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# 10 Kate Summers

Silver Spoons

In the wealthy world of Silver Spoons, starring the young ‘80s heartthrob Ricky Schroder, the Stratton household was a young man’s wet dream come true. The man of the house was Edward Stratton III, whose filthy wealth allowed him to spoil his kid rotten, play endless Pac-Man and pinball machines, and sleep with the luscious Erin Gray, who played his MILFish young wife, Kate Summers. A brunette with a grade-A body, Kate Summers let the boys have all the fun they could handle, which is why she’s one of our top 10 hot sitcom moms. Any way you slice it, Silver Spoons was pure fantasy land.

# 9 Laura Meeker

Dick Van Dyke Show

Alongside Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore played Laura Meeker, a hot stay-at-home mom and a hot sitcom mom. When the show began in 1961, Mary Tyler Moore was an energetic 24-year-old slapstick master. Always full of energy and wearing the tight capri pants that were her trademark, Laura Meeker (aka Laura Petrie and Laura Meehan) had a beautiful face, a tight body and the kind of perfect teeth that made her the type of mom you’d be proud to take home to, well, mom.

# 8 June Cleaver

Leave It to Beaver

If wholesome is what you covet, June Cleaver is a MILF made in heaven. Her black-and-white beauty gives her a retro sex appeal while reminding modern men that there was a time, not so long ago, when women were quite happy to stay at home, clean, cook, and look after their hooligan children. One question, though: Was June trying to tell us something subversive by naming her son Beaver Cleaver? In our minds, this hot sitcom mom sure did!

# 7 Mrs. Brady

The Brady Bunch

Like June Cleaver, Mrs. Brady (Florence Henderson) hung out for the most part in the pantry. Although we know her name was Carol, to the boys and girls who played with the Brady Bunch, she was Mrs. Brady, an inexplicably voluptuous disco-style mom who must have had some pretty naughty tricks up her dirty apron. I mean, c’mon, it’s Mrs. Brady. How could she not make our list of top 10 hot sitcom moms?

# 6 Elyse Keaton

Family Ties

In the ‘80s, Meredith Baxter Birney had the kind of shimmering light blonde hair that should have been in every shampoo commercial. Instead, she played Elyse Keaton on Family Ties where she was always a fox, but especially when something sporty was happening in the episode and she was strutting athletically around in a tight varsity T-shirt. When this happened, her perfect little breasts would cradle the gray cotton, demanding your drooling scrutiny. This is precisely why she was added to our list of top 10 hot sitcom moms.

# 5 Rachel Green

Friends

Although her maternity was something of an afterthought designed to extend a dying show, Rachel Green was certainly one of TV’s top 10 hot sitcom moms when season eight of Friends began by dropping the F-bomb — “Who’s the father?”

For the previous seven seasons, of course, men across America had been dreaming of getting into Jennifer Aniston’s pants and planting their seed, but this plot twist forced male America to reconfigure its fantasy plots. After it was revealed that Ross was the lucky daddy, Rachel entered the new fetish category of male maternity lust, making her one popular hot sitcom mom.

# 4 Clair Huxtable

The Cosby Show

Phylicia Rashad was gracefully sexy, but nonetheless a hot sitcom mom. As Clair Huxtable, she ruled the Huxtable’s beautiful Brooklyn brownstone, relying on a sly maternal quality that fed off of Bill Cosby’s silly paternal playfulness. She sang, she danced, she cracked jokes, and she always carried a sultry look in her eyes and lips as if she knew from her sophisticated experience in life that laughter is the sexiest medicine.

# 3 Samantha Stevens

Bewitched

Before Charmed hit the airwaves with its holy trinity of voluptuous vixens, Samantha Stevens (Elizabeth Montgomery) used her sorcery to charm the pants off audiences in the ‘60s supernatural sitcom Bewitched. Unlike the single ladies from Charmed, Samantha Stevens was a married mother whose husband was a total square next to Sam’s eccentric blond beauty. Although the premise toyed with the idea that she was a normal housewife who just happened to be a witch, boys who watched Bewitched in the ‘60s couldn’t help themselves from pitching a tent on mom’s couch while dreaming of lifting Sam’s short skirts.

