As if celebs didn’t get enough celebrity for their high-paid, high-profile day jobs, they’ve long been infecting the Net with their viral video presence. Often shamelessly self-orchestrated, and at best revealing a side of themselves and their talents you might not have seen otherwise — or simply crave more of.

Here’s a 10x dose of star-powered classics for your viral-viewing (and re-viewing) pleasure.

Note: the following clips have pervasive bad language and adult themes. Viewer discretion is advised!

10. Leonard Nimoy’s Top Ten List

In honor of J.J. Abrams’ recent Enterprise, here’s a pick worthy of a Trekkie’s viral list. Leonard Nimoy takes on a Letterman Top Ten.

9. I’m F**king Ben Affleck

Who’s what Ben Affleck? What better way for double-timed talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel to pay back Sarah Silverman for cheating with Matt Damon? Complete with a celebrity gospel choir and chock full of A-list cameos.

8. Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman

Where’s Joaquin? The bizarre Letterman interview with there-but-not-quite-all-there Joaquin Phoenix impersonating a grizzly Blues Brother. Nearly as entertaining as Ben Stiller‘s follow-up spoof at the 2009 Oscars.

7. Prop 8 – The Musical
Jesus is Black. Jack Black that is. And he and his famous friends have a few things to sing about Proposition 8, the California initiative to ban gay marriage.

6. Lazy Sunday
It’s so dorky it’s cool — “true dat — double true!”

5. Motherlover

Another in SNL‘s “in-a-box” gift series, and a truly from-the-heart (or actually, somewhere further south) treat for your mom, and a bro’s mom on Mother’s Day. Perhaps it’s time Timberlake stopped screwing around with screwball skits and dive into comedy full-time. (Of course, a lot of female Love Sexy fans might disagree.)

4. Batman Garage Sale
Batman goes bust – POW! The economy’s hit everyone hard, including Batman (The Adam West original, not the newer, Nolan-improved Dark Knight.)

3. Acting with James Franco
Who better to teach acting to web-schooled wannabes than James Franco, a man with Milk and the Spider-Man saga on his thespian resume? (And his brother Dave.)

2. Good Cop, Bad Cop
As hilarious as this and other Pearl exploits are (see an irate baby landlord), I can’t help envisioning the pint-sized star’s psychologically damaged future or her getting kicked out of kindergarten for threatening to smack the “b*tches” who took her blocks.

1. Natalie Raps
Natalie Portman can throw down. Her doll-like pixie prettiness is the perfect foil to her foul-mouthed, bad-mofo rap. Dishing dirt some fans want to be true — “When I was in Harvard, I smoked weed every dayeee …”

Honorable Mention

Drunk History vol. 2 – Was Ben Franklin a bad father?







Everyone’s a Critic – Talk about a Paul Rudd bromance!

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