By Megan Riedlinger
8:00am PDT, Oct 21, 2019
It's that time again! Time to check in with the stars to see all the ways they're nothing like the rest of us regular folk! First up is a pretty inventive way to take advantage of your celebrity appeal, courtesy of the one and only Justin Bieber. Selling a house isn't always easy… unless you're an internationally renowned pop star with 120 million Instagram followers. In October 2019, the Biebs took to social media to see if he could sell his new home, sharing 13 images of the interior with captions including, "I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it?" and "I'll sell it with all the furniture. MAKE AN OFFER." The unique real estate listing attempt worked, as five wealth prospective buyers contacted Justin after the posting, according to TMZ. The home — which Justin shares with wife Hailey Bieber — will reportedly end up selling for somewhere around $9 million. Keep reading for more crazy stories from the rich and famous…
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Do you remember your first post on Instagram? We're willing to bet it wasn't received with as much fanfare as Jennifer Aniston's first photo on the social media site! The actress joined Instagram in October 2019 with one of the most epic selfies the platform has ever seen — a "Friends" reunion shot featuring all of her old co-stars. The post was so popular that it actually crashed her page! Jen scored more than 8 million followers within a day and set a Guinness World Record for reaching a million followers on the platform faster than anyone (she hit the mark in just five hours and 16 minutes).
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Diva behavior! Jennifer Lopez proved her superstar status in October 2019 while stopping by British talk show "This Morning." Ahead of her appearance, the "Hustlers" star reportedly demanded to be greeted with a cookie warmed to a certain temperature and a cold glass of milk upon arrival. Though a source close to J.Lo told the Daily Mail the report wasn't true, it didn't stop the show's hosts, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, from poking fun at the drama with cookies and milk of their own on a later episode.
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Remember the last time you went paintballing? Well, for Elle Fanning, it was alongside one of the most famous women in the world — Angelina Jolie! Yep, the "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" co-stars spent time on a paintball course with Angelina's kids while they were filming their Disney flick. Elle had rave reviews about the star's talents, telling InStyle, "Angelina's really good."
Woody Harrelson stopped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in October 2019 and chatted about his summer vacation, sharing a pretty incredible story about whose clothing he got to wear to Wimbledon in July. While spending time in England with friend Olivia Harrison, the widow of Beatles guitarist George Harrison, Woody realized he hadn't brought a suit with him to wear to the tennis championships — so Olivia lent him one that had belonged to her late husband, and it fit like a glove.
Some celebrities are so famous, they're as hard to get in touch with as former presidents. Chance the Rapper revealed on James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" that contacting JAY-Z and Barack Obama involves a similar protocol — you first have to call their assistant, who passes along the message, then both the rapper and the former president call you back, if they want to, from a private number. There's only one problem, Chance explained: "I never know which one is calling when I get that call back number."
There's health-conscious to us normal folk, and then there's the celebrity version of health-conscious. Model Miranda Kerr made headlines in 2019 when she revealed the hardcore measures she takes to safeguard her home and family. Among her methods? An air purifier, anti-radiation stickers for her phone, EMF detectors, mopping the floors with hot water and eucalyptus oil, an alkaline water filter and a switch in the home she shares with husband Evan Spiegel that turns all the power off while they sleep "except for the fridge and security cameras."
Did you know your face could be used as a concert ticket? Well it's true… if you're a celebrity. Kenan Thompson told Seth Meyers on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in October 2019 that when he wanted to get into the 2018 Global Citizen Festival concert in New York, where Stevie Wonder and Green Day were headlining, he simply used his face to get in. The "Saturday Night Live" star told the late night host that he got through seven checkpoints by simply using his star power. No ticket required!
In October 2019, Oprah Winfrey made history with an incredible endowment to Morehouse College: She donated $13 million, the largest donation in the school's history. The superstar also has the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program set up at Morehouse, which started back in 1989. With her newest donation, she'd now invested $25 million in the school to date.