# 2 Midge Pinciotti

That ’70s Show

Tanya Roberts, who played Midge Pinciotti on That 70’s Show, was petite and played up her innocent charm. Together, these nubile gifts made her look or seem 16 despite her “momness.” Midge’s ditsy brand of feminism also made her a sensational coming-of-age male fantasy, which is why she comes in at No. 2 on our top 10 hot sitcom moms list.

To add fuel to the erotic fire, Midge was sexually liberal. As a self-proclaimed nudist, Midge and her husband Bob were known to have gotten it on in the backyard hammock, where the poor tomboy daughter Donna used to read Nancy Drew novels. The knowledge of their sexual congress may have ruined Donna’s innocence, but can you imagine better fodder for the male imagination than a hot MILF who eagerly displays her sexual self in public?

# 1 Becky Donaldson

Full House

Long before the memorable pop culture countdown to the Olsen twins’ legal status as adults (which liberated legions of men from their illicit lust), Becky Donaldson (Lori Loughlin) was their aunt on Full House and had her own twin boys with husband, Jesse (John Stamos).

In the long and illustrious history of television sitcom moms, Becky Donaldson is the queen bee. The idea of rolling with her in the sack is best described as titillating. Milking her nice-girl image into a fitting maternal role, Becky was the ideal hot sitcom mom — a beautiful, down-to-earth girl with a body to die for and a soothing smile that made all your worries drift away.

Top 10: Hot Sitcom Moms

10. University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)

Santa Barbara contains “IV (Isla Vista, the local, mostly student community)” where “17,000 19-to-21-year-olds are all jam-packed into this six-tenths-of-a-square-mile community, so you can imagine how the parties are. Every night is wild, but, obviously, Friday and Saturday nights are the craziest.” However, parties aren’t the only source of distraction. The natural surroundings also offer constant temptation. As an undergrad points out, “UCSB is on the beach…literally. As I’m writing this survey, I’m looking out my dorm window and seeing the ocean, just feet from my building.”

9. Ohio University-Athens (Athens, Ohio)

Students tell us that “Ohio University is the perfect mixture of business with pleasure,” adding, “We get the work done on the weekdays so we can party hard on the weekends.” Many agree that OU has “an amazing party scene” with “a laid-back social life.” Much of OU social life revolves around the downtown bar scene where students can kick back and enjoy the “rock, punk, and folk bands that flourish in the many bars and cafes.” That said, students appreciate the balance OU provides. “The people at this school teach you about awareness, confidence, and how to throw a really good party.”

8. Indiana University at Bloomington (Bloomington, Indiana)

Students describe a “wild party scene,” of which many readily take advantage. As one undergrad explains, “With 30-something-thousand students going to IU, at least half of them are out partying on the weekend, so you can always find something wild [and] crazy…to do!” Perhaps most beloved is the Little 500–”the greatest college weekend in the world,” students claim–a bike race that “requires standing room-only viewing from the thousands of students, faculty, and fans who come to watch the 30-plus teams compete.”

7. University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire)

UNH students laud “the [great] social scene” where “the Greek system is strong and very involved in the campus community.” Additionally “there are also numerous sports clubs, intramurals, and other groups to get involved in.” Undergrads generally “like to party, and the opportunities are plentiful. Along with UMass, we’re probably the place to go and party if you’re going to school in the New England region.” One student observes, “Life is all about going to class in sweats and getting dressed up to [party].”

6. Penn State-University Park (University Park, Pennsylvania)

At Penn State, “People party as hard on the weekends as they study during the week.” Popular destinations for freshmen and sophomores are “frat or apartment parties,” while “those over 21″ enjoy “College Avenue [which] has a great range of over 20 bars.” Non-drinkers take heart, “If someone is not a partier, there are plenty of activities and organizations” he or she can devote time to. Regardless of proclivity for partying, “PSU football is a religion” and almost “everyone goes to the football games and tailgates on Saturdays.”

5. University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)

“People think Athens is a party town and that everyone goes downtown, which is pretty much true,” one student admits. However, undergrads are quick to assert this is far from a negative trend as Athens is, “hands-down the world’s best college town, whether you go to the bars or not.” Adds another delighted student, “There’s a saying in Georgia: ‘If you lead a good life and say your prayers, when you die you’ll go to Athens.’” The Greek scene and Dawgs After Dark, the university’s late Friday-night programming, round out the campus social scene.

