Evan Lambert lists at Ranker - the ultimate source for lists and rankings in all categories

Evan Lambert - Lists at Ranker

Entertainment

There&#39;s a special place in hell for TV shows <a href="/list/lazy-sequels-that-resurrected-dead-characters/crystal-brackett" target="_blank">(and movies)</a> that killed&nbsp;characters then brought them back. Whether they <a href="/list/most-shocking-tv-deaths/ranker-tv" target="_blank">killed off a character</a> to shake up an atrophying plot or because it made sense to the story, for devoted fans a beloved character dying <a href="/crowdranked-list/saddest-television-deaths" target="_blank">cheapens death</a> and provokes outrage. In such cases, shows will sometimes do an about face and bring back a character&nbsp;for plot convenience or as a ratings gimmick. This will usually come&nbsp;with a cute, if unsatisfying, explanation for how the character was <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsurprising-tv-character-resurrections/lina-lecaro" target="_blank">magically able to survive</a> his or her decapitation and&nbsp;five hundred gunshot wounds, for example,&nbsp;it was just a character who looked like them or because:&nbsp;magic.

TV characters brought back to life because fans were pissed aren&#39;t especially common,&nbsp;as show producers generally try to avoid earning a special place&nbsp;in hell. <a href="/list/nerdy-things-with-annoying-fans/jonah-dorrance" target="_blank">Fans</a> must be kept&nbsp;happy&nbsp;if viewership numbers are threatened and the controversy might even earn the show&nbsp;a little buzz if the character happened to be especially prominent in the show.&nbsp;Here are characters on TV shows who died then came back due to popular demand.

TV Characters Brought Back To Life (Because Fans Got Pissed)

TV Character

Evan Lambert

Unscripted

It&#39;s always fascinating to&nbsp;discover what celebrities were like before they were famous. Were they shy and sweet, or were they ruthlessly ambitious from the beginning? Were they always destined for greatness, or did they stumble onto success by accident? Thankfully, internet users are here to pull back the curtain and share true stories from stars&#39; exes. Reddit is littered with stories from celebrities&#39; exes, and some are pretty juicy.

When celeb ex-boyfriends and celeb ex-girlfriends tell all, you might expect to hear tales of past dumb behavior. But more often than not, famous people really don&#39;t change that much. Some of them even ended up <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-married-their-fans/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">marrying their fans</a>. From Tom Hanks to Deadmau5 and everyone in between, here are stories of celebrities before they were famous.

Former Boyfriends And Girlfriends Of Celebrities Describe What They Were Like Before They Got Famous

Person

What Celebrities Were Like Before Fame: Their Exes Tell All

Ansel Elgort

You may have loved him as the music-driven protagonist of 2017&#39;s Baby Driver. He may have made you cry as Shailene Woodley&#39;s love interest in The Fault In Our Stars. You may even think he&#39;s <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/next-tom-hanks-actors/ranker-film" target="_blank">the next Tom Hanks</a>. But it has&nbsp;become&nbsp;increasingly difficult to separate Ansel Elgort&#39;s on-screen talent from the&nbsp;mega-smug, irritating interviews he gives off-camera. In other words, the public&nbsp;seems to have hit the highest&nbsp;capacity for Ansel Elgort&#39;s rudeness.

Ansel Elgort seems like he was off putting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-were-jerks-before-they-were-famous/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">even before he was famous</a>. Maybe it&#39;s the fact that he just&nbsp;exudes privilege (his dad is a famous photographer and his mother is a famous opera director). Or maybe it&#39;s his side gig as a DJ. Whatever the reason,&nbsp;Elgort&#39;s&nbsp;clueless interviews over the years have done&nbsp;nothing to smooth over his worst traits.

It&#39;s unclear yet whether Elgort will surpass his Divergent costar <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/reasons-miles-teller-is-a-jerk/anncasano" target="_blank">Miles Teller</a> in being rude and obnoxious,&nbsp;but he&#39;s certainly giving the man a run for his money.

14 Reasons Why Ansel Elgort Is The Gen Z John Mayer

General

Jennifer Lawrence

A million think pieces have already been written about&nbsp;Jennifer Lawrence, her <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-jennifer-lawrence-movies-list-of-jennifer-lawrence-films/reference" target="_blank">movies</a>, and what she means for the future of feminism and film. This is not one of those. This is a list of the times <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-jennifer-lawrence/elle-tharp" target="_blank">Jennifer Lawrence</a> got annoying, because the inevitable backlash seems well underway. She just isn't getting as many laughs on talk shows as she used to. But that's not all Lawrence's fault. Her seeming fall from grace can be partially attributed to the sexist notion that &quot;It Girls&quot; don't deserve everlasting popularity, unlike their male counterparts.That being said, there are still plenty of things J. Law has said over the years that have given her critics ammunition. Her white feminism and general ignorance about certain issues are definitely included, as well as the times when she just made the wrong joke or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/jennifer-lawrence-sex-life-secrets/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">overshared</a>. It's tricky to break down all&nbsp;the intricacies of Jennifer Lawrence hate, but this list provides plenty of evidence for how the&nbsp;Jennifer Lawrence backlash began.

