: Some celebrities lean into the "weird" as a form of artistic rebellion. Whether it's Steve Carell appearing in full prosthetics as Gru on The Ellen Show
If you wish to hunt for these treasures, do not go to Instagram. Go to the "Unpublished" sections of wire services. Search for "celebrity mid-blink." Search for "actor sneeze." Better yet, search for specific years: 2007 was a vintage year for weirdness. Weird Celebrity Pictures
You can also look for "Celebrity Grip Poses." You know the pose: when an actor is walking with a coffee in one hand and their keys in the other, but their fingers are splayed out like a jazz musician. That is the grip of a person who forgot they are famous and is just trying to get home to watch Law & Order . : Some celebrities lean into the "weird" as
Famous instances include Adam Levine losing half his torso in Vogue Russia or Priyanka Chopra’s smoothed-out armpits in Maxim . Search for "celebrity mid-blink
Perhaps the most iconic subset of weird celebrity pictures involves A-List actors clutching a hot cup of coffee as if it were the One Ring from Lord of the Rings . There is a specific photo of from 2006 that defies logic. He is wearing headphones, a shaggy beard, and a raincoat in July. He is holding a cup, but he isn't drinking it. He is holding it like a weapon, his knuckles white, staring at a parking meter with intense loathing. It is art.