{"id":10142,"date":"2012-07-25T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2013-02-26T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T12:39:00","slug":"best-worst-celeb-name-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/07\/25\/best-worst-celeb-name-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"BEST& WORST: Celeb name changes"},"content":{"rendered":"
First he was Calvin Cordozar Broadus Junior, then Snoop Doggy Dog, and eventually just Snoop Dogg. But now the Dogg has decided on a new spirit animal and released his first single as Snoop Lion<\/a>. To celebrate his new direction, Wonderland count down the best and worst celebrity name changes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE BEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (1) Norma Jeane Mortenson to Marilyn Monroe<\/em><\/p>\n Where would we be without our beloved Marilyn Monroe? Norma Jeane sounds more like she\u2019d be serving us coffee than playing sultry Hollywood leads and becoming the world\u2019s biggest sex symbol.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (2) Prince to <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Prince\u2019s crafty 1993 name change to the \u2018love symbol\u2019 in order to escape record company tyrannywas a stroke of genius. OK, so it\u2019s unpronounceable, but it\u2019s hard not to cheer him on for out-smarting the big dogs at Warner Bros.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (3) Orpah to Oprah<\/em><\/p>\n If she hadn\u2019t given her name that all-important little tweak, Oprah just might not have changed the face of television and become the unassailable queen of the American talk show. \u2018Orpah\u2019 sounds more like a brand of foot cream<\/p>\n WORST:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (1) Katie Holmes to Kate Holmes<\/em><\/p>\n Tom Cruise insisted on this name change for his ex-wife because \u201cKatie is a young girl\u2019s name. Her name is Kate now \u2013 she\u2019s a child-bearing woman\u201d. It looks like someone didn\u2019t get the memo (the momentous, world-changing feminism memo). Fortunately this one didn\u2019t catch on. She\u2019s always Katie to us.<\/p>\n