Adopt-a-Celeb! 

Here's the deal:

Eden and I once found an "adopt-a-celeb" site but it closed down  without warning. So she started her own, which I thought was a wonderful idea. She didn't have time to maintain it any longer, so she's turned it over to me. Many thanks to Eden for her hard work on this and her trust in me to not mess it all up when her back is turned.

How do I adopt my own celebrity?

Pick 1 to 4 celebrities you want to adopt for your site, blog, whatever. Please limit yourself to four to allow others a chance to adopt their favorites. 

Feel free to choose anyone. You can adopt any figure in history, any celeb living or dead, and any from foreign countries or your local area. You can also adopt fictional characters, cartoon or anime characters or Super Heroes. Use your imagination! You can not adopt GROUPS - no bands, no organizations, no collectives - you must list each celebrity individually. (For example, you can NOT say, "I want to adopt the cast of Friends." You CAN say, "I want to adopt Jennifer Aniston.")

I require that your chosen celebrity be web-findable. That's going to be my proof that this is a celebrity. I want to be able to look up your celeb online. Tell me where I can find them in the email. If you are adopting someone from a band or group, you can tell me what group they're part of so I can look them up. If it's a fictional or cartoon character, it will probably have a fan base online I can look up. If I can not look up your celeb, I might not allow it.

Do not request a celeb who's taken unless you are certain that the adopter does not have an active link back here. If there is a link to Eden's or my old page, please state that. I will contact the owner and ask them to change their links. If they do not do so, I'll grant you the celeb instead.

Check the list first! Tell me that the link is inactive in your request. If a celeb is taken and has a reciprocal link you will piss me off and will have your request deleted without a reply. Mentioning, "Hey, So-and-so doesn't have a link to you. Can I have this celeb?" helps your cause enormously.

Use this form or e-mail me with the name of the celeb -- spelled correctly! Include your name and your URL. If you want a different URL for each celeb, please say which URL goes with what celeb so we can link to you accordingly. 

You must have a valid URL included in your request - you can't link back here unless you have a site or blog to put my link up on. If your request comes in and has either no URL or one that doesn't work, it will be deleted without reply. Also, if your email bounces when I accept your application, your application will be deleted. Your email should say Adopt-A-Celeb in the subject line so it's not deleted as spam!

Special note for Deviant Art and other forum users: You can put your link in your signature! Signature links are an approved way to link back to this page. Please state this in your application. You can also put links in your profile pages. If you have a password or 'join' to view site, send a screenshot.

Link to this page so others can adopt a celeb. If you don't have a link and someone wants your celebrity, the new person will get your celeb!

How do you link back here?

The URL to link back is: http://fifthhouse.net/adoptaceleb.htm 

To link back here, you could:

• find a picture of your celeb and link back

• use text, like "I've adopted ___"

• link back in your signature tag

• use one of our buttons

• put a link back in your signature tag

Have PSP? Try Fifth House's tutorial for making a mini-plaque!

You need to host the button yourself, not direct-link here!

Click on some of the links listed below to see how others have announced their adoptions.

I'll add your chosen celebrity name and link your site's URL as the "adopter" of said celebrity.

I update the site about once a month. I will  reply and let you know that I have approved your choices, or what was wrong with them. Please don't e-mail me two days later and say "where's my link?" because it irks me.

Once a year I go through and test all the hyperlinks. Your hyperlink (your site) must be valid (working) and you MUST have a link back to this page. If I can find no link back here and do not see your celeb on your page, your name will be removed. If you feel this was in error, please contact me and let me know you still own that celeb and you want to link back properly. If I can not view your site due to passwords, protection, or 'joining', I will ask for a screen shot of your link. Failure to answer an email asking for proof of link will result in you losing your celeb.

We had 48 celebrities adopted in our first year, which began Halloween 2003. After Eden's two picks, the first "adoptee" was my own Harrison Ford and on our first anniversary, someone adopted Justin Guarini. Our 100th adopted celeb was Jon Stewart, claimed on 01-29-05. Our 300th adopted celeb was Marlene Dietrich, claimed 10-22-05. Our 400th adopted celeb was James Spader, claimed 4-08-06. Our 500th adopted celeb was Frank Sinatra, claimed March 24, 2007.

On with the fun! Already-adopted celebrities are listed alphabetically by their last names. If you don't see a name here, that person is available for adoption! If you ask to adopt a celeb that is already taken and that person has an active link, don't request the celeb! If the link doesn't work or you see that the adopter doesn't have a reciprocal link, please say so in your e-mail.

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Last updated: 10/02/2010