14 Times Jennifer Lawrence Pushed Her Luck And Was Just Too Much

Instagram

You might not think of secrets as beautiful. But artist Terence Eduarte seems to think they are.&nbsp;In a project called &quot;<a href="http://trnz.co/100-days-of-secrets/" target="_blank">100 Days of Secrets</a>,&quot; Eduarte&nbsp;illustrated 100 people, some friends, some strangers. The cost? One secret. That's right – he's&nbsp;an artist taking secrets as his fee.That unusual concept inspired some powerful artwork. Eduarte&nbsp;shows his subjects with their backs to the viewer, lost in thought&nbsp;and often holding props&nbsp;symbolizing&nbsp;their emotional turmoil. The fantastical colors exaggerate&nbsp;their forced sunny exteriors, while the lighting often casts half their bodies in shadow – a powerful metaphor for inner conflict. Here are some of the most heartbreaking, shocking, and strangely funny Terence Eduarte&nbsp;illustrations from his breathtaking <a href="http://www.instagram.com/trnz.eduarte/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> account.

This Artist Illustrated People In Exchange For Their Secrets

Incredible Photos From The "100 Days of Secrets Illustration Project

Fictional Relationships

Not every husband on TV is Phil Dunphy&nbsp;- hardworking, honest, and heartwarming. Sure, he's a goofball and he messes up, but he's <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-very-best-of-the-good-guy-lucifer-meme/robert-wabash?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">a good guy</a> at his core. But for every Phil Dunphy, there's a Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin waiting&nbsp;to sneeze Cheez-It dust into their&nbsp;collars and insult your outfit. What a lot of people don't realize is that there are actually quite a few lazy TV husbands on shows like the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-sitcoms-in-television-history" target="_blank">best sitcoms</a>&nbsp;or the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-television-dramas-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest television dramas</a>.&nbsp;Some TV shows may have you fooled when it comes to crappy husbands. It may not have dawned on you that beneath those layers of humor or loving-but-empty words lies a self-serving dickhead. If you stop to think about it, you may realize that your favorite television husband is actually a total letdown. Check out the list below of TV husbands who are total deadbeats, and vote up the ones who are the biggest pieces of sh*t.&nbsp;

TV Husbands You Never Realized Are Total Pieces Of Crap

Fictional Character

11 TV Husbands You Never Realized Are Terrible Human Beings

Lists all about the high speed action franchise, including its first spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw.

The Fast and the Furious

Hindsight is 20/20, and "Easter eggs" are inside jokes and references hidden for observant audiences, but there's a different name for the hints writers give at what's to come later in the story.

It's Called Foreshadowing

Fast and Furious Franchise

Just like star Vin Diesel, the Fast and the Furious franchise might come off at first like&nbsp;a single-minded vessel&nbsp;of hypermasculinity. But the films aren't all <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-fast-and-the-furious-cars/car-lists" target="_blank">slick cars</a>, death-defying stunts, and bald men growling at each other. Just like Vin has surprising depth,&nbsp;it turns out there's actually some clever foreshadowing in the Fast and Furious movies.&nbsp;While the franchise often foregoes <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/fast-and-furious-plot-holes/jim-jacobi" target="_blank">plot and logic</a> in order to deliver&nbsp;high-octane thrills, it still demonstrates at least a superficial commitment to continuity between its entries.&nbsp;Even when the forgotten &quot;third&quot; entry, Tokyo Drift, seemed like it was destined to be a standalone movie, the franchise retconned&nbsp;the heck out of it and somehow turned it into the sixth film chronologically. In fact, the seventh and eighth movies both explore the fallout from a major&nbsp;event in&nbsp;Tokyo Drift.&nbsp;Depending on how you look at it, that means that Fast &amp; Furious, Fast 5, and Fast &amp; Furious 6 are either really clever&nbsp;setup for Tokyo Drift, or are just tacking on information to make&nbsp;Drift seem like it was a major player all along. Either way, it's fun to pick apart Fast and Furious&nbsp;easter eggs and see how all the movies are connected.From the timeline of Han and Gisele's doomed romance to revelations hidden in tie-in short films, here are the things you missed in the Fast and Furious movies.

