Stars Fact publishes ages, heights, family details, career histories, net worth estimates and celebrity news. This page explains where those facts come from, how we handle the ones that can’t be pinned down, and what we refuse to publish. If something on our site looks wrong, the last section tells you how to get it fixed.
Where Our Facts Come From
Not all sources carry the same weight. We rank them and lean on the strongest one available for each fact.
| Source type | Examples | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| On-the-record statements | Interviews, the person’s own verified social accounts, memoirs | Strongest source for personal details the celebrity has chosen to share |
| Official bios | Studio, label, team, agency or publisher biographies | Reliable for career facts, credits and dates |
| Public records | Court filings, property records, corporate filings, published government data | Used to confirm facts, never to expose private information |
| Credible reporting | Established news outlets and trade publications with editorial standards | Used with attribution, and cross-checked where possible |
We don’t treat fan wikis, unsourced listicles or other celebrity fact sites as sources. They can point us toward something worth checking, but a fact only goes on our pages once we’ve traced it back to one of the source types above.
Ages and Birthdays
A birthday sounds simple until two respected outlets print different years. Some performers have shaved years off their age early in their careers, and some dates were simply copied wrong once and repeated everywhere after.
When a birth date is confirmed by the person themselves or by a public record, we state it plainly. When it rests on reporting alone, we say that. When credible sources disagree, we give the competing dates and explain which one we consider stronger and why.
Heights
Our height figures are reported figures. We have not measured anyone.
Heights come from interviews, agency and team listings, official bios and credible reporting. These numbers vary for ordinary reasons: shoes, posture, rounding, and the long industry habit of adding an inch here and there. An athlete’s listed height on a team roster is usually more dependable than an actor’s, because it tends to be recorded at an official measurement.
On every page we give the height in both feet and inches and in centimetres, and we say where the figure comes from. If sources conflict, we show the range rather than picking a number and pretending it’s settled.
Net Worth
Every net worth figure on Stars Fact is an estimate. We label it as one, and we explain what it’s based on.
Nobody outside a celebrity’s financial team knows their exact worth. Private bank accounts, investments and debts are not public. What we can do is build a reasoned estimate from information that is public, such as:
- Reported earnings from films, tours, albums, sports contracts and endorsement deals
- Property purchases and sales found in public records or credible reporting
- Business stakes and company valuations reported in trade or financial press
- Publicly disclosed contract figures and settlements
We then account for the money that never reaches the celebrity’s pocket: taxes, commissions for agents and managers, legal fees and the cost of running a career. That’s why our estimates are usually lower than the headline earnings you’ll see elsewhere.
Where it makes sense, we give a range instead of a single figure, and we note when the estimate was last reviewed. A figure that was reasonable two years ago may not be today.
Family, Relationships and Career
Family and relationship details come from what celebrities and their families have said publicly, from public records such as marriage or divorce filings that have already been reported, and from credible reporting. We don’t treat a photo of two people at dinner as proof of a relationship.
Career facts, including credits, awards, signings and releases, are checked against official bios, industry databases maintained by trade bodies, and reporting from established trade publications.
When Sources Disagree
We’d rather tell you a fact is disputed than give you false certainty. When reliable sources conflict, we:
- Show the competing figures or claims
- Say which sources support each one
- Explain which version we consider stronger, and why
- Update the page if new, better evidence turns up
How We Report Celebrity News
Celebrity news moves fast and a lot of it is rumor. We keep three categories clearly separate in our coverage:
- Confirmed: stated on the record by the person, their representative, or an official body such as a studio, label, team or court.
- Reported: published by an established outlet with a track record of accuracy, even though it hasn’t been confirmed. We name the outlet.
- Rumored: coming from anonymous accounts, social media chatter or sources with a mixed record. If we cover a rumor at all, we say exactly that and explain how reliable the source has been in the past.
Headlines on our news stories follow the same rule. A rumor will not be written up as fact.
We never try to identify anonymous sources or speculate about who is behind an account. We report what was said and how much weight it deserves.
What We Won’t Publish
Some information is off the table, no matter how easy it is to find or how many other sites run it:
- Private addresses. We don’t publish home addresses or anything that would let someone locate a celebrity’s home. Reporting that someone bought a property in a city is different from printing the street.
- Details about celebrities’ children beyond what the family has made public themselves. If parents haven’t shared a child’s name, photos or school, neither will we.
- Speculation about health. We report health news only when the person or their representative has shared it. We don’t guess at diagnoses based on photos, weight changes or absences.
- Leaked or stolen private material, including private messages, photos or documents. If a leak becomes news, we report on the fact of it and the response, never the contents of private material.
Keeping Pages Current
Celebrity facts change. People marry, divorce, sign new deals and sell houses. We revisit pages when there’s news that affects them and show when a page was last updated, so you can judge how fresh the information is.
Corrections
We will get things wrong sometimes, and we want to know when we do.
If you spot an error, contact us through the site’s contact page. Tell us which page and which fact, and if you can, point us to a source that shows the correct information. Representatives of the people we cover are welcome to get in touch too.
Here is what happens next:
- We review the claim against our sources and any new evidence you provide.
- If we were wrong, we fix the page.
- For significant errors, such as a wrong birth date, a mistaken relationship status or a substantially inaccurate net worth estimate, we add a note on the page saying what was corrected.
- Minor fixes like typos and formatting are made without a note.
We don’t quietly change facts to make a mistake disappear. If a correction matters to readers, they’ll see it.
Our Approach in Short
Stars Fact is a new, independent site. We’d rather publish fewer facts that hold up than fill pages with numbers we can’t stand behind. When something is confirmed, we say so. When it’s an estimate, a reported figure or a rumor, we say that too.