Former Celebrities Now Working 9-5 Jobs

MC Hammer

Rapper MC Hammer rebounded from bankruptcy toward the end of the Hammer Pants trend and decided, against sage advice, to create his own search engine. The engine was called WireDoo and failed terribly. Hammer still works as an investor and consultant in the tech industry.

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The More You Know

  • Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born in a cult, which might help explain why his siblings were named River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer. Their parents were members of Children of God group, which was founded in the 1960s.
  • Before she was a megastar, Madonna worked at Dunkin Donuts. She got fired for squirting jelly on a customer.
  • Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 tomhanks”.
  • Angelina Jolie performed her own stunts whilst filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
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