These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

A Star is Born

Though she'd been featured in other projects, Gaga's defining breakout role in Hollywood was surely A Star is Born alongside Bradley Cooper. Cooper approached Gaga after she'd performed at a fundraiser and asked if she'd work on the project with him. Gaga walked away from the film with a National Board of Review and Critics' Choice Award, and nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actor's Guild Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.

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The More You Know

  • As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat. The Hips Don’t Lie superstar sure showed them!
  • At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
  • Lady Gaga spent $50,000 to find out if a ghost named Ryan was haunting her.
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