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Sometimes, celebrity comes with a side of glitz, glamour and\u2026 innovation!\u00a0 We\u2019ve said it before, but ideas really do come from everywhere and from everyone!<\/p>\n
From the King of Pop to Catwoman, here\u2019s a host of celebrities who are bursting with talent and also with ideas:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Michael Jackson\u00a0 <\/strong> 3. Eddie Van Halen <\/strong> From the stage to the big screen, innovation doesn\u2019t only lie within mega-hit music artists.\u00a0 Here are a few on-screen heroes who had big-time ideas, too!<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Marlon Brando <\/strong> 6. Julie Newmar\u00a0 <\/strong> Sometimes, celebrity comes with a side of glitz, glamour and\u2026 innovation!\u00a0 We\u2019ve said it before, but ideas really do come from everywhere and from everyone! From the King of Pop to Catwoman, here\u2019s a host of celebrities who are bursting with talent and also with ideas: 1.\u00a0 Michael Jackson\u00a0 If the Shoe Fits, Wear it!\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,66],"tags":[115,94,116,102],"class_list":["post-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-invention","category-inventor-stories","tag-famous-inventors","tag-inventions","tag-inventor-story","tag-patenting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIf the Shoe Fits, Wear it!\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nSlip these on your feet and you\u2019ll be hooked\u2026 literally!\u00a0 To accompany his sleek dance moves and assist \u201cSmooth Criminal\u201d video directors, MJ designed these gravity-defying kicks that hooked into stage floors, allowing him and his dancers to pull-off seemingly superhuman moves!<\/p>\n![\"famous](\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/singer-image.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
2. Prince\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nThe Artist Formerly Known as Inventor<\/strong>
\nWhy should a member of music royalty that\u2019s done it all have to choose between his guitar and piano?\u00a0 Thanks to Prince\u2019s keytar, he doesn\u2019t!\u00a0 Like leg warmers and acid-washed jeans, the keytar was a product of the 80s.\u00a0 It was worn like a guitar, but played like a keyboard – and made a supposed 2007 European comeback!<\/p>\n
\nGo Ahead, Jump\u2026 <\/strong>
\nWith your guitar that is.\u00a0 Do-it-yourselfer Eddie Van Halen created a guitar support device that allowed him to maneuver his guitar like a keyboard, so he could use both hands!\u00a0 Leaving no stone unturned, Van Halen even included banjos and mandolins in his patent application!\u00a0 Eddie, we can\u2019t stop lovin YOUR creativity!<\/p>\n
\nThe Man, the Myth, the Inventor!<\/strong>
\nA man of many faces on the big screen, it turns out Marlon Brando could have also drummed his way into our hearts.\u00a0 The drummer in an Illinois band even had a little Henry Ford in him, patenting a way to make tuning drums more efficient and affordable!<\/p>\n![\"famous](\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/film-image.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
5. Jamie Lee Curtis\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nBringing a New Meaning to Triple-Threat<\/strong>
\nAcclaimed actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis added inventor to her growing list of talents in 1988 when she patented an innovative infant diaper design.\u00a0 Curtis\u2019 diaper design included an outside pocket, perfect for stashing baby wipes.\u00a0 Okay, Supermom!<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHoly Innovator, Batman!\u201d<\/strong>
\nThis 1960\u2019s Catwoman just said \u201cno\u201d to her skintight cat-suit!\u00a0 Instead, she made an improvement to the newly invented pantyhose.\u00a0 Newmar improved the design, creating a more sheer option that women wear to this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"