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Our Favorite Stories About Weird and Extreme Celebrity Obsessions

In this week’s digest of stories from the Medium universe, celebrity stan culture gets a little out of control

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The first rule of being anointed The Internet’s Boyfriend is to always, always remain charmingly aloof. What, who, me? I never pay attention to what the kids are saying online these days! It’s a schtick Jeff Goldblum has mastered over his decades-long reign as an international sex symbol; for years, he’s humbly claimed to have no idea why young fans call him a “Zaddy.”

After film critic Wesley Morris described Goldblum’s performance in the first two Jurassic Park movies as “self-consciously hot,” writer pete decided to carry out a deeply thorough analysis of the actor’s most iconic scenes. Behold his rankings of Goldblum’s levels of sex-appeal that no shirt can contain.