Shockingly Intelligent Pieces Of Foreshadowing You Missed Throughout The Fast And Furious Series

Surprisingly Smart Foreshadowing In The Fast And Furious Series

Even the most die-hard fans have trouble keeping all the details straight. These lists feature Game of Thrones lore and history that dives deep into the series. 

Game of Thrones History & Lore

Fantasy

Game of Thrones is already rife with&nbsp;inbreeding, rape, and blood magic,&nbsp;but as it turns out, the worst&nbsp;parts of the story&nbsp;aren't even on the show or in the main novel series. They're in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Ice-Fire-History-Westeros/dp/0553805444?tag=rankercom-20" target="_blank">The World of Ice and Fire</a>, an extension book which George R R. Martin co-published in 2014 instead of working on the books we actually care about.World of Ice and Fire is a&nbsp;great&nbsp;read, with scandalous deets about everyone from the Tyrells to Daenerys's great great grandfather. It also reveals&nbsp;how&nbsp;horrendous&nbsp;the&nbsp;Game of Thrones&nbsp;universe truly is. In&nbsp;comparison to World of Ice and Fire, the chaste beheadings and patricides of Game of Thrones'&nbsp;main story are basically a Disney movie. Some of the&nbsp;most disturbing things in The World of Ice and Fire don't even have to do with humans: They have to do with killer&nbsp;butterflies.If you want to give yourself nightmares, or if you just can't get enough GoT before the next episode comes out, then click through this list for a deep dive into the terrifying, intense&nbsp;and deeply creepy Game of Thrones extended universe.

Stories From The 'Game Of Thrones' Extended Universe That Are WAY Too Intense For Television

The 'Game Of Thrones' Extended Universe Is WAY More Intense Than The Show

Looking closer at the fascinating early days in old Hollywood and ranking the top films of the golden age of cinema.

Glitz and Glamour

Interesting

When you hear &quot;Old Hollywood,&quot; you usually think of class, glamour, beauty, and&nbsp;mystery. You don't jump right to &quot;excruciatingly painful dental&nbsp;procedures&quot; or &quot;forced dieting.&quot;&nbsp;But those were the kind of forgotten Old Hollywood scandals&nbsp;going on <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> of all your favorite old movies. Between dodging sexism and fending off gossip rags, the supposedly carefree stars of yesteryear were frequently miserable.Compared to the relatively chaste news of&nbsp;E! True Hollywood Story&nbsp;in the 21st century, the behind-the-scenes secrets of Old Hollywood from the late 1920s&nbsp;to the late 1950s&nbsp;seem particularly&nbsp;horrific.&nbsp;

In Old Hollywood Child Stars Were Forced To Do Drugs, And Other Awful Realities

Reasons Old Hollywood Sucked

Pop Culture

Many actors are as famous for their<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-notoriously-difficult-actors-to-work-with/celebrity-lists" target="_blank"> diva demands</a>&nbsp;as they are for their on-screen talent. Gary Busey just wouldn't be <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-craziest-things-gary-busey-has-ever-done/carly-kiel" target="_blank">Gary Busey</a>&nbsp;if he didn't once ask that all the mirrors on his film set be removed to make it look &quot;more like heaven.&quot;&nbsp;But a lot of the time, celebrities are able to wield their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-ridiculous-backstage-demands/adam-dorsey" target="_blank">awesome star power</a> to get some pretty sweet deals -&nbsp;and some insane&nbsp;actors'&nbsp;contracts. For instance, did you know you&nbsp;can&nbsp;require that&nbsp;an entire residential complex be built for you on set? Well, you can if you're an A-list celeb.&nbsp;And that's just one of many crazy actor contract stories. Celebrities can even ask for&nbsp;more work-centric&nbsp;privileges&nbsp;like sweeping&nbsp;creative veto power, if they're so inclined. But let's be real, they usually just want million-dollar dressing rooms.Truthfully, the ridiculous requests written into actors' contracts have to be seen to be believed. So&nbsp;go ahead and click through the following eccentricities&nbsp;if you've ever wondered, for whatever reason, what's hiding in an actor's contract. You'll be tickled - and shocked.

The Most Insane Requests Actors Have Had Written Into Their Contracts

15 Insane Requests Actors Have Had Written Into Their Contracts

Remember these child stars? How did they turn out?

