If you were part of certain communities when you were a child and teenager, you probably attended your fair share of bat and bar mitzvahs, including your own. The guy or gal at the center of attention is always dressed to the nines as part of their introduction to adulthood, but few make it onto the cover of a magazine.
Lil Tay might be long past the age of her bat mitzvah, but apparently, her grandparents still have a copy of the magazine that featured their little girl and take every opportunity they can to kvell about her minute of fame.
At Least Her Mom-Approved
A lot of kids want to make their parents proud, whether or not they admit it. Kim Wilson had quite a brief acting career, but her mom was happy with it, at least. Her eye appears in the opening for a 48 Hours series called “Live to Tell,” about events that happened to United States Special Operations Forces overseas.
The director told Wilson to “look afraid,” and it looks like she's pulled it off. Wilson might not have a long list of acting roles to tout to others, but she's still found her own fame: she's the CEO of Social News Desk, a social media management platform for newsrooms.
Five Knuckles of Fame
Not only did Twitter user Sam Thor work alongside a big-time name in John Oliver, but he also had precisely the kind of story that Chrissy Teigen was hoping to get when she asked for people's small stories of fame.
Not only did Thor work for Oliver (in an unknown role), but he was also in an image that showed an outraged waiter delivering him a knuckle sandwich. The picture is clearly staged, but wouldn't a real punch in the face still be worth being noticed by Teigen?
Chipmunking It on Live Television
Molly Norman hails from Minnesota, the land of tasteless, mealy food that you eat because you have nothing else to do than shovel snow and watch your sports teams lose. It's for this reason that she was so good at hiding her displeasure with the calamari.
Instead of spitting the piece of food out, Molly stored it in her cheeks but was unable to get rid of it, seeing as she was seated right behind Carla Hall. Norman played it cool the entire time and then found an opportunity to get rid of the food when the cameras were off her. Calamari really isn't great if it isn't cooked properly.
Got His Taste of Fame When He Could
David Spearman, now a spreadsheet-expert data director, once had the opportunity to be an extra on the TV show “Empire.” He even shook Terrence Howard's hand and everything. It seems Spearman's acting career didn't pick up enough steam for him to get any bigger roles since he moved into the corporate world not too long after his brush with fame.
It might be sad to take a step back and settle into a cubical, but fame isn't always what it's cracked up to be – case in point, not too long after Spearman had a chance to meet Howard, the actor decided enough was enough and called it quits. He said he was “tired of pretending.”