10 of the most enlightening documentaries about celebrities that you can stream right now - Insider - INSIDER

10 of the most enlightening documentaries about celebrities that you can stream right now - Insider - INSIDER


10 of the most enlightening documentaries about celebrities that you can stream right now - Insider - INSIDER

Posted: 31 Jan 2020 10:38 AM PST

  • Taylor Swift's new Netflix documentary, "Miss Americana," tracks the singer's public political awakening and is the latest of many celebrity documentaries to reveal new sides of their well-known subjects.
  • Artists like Beyoncé and Lady Gaga have also released Netflix documentaries about their careers and personal lives, while other stars such as Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers have documentaries available to stream on YouTube and Amazon Prime.
  • Here are 10 enlightening celebrity documentaries that you can stream right now.
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In recent years, ever-present internet fandoms and social media have made A-list celebrities open to scrutiny in a way they've never been before, so it makes sense that many of these stars choose to hide their private lives and retreat behind carefully curated public personas.

Documentaries, however, can give audiences a peek behind the curtain (often coinciding with the release of a major new project) and are an increasingly popular mode of celebrity revelation — providing a look into their everyday lives and artistic processes, while generally promoting their work and shaping their star narratives as they see fit.

The latest of these movies, Lana Wilson's "Miss Americana," explores Taylor Swift's public political awakening and was released on Netflix on Friday.

To commemorate the release, here are 10 enlightening celebrity documentaries available to stream right now.

Today's famous birthdays list for January 31, 2020 includes celebrities Justin Timberlake, Bobby Moynihan - cleveland.com

Posted: 31 Jan 2020 03:34 AM PST

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Top celebrity birthdays on January 31, 2020

Birthday wishes go out to Justin Timberlake, Bobby Moynihan and all the other celebrities with birthdays today.  Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 31st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

-Mike Rose, cleveland.com

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Rocker John Lydon turns 64

Fun fact: The Sex Pistols declined to attend their induction into the Rock Hall in 2006

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Actress Kelly Lynch turns 61

Fun fact: Most recently appeared in the television series 'Mr. Mercedes'

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Actor Anthony LaPaglia turns 61

Fun fact: Won a Primetime Emmy in 2002 for his work on 'Frasier'

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Actress Minnie Driver turns 50

Fun fact: Had a small role in the James Bond film 'Goldeneye'

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Actress Portia de Rossi turns 47

Fun fact: Born and raised in Australia

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Comedian Bobby Moynihan turns 43

Fun fact: One of the original creators of David S. Pumpkins

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Actress Kerry Washington turns 43

Fun fact: Was twice nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for her role in 'Scandal'

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Singer Justin Timberlake turns 39

Fun fact: Is originally from Memphis Tennessee

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Singer Marcus Mumford turns 33

Fun fact: Born in California, but moved back to England while still an infant

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More celebrities with birthdays today

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Composer Philip Glass is 83. Actor Stuart Margolin is 80. Actress Jessica Walter is 79. Blues singer-musician Charlie Musselwhite is 76. Actor Glynn Turman is 73. Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan is 73. Actor Jonathan Banks is 73. Singer-musician Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band) is 69. Singer-musician Lloyd Cole is 59. Actress Paulette Braxton is 55. Rock musician Al Jaworski (Jesus Jones) is 54. Bluegrass singer-musician Becky Buller is 41. Actor Tyler Ritter is 35. Country singer Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line) is 33. Actor Joel Courtney is 24.

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Other popular or historical birthdays on January 31st

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Franz Schubert, composer

Jackie Robinson, MLB player

Carol Channing, actress

Nolan Ryan, MLB pitcher (73)

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart, professional wrestler (63)

Grant Morrison, comic book writer (60)

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Celebrity fun facts

Emilia Clarke

Sophie Turner

Jason Momoa

Danielle Fishel and the 'Boy Meets World' cast

Chris Hemsworth

Amanda Seyfried

Kat Dennings

Robert Downey Jr.

Alyson Hannigan

Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Miley Cyrus

Emma Stone

Seth MacFarlane

Mark Hamill

Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis

David Hasselhoff

Lindsay Lohan

Natalie Portman

George Clooney

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Emma Watson

Alec Baldwin

Jenna Fischer

Kate Mara

Jennifer Aniston

Alan Alda

Betty White

Dave Matthews

Danica McKellar

Taylor Swift

Britney Spears

Bill Nye

Scarlett Johansson

Rachel McAdams

Demi Moore

Julia Roberts

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Celebrate 'Dirty Dancing' turning 30 with these fun facts

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'Romeo + Juliet' turns 20: Where are they now

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15 Surprising Stories Of Celebrities Getting Cut Out Of Famous Films - BuzzFeed

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST

1. Leonardo DiCaprio was cut out of the 1992 thriller Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore.

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Leonardo recently told Marc Maron on his WTF podcast that back when he was appearing on the sitcom Growing Pains, he was cast as a character who was supposed to deliver a somewhat wordy insult to Sarah Gilbert's character. He couldn't get it right, though, so the director simplified things and told him to just enter the room, look at Sarah, and say, "Problems." In the end, the whole bit was cut from the movie.

2. Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future — and filmed the role for five weeks! — before being replaced by Michael J. Fox.

3. Daisy Ridley would have made her first appearance in a major motion picture in The Inbetweeners 2 but had her performance cut.

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Daisy filmed a scene that was supposed to open the film, but months later the filmmakers decided they wanted to reshoot it (for non-Daisy reasons). Unfortunately, by then she was busy shooting Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so they had to recast the role.

4. Speaking of Star Wars, Prince William and Prince Harry shot cameos as stormtroopers in Star Wars: The Last Jedi but were cut out in the end.

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The brothers didn't mess up their cameo royally (sorry) but, rather, were cut because they stand over 6 feet tall and looked out of place with the rest of the more average-height stormtroopers.

5. Sterling K. Brown was cut out of M. Night Shyamalan's Split.

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The This Is Us star played a professor/neighbor who advises Betty Buckley's Dr. Karen Fletcher character about her patient Kevin. Unfortunately, M. Night decided that Sterling's scene took the film away from its main focus too long. You can watch one of his deleted scenes here.

6. Paul Rudd's part as a bad date of Kristen Wiig's Annie was cut out of Bridesmaids.

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According to director Paul Feig, Paul was very funny in his scene but the movie was already running long, and there really wasn't a need for a third man in Annie's life. You can see some of Paul's cut performance here.

7. Harrison Ford made a cameo in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial but ended up forever an outtake.

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Considering that E.T. was written by Harrison's then-wife, Melissa Mathison, and directed by his Raiders of the Lost Ark collaborator Steven Spielberg, it makes sense that Harrison would make a cameo. But his part as an uptight principal who reads Elliott the riot act after all the drama in the escaping-frogs scene didn't add much, so out it went.

8. Seven years before Robert Pattinson played Reese Witherspoon's love interest in Water for Elephants, he played her son in a part that was cut out of Vanity Fair.

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Since Reese is only nine years older than Robert, they make a whole lot more sense as a couple than as mother and son, which might have something to do with why his scenes were cut. You can see one of his cut scenes here.

9. Shailene Woodley shot scenes as an iconic Marvel character in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 but didn't make it into the final film.

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If you know Spider-Man's history, you know that after Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone in the films) is killed, Peter eventually finds love again with Mary Jane Watson. Shailene filmed a small role as Mary Jane in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with the plan to bring her back in a larger role in the third film in the series. But as director Marc Webb told the Los Angeles Times, "It felt like a distraction. You can't have Peter thinking about Gwen every moment and then there's this girl next door who's suddenly there." Alas, the third film in the series never happened, and Shailene never appeared as Mary Jane.

10. Angela Bassett shot scenes as a villain in the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith but got the ax.

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Director Doug Liman initially filmed scenes with Jacqueline Bisset playing the role, then reshot the part with Angela. In the end, neither actor appeared in the film (save for Angela's voice on the phone). The director told Entertainment Weekly her character was cut because he reconceived the film's ending.

11. Matt Damon filmed a cameo reprising his Linus Caldwell character from Ocean's 11 (and its two sequels) in the woman-lead reboot of the series, Ocean's 8, but was left on the cutting room floor.

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Matt's appearance was likely cut partially for plot reasons — Carl Reiner was also cut out after filming scenes as his Ocean's 11 character. But according to the Mercury News, another reason was a petition that asked for Matt to be removed because of his "thoughtless and sexist comments about Harvey Weinstein."

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Jena's performance was included in the "Ultimate Edition" home video release, however. That's Jena above as Jenet Klyburn, a weapons expert and ballistics specialist at S.T.A.R. Labs who helps Lois Lane.

13. Tim Roth filmed scenes for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but didn't make it into the final film.

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Tim has delivered memorable performances in a number of Quentin Tarantino films, like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and The Hateful Eight, but his role as Jay Sebring's British butler didn't make it into this year's Oscar contender.

14. Ellen Pompeo filmed a key role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but she's not in the final film.

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Ellen (seen in a deleted scene above) played Jim Carrey's ex-girlfriend Naomi, but director Michel Gondry decided not to use her scenes, perhaps for reasons expounded upon in this video essay.

15. Kevin Spacey's performance as J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World was entirely cut out of the film following sexual assault allegations.

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