First-hand celebrity rumours!

**Brookie** · June 17th, 2012, 08:17 AM

^ Some of us still follow them.

**Novice** · June 17th, 2012, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Jazzy64

Lol!! No.. really... you don't know who they are??

Or more to the point I don't care who they are.

What is so surprising about that? I dare say that there are lots of things that I know that you don't - like how to multi-quote my posts and edit posts so that it doesn't look like I'm talking to myself.... for example.

**Jazzy64** · June 17th, 2012, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Novice

Or more to the point I don't care who they are.

What is so surprising about that? I dare say that there are lots of things that I know that you don't - like how to multi-quote my posts and edit posts so that it doesn't look like I'm talking to myself.... for example.

There! did I do it right? .... considering I have been on here all of 2 days! lol!
I've never claimed that I know everything!! . it's quite possible that where I live we are more into the MLB and NHL.... who knows

**witchcurlgirl** · June 22nd, 2012, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Jazzy64

Lol!! No.. really... you don't know who they are??

uh, the world isn't entirely made up of people who follow american sports teams.

Originally Posted by Jazzy64

I was wondering why they called it the "World series" too but apparently it is arrogance of behalf of the owners of the teams ect..

uh, no it isn't.

The name was originally used to get people to come, to hype it. Not out of arrogance. When they called it the 'Temple Cup' and 'The Championship of the United States' they didn't draw large crowds. It's called marketing.

**Novice** · June 22nd, 2012, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Jazzy64

There! did I do it right? .... considering I have been on here all of 2 days! lol!
I've never claimed that I know everything!! . it's quite possible that where I live we are more into the MLB and NHL.... who knows

Well, in that case the rules & the tutorials in them should be fresh in your mind.

**Dorito_dirtbag** · July 21st, 2012, 11:30 PM

OK, so this is not "first-hand" gossip by any means and it's certainly not particularly salacious, but I'm curious as to whether anyone has any ideas on who it could be...

A couple weeks ago someone on Reddit posed the question of something like "Teachers of Reddit, what are your most memorable students?".
And a user commented this:

I teach at an arts college and a few semesters ago, I had a student that had been the front man in a fairly well known band back in the early 2000s. While he certainly wasn't Mick Jagger, "celebrity" wouldn't be an inaccurate description. The thing is, while he was great singing on stage, he had a horrible stutter while speaking - by far the worst I've ever heard. For some people, it would have been debilitating, but clearly he wasn't insecure about it as he spoke often, which was a bit painful for everyone.
What was the most interesting was watching the other students deal with the fact that this rather famous musician could barely speak. They were confused, and at times annoyed.
For what it's worth, the student is to this day one of my favorites - he is smart, hard working, incredibly sweet and IMO very brave. Plus he has amazing stories. He swears Tom Cruise is actually gay .. because he had sex with him. He also swears he was kidnapped for ransom in Mexico and had to shoot and kill one of the kidnappers.

And after a few people had tried to guess who the student was, she said:

Honestly, that's not him at all. He really really hates being famous. He was super young (like 17/18) when his band "made it" and he got very taken advantage of. He gave it all up to go back to college. He said he's still called constantly to play shows, and he refuses. The money and all that just wasn't worth it for him.

So, not really all that exciting and it could certainly be complete bullshit, but I'm at a loss as to who the band and the singer could be. Any guesses?

edit: oh, and if it's any help at all, the poster affirmed she teaches at City Colleges of Chicago.

**CornFlakegrl** · July 22nd, 2012, 08:22 AM

The Hanson's?

**olivia** · July 24th, 2012, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by CornFlakegrl

The Hanson's?

They live in their own religious compound and never, ever, went to school. They also continue to tour somewhat.

So we've got a kid from Chicago, about 18 when he hit big, then at some point he falls off the map.

Were there any young rappers out of Chicago in the past 15 years or so?

This should be in the BI section for more attention.

**sluce** · July 24th, 2012, 03:08 PM

She says "made it". Could it be someone from that show Making the Band?

**choozen1ne** · July 24th, 2012, 03:14 PM

^ I doubt anyone would call any of those guys to perform , one of them is a waiter in LA in think
I just looked at a list of the top songs of the 1990's and I have no clue

**zzzz_what** · July 31st, 2012, 05:40 PM

I went to grade school/middle school with a semi-finalist from the last season of American Idol. We played a bottom-spanking game in kindergarten, which got us in trouble. And he gave me an engraved gold locket in fourth grade. Thrilling, I know.

**southernbelle** · August 13th, 2012, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Dorito_dirtbag

OK, so this is not "first-hand" gossip by any means and it's certainly not particularly salacious, but I'm curious as to whether anyone has any ideas on who it could be...

A couple weeks ago someone on Reddit posed the question of something like "Teachers of Reddit, what are your most memorable students?".
And a user commented this:

And after a few people had tried to guess who the student was, she said:

So, not really all that exciting and it could certainly be complete bullshit, but I'm at a loss as to who the band and the singer could be. Any guesses?

edit: oh, and if it's any help at all, the poster affirmed she teaches at City Colleges of Chicago.

I'm trying to think of the bands that were popular in the early 2000s and have kind of faded in obscurity... I actually did a search online for the top 10 one hit wonder bands of the 2000s and the boy bands, and no one from any of them fits (at least none of the lead singers). For the better known ones, most of the lead singers seem accounted for. I kind of wonder if this professor was taking a few liberties with her story and this guy is nowhere near as much of a "celebrity" as she thinks. Maybe he frontlined some local band in Chicago... it just seems like if her story were true, it wouldn't take too much snooping to figure out who it was.

**Cali** · September 14th, 2012, 05:32 PM

As for the band singer with the stutter... what about some of those Warped Tour-type bands that were big in the early 2000s? There were a lot of rock/punk bands from that time period. Like Alient Ant Farm, Sum 41, The Ataris, etc. No suggestions but I'll look later.

Originally Posted by zzzz_what

I went to grade school/middle school with a semi-finalist from the last season of American Idol. We played a bottom-spanking game in kindergarten, which got us in trouble. And he gave me an engraved gold locket in fourth grade. Thrilling, I know.

Ha! This made me laugh. Classic!!