4. University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)

Undergrads here agree that “students at UF like to have fun.” Fortunately for them the opportunities are abundant. There’s “a lot of stuff to do on campus,” and if partying is your thing, there are “37 fraternity/sorority houses” and “an ample number of clubs to check out” downtown. The greater Gainesville area “offers enough things to do” that “not being Greek does not hamper one’s social life.” Indeed, Gainesville “is a true college town–everything is catered to the UF student.”

3. University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)

UT Austin offers “a huge college scene that translates into lots of parties…every weekend, from the Greek houses to off-campus houses, apartments, co-ops, etc.” Thrown into the mix are “football games and other sporting events” which many declare “a lot of fun.” Students looking to get off campus gravitate to Sixth Street as “it hosts bar after bar and an interesting scene. It’s like Austin’s version of Bourbon Street.”

2. University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi)

Many undergrads view the university as “a great Southern school with amazing traditions and great standards [where students know] how to have a good time.” An “extremely popular” Greek system is one such tradition that hasn’t lost any steam. As one student shares, “Most activities outside of class or studying are centered on Greek life,” which includes not only “an enormous amount of…partying,” but also the opportunity to be “among the most involved and active people on campus.”

1. West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia)

West Virginia students highlight “exceptional partying,” “some of the best NCAA football,” and “amazing” tailgates as the school’s social staples. Of course, while there are plenty of high-octane parties, there’s also an alcohol-free program each weekend called WV Up All Night. Here students can enjoy “movies and comedy shows and games and free food at the student center.” Hometown Morgantown also earns high marks. Students praise its “refreshing, slower pace of life” as well as “the 15 bars downtown that are no more than 80 feet from each other.”

 

Top 10 Party Colleges

Article provided by The Princeton Review

 

 

What makes a great movie? It’s a matter of personal taste, of course; there’s no scientific formula to determine the quality of one film over another. But the tastes of the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences matter much more than yours or ours. Each year, academy voters choose just one film to receive the coveted Academy Award for best picture. And they very often get it wrong. In our humble opinion, many films of undeniable artistic achievement have been passed over in favor of others that–in retrospect at least–seem less deserving. Looking back over the films that have been made since the Academy Awards were first presented in 1929, the following are just some of the great movies that never got the nod from Oscar.

 

1. City Lights (1931), generally considered Charlie Chaplin’s greatest film, was not nominated for a single Academy Award. Released three years after the introduction of talkies, this silent picture must have seemed stubbornly retrograde to academy members who wanted to champion their advanced sound technology. In fact, City Lights featured a complete musical soundtrack (by Chaplin) and various sound effects, but no speech or dialogue. Grand Hotel, starring a world-weary Greta Garbo, won the best picture award that year. In the midst of the Great Depression, the academy apparently preferred the glamorous Garbo to Chaplin’s Little Tramp.

 

2. Citizen Kane (1941), the American classic by Orson Welles, has been called the greatest movie of all time by the American Film Institute and by countless critics and fans worldwide. Yet the academy somehow overlooked Citizen Kane when it awarded the Oscar that year to How Green Was My Valley, a morality tale about a Welsh coalmining family that we dare say is on few critics’ lists of the greatest American movies. Citizen Kane was the first full-length film by Welles, who cowrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film when he was 25 years old. The film’s highly stylized sound and camera techniques were among the most influential developments in motion-picture history. Director John Huston’s film noir classic The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart, was also passed over for that year’s Oscar.

 

3. Double Indemnity (1944), another hardboiled film noir, lost out at the Oscars to Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby as a young priest who saves his parish from bankruptcy. With World War II still raging in Europe and the Pacific, academy voters clearly valued the feel-good themes of the Crosby film over the cold cynicism of Double Indemnity, about an insurance agent who conspires with a woman to murder her husband. The voters didn’t feel any better about two other notable crime thrillers, Laura and Murder, My Sweet, which were also passed over that year.

