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Did You Know?
KATE LEVIN, Published on in the ג'רוזלם פוסט סטריט
It’s a known fact that sometimes you just have to change your name to make it in Hollywood.
Emma Stone, for example, said that she’d like to return to her birth name — Emily Stone.
Michael Keaton, when accepting his gong for Birdman told the audience he was originally called Michael Douglas. He changed his name to make sure he will not be confused with actor Michael Douglas. He chose “Keaton” because he liked comedian Buster Keaton.
Many other stars have changed names, from Elton John (originally Reginald Kenneth Dwight) to Mila (Milena Markovna) Kunis, Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj) to Tzvika (Henrik) Pik.
Here are a few more surprising name changes:
Katy Perry used to sing Christian music under her real name, Kathryn Hudson. She has a gospel album called Katy Hudson, but then decided to take her mother’s maiden name “Perry” in order to not to be Confused with the actress Kate Hudson.
Actor Ben Kingsley, who was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji, changed his name for something more American as he felt a foreign sounding name would hurt his career.
Allan Stewart Koningsberg changed his name to Heywood Allen at the age 17. After that, some people he knew started calling him Woody Allen, and he just kept it.
Dictionary מילון قاموس
- Example, , דוגמה
- Accepting, , קיבל
- Audience, , קהל
- Originally, , במקור
- Confused, , לבלבל
- Christian, , נוצרית
- Maiden, , נעורים
- Foreign, , זר