Moreover, based on the answers given by participants, those with awful names were found to have corresponding low self-esteem. The least desired name in the study? Not Kermit. Not Klondike.
Not Apple, or even Pilot Inspektor. But Kevin.
Moral of the story: think hard before you sign on the dotted birth certificate line. A whopping tenth of parents confessed on yourbabydomainname.com to already regretting the chosen name for their child, in the main because it was too trendy.
What's the absolute worst baby name you've ever heard?
Corey Feldman, mega star of 80s movies The Goonies, Stand By Me and The Lost Boys, has not only dished about the fact that he was sexually "preyed upon" as a young actor, the 40-year-old plans to write a tell-all, exposing two Hollywood pedophiles.
"When I was 14 and 15 things were happening to me. These older men were leching around like vultures," he told The UK Sun. "It was basically me laying there pretending I was asleep and them going about their business."
Following the fatal drug overdose of his longtime friend and reality TV co-star, Canadian Corey Haim, who was also abused as a child star, Feldman decided to come forward.
"There are people who have got away with it for so long they think they are above the law—that's got to stop."
Feldman, who was also plagued by drug addiction, insists he has been clean for 20 years. Yet he accused Hollywood for deliberately snubbing Haim at the 2011 Oscars, and treating the Coreys as scapegoats.
"What? Because [Haim] did drugs in his life? Who cares? Everybody does drugs. How selfish and narrow minded."
Feldman's declaration on US TV last summer prompted an 18-year-old former child actor to admit he was abused by talent agent Martin Weiss. Though Feldman claims he wasn't abused by Weiss, he is helping police in connection with the case, no doubt because of his connections within the industry.
His desire to come forward now, he says, is about protecting his seven-year-old son. "When you open a can of worms people are going to be in fear and they are going to want to take revenge. So you have to be careful. I look for the safety of my child. I don't really care about me. I've lived a decent life so if anything happened to me..."
Kudos to Feldman. Looks like the Frog brother is still searching for truth, justice, and the American way.
Are you at all surprised by this sad revelation? Makes you wonder whether any other 'troubled' child stars from the era were abused...River Phoenix? Drew Barrymore?
Ok, so the Bella and Edward dolls were bad enough. Then there were the Duchess Kate and Prince William collectibles. Now for a mere $99 you can own your very own Steve Jobs! For real.
The action figure is the perfect for the grown geek in your home. Maybe a mantelpiece in your home office. Something to aspire to during a workday slump?
Beginning in February, In Icons will sell the 12-inch Jobs action figures. I will say this much: the likeness and attention to detail is uncanny, down to the signature black turtleneck, jeans and glasses.
It's a big boy's toy, for sure—so much so that you may not want your geek-in-training to get their little paws on it.
According to the In Icons site the toy was created “to honor the American icon and great visionary Steve Jobs.”
A nice tribute but surely Jobs himself would have preferred a cutting edge tablet in his memory, not a bit of plastic, even if it does come complete with a chair and black socks, a backdrop reading “One More Thing” and two apples.
NB: iPhone and iPad not included. What you do get, though, is two spare pairs of hands. A telling detail. Maybe Steve really did have more hands than me and you, to accomplish all that he did in his lifetime.
Would you gift this to the man-geek in your household, or is it simply too morbid?
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