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Jul 22, 2020 · A list of famous people from Canada, including actors like Sandra Oh, Nina Dobrev, The Rock, and Keanu Reeves, as well as musicians like Celine Dion and Drake.
- Whitney Perry
- Stefon
- Lil Nas X
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Quentin Crisp
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Ursula
- Howard Ashman
- & 43. MA Rainey and Bessie Smith
- Lily Tomlin
- Rupaul Charles
Occupation: City correspondent, club kid Years active: Born to David Bowie and Ms. Stefon at some point in the 1970s or 1980s, Stefon Meyers (né Zolesky) became the New York City correspondent on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update in 2010. Why so iconic: This list's hottest entry, Stefon has seen everything: split kicks, pachucos, pile after pile...
Occupation: Rapper, singer Years active: After dropping out of college and moving in with his sister, Lil Nas X recorded his first single, "Old Town Road," on December 2, 2018, and independently released it the next day.By the following April, it had begun a record-breaking 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Why so iconic: For deciding to come ou...
Occupation: Comedian, actress, author, talk show host, LGBTQ family cruise magnate Years active: Started doing stand-up in her late teens before getting her first big break on a 1984 episode of Star Search. She would make her film debut eight years later in A League of Their Own (a perfect movie) before starting her massively popular daytime talk s...
Occupation: Writer, humourist, actor, model, sex worker, window dresser Years active: Born in 1908, Crisp did not become famous until the 1960s, when they published the wildly provocative autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, which detailed decades of refusing to hide their homosexuality during a time when it was still illegal. Why so iconic: For ...
Occupation: Photographer Years active: Started taking photographs in the late 1960s, when he was living with frequent collaborator (and then-girlfriend) Patti Smith. Over the next two decades, he would create a stunning body of work with a focus on gay male BDSM culture, which helped prove that both queerness and erotica were valid subjects in phot...
Occupation: Sea witch Years active: The main antagonist of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Ursula is a composite of many drag queens and camp icons, most notably John Waters's muse Divine, whom the film's creators based Ursula's appearance on. She first appeared on screen in the 1989 original version (and was voiced by the incredible Pat Carroll), and...
Occupation: Lyricist, playwright Years active: Ashman became the artistic director of New York City's WPA Theater in 1977, which is where he'd begin collaborating with composer Alan Menken. Together, they created music for Little Shop of Horrors — originally staged in 1982 and adapted for the1986 movie — and the aforementioned Disney animated class...
Occupations: Blues singers Years active: Rainey (born in 1886) and Smith (born in 1894) met in Georgia in the 1910s, forging a mutual mentorship and a complex — and, at times, romantic — relationship. Both would go on to have hugely influential recording careers in the 1920s, though both would also pass away far too young the following decade (Smit...
Occupation: Actress, comedian, writer Years active: Joined the sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in 1969, quickly becoming a breakout star for characters like Ernestine andEdith Ann. Why so iconic: From films like Nashville, 9 to 5 and All of Me to her one-woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (written by he...
Occupation: Drag queen, actor, recording artist, television judge, model Years active: After spending most of the preceding decade performing in Atlanta's club scene, Ru got his first national exposure dancing in the music video for the B-52's 1989 hit song "Love Shack." In 1993, he had a huge hit of his own when "Supermodel (You Better Work)" laun...
- Steve Jobs – He will go down in history as the founder of Apple, but did you know that his biological father was Syrian?
- Ne Yo – His grandmother was Chinese, which makes him one quarter Chinese.
- Keanu Reeves – Believe it or not, he is one quarter Chinese and one quarter Polynesian.
- Vanessa Hudgens – This actress is much more than what meets the eye. She comes from Native American, Spanish, Filipino, Irish and Chinese descent.
Jul 27, 2020 · The limelight of stardom might have been dimmed this year but it is likely only a temporary flicker: celebrity culture is here to stay.
- Rachael Sigee
And are we more obsessed with celebrity culture now than in the past? A brief cultural history of celebrity - from Oscar Wilde, to Andy Warhol to Kim Kardashian and social media influencers...
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Dec 9, 2021 · Here, a look back at some of the defining pop-cultural moments of 2021. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s blockbuster interview with Oprah
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Jun 25, 2019 · Celebrity culture, whether A-list or Z-list, Bollywood or Hollywood, consists of interactions between celebrities, media and publics.
