures</a> can reveal a great deal about how <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/zodiac-phobias/rachel-souerbry?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">astrological signs</a> function and coexist with one another, and the Chinese zodiac can do much the same.&nbsp;Not only will it teach you about you, but in turn you can see which historical figures you'd get along with; maybe you'd vibe with Leonardo da Vinci, born under the Year of the Monkey, or perhaps align better with Queen Victoria, who lived up to her reputation of being a Rabbit in more ways than one.&nbsp;P.S. In the Chinese zodiac,&nbsp;every new year begins with the arrival of the New Moon between January 16 and February 20, so depending on when your birthday falls you might in fact have been born under the Chinese astrological sign of the year before.&nbsp;

Which Historical Figures Share Your Chinese Zodiac Sign?

Which Historical Figures Share Your Chinese Zodiac?

Asia

Located in northwestern China, the Lop Nur Desert is one of the driest places on Earth. Dubbed the &quot;Sea of Death,&quot; the 1,100-mile desert was once a vast salt lake; its vicinity was home to a thriving realm called the Loulan Kingdom, a key stop on <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sex-on-silk-road/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">the Silk Road</a> trade route. Over the years, however, it&nbsp;completely dried out -&nbsp;reportedly due to over-irrigation as well as naturally occurring sudden sandstorms and sand avalanches -&nbsp;and resulted in a big, dry wasteland. The hostility of the environment hasn't stopped people venturing into it, but their risk-taking has led to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-stories-about-deaths-and-dead-bodies-on-mount-everest/sabrina-ithal" target="_blank">numerous deaths</a>&nbsp;and unexplained disappearances.As a result of this exploration, desiccated bodies&nbsp;pop up throughout&nbsp;the area from time to time;&nbsp;the most significant discovery of this nature occurred in the early 20th century&nbsp;when remnants of a previous civilization&nbsp;that inhabited the Lop Nur area were uncovered. The Tarim Mummies, found in the Tarim Basin, weren't intentionally mummified by living human counterparts&nbsp;- their bodies were dried out naturally by the extreme desert conditions.In 1980, a well-known&nbsp;Chinese scientist named Peng Jiamu went into the Lop Nur to explore its resources. He was never found, and the disappearance&nbsp;of Peng Jiamu&nbsp;remains one of Lop Nur's greatest mysteries.

A Mass Grave Beneath The Sand Is All That’s Left Of This Chinese Empire

The Lop Nur Desert Was Once A Thriving Empire That Connected The World - Now It's A Mass Grave Beneath The Sand

Exploring the real people, historical events, and behind the scenes of Netflix's series that follows the life of Queen Elizabeth II and her family.

The Crown

Streaming

Netflix drama&nbsp;The Crown&nbsp;portrayed the ups and downs of the marriage of&nbsp;Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-queen-of-england-facts/carly-silver" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II</a>, as well as its place in <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/british-royal-family-scandals/cleo-egnal" target="_blank">British royal scandals</a>. In&nbsp;The Crown,&nbsp;viewers&nbsp;<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12775104/why-is-prince-philip-not-king/" target="_blank">see that&nbsp;the Queen</a>&nbsp;made Prince Philip a prince so he could be above the law, unable to be subpoenaed to testify in the divorce trial between Eileen Parker and her husband&nbsp;Michael Parker&nbsp;(Prince Philip's equerry and best friend). Prince&nbsp;<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a14444166/mike-parker-eileen-parker-divorce-the-crown/" target="_blank">Philip and Parker</a>&nbsp;became close while in the Navy together in 1942, then went on leave together in Parker's native Australia.Prince Philip and Parker palled around a great deal, but it wasn't until Eileen filed for divorce in 1957 that things changed. The Prince Philip/Michael Parker bond&nbsp;remained tight, but the scandal of a divorce close to the royals changed things; Parker resigned, Prince Philip became a British&nbsp;prince, and any secrets between them stayed dormant. Bad press from the&nbsp;Parker divorce haunted the royal family for some time.

