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11 Celebs Who Explained The Meaning Behind Their Stage Name, And 11 Who Shared Why They Won't Use One

Uzo Aduba once asked her mom if she could change her name to Zoe. "I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent, she said, 'Why?' I said, 'Nobody can pronounce it.' Without missing a beat, she said, 'If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.'"

15 Celebs You Probably Didn’t Realize Are Afro Latine

While promoting her movie Bolden back in 2019, Yaya DaCosta told theGrio how important it is that mainstream media is finally recognizing the fact that Black Latine people exist. "It’s nice that people are actually realizing what Latin America actually looks like and that there’s diversity," she said. "That yes, we speak Portuguese and Spanish… It’s nice that there is more inclusion, but it’s just the beginning."

16 Celebrities Who Are Fiercely Protective Of Their Children's Right To Privacy

While testifying at the California State Capitol, Jennifer Garner said, "I chose a public life, but my three children are private citizens. I don't want a gang of shouting, arguing, lawbreaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day, every day to continue traumatizing my kids."

14 Celebrities Who Were Born Into Wealth, And 14 Who Were Born In Poverty

One of five kids, Shania Twain often went to school hungry. "It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling," she said as she recalled becoming jealous of the other kids' lunches. "I would certainly never have humiliated myself enough to reach out and ask for help and say, 'You know, I'm hungry. Can I have that apple that you're not going to eat?' I didn't have the courage to do that."

On the left, Joseph Quinn, and on the right, Megan Fox with an x drawn over her face
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Smash Or Pass: June 2022 Edition

Miles Teller was definitely the internet's boyfriend.

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