In February 2005, celebrity socialite Paris Hilton had to issue an apology to all of her famous friends after her T-Mobile Sidekick II was hacked and their phone numbers and e-mail addresses were posted on the Internet. Celebrities whose private information was compromised included Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Andy Roddick, Vin Diesel, and Anna Kournikova.

Detained by security guards in December 2001, Ryder was purportedly found to have several articles of clothing and hair accessories totaling more than $5,000 of unpaid merchandise, including a Marc Jacobs-designed floral print thermal top and a Gucci dress. She was later sentenced to three years probation and 480 hours of community service.

The revelation that Hudson was gay was almost as surprising as the announcement of his terminal illness because he had been a Hollywood leading man for three decades. He died on October 2, 1985, of complications resulting from the disease.

The horrified fans gathered below thought Jackson was going to drop his child. The singer later admitted that he had made a "terrible mistake" and had only been "caught up in the excitement of the moment". He said he "would never intentionally endanger" the lives of his children. A spokesman later identified the child as Prince Michael II, Jackson's youngest son.

In 1980, suffering from cocaine-induced hallucinations, comedian Richard Pryor doused himself with cognac and set himself on fire at his home in Northridge, California. Although he survived, Pryor received third degree burns and spent six weeks in the hospital recovering. He was later quoted as saying, "the scars I now have on the outside only mirrored the ones I'd had on the inside my entire life."

At the 2004 Super Bowl, while performing "Rock Your Body" with Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson suffered a purported "wardrobe malfunction." When Timberlake reached up to rip off the breastplate of Janet's costume, he exposed her breast on national TV. Janet later apologized, claiming that the incident was unintentional and that she had simply had problems with her costume. The FCC was not amused and fined CBS $550,000.

Oprah graduated from Tennessee State University with a BA in Speech and Drama but did not attend graduate school.

Buscemi served in the FDNY's Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy for four years. After 9/11, he returned to Engine 55 and for several days worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters to sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center.

The reasons why Father David Ajemian fixated on O'Brien have never been entirely clear -- the closest investigators ever came to an explanation is that the pair attended Harvard around the same time.

After a whirlwind four-day courtship, Anderson and Lee were married in a non-traditional ceremony that ended with Lee throwing his new bride in the ocean.