How A Divorce Scandal Led To Queen Elizabeth II Giving Her Husband A Royal Title

The Unsavory History of How Queen Elizabeth Made Prince Philip A Prince To Evade The Justice System

A product&nbsp;of Diddy's Making the Band&nbsp;franchise, pop/R&amp;B girl group Danity Kane had meteoric, but short-lived, success on the charts. Long since broken up, they came rocketing back into the news when allegations of former member&nbsp;O'Day's affair with Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, surfaced. She might have even played a part in Junior's split from wife Vanessa.&nbsp;But&nbsp;what happened to&nbsp;O'Day's career&nbsp;after Danity Kane?The pop singer starred on multiple reality shows, ranging from&nbsp;Famously Single&nbsp;(where she dated&nbsp;Jersey Shore's&nbsp;DJ Pauly&nbsp;D) to the&nbsp;Celebrity Apprentice, where she met Trump Jr. After a failed solo career, O'Day also briefly reunited with Danity Kane, only to split from the group after issues with bandmate Dawn Richard.She and fellow ex-Danity Kane singer Shannon Bex later formed dance-pop group Dumblonde. But it's her personal life that's gotten her into hot water&nbsp;and has everyone asking, &quot;What happened to&nbsp;O'Day?&quot;

Whatever Happened to Aubrey O'Day?

Child Stars

Tween sketch show&nbsp;All That&nbsp;was a staple of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-nickelodeon-original-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Nickelodeon lineup</a> in the 1990s. One of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-that-where-are-they-now/zacharyjamesniblick" target="_blank">the program's most engaging stars was</a> teen actress Lori Beth Denberg, who made her name in sketches like &quot;The Loud Librarian&quot; and &quot;Vital Information,&quot;&nbsp;leading to Lori&nbsp;Beth and&nbsp;All That&nbsp;becoming inseparable. But what happened to Denberg in the years since she left the show?Denberg&nbsp;still maintains her sharp wit and has garnered a few plum guest spots on notable TV shows. She's been a recurring&nbsp;cast member on&nbsp;The Steve Harvey Show, popped up in&nbsp;Workaholics,&nbsp;and was even in the movie&nbsp;Dodgeball. Currently working away at&nbsp;her own projects, Denberg&nbsp;is also an ordained minister who stays in touch with most of her&nbsp;All That&nbsp;pals - whether or not she's heard from Amanda Bynes is a different story.

Whatever Happened To Lori Beth From 'All That'?

In a haunting real-life reenactment&nbsp;of the 2000 Tom Hanks movie&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cast-Away-Tom-Hanks/dp/B0026O475M" target="_blank">Cast Away</a>, one man, Steven Callahan,&nbsp;was stranded at sea and, against all odds,&nbsp;managed to survive.&nbsp;In 1982, 29-year-old Callahan was attempting to sail across the Atlantic solo when a whale struck &ndash; and ultimately sunk &ndash; his handmade craft. Callahan was able to grab a life raft and a few supplies before having to abandon&nbsp;his <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shipwrecks-ended-in-cannibalism/chase-christy" target="_blank">shipwrecked</a>&nbsp;boat.

Callahan was stranded at sea with just some dried food, a small amount of fresh water, and a few gizmos for 76 days. During that time, he built his own fishing line, created a navigation tool from pencils, became severely dehydrated, and lost 40 pounds. Despite all of this,&nbsp;he lived to tell his story.&nbsp;Eventually rescued by fishermen, Callahan later turned his experiences into a memoir entitled&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Seventy-six-Days-Lost-Sea/dp/0618257322?&amp;tag=rankercom-20" target="_blank">Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea</a>.

The Incredible Story Of Steven Callahan – Stranded Alone At Sea For 76 Days

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Remember these child stars? How did they turn out?

