var galleryData = [{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p><a href=\"/celeb/spencer-pratt\" name=\"&amp;lid=ArticleBodyLink\" class=\"assetlink\">Spencer Pratt <\/a>plans to legally change his name to King Spencer Pratt.<br><br>\r\nThere's no word yet on whether Heidi is going to start calling herself \"Queen\".<br><br>\r\nCheck out some more stars who've given their original monikers the old heave-ho...<\/p>","url":"2009/4/27/Spencer-Pratt-0409-1.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Spencer Pratt 04.09 "},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Hilariously, Demi Moore was born Demetria Gene Guynes.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Demi-Moore-0308.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Demi Moore 03.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>It's easy to see why Jennifer Aniston changed her surname from Anastassakis.<br/><br/>\r\nApart from the pronouncing difficulties, it probably wouldn't have fit on the tellybox credits for Friends.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Jennifer-Aniston-0407.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Jennifer Aniston 04.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Boring snoring Tara Patrick re-named herself Carmen Electra.<br/><br/>\r\nA far more thrilling name, we think.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Carmen-Electra-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Carmen Electra 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Jordan started life as Katie Price.<br/><br/>Although she switches between the two alter egos of Katie the mummy and Jordan the glamour girl quicker than you can say D-cup.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Jordan-0506.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Jordan 05.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Natalie Portman, right? Wrong.<br/><br/>\r\nIt's Natalie Hershlag actually.<br/><br/>\r\nSuffice to say, we can see why she'd want to ditch that surname.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Natalie-Portman-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Natalie Portman 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Pink's real name is the not so colourful Alecia Moore.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Pink-0208.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Pink 02.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>It's Madonna Louise Ciccone in full.<br/><br/>\r\nFor anyone who ever wondered about the surname of this one-named wonder.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Madonna-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Portia de Rossi - so elegant, so glam.<br/><br/>\r\nIt's so much more silky than Amanda Lee Rogers.<br/><br/>\r\nPlainy-plain-mcplainsville.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Portia-Di-Rossi-0207.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Portia Di Rossi 02.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Winona swapped the mouthful that is Horowitz for the horsey Ryder.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Winona-Ryder-0208.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Winona Ryder 02.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Which is more rap - Calvin Broadus, or Snoop Dogg? <br/><br/>Oh please, let's call him Calvin from now on.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Snoop-Dog-0408.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Snoop Dog 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Margaret Hyra became Meg Ryan after a bit of lopping and cropping.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Meg-Ryan-0906.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Meg Ryan 09.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Elle Macpherson - now there's a name that wafts simple, cool and tasteful elegance.<br/><br/>\r\nUnlike her real one - Eleanor Gow. Clomp clomp.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Elle-Macpherson-0408.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Elle Macpherson 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Ozzy is certainly more rocking than John Osbourne.<\/p>","url":"2008/5/2/Ozzy-Osbourne-0606.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Ozzy Osbourne 06.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Dido wins the prize for the most extraordinary real name: Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong.<br/><br/>\r\nOh how we guffawed. Talk about from the ridiculous to the sublime.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Dido-0605.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Dido 06.05"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Oh the power of a name...<br/><br/>\r\nEminem went from trailer-trash geek to lyrical gangster when he changed his name from Marshall Bruce Mathers III.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Eminem-0802.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Eminem 08.02"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>50 Cent, aka Fiddy, not-so-ka Curtis Jackson.<br/><br/>\r\nTee hee.<br/><br/>\r\nNot such a tough gangsta-rapper now, are we Curt?<\/p>","url":"2008/4/28/50-Cent-0408.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"50 Cent 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Alicia Keys' new surname makes her sound more like a piano-playing starlet and less like a chef - the original was Augello Cook.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/13/Alicia-Keys-0608.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Alicia Keys 06.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Gordon Sumner was distinctly unglamorous until he became Sting - a name that gave him a bit of bite.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/sting-0906.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"sting 09.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Remember MC Hammer? Go on, you know you dance like him on the weekend.<br/><br/>\r\nHis real name is about as cool as that move - he's Stanley Kirk Burrell.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/MC-Hammer-0805.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"MC Hammer 08.05"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>One small step from David Williams to David Walliams.<br/><br/>\r\nOne giant leap from half-bit comic to much-noticed Little Britain star.<\/p>","url":"2008/3/7/David-Walliams-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"David Walliams 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>We know her as Barbara Windsor, or Babs for short.<br/><br/>\r\nBut back in the day, she was none other than Barbara-Ann Deeks.<\/p>","url":"2008/4/23/Barbara-Windsor-0408-1.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Barbara Windsor 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ditched the fancy bits and settled for Tom Cruise.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Tom-Cruise-0108.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Tom Cruise 01.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Jay-Z was once hilariously known as Shawn Corey Carter.<br/><br/>\r\nNot so bling.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Jay-Z-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Jay-Z 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Whoopi Goldberg is so much more exciting than the dull-as-dishwater Caryn Johnson.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Whoopi-Goldberg-0507.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Whoopi Goldberg 05.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Want to know the second half of another one-named wonder?<br/><br/>\r\nWell, this one is Anastacia Lyn Newkirk.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/13/Anastasia-1103.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Anastasia 11.03"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Perhaps there was already too much competition with Enrique Iglesias, which prompted this Enrique Martin Morales to become Ricky Martin.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Ricky-Martin-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Ricky Martin 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Priscilla White went totally opposite with her pseudonym - Cilla Black.<br/><br/>\r\nChessboard-tastic.