 

4. High Noon (1952), one of the greatest Westerns ever made, was overlooked in favor of The Greatest Show on Earth, a circus epic by Cecil B. DeMille. Director Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon is viewed by many critics as the definitive Western, and the American Film Institute ranked it higher on its list of the 100 best films than such classic Westerns as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), or Unforgiven (1992). To no one’s surprise, The Greatest Show on Earth didn’t make the AFI’s list of 100 best, but at the time, the academy might have felt an obligation to honor DeMille near the end of his career with his first best picture Oscar.

 

5. Rebel Without a Cause and The Night of the Hunter (both 1955) unaccountably lost to Marty, a romance starring Ernest Borgnine as a shy butcher who finds true love against all odds. It seems the academy didn’t approve of the brash, youthful defiance of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. The Night of the Hunter, the only film ever directed by actor Charles Laughton, starred Robert Mitchum as a psychotic, self-styled preacher who tries to coax two children into telling him the location of a cache of stolen money. The chilling experimental thriller eventually won high praise from the critics, but flopped at the box office and was not nominated for a single Academy Award.

 

6. The Searchers (1956) was arguably director John Ford’s greatest film (better than his Oscar-winning How Green Was My Valley, anyway) and was the most nuanced, complex Western he ever made with actor John Wayne. Despite gorgeous photography in Monument Valley, topnotch performances, and a complex, original story, the film’s stark portrayal of racial prejudice toward Native Americans must have seemed too raw for academy voters. The best picture Oscar that year went instead to Around the World in 80 Days, an amusing adventure film filled with dozens of cameo performances by Hollywood stars. Could the academy voters have been swayed by star power?

 

7. Touch of Evil (1958), another Orson Welles masterpiece, and Vertigo (1958), one of the greatest suspense thrillers by director Alfred Hitchcock, were both passed over at the Academy Awards for Gigi, a musical about a young woman trained to be the courtesan of a wealthy man. Neither Touch of Evil nor Vertigo was even nominated for the best picture award.

 

8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the science-fiction masterpiece by director Stanley Kubrick, was criminally snubbed in favor of Oliver!, a spirited but oddly soulless musical based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. In 2001, Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke helped to redefine the sci-fi genre, lending it a beauty, complexity, and artistry that few, if any, science-fiction films have matched since. By contrast, Oliver! left us asking, simply, “Please, sir. May I have some more?”

 

9. Mean Streets (1973) introduced Martin Scorsese as a major directorial talent and marked the beginning of his long collaboration with actor Robert De Niro. Mean Streets stars De Niro and Harvey Keitel as two young hoods coming of age in the violent, gang-infested neighborhood of Little Italy. Perhaps by now we shouldn’t be surprised that the academy instead preferred The Sting, a film about two good-natured con artists in the 1930s, played by superstars Robert Redford and Paul Newman. We, too, love The Sting’s slick playfulness and the undeniable charisma of Redford and Newman. But next to Mean Streets, Badlands, American Graffiti, and Don’t Look Now, which were all released the same year, we can only feel like we’ve just been stung.

10. L.A. Confidential (1997) breathed stylish new life into the film noir genre, made stars out of Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, and won the best picture Award from the National Society of Film Critics. But academy voters, it seems, were blinded by the star power–and by the astronomical budget–of Titanic, which took home the best picture Oscar as well as ten other Academy Awards. Sure, Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are ravishing, and we’re told that the period details are amazing. Still, Titanic ends up being just another hackneyed genre film, but with more money thrown at it, and egos big enough to sink a ship.

Source:Encarta

1. Fergie

2. Jennifer Garner

3. Jessica Alba

4. Jessica Biel

5. Halle Berry

6. Shakira

7. Denise Richards

8. Gwen Stefani

9. Kate Hudson

10. Janet Jackson

10. Brooke Burke

Just recently, she described herself as some sort of a “baby factory”. I couldn’t agree more. She’s currently preggy with her fourth child and her second with fiance David Charvet.

9. Salma Hayek

Salma’s admission that she was pregnant and engaged to some rich French guy took us by surprise. The upside to this is that her boobs got bigger than ever.

8. Bridget Moynahan

Bridget was put in a nightmare situation when she learned she got knocked up by a superstar football guy who just dumped her for the richest supermodel in the world. But she survived, and is now a mom to a really cute son.