All Grown Up

Few&nbsp;tweens&nbsp;in the early 2000s&nbsp;shot into the stratosphere faster&nbsp;than Hilary Duff. The&nbsp;Lizzie McGuire&nbsp;actress became a pop culture sensation with the Disney Channel show and its spinoff films. But what happened to&nbsp;Duff in the following years?The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-stars-who-turned-on-disney/lisa-a-flowers" target="_blank">ex-Disney star</a>&nbsp;thankfully avoided the trap of child star meltdowns, and&nbsp;her personal life has remained relatively undramatic -&nbsp;even her marriage and&nbsp;divorce from hockey player Mike Comrie&nbsp;was rather amicable.&nbsp;Since her Disney departure, Duff's led a pretty steady career,&nbsp;playing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hilary-duff-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference" target="_blank">a wide variety of interesting characters in movies and TV.</a>&nbsp;Her early career is peppered with&nbsp;catchy pop tunes and major roles in teen flicks like&nbsp;A Cinderella Story&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cheaper By the Dozen. Stories about Duff are mainly positive: many Disney stars cite her as an inspiration, including an ex who just can't seem to get over her.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Whatever Happened To Hilary Duff?

Whatever Happened To Hilary Duff? Here's What She's Up To Now

Celebrities

Nostalgia for the pop music scene of the 1990s has been all the rage for several years, and one of the most commonly referenced acts is the Swedish quartet&nbsp;Ace of Base, who gave&nbsp;us such hits as&nbsp;&quot;The Sign&quot; and &quot;Don&#39;t Turn Around.&quot; In between releasing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-ace-of-base-albums-list/reference" target="_blank">smash albums</a>, however, Ace of Base was haunted by member&nbsp;Ulf Ekberg&#39;s&nbsp;scandalous&nbsp;history.&nbsp;Shockingly, in his past, Ekberg&nbsp;harbored&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/surprising-companies-that-had-ties-to-the-nazis/chris-abraham" target="_blank">secret Nazi ties</a>, and when the truth was revealed, fans and the general public were shocked.

Ekberg&nbsp;allegedly used to be a member of an ultra-rightist political party&nbsp;and played in a skinhead punk rock group called Commit Suiside. The&nbsp;band&#39;s&nbsp;songs &ndash;&nbsp;which&nbsp;appear on a controversially titled compilation&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;contain&nbsp;lyrics that aggressively insult&nbsp;nearly every marginalized group thinkable. For a time, Ekberg&nbsp;tried to deny that&nbsp;Commit Suiside&nbsp;recorded these tracks, but he has since&nbsp;apologized for his former affiliations. Considering Ekberg&#39;s&nbsp;history,&nbsp;the autocratic&nbsp;undertones that run through several of Ace of Base&#39;s hit songs are difficult to overlook.&nbsp;

Turns Out '90s Swedish Pop Group Ace Of Base Had A Secret Neo-Nazi Past

Turns Out Ace Of Base Has A Secret Neo-Nazi Past Few Know About 

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Real Historical Villains

Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, was hanged on December 30, 2006. But before his passing, he and his <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/women-behind-historys-worst-men/christopher-shultz" target="_blank">family wrought havoc</a> on their nation. Dubbed &quot;the Tulfah family&quot; after&nbsp;ancestor Tulfah al-Mussallat, the group slew thousands, seemingly&nbsp;without remorse.

Hussein&#39; cousin, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2003/04/06/who-was-ali-hassan-al-majid-chemical-ali" target="_blank">Ali Hassan al-Majid</a>, served in the family&nbsp;government,&nbsp;helping to brutally exterminate thousands of Kurd people and&nbsp;eventually received four capital sentences for his disreputable actions. Other members of Hussein&#39;s family&nbsp;include his eldest daughter and terrorist,&nbsp;Raghad, and his two sons, Uday and Qusay. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/insane-uday-hussein-acts/lyra-radford" target="_blank">Uday&nbsp;was particularly vicious</a>, allegedly tormenting, having relations with people against their will, and taking lives with abandon. Qusay crushed rebellions against his father&nbsp;with no mercy. Both sons&nbsp;passed in US air raids.

The entire family&#39;s&nbsp;violent actions continue to affect the Iraqi nation and the world as a whole.

Saddam Is Only The Tip Of The Totalitarian Iceberg When It Comes To The Infamous Hussein Family

In the entertainment industry, shows and movies about cops and lawyers are considered especially great. These are their stories.

