Overview
Our fascination with celebrities and their private lives is a phenomenon that often beggars belief. Nothing short of President Obama ordering an invasion of Canada would have pushed Tom Cruise's latest divorce from the front pages, and the reality that there are multiple websites dedicated entirely to Angelina Jolie's tattoos does at times make us worry. But for better or worse, we remain transfixed, often more for the mundanity and banality than for the glitz and glamour (although Rich Kids of Instagram specialises in all of the above).
So here are ten brilliant photographs of superstars taken by their superstar friends, proving that celebrities doing normal, even boring, things will never cease to entertain us.
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
Photographer: Sammy Davis Jr.
Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean and Patty Schemel
Photographer: Courtney Love
Kirsten Dunst
Photographer: Sofia Coppola
George Harrison
Photographer: Paul McCartney
Ian McKellen
Photographer: Andy Warhol
Keith Richards and Kenny Aaronson
Photographer: Mick Jagger
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
Photographer: Frank Sinatra
Bill Cosby
Photographer: Dennis Hopper
Neil Armstrong
Photographer: Buzz Aldrin
Peter O'Toole
Photographer: Sammy Davis Jr.