Hot Gallery: Surprise Celebrity Connections!
Doesn’t it sometimes seem like celebrities all know each other? Well, that’s probably because most of them do. Off the top of your head, you can probably name any number of famous Hollywood families—the Gyllenhaals, Baldwins, Arquettes, Robertses—but the connections aren’t always so obvious. Can you guess, for example, who Mirror Mirror star Lily Collins’ famous parent is? By Nina Hämmerling SmithWarren Beatty, whose career has spanned more than five decades, has starred in movies from Bonnie and Clyde and Shampoo to Dick Tracy, Bulworth, and Reds, for which he won a Best Director Oscar. A vocal liberal, he considered a run for political office in 2000 but eventually decided against it. He was also a notorious ladies’ man until he wed his Bugsy costar Annette Bening in 1992. The couple have four children.
This powerhouse brother and sister are both Hollywood legends in their own right. So what’s with the different names? Turns out neither of them uses their original last name—Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty; Warren Beatty was born Henry Warren Beaty. MacLaine, the elder by three years, has starred in movies including Sweet Charity, The Apartment, Terms of Endearment, Being There, and Steel Magnolias. She recently appeared in the hit PBS series Downton Abbey and has no less than seven upcoming movies. MacLaine has written 13 books, has her own radio show, and is a proponent of “Spirit, Mind and Body” learning. MacLaine told Oprah Winfrey about her relationship with her brother, “When we were kids, I really did protect him.” She went on to say that the two are still close and see each other whenever she’s in California.