Book 'Em, Danno

Police & Law Enforcement

Even after decades on the air,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-law-and-order-svu-crimes/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Law &amp; Order: SVU</a>&nbsp;is one of TV&#39;s best dramas. But there are probably tons of things&nbsp;you didn&#39;t know about Law &amp; Order: SVU&nbsp;and its star, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-mariska-hargitay/jon-skindzier" target="_blank">Mariska Hargitay</a>. From the impetus behind its creation to the origins of its <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/law-and-order-svu-actors-in-other-roles/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">lead characters&#39; names</a> and how Hargitay has been inspired to give back, there are tons of fascinating secrets from&nbsp;behind the scenes of&nbsp;Law &amp; Order: SVU.

Hargitay, in particular, is connected to her character, Olivia Benson. She finds herself deeply affected by the more intense storylines, and&nbsp;once got severely injured while performing&nbsp;her own stunts. Her longtime co-star, Christopher Meloni (who played Detective Elliot Stabler), starred on the show for over a decade, but harbored secret opinions on the&nbsp;Benson and Stabler pairing prior to his departure.&nbsp;

Behind-The-Scenes Secrets From 'Law &amp; Order: SVU' That'll Make The Theme Song Play In Your Head

Behind the Scenes Secrets of 'Law & Order: SVU'

All about Diana Spencer, the beloved Princess of Wales, who married and divorced a future king and tragically died in 1997 at age 36.

The People's Princess

Former butler Paul Burrell was privy to all of the British Royal Family&#39;s secrets in the &#39;90s - especially those of the late <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/rare-princess-diana-photos/katejacobson" target="_blank">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>, who was also his boss. Diana,&nbsp;&quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/princess-diana-moments/kelly-patrick" target="_blank">the People&#39;s Princess</a>,&quot;&nbsp;and Burrell were allegedly more than just boss and employee, though; according to him, they were close friends who confided their secrets to one another.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/princess-diana-breaking-news/alby-thompson" target="_blank">Diana&#39;s tragic passing</a>&nbsp;brought forth Burrell&#39;s revelations about life with the princess.&nbsp;He released books and gave numerous tell-all interviews, exposing the most intimate of secrets about the late royal, reportedly ranging from Diana&#39;s&nbsp;issues with Prince Charles to her eating disorder. The man who was once Princess Diana&#39;s butler became a celebrity and media personality&nbsp;in his own right.&nbsp;Here are some of the most scandalous tidbits about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-crown-princess-diana-affairs/jim-rowley" target="_blank">Diana&#39;s life</a>, at least according to Burrell.&nbsp;

The Most Shocking Details Princess Diana's Butler Has Alleged About Her Life

The Most Shocking Details Princess Diana's Butler, Paul Burrell, Has Revealed About Her Life

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Celebrities Behaving Badly

Even the rich and famous get fed up sometimes. It&#39;s understandable when Hollywood stars get annoyed with paparazzi in their faces or <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-fan-photo-opinions/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">selfie requests</a>, but you&#39;d think they&#39;d be a bit more patient when they have <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/sad-celebrity-stories/jessica-defino" target="_blank">encounters with fans</a>. Unfortunately, some famous people&nbsp;were apparently&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-were-jerks-before-they-were-famous/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">jerks even before they were famous</a>. These are the rudest celebrities according to fans.

Fan stories about rude and mean celebrities can be pretty shocking. Christian Bale has reportedly made children start bawling while heartthrobs like Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson seem to be new-generation nasty towards the adoring masses who made them famous.

Are the pressures of fame simply too much? Or do these celebrities <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-hate-their-fans/evan-lambert" target="_blank">secretly hate their fans</a>? Whatever the case, these&nbsp;terrible encounters with rude stars will make you gasp. Check out the meanest celebrities according to fans below.

The Rudest Celebrities In Hollywood, According To The Fans Who've Met Them

The 21 Rudest Celebrities (According To Fans)

Lists about some of the most extraordinary women who made history, forever changing the world and how we see it.

