Big-Time Celebrities Who Don't Get Hired Anymore

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was a popular poet back in the day. He was blacklisted because his poetry would occasionally appear in communist papers. Sadly, these papers were never given permission to use his poems, but the folks who blacklisted him didn't care about that. 

Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsey Rose Lee was a famous burlesque dancer of the 1950's. She was eventually caught as a recular face as communist meetings. She was arrested and promptly blacklisted from the entertainment world. 

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The More You Know

  • Iron Man first appeared in the Marvel Comic “Tales of Suspense” in 1963.
  • Enya was James Cameron’s first choice to compose the music for Titanic.
  • Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
  • The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.