All Grown Up

Mara Wilson

Child stars&nbsp;don't often turn out as well as Mara Wilson. After achieving early international success as one of the&nbsp;Mrs. Doubtfire&nbsp;child stars, and later as the titular character in Matilda, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/mara-wilson-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference">Wilson</a>&nbsp;emerged from her <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/45-of-your-childhood-crushes-_then-and-now_/brian-gilmore">child star chrysalis</a> as a successful word smith. She regularly contributes to national publications, and, in 2016,&nbsp;dropped knowledge in the form of a memoir. She's&nbsp;prominent on Twitter, where she jokes about <a href="https://twitter.com/MaraWilson/status/864231505349926913">international politics</a> and her own <a href="https://twitter.com/MaraWilson/status/863961804614975488">social awkwardness</a>.&nbsp;With her cynical, self-deprecating wit, Wilson&nbsp;is far from Matilda, as these Mara Wilson facts will attest.&nbsp;If you're experiencing some 100% natural curiosity over how Mara Wilson became a Twitter star, you're in luck. This list will tell you everything you need to know about Matilda all grown up; you'll find all the facts and&nbsp;stories you need to answer the nagging question, what happened to Mara Wilson?

Mara Wilson's Transition From Child Star To Literary Maven

In&nbsp;2017, TV hit&nbsp;a&nbsp;historic peak, with around 500 original scripted shows on air&nbsp;and critical acclaim at an all-time high. Once a mere serialized alternative to the glamor of&nbsp;movies, the medium&nbsp;transformed itself into a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time">chaotic hive</a> of&nbsp;creative minds, inventive premises, successful comedians, and mind-blowing drama, all of which have contributed to the greatest era in the history of television.&nbsp;It's up to TV historians to determine how exactly this second Golden Age of television came about (maybe the Internet and generations of kids raised by TV, not parents, has something to do with it), but it's not difficult to pinpoint one pivotal year as&nbsp;the greatest TV year of all time.If you remember anything about the 2004-2005 television season, it might be the end of Frasier, The OC at its peak, or&nbsp;The Sopranos tearing up the TV drama landscape. Beyond that,&nbsp;there were so many classic shows that <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-wire-cast-other-roles/jacobybancroft">premiered</a>&nbsp;and quickly became inextricable parts of the entertainment landscape and, in retrospect, a mini-Golden Age in the art of the sitcom. The ripples from these shows have continued to extend&nbsp;outwards, and are responsible for some of TV's greatest achievements of all time.&nbsp;Scroll through to discover exactly why 2004-2005 was the greatest TV season ever, and have your say about the best shows and seasons in TV in the comments section.&nbsp;

House Established The Formula For Cranky Male Genius Workplace Dramas

15 Reasons Why The 2004-2005 TV Season Was The Greatest Year of TV Ever

Why the 2004-2005 TV Season Was The Greatest Year of TV

Politics

<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/controversial-movies/anncasano">Controversial movies</a> and art have always sparked heated discussions, so it comes as no surprise that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) also births lively debates about the value of public support of the arts.&nbsp;The NEA&nbsp;has been on the chopping block ever since 1987, when it enabled&nbsp;an artist to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/13/piss-christ-sale_n_5317545.html">submerge a crucifix in his own urine</a>. Bold and unafraid, the NEA has always funded a plethora of controversial&nbsp;art, such as the&nbsp;American Film Institute and the&nbsp;Vietnam Veterans&nbsp;Memorial.Despite its habit of courting controversy, the NEA is responsible for some awesome services such as an&nbsp;arts therapy program for hospitalized military personnel&nbsp;in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It also introduced theatre&nbsp;and the arts in general&nbsp;to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.appalshop.org/">small Appalachian town</a> that is now bursting with talent and creativity. However, time and time again, the NEA suffers trepidation at being cut from government spending.&nbsp;Since the <a href="https://www.arts.gov/">NEA's&nbsp;inception in 1965</a>, it has also been responsible for some of the most famous and beloved byproducts&nbsp;of modern American culture. You might be surprised by some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-20-best-musical-movies-of-all-time">best musical movies</a>&nbsp;that are among the things to thank the NEA for. Listed here are ways the National Endowment for the Arts has changed culture for the better.&nbsp;

10 Ways The National Endowment For The Arts Has Changed History

10 Ways The NEA Has Improved The Quality Of Entertainment You Enjoy

Lists about unsavory characters who cheated on their partners and other affairs that will leave a bad taste of somebody else in your mouth.

