Category Archives: Other Stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TWsmwdq55k It seems that when footage is uncovered of celebrities when they were kids, they always seem to display a weird charisma that foreshadows their eventual stardom. Such is this case with this home video footage from 1990 of 12-year … Continue reading →

Now that the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards have been announced, it’s time for an annual tradition here at The Back Row: “Before They Were Stars” clips for this year’s nominees! Steve Carell surprised a lot of people with … Continue reading →

There are so many famous actors who started out performing in the improv sketch comedy troupe, The Groundlings, that it’s somewhat inevitable when old footage of them surfaces on the Internet and the clip is often posted on Youtube by the less … Continue reading →

This casting tape features 18-year old Charlize Theron auditioning for a hair cosmetics commercial during the time period when she was transitioning from modelling to acting. There’s no sound here, but by the looks of it, auditioning for this type … Continue reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vyWXAosqeM This footage has recently surfaced of a teenage Nicki Minaj acting during her time attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, the famed performing arts school in New York. She gets so far into her performance that she winds up … Continue reading →

It’s always amusing when homemade footage of celebrities appearing in school projects leaks out onto the Internet and this very thing has happened to Taylor Swift. When she was in the 8th grade, Taylor appeared in this film class assignment, … Continue reading →

One of my Christmas gifts this year was a fantastic Blu-ray documentary chronicling the life of the late, great Randy “Macho Man” Savage. The Macho Man started out his wrestling career in International Championship Wrestling, an outlaw promotion run by … Continue reading →

You couldn’t possibly go wrong with Sir Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Dame Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. During the 1970s, both these legendary actors were fairly prominent players in the British theatre scene, but still relatively unknown in North … Continue reading →

It appears that World Wrestling Entertainment has given me a late Christmas present as they decided to put together their own “Before They Were Stars” compilation for their Youtube channel, featuring the likes of Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley, Zack Ryder, … Continue reading →