26Zsa Zsa Gabor's Police Incident
In 1989, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped a Beverly Hills police officer in the face during a traffic stop. A jury found her guilty, and she ultimately served a three-day jail sentence.
27. Actress Glynis Johns initially believed she was being offered the role of Mary Poppins. To soften the disappointment of being cast as Mrs. Banks, Walt Disney announced that she would receive her own song. He promptly contacted the film's songwriters, who adapted a deleted song into "Sister Suffragette."
28. During the production of Blazing Saddles, retired actress Hedy Lamarr sued Warner Bros. for $100,000 due to a character named Hedley Lamarr. The lawsuit is humorously referenced in the film by Mel Brooks' character, who says, "This is 1874; you'll be able to sue HER."
29. Actress Charisma Carpenter and her friends were the victims of an assault in 1991 in San Diego by Henry Hubbard Jr., a former police officer and serial rapist. After escaping with their lives and Hubbard Jr.'s subsequent arrest, Carpenter provided crucial evidence that helped secure a 56-year conviction for Hubbard Jr.
30. Actress and pinup girl Rita Hayworth's face was surreptitiously painted on several atomic bombs tested in the late 1940s without her authorization. When she discovered this, she flew into a rage and held a press conference to announce her disapproval.
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31Emma Stone's Paul McCartney Letter
In 2010, Emma Stone celebrated her mother being cancer-free for two years by writing a letter to Paul McCartney, requesting him to sketch two birds' feet because The Beatles' song "Blackbird" was her mother's favorite. Paul sketched the birds, which Emma and her mom used to get matching wrist tattoos.
32. Austrian actress Eva von Berne was presumed to have been deceased for over 70 years because a PR consultant at MGM accidentally reported her death in 1930. At the age of 96, von Berne remarked in 2006, "It was fortunate that the world believed I had died. So, I did not have to contend with autograph hunters."
33. Because she supported the Civil Rights movement, the FBI created a fake story that actress Jean Seberg had cheated on her husband with a black man. The stress of the fake story caused her to go into labor prematurely, resulting in the death of her baby.
34. For 1983's Flashdance, an accident led to the iconic cutoff sweatshirt look. Actress Jennifer Beals accidentally left her favorite sweatshirt in the dryer too long and shrunk it. She cut out the neck hole in order to fit her head through, and she went to a wardrobe fitting. The director loved it.
35. In 1990, Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland were to be married, but Julia ran away to Europe with Kiefer's best friend. Humiliated, Kiefer took solace in steerroping. And despite breaking three fingers at his first rodeo, he persevered to become a tournament-winning rider on the rodeo circuit.