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater

Culture

Celebrities who stayed with cheating spouses or partners are more common than you might think. No one is ever thrilled to find out their partner was <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-caught-cheating/celebrity-lists">caught cheating</a>, but sometimes it's more appealing&nbsp;to work things out with an unfaithful significant other than to end a once-beautiful relationship. Plenty of famous people who stayed together after an affair seemed to regain trust and intimacy.<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrity-cheaters-who-later-got-cheated-on/evan-lambert">Celebrity cheating</a> doesn't always end in divorce or a messy split. Stars who were cheated on but stayed range from internationally-renowned singers to major movie stars to career politicians. Some of these celebrities who stayed after affairs later broke up with their partners, while others are seemingly still going strong.These notable couples didn't let infidelity break them up. Whether the cheaters in question reformed, however, is anyone's guess.

19 Celebrities Who Surprisingly Stayed With Their Partners After They Cheated

Celebrities Who Stuck With Their Spouses After They Cheated

Actresses

Who is Katherine Waterston? You may not think you know the Alien: Covenant actress, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;probably do. Unless you only watch Alien movies. In which case you probably don't. But if that's the case, what gives? You're weird.&nbsp;For the love all things sacred, didn't you even bother seeing Katherine Waterston in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/harry-potter-references-in-fantastic-beasts/jacob-shelton">Fantastic Beasts</a>? Then you've got your Katherine Waterston TV shows... okay, look, anyway, the point is, if you're here reading this, you're probably asking yourself, &quot;What has Katherine Waterston been in?&quot;, and unless you mean that in a ontological sense, this list will answer your questions.&nbsp;For starters, K-Wat is&nbsp;the first person you see in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KPP6lxRVg">second trailer</a> for Ridley Scott's&nbsp;Alien: Covenant, and, despite wearing what appears to be a leftover wig from Newsies, she charms you with her open face and kind eyes.&nbsp;She's also the first to cry in the trailer, and the first to regret accidentally unleashing a terrifying,&nbsp;murderous alien species. So big up Katherine Waterston&nbsp;Alien: Covenant edition - she seems to be the moral center of the story, or least the audience proxy.&nbsp;But let's get down to brass tacks. Who is this K-Wat person? What's the 411 on Katherine Waterston credits? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrS9vvNgx7I">How am I not myself</a>? Well, so glad you asked.&nbsp;Waterston is&nbsp;a talented actor with excellent pedigree. You might know her&nbsp;father,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/sam-waterston-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference">Sam Waterston</a>, from Law &amp; Order&nbsp;(or&nbsp;Grace and Frankie&nbsp;if you're a Netflix junkie too young for Law &amp; Order). And K-Wat isn't just a great actor, she's&nbsp;about to be a major star - she's got two franchises going in Alien and Fantastic Beasts, and is trusted by great directors like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/actors-in-the-most-paul-thomas-anderson-movies/ranker-film">Paul Thomas Anderson</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-and-films-directed-by-danny-boyle/reference">Danny Boyle</a>,&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-and-films-directed-by-ridley-scott/reference">Ridley Scott</a>. Can't go wrong with that combo.&nbsp;

10 Movies And TV Shows You Loved Katherine Waterston In

10 Movies And TV Shows You've Seen Katherine Waterston In Before

Lists about the hard-rocking, trapeze-swinging, deep-piped Grammy-winning singer and mother of two, born Alecia Beth Moore, but known to the world as PINK.

The Artist Known as P!nk

P!nk

Forget the Olympics: <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-pink-albums-list/reference">P!nk</a> performances are the only true measure of the physical potential of the&nbsp;human race. Ever since the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, when she first combined vocal and physical stunts, P!nk has proven herself to be the singer-slash-Cirque-du-Soleil-performer&nbsp;that the country - nay, the world - needs.For years, the incredibly athletic P!nk has been putting her fellow artists to shame with her signature combination of mid-air acrobatics and on-point singing. The best P!nk performances have always included some heroic mixture of belting, flying, and core body strength. But even the highest-flying, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/pinks-hairstyles-over-the-years/shanell-mouland">pinkest-haired</a> stunts attract criticism, and some people&nbsp;claim that P!nk acrobatics are&nbsp;tired and overplayed. If you need a comeback for the haters, just point to this list.Watch the videos, and vote up your picks&nbsp;for the most incredibly insane <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-pink-music-video-releases/music-videos">P!nk performances</a> of all time.

Acrobatic, Athletic P!nk Performances That Prove She Could Kick Your Butt

12 Athletic P!nk Performances That Prove She Could Kick Your Butt

Even with all the money and glamour in the world, some whirlwind Hollywood romances go up in flames just like those of mere mortals.