Oh, young love! Newlywed couples can relate to the way Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber shared a surprisingly normal tiff on social media in October 2019 after Hailey scratched the rims of his car. The only thing separating this married couple from any other happy couple? The car in question happened to be Justin's $200,000 Lamborghini. Yikes!
What did you get for your 27th birthday? We'd venture to guess it wasn't a diamond ring so big that it's been nicknamed the "Titanic Diamond." Cardi B received this extravagant gift for her big day in October 2019 from rapper hubby Offset and took to Instagram to show off her new bling. The enormous ring is heart-shaped and set high above a band of smaller heart-shaped diamonds. The Pristine Jewelers piece — the value hasn't been revealed — also came with a matching interlocking band crafted from heart-shaped diamonds.
If we wanted to get a tattoo, we'd head to our closest tattoo shop. Not David Spade. The comedian opened up about his unusual tattoo artist on "Lights Out With David Spade" in September 2019, revealing that he tapped actor Sean Penn to bestow him with his new ink — late best friend Chris Farley's initials, CF, on his bicep. Surprisingly, this isn't the first time Sean has given David a tattoo. He also inked him with his very first design way back in 1995.
A lawsuit concerning trademark rights to the name Blue Ivy continues on, and the latest bump proves that Beyonce doesn't see her oldest daughter as a typical kid. Nope, a late-September 2019 development in the lawsuit brought by Wendy Morales, an event planner whose "Blue Ivy" business name was in place three years prior to Blue Ivy Carter's birth, saw Beyonce's lawyers claiming that the girl is "a cultural icon." It also states that "her life and activities are followed extensively by the media and the public" and that there's "intent to build a brand around Blue Ivy Carter and her public reputation and renown." Oh, to be a famous 7 year old!
Beauty over everything! Kim Kardashian West revealed on pal Jonathan Cheban's podcast in September 2019 that before heading to the hospital to give birth to daughter North West in 2013, she had a very important place to visit first… the nail salon! She shared that she begged her doctor to wait two more hours so she could get her nails painted light pink ahead of her daughter's arrival.
What was the party favor at the last wedding you attended? If you're lucky enough to be invited to a celebrity wedding, you could come home with a car! That was the case with radio DJ Elvis Duran, who told late night host Jimmy Fallon in early October that his September nuptials were an "un-wedding" wedding full of untraditional surprises: A drag queen hosted the celebration and he gave away a car to one lucky guest at his reception.
Actress-singer Bella Thorne wouldn't settle for an ordinary birthday party. Nope, she shut down Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles for her 22nd birthday shindig and shared the over-the-top details on social media. While rocking Chanel — after being being gifted with plenty of items from the design house — Bella and some of her closest friends hit up the empty amusement park in October 2019.
Most of us rescue our four-legged friends, but Justin Bieber didn't feel so inclined when adding two new cats to his family with wife Hailey Bieber. The pop star bought two exotic Savannah cats he named Sushi and Tuna for a pretty unbelievable price tag: According to PETA — which in October 2019 criticized the pop star for his outrageous animal purchase from an Illinois breeder — Justin paid $35,000 for the pair.
Even former presidents get starstruck! Clive Owen stopped by "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in October 2019 and told the sweet story behind a selfie he took with Barack Obama. The two were at the same event when Clive stood in line to meet him. When Clive got to the front, Barack told him, "I'm going to break the rule of a lifetime," then pulled out his phone to take a selfie with the star, as the politician was a huge fan of Clive's show "The Knick." Naturally, Clive did the same — and the rest is selfie history!
Well, this is one way to use your magazine covers! Famous duo Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are talking about making wallpaper out of all those crazy magazine covers speculating about the state of their union. Gwen told "Access Hollywood" she thinks it would be "really incredible," particularly the covers that tout fake marriages, breakups, pregnancies and twins.
How much would you pay for multiple face tattoos? Aaron Carter shocked the world with his new face ink in late September 2019, taking to Instagram to show them off. But how much did he shell out for the designs? According to TMZ, the strange homage to Rihanna and the word "love" set him back $3,000.
