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From Ariana Grande to Emma Stone: Celebs Are Ditching Their Stage Names


In the latest installment of This Week We’ve Noticed, we break down the trend of stars ditching their stage names for their birth names

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Live NationAccording to Gail Saltz, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, a star’s decision to change their name can have deep meaning. early on in her career because there was already an “Emily Stone” in SAG-AFTRA — thanked a reporter who referred to her by her legal name, later explaining that she prefers to be called that. The actor, 73, recently revealed that he hopes to revert to his birth name, Michael John Douglas, after opting not to use it in Hollywood for almost 50 years.

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