Celebrity Splits

Breakups

When two beautiful people are in&nbsp;a movie together, audiences can't help but speculate about the nature of their&nbsp;offscreen relationship. Is that sexual chemistry real? Did they enjoy that staged kiss just a little too much? Actors are professional pretenders, of course, but sometimes that sizzle isn't all fiction. There's no shortage of celebrity affairs, and no shortage of on-set dalliances that ended star marriages.Usually, celebrities deploy evasion tactics when dealing with rumors&nbsp;surrounding their on-set affairs, especially if they're in new relationships with their costars. Stars sometimes won't get personal, even if it's obvious that it's their movies that led to their real-life divorces.&nbsp;(See: Brangelina&nbsp;perpetually giving the press murky details&nbsp;about their interactions on the set of Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith.) <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/longterm-couples-that-split/celebrity-lists">Celebrity divorces</a> are messy, and destroyed marriages are difficult. There's no reason to give lawyers more material to work with.Old Hollywood&nbsp;stars were less coy about their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/old-hollywood-movies-where-the-stars-were-totally-hooking-up/david-sharp">on-set dalliances</a>, and would even sometimes play up their affairs in front of&nbsp;crew members to drum up press for their movies. It just goes to show you that <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-were-cheated-on/celebrity-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">celebrities who cheated</a> and got divorced are nothing new.

17 Movies That Totally Shattered Celebrity Marriages

Film

17 Movies That Destroyed The Actors' Marriages

Celebrities

Some actors have been around for so long that they can't not be older. Everyone, for example, would guess Meryl Streep is in her 6&nbsp;simply for the fact that she's been on screen as an adult since the '70s. It's only surprising when an actor who seemingly entered the public consciousness as an older person (see Larry David) is the same age as someone we'll always remember as young and virile (see Arnold Schwarzenegger.) This list of famous people who are the same age&nbsp;will surprise you with its mismatched pairings. (Mike Meyers &amp; John Stamos?? No way!) Just like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrity-bffs/celeb-stalker">celebrities you didn't realize were BFFs</a>, mismatched celebrities who are actually the same age might just&nbsp;shock you.&nbsp;Click through to find almost 70 celebrities who are the same age. Then vote up <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-shocking-moments-in-comics/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the most shocking</a> pair (or trio) of celebrities with the same birth year!&nbsp;

Actors You Never Realized Are The Same Age

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

Historical Entertainment

So you know how movies aren't real? The same goes for biopics. Nobody's perfect, and if all biopics&nbsp;presented&nbsp;totally accurate portrayals of their subjects, then we wouldn't have a lot of feel-good stories in Hollywood. Would anyone have wanted A Beautiful Mind to win the Best Picture Oscar if they thought Russell Crowe's character was a racist&nbsp;deviant? Wait. That actually&nbsp;literally happened. That wasn't a good example. But the truth stands: biopics have to cut corners to tell&nbsp;well-rounded stories, and it's often easier to leave out the&nbsp;less-appealing story beats. No one is going to get chills when they're told that&nbsp;their movie hero is a child molester.&nbsp;Historical inaccuracies in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-biopics-ever-made/ranker-film">Oscar-bait movies</a> are <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/historical-facts-that-movies-got-wrong/ranker-news">nothing new</a>, and the list of things biopics&nbsp;omitted for convenience ranges from&nbsp;ex-girlfriends to genocide. To be fair, not everyone on this list was mind-blowingly horrible to the people around them. Some were just portrayed in a mildly better light in order to etch out a clear-cut hero/villain narrative for dumbed down American audiences. Read on to see if that includes you.

Horrible True Stories Left Out Of Biopics To Make The Person Look Better

Horrible True Things Left Out Of Biopics To Make Their Subjects Look Better

Lists of interesting trivia and fun facts about where famous people were born, how they grew up, and what their lives were like when they were young.

Celebrity Origins

Hollywood stars seem like they've been rich and successful their entire lives, so it's always a shock to learn about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-grew-up-poor/celebrity-lists">celebrities who grew up poor</a>.&nbsp;Often times, the famous people who light up movie and television screens are the products of real-life rags-to-riches stories. Some are celebs who grew up in trailer parks; others were homeless or lived in their cars. No matter what their origins, these famous figures are linked together by themes of hard work and perseverance.&nbsp;The list of celebrities who have lived in mobile homes includes some surprising faces&nbsp;(Joanie from Happy Days)&nbsp;and some not-so-surprising faces (rapper Eminem). Their childhoods might have been marked by <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-surrounded-by-tragedy/celebrity-lists">personal tragedy</a>, or maybe their families simply fell on hard times. Whatever you think of these famous people who grew up in trailer parks, there's no denying that their pasts are fascinating.

