If you’re on Google+, you probably noticed that the ‘local’ stars are uber-geeks: most of thetop followed profilesbelong to people who work for Google (or Facebook!) But what about real celebrities?
CanAlyssa Milano,Ashton Kutcher,Felicia DayandWilliam Shatnerbe the only online-savvy VIPs? Of course not: many of their fellow celebrities are there too, but they have gone unnoticed so far. Here are ten hidden gems we found for you:
Music
TrentReznor– 2,500 people have him in circles, very little compared to his 928,000 Twitter followers;
Mark Hoppusfrom Blink 182. Just so you know, he’s very active and already did a Google Hangout with fans;
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Lloyd Banks, the rapper, not to be confused with Lloyds Bank (thanksWikipedia…);
Joel Maddenfrom the band Good Charlotte (and Nicole Richie’s husband);
PeteWentz.
Film & TV
Sasha Grey, starring in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience’, although you may know her as “that young lady who started in adult films”;
Lee Unkrich, Film Director at Pixar (Toy Story 3…);
Kevin Smith, Clerks’ Director;
Robert Luketic,Directorof ‘Legally Blonde’.
Sports
Tony Hawk, skater.
Do you know any other celeb hiding in plain sight on Google+? Let us know in the comments!
Story byAnna Heim
Anna Heim is the founder of MonoLibre and a freelance writer for various tech and startup publications. She is a polyglot French news junkie(show all)Anna Heim is the founder of MonoLibre and a freelance writer for various tech and startup publications. She is a polyglot French news junkie with a love for technology.
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