The Mega Book of Useless Information. Noel Botham

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      • Posh frocks at the Oscars can mean huge publicity for designers. Valentino estimated that Erin Brockovich star Julia Roberts’s appearance in one of his designs generated some £13 million worth of publicity.

      • Jet-setting pop svengali Simon Fuller, creator of Pop Idol, spent £9 million on two aeroplanes and a helicopter because he was sick of flying 90,000 miles a year on commercial airlines.

      • Hollywood veteran Jack Nicholson became addicted to baked beans on toast after discovering the snack when serving it to his son, Raymond.

      • Malnourished magician David Blaine’s first public meal after his self-imposed 44-day incarceration in a plastic box was a plate of chicken satay at Mr Chow’s restaurant in Knightsbridge, London. He followed this with a big helping of dessert.

      • Former basketball ace Dennis Rodman claims the police have visited his Newport Beach, California, home over 80 times because of noise complaints.

      • The first Oscar went to Emil Jannings in 1929 for Best Actor. He didn’t turn up for it.

      • Dennis Rodman claims he’s pierced his penis three times.

      • The Strokes star Julian Casablancas doesn’t own a mobile phone, a computer or a watch.

      • During a one-day shopping spree in Japan, US rapper Lil Kim spent £25,000 on clothes – and Barbie dolls.

      • Hollywood stars Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher spent the Halloween of 2003 dressed as rival supercouple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

      • Model-turned-actress Jerry Hall has appeared on stage 536 times in plays.

      • It takes 12 people 20 hours to make one Oscar statuette.

      • Indie rockers Coldplay like to keep in touch with their family and friends when they’re touring – their backstage requirements include eight ‘stamped, local postcards’.

      • Disney’s The Lion King has become the most successful re-release ever, after three million copies of the new DVD sold in its first two days on release.

      • Rocker Sting is Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio’s next-door neighbour in Malibu, California.

      • Dustin Hoffman had to pass up the chance of appearing in a jury for the first time because he had to publicize his film Runaway Jury, in which he plays a lawyer.

      • Friends star Courtney Cox is scared of dogs – unless they’re her own. The actress owns three pooches.

      • Pop star Jessica Simpson used to keep photographs of missing children under her pillow and pray for them every night when she was a teenager. She also tried to adopt a Mexican baby found in a dumpster when she was 16.

      • Ex-pop couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey had a television mounted in their shower.

      • When Orson Welles won the Screenplay Oscar for his classic Citizen Kane in 1941, it wasn’t a popular choice. The audience booed.

      • American Idol star Clay Aiken is allergic to mushrooms, shellfish, chocolate, mint and coffee.

      • There was havoc on the shoot for Atomic Kitten video ‘Ladies Night’ – the British trio hired famous drag queen Lily Savage, real name Paul O’Grady, to star, but Savage stormed out when he discovered he was to be appearing alongside a troop of unknown female impersonators.

      • Gravel-voiced singer Macy Gray has puffer fish pets named Justin Timberlake, Muhammad Ali and R Kelly.

      • Rap mogul Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs spends £625 on each of his haircuts. His personal barber sketches out styles before even touching Diddy’s dome.

      • Bad-boy rapper Eminem’s two favourite places to tour are Amsterdam, The Netherlands, because of its liberal laws, and London, England, because of its food.

      • Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is studying German, as she endeavours to conquer European languages. She’s already fluent in Spanish, Italian and French.

      • Super-rich movie beauty Cameron Diaz recently bought a £1.25 Californian lottery ticket – and won £3,125.

      • Oscar winner Holly Hunter used to be a poultry judge in her native Georgia.

      • Austin Powers creator Mike Myers has two streets named after him in his native Toronto, Canada.

      • Crooner Harry Connick Jr. quit smoking when his idol Mel Torme told him he’d never speak to him again until he was nicotine free.

      • At £150 for just two ounces, Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker’s SJJL moisturizer contains gold and silver essence.

      • Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland is so turned off by the cuisine whenever she’s in Britain that she will only eat at the country’s Caribbean restaurants and posh eatery Nobu.

      • Notting Hill star Julia Roberts once had her own scent created for the Oscars. It cost £4,000 a litre.

      • Friends star Jennifer Aniston ate the same lunch – consisting of lettuce, garbanzo beans, turkey and lemon dressing – for nine years.

      • Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has topped a survey conducted by American condom makers Trojan as the celebrity women think is most well endowed. Despite his ladykiller reputation, *NSYNC Justin Timberlake didn’t make the list’s top ten.

      • Legendary London nightspot Annabel’s welcomed British beauty Elizabeth Hurley onto its management committee in an effort to give the club a sleeker image and encourage younger members to join.

      • Soul star-turned-Reverend Al Green was so worried about including words like ‘baby’ and ‘sugar’ in songs on his album I Can’t Stop that he asked for guidance from the congregation at his Tennessee church.

      • The longest Oscars ceremony, in 2000, lasted a bum-numbing 256 minutes.

      • Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias holds the record for selling more albums in more languages than any other singer.

      • One Christmas, Friends stars Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer gave plasma TVs to crew members who’d worked on the show for less than five years – while those who’d passed the five-year mark received Mini Cooper cars.

      • Rapper Ice Cube’s Navigator sports utility vehicle has six television screens in it.

      • Before hitting acting success, Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton worked in New York as a 6am room-service waitress at the Park Le Meridien hotel.

      • Hollywood star Tom Cruise had attended 15 schools by the time he was 14.

      • Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called Blackmail and was made in 1931.

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