7. Nicole Richie

Never realized that someone as skeletal as Nicole Richie could get pregnant, but she did. Let’s hope her baby doesn’t literally fall off her frame when it reaches its last two months of gestation.

6. Naomi Watts

It seemed like it took an awfully long time for Watts to pop out her kid with Liev Schreiber, but we didn’t complain, maybe because she’s one of the loveliest pregnant women we’ve seen this year.

5. Isla Fisher

The same thing goes for Isla Fisher, who just gave birth to Borat’s baby in October.

4. Lily Allen

For someone who has admitted she was kicked out of high school for giving blowjobs on campus, her pregnancy doesn’t really come as much of a surprise.

3. Halle Berry

Still reeling from this one. But looking at the bright side, see no. 9.

2. Jessica Alba

It was probably all that makeup sex that got Jessica into this situation, having just gotten back together with babydaddy Cash Warren. No more bikini pics for this hottie in the next few months or so.

1. Jamie Lynn Spears

And here we all thought that Britney had the exclusive rights to being the crazy Spears. The younger Spears is pregnant, 16 years old, and was knocked up by a guy more than two years her senior. Casey Aldridge is so screwed.

source:listaholic

10 just wasn’t enough so I threw in a few more. . .

25. Denim (Toni Braxton)

24. Alchamy (Lance Henriksen)

23. Doremi (Justin Hayward)

22. Jermajesty (Jermaine Jackson)

21. Poppy Honey (James Oliver)

20. Memphis Eve (Bono)

19. Blue Angel (The Edge from U2)

18. Sailor Lee (Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook)

17. Piper Maru (Gillian Anderson and Clyde Klotz)

16. Phoenix Chi (Melanie Brown and Jimmy Gulzar)

15. Starlite Melody (Marisa Berenson)

14. Daisy Boo (James Oliver)

13. Speck Wildhorse (John Mellencamp)

12. I. P. Freely (David Carradine)

11. Zowie (David Bowie)

10. Dweezil (Frank Zappa)

9. Heavenly Hiraana Tiger Lily (Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates)

8. Tu (Rob Morrow)

7. Reign Beau (Ving Rhames)

6. Seven Sirius (Andre 3000 and Erykah Badu)

5. Fifi Trixibelle (Paula Yates and Bob Geldof)

4. Audio Science (Shannyn Sossamon)

3. Moon Unit (Frank Zappa)

2. Moxie Crimefighter (Penn Jillette)

1. Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee)

# 1 Gisele Bundchen

$33 million

 

The highest-paid model in the world had two high-profile breakups last year: First she split with boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio and then with longtime client Victoria’s Secret. But shed no tears for the Brazilian bombshell: The 26-year-old still commands more money and more contracts than any other model on the planet, gracing ads for Apple, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli. Her line of sandals, Ipanema by Gisele, is expanding into the U.S. and Europe. Her latest paramour is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

 

 

 

# 2 Kate Moss

 

$9 million

 

The 33-year-old superwaif continued her comeback from last year’s cocaine scandal: She’s the new face of Stella McCartney and Italian sportswear company Belstaff. She also recently launched a clothing line for British retailer Topshop (carried in the U.S. at Barneys New York). Moss has also managed to hang onto modeling gigs with Rimmel, Burberry and Dior. Her relationship with drug-addled British rocker Pete Doherty keeps her in the tabloids.

 

 

 

# 3 Heidi Klum $8 million

 

 

The 34-year-old model and mother of three (hubby is singer Seal) renewed her Victoria’s Secret contract and still helms the hit Bravo reality show Project Runway. She also hosted Germany’s version of America’s Next Top Model. In her “spare” time, she designs and markets a line of jewelry through Mouawad.

 

 

 

# 4 Adriana Lima

 

$6 million

 

The 26-year-old Victoria’s Secret model is probably the most famous Brazilian babe since Gisele Bundchen. She’s also the face of Maybelline and Italian phone company Telecom Italia. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue of the year.

 

 

 

# 5 Alessandra Ambrosio

 

$6 million

 

This olive-skinned beauty, 26, confidently stakes her turf among the Victoria’s Secret Brazilian trinity, which is rounded out by former roommate Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima. She also models for Armani Exchange and Next U.K.

