Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now http://digg.com/tag/fame Sun, 19 May 2013 19:59:09 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:59:09 +0000 15 Do you have any idea who the people in this video are? http://allthingsd.com/20130518/youtubes-biggest-stars-celebrate-being-youtubes-biggest-stars/ http://on.digg.com/10LNKB1 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:25:07 +0000 A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover. http://preview.reutersnext.com/2013/5/17/shots-fired-at-cannes-film-festival-actors-flee-1 http://on.digg.com/12hKRcG Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:32 +0000 Why look at a painting of a historical figure when you can come face to face with one? Forensic facial reconstruction using scans of skeletal remains allows researchers to create 3D models of the face through a combination of science, history, and artistic interpretation. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50567/10-facial-reconstructions-famous-historical-figures http://on.digg.com/15SZ5Hn Fri, 17 May 2013 13:16:08 +0000 Chopard jewels worth $1 million have been stolen at the Cannes film festival, local police said Friday. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/1-million-chopard-burglary-cannes-524563 http://on.digg.com/106D680 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:01 +0000 Do you have trouble making yourself appreciate classic art? Then these photoshopped paintings of modern celebrities are a great way to slowly ease yourself into something more classy. http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/05/15/classic-paintings-modernized-with-celebrity-faces/ http://on.digg.com/17qLx5j Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:27 +0000 J.J. Abrams always says he's never been a Trekkie, but, according to a new report, it was Abrams' inability to fully control the "Star Trek" franchise—and wipe out merchandise connected with the original 1960s series—that may have been an impetus to switch franchises in favor of "Star Wars." http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/05/jj-abrams-may-have-taken-star-wars-because-william-shatner-merchandise/65304/ http://on.digg.com/184mZNy Thu, 16 May 2013 19:40:10 +0000 O.J. Simpson is testifying today in an effort to get his conviction for a 2008 armed robbery — and the 9- to 33-year prison sentence it carried — thrown out because of allegedly faulty representation by his defense lawyer. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/oj-simpson-fat-prison-photo-before-after.html http://on.digg.com/13lDTm5 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:36 +0000 Collectively, their headlines describe an alternate reality, in which Jolie’s fashion sense went to seed as she planned a wedding — secret or otherwise — to top that of her nemesis, Jennifer Aniston. http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/05/what-tabloids-thought-jolie-did-during-surgery.html http://on.digg.com/12sx04R Tue, 14 May 2013 22:20:10 +0000 The detective stepped around the corpse and went up the marble staircase to the master bedroom, where the shooting had occurred an hour earlier. A bloodied cricket bat was on the bathroom floor, along with two cell phones and a 9-mm. Parabellum pistol. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/oscar-pistorius-murder http://on.digg.com/13MkDjL Tue, 14 May 2013 18:21:00 +0000 Facebook's first president Sean Parker is staying at The Plaza Hotel in New York for two years while his townhouse is being renovated, it was revealed today. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324314/Facebook-billionaire-Sean-Parker-living-Plaza-Hotel-TWO-YEARS-townhouse-renovated--9m-themed-wedding-going-ahead.html?ito=feeds-newsxml http://on.digg.com/17pOaVe Tue, 14 May 2013 14:33:47 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html http://on.digg.com/10UbYYP Tue, 14 May 2013 05:55:40 +0000 In just a few months of goofy videos and Facebook updates, Hadfield, who returns to Earth today, added as much whimsy and wonderment to the idea of people going to space as we’ve had in the last thirty years combined. http://gizmodo.com/how-chris-hadfield-made-us-care-about-astronauts-again-504479419 http://on.digg.com/18FTcf6 Mon, 13 May 2013 23:44:09 +0000 He’s widely considered one of America’s greatest novelists. So then why is Fitzgerald, who is more famously associated with places such as Paris, New York and the French Riviera, buried near a highway surrounded by concrete strip malls in Rockville, Maryland? http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/05/13/why-is-f-scott-fitzgerald-is-buried-in-a-weirdly-unremarkable-place/ http://on.digg.com/16vBKuG Mon, 13 May 2013 23:10:19 +0000 The inclusion of McCartney’s pop sensibilities seems odd, though, and possibly inspired. It could have resulted in some really fascinating music, or a mess of personalities and ideas. But alas, it never came to pass. http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/in_1969_telegram_jimi_hendrix_invites_paul_mccartney_to_join_a_super_group_with_miles_davis_.html http://on.digg.com/16u0xPO Mon, 13 May 2013 16:04:15 +0000 Soon after moving into Liberace’s gaudy Las Vegas mansion in 1977, Scott Thorson, then a teenage hunk in the foster care system, learned that the jewel-smitten showman could love just as extravagantly as he decorated. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/fashion/scott-thorson-the-boy-toys-story.html http://on.digg.com/ZOwvim Sat, 11 May 2013 17:55:54 +0000 Yes, the New York Public Library swears, the old photo of the guy who looks scarily like Jay-Z really is an unretouched, un-Photoshopped image from 1939. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/a-jay-z-sighting-in-1939-harlem/?smid=tw-nytmetro http://on.digg.com/12m7QDK Sat, 11 May 2013 16:55:16 +0000 Buried in the midst of WWD's fawning profile of Jennifer Aniston's hair care line, hidden like the Where's Waldo of interesting 90's facts, is stylist Chris McMillan's assertation that he was totally, totally high when he created the Rachel. http://gawker.com/stylist-admits-he-was-high-when-he-created-the-rachel-h-501754093 http://on.digg.com/13Nravk Sat, 11 May 2013 15:34:02 +0000 Last year, Minnesota teenager Zach Sobiech inspired millions with “Clouds,” a heartfelt song written in the midst of his battle against a rare form of bone cancer. In a video released on Monday, a group of celebrities decided to send some inspiration back his way. http://www.today.com/news/celebs-pay-moving-tribute-teen-weeks-live-1C9870954 http://on.digg.com/11qy3FO Fri, 10 May 2013 21:28:34 +0000 Narrated by Tom Cruise, the film was directed by his long-time assistant Jan Harlan and features interviews of many actors from Kubrick's films as well as other noted directors like Spielberg and Scorsese. http://kottke.org/13/05/stanley-kubrick-a-life-in-pictures http://on.digg.com/198tFc2 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:25:54 +0000 If you think that the color of Beyoncé's hair in her new H&M campaign is merely an aesthetic choice by the advertiser, think again. http://www.businessinsider.com/beyoncs-hair-in-hm-ads-2013-5 http://on.digg.com/10mZ9Ge Fri, 10 May 2013 12:09:23 +0000