15 Celebrities Who Used To Live In Trailer Parks

Person in TV

15 Celebrities Who Have Lived In Mobile Homes

Lists about the finals moments of famous people who changed the world.

Celebrity Ends

Celebrity Facts

The death&nbsp;of a celebrity can often overshadow the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-early-passings/james707" target="_blank">career and legacy</a> they left behind. There&#39;s often a morbid curiosity surrounding how and where stars die, especially if the story is particularly tragic or salacious. Many celebrities, from classic authors to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-worst-people-in-the-history-of-reality-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">reality TV stars</a>, have died in hotels, which for some adds an element of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-drug-overdose/reference" target="_blank">scandal</a> to their passing.

Amidst all the gossip surrounding celebrity deaths, it&#39;s worth remembering that they were real people who left families, friends, and careers behind. Many of these stars passed decades earlier than anyone could have imagined. Below, we&#39;ll look into the deaths of celebrities who took their last breaths in hotels all around the world.

Celebrities Who Tragically Died In Hotels

25 Celebrities Who Died In Hotels

When celebrities cheat on each other, the world knows. As a drama-loving society, we've followed the stories of&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-caught-cheating/celebrity-lists">celebrity cheaters</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-were-cheated-on/celebrity-lists">celebrities who were cheated on</a>, so it only felt natural to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/compile-games-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">compile a list</a> of&nbsp;celebrities who&nbsp;fall&nbsp;into both categories. Nothing beats the schadenfreude of those celebrity&nbsp;cheating scandals in which a cheater gets his or her comeuppance. All of the stories on this list involve some sort of karmic retribution in the form of a&nbsp;sexual indiscretion.Some jilted lovers on this list decided to get back at their cheating partners themselves, whereas others had to wait for karma to work its magic. Some of these souls&nbsp;even watched as their partners got back with the fools they originally cheated on together. That's some Circle of Life nonsense right there.&nbsp;Is cheating a terrible crime or a magical&nbsp;road to true love? Click through this list of celebrity cheaters who later got cheated on&nbsp;and discuss!&nbsp;

15 Celebrity Cheaters Who Later Got Cheated On

The Blind Side

The Blind Side, based on <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-laundromat-true-story-panama-papers/melissa-sartore?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the true story</a> of Michael Oher,&nbsp;is a competent&nbsp;movie. Its&nbsp;camera movements are steady, and its actors say their lines in human-like ways. It runs out of narrative steam halfway through -&nbsp;and it&#39;s definitely not as funny as it thinks it is -&nbsp;but it is not terrible. It is an acceptable&nbsp;movie to watch&nbsp;in&nbsp;the YMCA movie&nbsp;room if you have forgotten your headphones and also if&nbsp;most of your soul&nbsp;has died. Its one great&nbsp;achievement was&nbsp;forcing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, through sheer mediocrity, to change its voting rules so that similarly mediocre movies would never again be nominated for Best Picture. It&#39;s also pretty racist.&nbsp;

The Blind Side stars Sandra Bullock as Oher&#39;s real-life adoptive mother Leigh Anne Tuohy,&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-surprising-hollywood-marriages/celebrity-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">who is married to</a> a guy named Sean who owns&nbsp;Taco Bell (played by country singer Tim McGraw). When she sees Michael, a large Black man, walking on the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-we-drive-on-the-right-side-of-the-road/candice-darden?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">side of the road</a> one night, she stops and talks to him instead of rolling up her windows. She and everyone else around her congratulates her for this act for the rest of the movie.

White saviors in film are nothing new, and&nbsp;they&#39;ve even&nbsp;been parodied by&nbsp;MAD TV. There are also plenty of famous racist movies that&nbsp;have won&nbsp;Oscars. Despite this, The Blind Side sticks out as particularly egregious due to its heavy-handed&nbsp;undertone that Black people are destined for lives of crime unless they meet white people.&nbsp;

Racism in The&nbsp;Blind Side manifests itself in ways both subtle&nbsp;(Michael&nbsp;is a Magical Negro) and overt&nbsp;(white characters, and the movie itself,&nbsp;are interminably condescending towards Michael.)&nbsp;Through it all, the film&#39;s&nbsp;muted politeness prevents it from ever having to address any of these issues. Its racism, like the film itself, is quiet.&nbsp;

If you&#39;d like to learn more about subtly racist movies or movies with subliminal racism, click here.&nbsp;If you&#39;d like to read about other critically-lauded&nbsp;movies that&nbsp;aren&#39;t all they&#39;re cracked up to be,&nbsp;here and here&nbsp;you go. If you&#39;d like to learn more about the quiet ways in which The Blind Side&nbsp;is racist, by all means keep reading. There are so many&nbsp;ways.&nbsp;

Quietly Racist Things You Probably Missed In 'The Blind Side'

16 Quietly Racist Things About The Blind Side

Lists that rank the contestants—and judges—of talent and singing reality TV competitions.

