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How Hollywood Stars Get Their Names

Posted by GayPatriotWest at 9:12 am - August 17, 2009.
Filed under: Movies, TV & Pop Culture

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A street sign at an intersection in Beverly Hills.

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  1. Are you SURE it’s not the other way ’round? That the streets were named after the star?

    Hmm, if you take the nearest intersection where you grew up and took that as your screen name, mine would be Lincoln Fullerton. Hey! That f’n works! I am SO doin’ it!

    Comment by DoorHold — August 17, 2009 @ 12:10 pm - August 17, 2009

  2. Wasn’t there something on Will & Grace about using your street name when selecting a drag name?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 17, 2009 @ 3:12 pm - August 17, 2009

  3. for that wonderful drag/porn star name, you select the name of your favorite pet and a street name from your childhood.

    Comment by rusty — August 17, 2009 @ 6:41 pm - August 17, 2009

  4. Hmm, if you take the nearest intersection where you grew up and took that as your screen name, mine would be Lincoln Fullerton.

    Somehow, “Union 1100 Avenue” doesn’t quite have that same ring to it. :)

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — August 17, 2009 @ 7:00 pm - August 17, 2009

  5. Peck did not change his name to suit Hollywood. My father was a lot like the characters played by Peck and had a resemblance to him.

    Comment by Swampfox — August 17, 2009 @ 10:20 pm - August 17, 2009

  6. for that wonderful drag/porn star name, you select the name of your favorite pet and a street name from your childhood.

    Hmmm. Ollie Louise.

    That’s not good. Ollie Main/Hwy. 467?

    Current: Ollie Majestic Oak Pl.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 17, 2009 @ 11:03 pm - August 17, 2009

  7. And what if your pet has one of those full AKC names? Had a standard poodle once named Lady Creme de Mocha of Schel which, when you think about it, might be cool drag name if I were black.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 17, 2009 @ 11:07 pm - August 17, 2009

  8. Does that mean that Paris Hilton was named for the place where she was conceived?

    Sorry, couldn’t resist. ;-)

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — August 18, 2009 @ 11:10 am - August 18, 2009

  9. Re: #3 — Cocoa Willow.

    I like it!

    Comment by Julie Kelleher — August 18, 2009 @ 4:03 pm - August 18, 2009

  10. here’s something fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOROaABCBgQ

    Comment by rusty — August 18, 2009 @ 4:35 pm - August 18, 2009

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