Well-Behaved Women

Lifestyle

You&#39;ve likely heard tales of Anne Boleyn, the alluring woman who convinced King Henry VIII of England to give up his wife and child, break from the Catholic Church, and marry her. And she was the mother of one of the most renowned monarchs in British history, Elizabeth I.&nbsp;But there&#39;s a lot more to Anne than just her personal affairs, many of which were magnified or inaccurately portrayed by those with a political agenda after her death. So,&nbsp;who was Anne Boleyn really?

The life of Anne Boleyn was anything but boring.&nbsp;Anne was a brilliant, engaging young woman with the best education her family&#39;s position at court could provide. She served under many of the royal women in Europe, was&nbsp;known for her wit, and loved all things French. And once she married <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/violent-medieval-monarchs/carly-silver" target="_blank">King Henry VIII</a>, Anne did anything - absolutely anything - to keep her marriage intact. An Anne Boleyn biography might also mention her family&#39;s affairs with her husband, her religious fervor, and rumors that her ghost&nbsp;still haunts people. All in all, there are some weird Anne Boleyn facts.

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Strange Facts About Anne Boleyn

World History

Henry VIII might be famous for <a href="/list/gruesome-executions-time-of-henry-viii/jeffrichard">killing two of his wives</a>, but there was a lot more to the life of this early modern monarch than marital madness. So just who was <a href="/list/actors-who-played-henry-viii/gordon-cameron" target="_blank">Henry VIII</a>? <a href="/list/henry-viii-decline/setareh-janda" target="_blank">A superior&nbsp;athlete, a guy who liked to strut around and show off his gorgeous legs</a>, a talented musician who might have composed a song or two, and an all-around egomaniac. But there are other things that raise the question of &quot;What did Henry VIII do&quot;?

In great contrast to his later break from the Church in Rome, Henry was once fervently pro-Pope, so much so that he went to the mat for the Holy Father and got quite the honor. In his spare time, he arranged marriages for close relatives, played a lot of tunes, and loved animals. And that&#39;s just the beginning of the odd facts about Henry VIII. Keep reading to find out more <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-the-reign-of-henry-viii-facts/alby-thompson" target="_blank">bizarre things about the life of Henry VIII</a>.

16 Strange Facts About Henry VIII You Definitely Didn't Learn in History Class

16 Strange Facts About Henry VIII You Didn't Learn in History Class

Think the whole world revolves around you? Read about some Very Important Historical Figures and the fascinating lives they led while changing the world and having no idea that you even exist.

People of the Past

History is full of figures who skillfully&nbsp;manipulated&nbsp;those who loved them for personal advancement. From ancient Rome to early modern England,&nbsp;19th century Germany&nbsp;to&nbsp;Peter the Great&#39;s Russia -&nbsp;these&nbsp;are just some of the&nbsp;most famous gold diggers and schemers in history.

Quite a few of these notorious figures started life humbly. For example, Peter the Great&#39;s true love, Catherine I, was born to a Lutheran pastor in Lithuania - and her real name wasn&#39;t even Catherine,&nbsp;it was Marta! And it&#39;s not just the women. There were plenty of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-egregious-male-gold-diggers/mark?utm_expid=16418821-310.smDnXTH_QT6V93qtvQFoXw.0&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ranker.com%2Fapp%2Fsearch.htm%3Fq%3Dgold%2520digger" target="_blank">historical men</a>&nbsp;accused of scheming their way to the top. Take <a href="http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/jconroy.html" target="_blank">Sir John Conroy</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;an Irish soldier who worked his way into&nbsp;the good graces of Victoria, Duchess of Kent (mother of&nbsp;Queen Victoria) and became her advisor.

Some schemers weren&#39;t exactly shy about taking favors from their lovers or manipulating those in their life, either. <a href="http://www.thoughtco.com/alice-perrers-facts-3529651" target="_blank">Alice Perrers</a>, mistress of England&#39;s King Edward III during his old age, reportedly extracted every last penny she could from her dying love&nbsp;-&nbsp;she even got her hands on some royal jewels! And while there was no single original political schemer, the Byzantine empress Euphemia certainly reaped the rewards of seducing&nbsp;Justin&nbsp;I.

Discover the stories behind the&nbsp;most interesting&nbsp;and successful&nbsp;schemers throughout history.

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