The Next Big Thing

American Idol

Not everyone wins American Idol. Not even the winners win American Idol, as their records flop and their 15 minutes of fame elapse. So what's a talented, but non-chart-topping singer to do?&nbsp;For these American Idol finalists, real jobs were the answer.&nbsp;This list shows American Idol finalists after the show and back in the everyday workforce.American Idol finalists: where are they now? Some of them have gotten into the service industry, and are slinging drinks at New York City nightspots or delivering wings at Hooters. Others are putting those golden pipes to use by working as vocal coaches. And one of these former Idol favorites has spent time as a Subway Sandwich Artist. Ready to learn more about American Idol contestants after the show? Keep reading to discover the totally normal jobs they went back to.

12 American Idol Finalists Who Just Went Back To Totally Normal Jobs

12 American Idol Finalists Who Went Back To Having Normal Jobs

They used to look one way, but now they look different.

Before & After

The Girls Next Door

The Girls Next Door, a reality lifestyle show from the&nbsp;mid-aughts about the magical lives of Hugh Hefner&#39;s&nbsp;girlfriends, was a fun and frothy look at the existential heights Playboy Bunnies can reach. But where are the women of The Girls Next Door now?

Filled to the bubbly&nbsp;brim with cute puppies, seminude volleyball games, and unintentional humor, The&nbsp;Girls Next Door offered a glimpse into what&nbsp;life was really like inside the infamous Playboy Mansion.&nbsp;

Even though the show ended in 2009, the stars have all remained in the public eye -&nbsp;especially Kendra Wilkinson, whose fame has arguably transcended&nbsp;the show&#39;s. If you&#39;re unsure what happened to the other five stars, you&#39;ll enjoy this list.&nbsp;

What Ever Happened To All Of Playboy's 'Girls Next Door'?

Playboy's The Girls Next Door: Where Are They Now?

First-hand accounts from real people who have met very creepy people and done very unsettling things.

People Who Give You the Creeps

Dating

The world is full of creeps, and if you're not careful then you might end up being the unwilling object of a particular creep's affection. Check out these Reddit-approved stories of possibly-insane women who creeped dudes out. Some of these stories will make you afraid to ever talk to another human being again.&nbsp;

Men Describe The Creepiest Girl They've Ever Met

Men Describe The Creepiest Girls They've Ever Met

Lists of fun photos of people, animals, and plenty of things that look like other things.

Doppelgängers

If you&#39;ve ever done a double take looking at Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard, or Javier Barden and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, then we have just the list for you. For your very own viewing pleasure, we&#39;ve assembled a scientific list of bonafide celebrity lookalikes that are sure to blow you away.&nbsp;

Celebrities often wouldn&#39;t achieve fame without the help of their one-of-a-kind looks, so it&#39;s always a surprise to find two of them who look the same. And we&#39;re not just talking about celebrity lookalikes who are related: There are also lots of totally random celebrity doppelgangers. Just witness the uncanny resemblance between Whiplash star Miles Teller and &#39;80s-era John Cusack, and you&#39;ll be so shocked that you won&#39;t be able to say anything. (See what we did there?)

You&#39;ve probably already heard of certain famous people who look alike, but we&#39;ve compiled a list full of the usual suspects as well as some nice surprises. Some of these celeb lookalikes are already so well known that there are whole movies that hinged upon their shared features. (See: The Roommate, which featured Leighton Meester&#39;s psychopathic character literally trying to steal lookalike Minka Kelly&#39;s life.) According to lore, Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain will occasionally go along with it when fans mistake her for Jurassic World&#39;s Howard.&nbsp;

Please enjoy this list of celeb lookalikes, and vote up your favorites!

Celebrities Who Look Alike

Celebrities That Look Alike | Famous People Lookalikes

Looking for a quick and dirty joke to get you an easy laugh? Then these funny grownup&nbsp;jokes are for you. We've compiled the funniest jokes about sex that you'll ever come across, <a href="https://quotecatalog.com/quote-pictures/" target="_blank">so that you can go and tell your friends</a> - hopefully without offending them. Vote on your favorite funny adult joke!

Top 5 Most Popular Lists

53 lists