 

 

 

# 6 Carolyn Murphy

 

$5 million

 

This native Floridian, 31, is ubiquitous. As the main face of Estée Lauder (a title she took over from Elizabeth Hurley in 2001), she peers down at beauty counters all over the world. She can also be seen in campaigns for Jantzen swimwear, Missoni, Versace, Anne Klein and Tiffany and Co.

 

Natalia Vodianova

 

$4.5 million

 

The Russia-born Vodianova, 25, has been a Calvin Klein muse for longer than any other model, including Kate Moss. She also poses for David Yurman jewelry (as does Moss). Vodianova, active in speaking out against eating disorders within the modeling industry, just gave birth to her third child with husband the Honorable Justin Portman, a British real estate heir. So far this year, she’s the only model to have the cover of Vogue to herself.

 

 

 

Karolina Kurkova

 

$3.5 million

 

The 23-year-old Czech model reigns next to Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio as one of the highest-ranking angels in the Victoria’s Secret roster. At 16, Kurkova appeared on the February 2001 cover of American Vogue, making her one of the youngest models ever to do so. She can be seen in the upcoming movie My Sexiest Year, starring Harvey Keitel and Frankie Muniz, in which she plays–what else?–a supermodel.

 

# 9 Daria Werbowy

$3.5 million

Werbowy’s name may not be familiar, but unless you’ve been living underground, you’ve seen this 22-year-old Canadian, who is the face of Lancome. She also models for Louis Vuitton, Versace, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Valentino, H&M, Missoni and David Yurman.

# 10 Gemma Ward

$3 million

The Australian model doesn’t yet have an American multiyear cosmetic contract, but give her time. The 19-year-old models for Valentino, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld, Swarovski and Louis Vuitton. Her Kewpie-doll look inspired a new rage in the industry and makes her especially popular in Japan, where she’s the face of the enormous Kose cosmetics and skincare line.

Number 1
John Wayne
Real name: Marion Robert Morrison

Most will agree that Marion wouldn’t have properly projected the necessary tough-guy image for John’s career. Still, the first change in his name came when he was a young boy. That’s when he took on the nickname “Duke,” which he borrowed from his much-loved dog. According to most accounts, the change to John Wayne was made by producers who felt that it had a better and tougher sound. The Duke took no part in that discussion.

Number 2
Bono
Real name: Paul Hewson

Solo artists often change their names, but it’s rarer for members of bands to bother with such details. Nonetheless, Paul Hewson decided to take a stage name. It is said to be inspired directly from a hearing aid manufacturer that went by the name of “Bona Vox,” which was derived from the Latin bono vox, meaning “good voice.” So, Bono the singer named himself, roughly translated, “Good Voice.”

Number 3
Marilyn Monroe
Real name: Norma Jean Mortensen-Baker

The history of Marilyn Monroe’s name is no less intriguing and involving as the rest of her spotlighted life. Mortensen was her father’s name, but her grandmother had her baptized Baker, which was the name of Marilyn’s mother’s first husband. When heading toward fame, Marilyn needed a catchier name for the public to remember. As a result she took Monroe from her mother’s maiden name, but the source of Marilyn has been the subject of much debate. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.) is one of many celebrities who claim to have suggested it to her.

Number 4
Vin Diesel
Real name: Mark Vincent

Mark Vincent is a pretty cool name all by itself, but in his early professional life, he simply couldn’t use it. After all, bouncers who give out their real names are just asking for trouble. So, while guarding the doors at a nightclub, Mark became Vin Diesel. Not only does that sound tough on its own, but it’s unlikely that Mark chose the popular slang term for muscular, which is diesel, for his stage name. By the time he’d hit Hollywood, the name had stuck.

Number 5
Elton John
Real name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Elton John chose his name to pay homage to his much-respected contemporaries Elton Dean and Long John Baldry. While they provided the source of the new name, a lot of the motivation for the change was no doubt rooted in the fact that “Reginald” doesn’t scream rock star. Incidentally, Sir Elton also added the middle name Hercules to his name change. Apparently this comes from a horse, not the hero.