Lousy names for fame

[South Florida]

It still takes me 30 seconds to remember Neil Patrick Harris' name.

[Mister Matt]

I find it has more to do with my age than the name of the celebrity.  The older I get, the more I'm like, "You know...that guy...in that movie...with the woman from that TV show we always watch?  We like the show, but hated the movie, but thought she was funny in it?  YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN!"

[South Florida]

True age matters, I think maybe it has something to do with people with three names, my mind is lazy.  I'm trying to think of the guy who played Gabe for a while, he's a big star, no idea.

[javero]

I struggle with 3 names period.  It's particularly challenging for me to remember the names of men who hyphenate their and their wives' last names these days like a few colleagues.  However, for some reason I have no problem recalling any mono-named z-lister.  I remember watching a Project Runway finale a few years ago and going "wow, there's Zendaya", long before she was known  worldwide as a fashion plate.  Brian D'Arcy James and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are two names that almost never stick with me but I still remember Vivica Fox billed as Vivica A. Fox.

[MichelleCraig]

Jason Robert Brown... I even had to just Google it to make sure I was getting it correct in this post.

[SweetLips]

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise etc sure got it right with their 'stage name'.

If I were heading into the entertainment industry I sure wouldn't use my difficult to say last name--I would want something easy to pronounce/remember and look great up in lights !