Stars + Toys: How does your favorite star play?

by Rana Schenke | 10 Aug 2021

The Bloom Report

Stars — they’re just like us! As in, they love toys, too! Read on to learn about celebrities’ favorite toys and games, their toy collections, and even who still plays with toys and games today.

 

Celebrities’ favorite childhood toys:

Image: Business Insider

 

John Travolta: toy airplane (now he flies real ones!)

 

Zooey Deschanel: Super Nintendo, Zelda game

 

Cedric the Entertainer: GI Joe

 

Hayley Hasselhoff: Easy Bake Oven

 

Carrie Underwood: stuffed teddy bear and lion, which she still takes on tour

 

Lindsay Lohan: Glo Worm

 

Angelina Jolie: Cabbage Patch Kids

 

James Franco: Lite Brite

 

George Takei: My Little Pony

 

Pauly D: Big Wheel Trike

 

Ryan Seacrest: Super Soaker

 

Shaun White: skateboard

 

Mark Zuckerberg: Rubik’s Cube

 

Jessica Simpson: Play-Doh

 

Will Arnett: LEGO

 

Celebrities who collect:

 

Dolls:

Image: Trixie Mattel, YouTube

 

Trixie Mattel: Barbie

 

Johnny Depp: Barbie

 

Demi Moore: antique porcelain dolls

 

Emma Roberts: Blythe dolls

 

Paris Hilton: Barbie

 

Miley Cyrus: celebrity dolls

 

Marie Osmond: dolls

 

 

Action Figures:

Image: Rolling Stone, YouTube

 

Rick Springfield: vintage Kenner Star Wars figures

 

Leonardo DiCaprio: action figures (mostly Star Wars and He-Man)

 

Matt Cardona: action figures

 

Christian Slater: Star Wars toys

 

Robin Williams: toy figures (robots, D&D figures)

 

Mike Tyson: X-Men figures

 

Mila Kunis: Star Wars figures from the ‘60s and ‘70s

 

Model trains:

Image via Walt Disney Archives Photo Library

 

Walt Disney

 

Rod Stewart

 

Neil Young

 

Frank Sinatra

 

Elton John

 

 

Other:

Image: Kirk Hammett and his sons with his horror collection, Collectors Weekly

 

Kirk Hammett: horror toys and memorabilia

 

Rosie O’Donnell: McDonald’s toys

 

Quentin Tarantino: board games based on pop culture (favorites: Dukes of Hazzard and Dawn of the Dead)

 

Lou Ferrigno: Beanie Babies

 

Rodrigo Blankenship: LEGO

 

Celebrities who play with toys/games

Image: David Beckham building a LEGO set, Victoria Beckham (via The Sun)

 

David Beckham: LEGO

 

Ben Affleck: poker, chess, Dungeons & Dragons

 

Matt Damon: Dungeons & Dragons

 

Beyonce: Guess Who, Connect Four

 

Anna Kendrick: LEGO (picked it up while in quarantine)

 

Charlize Theron: Dominoes

 

Drew Barrymore: board games, dominoes

 

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: Dungeons & Dragons

 

JAY-Z: Connect 4

 

Daniel Radcliffe: LEGO (picked it up while in quarantine)

 

Jeff Bridges: Pass the Pigs

 

Jennifer Lopez: Dungeons & Dragons

 

Britney Spears: LEGO (her kids got her into it)

 

Matthew Perry: LEGO

 

Stephen Colbert: Dungeons & Dragons

 

Justin Timberlake: Scrabble, Cranium

 

Katy Perry: Taboo

 

Chris Pratt: LEGO

 

Judi Dench: Dungeons & Dragons

 

Hamish Blake: LEGO

 

Madonna: Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Chess

 

Nicole Kidman: Scrabble

 

Queen Elizabeth II: Scrabble

 

Will Smith: Chess

 

Terry Crews: LEGO

 

 

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