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/13/Cilla-Black-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Cilla Black 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>We actually prefer Maurice Micklewhite the original, rather than the invented Michael Caine.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Michael-Caine-0907.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Caine 09.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Faith Hill. Short and sweet.<br/><br/>\r\nIt's a far cry from Audrey Faith Perry.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Faith-Hill-0408.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Faith Hill 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Sealhenry Samuel lopped off the boring bits to become the super-interesting Seal.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Seal-0108.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Seal 01.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Carlos Irwin Estevez American-ified his name.<br/><br/>\r\nYou might know him better as Charlie Sheen.<br/><br/>\r\nIn case you're wondering, his pops, Martin Sheen, was born Ramon Estevez.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Charlie-Sheen-0707.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":" Charlie Sheen 07.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Actor Dwayne Johnson is better known for his old pro-wrestling name, The Rock.<br/><br/>\r\nTough guy.<\/p>","url":"2008/2/25/Dwayne-Johnson-02.08-Oscar-Arrivals-1.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Dwayne Johnson 02.08 Oscar Arrivals"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Anna Mae Bullock decided her name was a load of old... well, we're not sure what.<br/><br/>\r\nBut we like Tina Turner much better.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Tina-Turner-0208.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Tina Turner 02.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>This little lady went from Marie Lawrie to Lulu.<br/><br/>\r\nTrips off the tongue, don't it?<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Lulu-0606.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Lulu 06.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Perhaps Georgios Panayiotou was afraid of being nicknamed Georgie Pantaloons.<br/><br/>\r\nHe changed to the Watford version of his name, George Michael.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/George-Michael-0408.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"George Michael 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Diana Ross is slightly less regal than her real name of Diane Earle, but has a whole lot more feist and razzle dazzle.<\/p>","url":"2008/4/29/Diana-Ross-0408.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Diana Ross 04.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Take a bow, David Bowie.<br/><br/>\r\nYep, it's certainly more showbiz than David Robert Jones.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/David-Bowie-0407.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"David Bowie 04.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>We're not sure how cool the name Cliff Richard is, but we're darned sure it's a whole lot better than his original, Harry Webb.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/13/Cliff-Richard-0205.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Cliff Richard 02.05"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Janet Street Porter don't take no BS.<br/><br/>\r\nWe wonder why she didn't return to her original surname of Bull after divorcing Mr Street-Porter, in that case?<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Janet-Street-Porter-0607.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Janet Street-Porter 06.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>The famous 1970s model Lesley Hornby was re-named Twiggy for her stick-thin figure.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Twiggy-0208.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Twiggy 02.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Vin Diesel is far cooler than Mark Vincent.<br/><br/>\r\nIt's all about the cool factor.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Vin-Diesel-0607.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Vin Diesel 06.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Who would have thought that little Brian Warner would become the strangely dressed goth rocker, Marilyn Manson?<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Marilyn-Manson-0606.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":" Marilyn Manson 06.06"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Why Meat Loaf, Marvin Aday?<br/><br/>Why not lamb shanks or nut cutlets?<\/p>","url":"2008/3/13/Meatloaf-0308-Social4.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Meatloaf 03.08 Social4"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Goldie Hawn kept the first name, but ditched Studlendgehawn.<br/><br/>\r\nNot hard to understand why.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Goldie-Hawn-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Goldie Hawn 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Paul Hewson didn't like having two names, so he opted for the simple, one-worded Bono.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/6/Bono-0508.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Bono 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>George O'Dowd sounds like a stage name in itself, but it just wasn't good enough for Boy George.<br/><br/>\r\nWho sometimes dresses like a girl. Ironic.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Boy-George-0608-1.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Boy George 06.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Maybe Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere decided that fans would be snoring before the end of her name.<br/><br/>\r\nAnd thus, she shortenend it to the quick-smart Cher. Perfect.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Cher-0208.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Cher 02.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Did Vincent Damon Furnier want to become a woman?<br/><br/>\r\nIf not, why chose the uber-feminine name Alice Cooper?<br/><br/>Oh, a little more rocker-style irony. Forgive us.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Alice-Cooper-0508.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Alice Cooper 05.08"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Thanks be that Reginald Dwight became Elton John.<br/><br/>\r\nJust imagine...<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Elton-John-1207.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Elton John 12.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Allen Konigsberg is a bit of a mouthful.<br/><br/>\r\nBut after a little mix around, this guy became Woody Allen. Much easier.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Woody-Allen-1207.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Woody Allen 12.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Coolio. Oh how we love that name.<br/><br/>\r\nWe've even incorporated it into our everyday vocabulary.<br/><br/>\r\nWe couldn't use Artis Leon Ivey Jr as a way of saying, \"OK, fine.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Coolio-0907.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Coolio 09.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Macy Gray won out over Natalie Renee McIntyre.<br/><br/>\r\nNot so long, but certainly more memorable.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Macy-Gray-0707.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Macy Gray 07.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>Here's Gangsta rapper Ice T.<br/><br/>Or Tracy Lauren Marrow, as he was born.<br/><br/>Not quite so down with the kids, we feel.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/13/Ice-T-1007.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Ice-T 10.07"},{"captionHeading":"What They're Really Called","caption":"<p>The Apprentice's Lucinda Ledgerwood was originally named Cindy Burger.<br/><br/>Somehow it doesn't ring as well with the whole red-beret appeal.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/12/Lucinda-Ledgerwood-0608-1.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Lucinda Ledgerwood"}];