Today’s Hall of Shame inductee is the nephew of a famous film director, and an actor who has seemingly played the same role (badly) for the last 15 years or so. Nicolas Coppola aka Nicolas Cage, Born January 7, 1964 I am not really in the biographical writing mode today, so Cage’s background will be short and sweet – [...]
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, Born July 3, 1962 Today the Hater Hall of Shame welcomes a man who was once one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. Tom Cruise (not to be confused with the inventor of the Hoveround) was born in Syracuse, New York, and was the third of four children born to Mary Lee [...]
Doug Stanhope, Born March 25, 1967 Doug Stanhope was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, and that’s about all I could find out about his early life. According to his website, in 1990 Stanhope ”started his career in Las Vegas doing jack-off jokes for free drinks.” Since that time, he has toured all over the world, including appearances [...]
Leonard Schneider aka Lenny Bruce, Born October 13, 1925 Died August 3, 1966 Leonard Schneider was born in Mineola, New York to Myron and Sadie Schneider; his parents divorced when he was five, and Lenny lived with various relatives throughout the next decade. Lenny attended Mepham High School in Bellmore, New York, but dropped out and decided to join the [...]
