I saw a compilation of these interesting and sometimes odd random celebrity facts. Being that I am a purveyor of “useless” celebrity knowledge, I had to share.

Via India On Rent:

*Madonna is related to both Gwen Stefani and Celine Dion. Gwen’s great aunt’s mother-in-law shares the same last name as Madonna Ciccone and an ancestor of Madonna’s mother was married to a distant relative of Celine’s dad.

*Matthew Perry is missing part of his middle finger on his right hand due to a door-shutting accident.

*Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from family friend Paul Newman.

*Colin Farrell says that Marilyn Monroe was the first woman he fell in love with. “I used to leave Smarties, the Irish equivalent of M&Ms;, under my pillow with a little note saying, “I know you’re dead but these are very tasty and you should come and have a few. I wont tell anyone.”

*Keira Knightley was Queen Amidala’s decoy in Star Wars: Episode 1 though the film was promoted as if Natalie Portman played both roles.

*Tom Cruise admits that he still does the Risky Business underwear dance when hes at home alone. He calls it his “dance of freedom”.

*Jennifer Love Hewitt sent Matt Damon an inflatable bed because she read he didn’t feel like he has a bed of his own. She never heard back and now, he “looks at me a little weird”.

*Even though she appears in ads for Tommy Hilfiger’s True Star fragrances, Beyonce is reportedly allergic to perfume.

*Usher holds the Star Search record for the longest note by a child: 12.1 seconds

*Heidi Klum is an avid painter and several of her works have appeared in US art magazines.

There. That is at least a hours worth of dinner party conversations.

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