Pranks on celebrities
Adam Levine was hit with a big surprise while greeting fans and signing autographs outside Jimmy Kimmel's studio in Hollywood on May 6, 2015. The Maroon 5 frontman was pelted with a huge bag of white powder. According to TMZ, the prankster was detained by security and arrested on battery charges.
Lindsay Lohan
Actress Lindsay Lohan is showered with gold glitter as she walks with her attorney Mark Heller, at Los Angeles Superior court, March 18, 2013.
Anna Wintour
Editor-in-chief of Vogue's U.S. edition, Anna Wintour, after she was hit with a pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended a Paris fashion show, Oct. 8, 2005.
PETA's vice president, Dan Mathews, said the pie - a vegetarian tofu tart - was retaliation for the magazine's decision to run fur ads while refusing to use PETA's anti-fur messages, though the animal rights group offered to pay the same fee.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates with a faceful of cream pie thrown at him as he arrived at a meeting with business and government leaders in Brussels, Feb. 4, 1998.
Police arrested two pranksters following the incident and said they were looking for a third.
Bradley Cooper
Actors Bradley Cooper, Mandy Patinkin and Michael Pena arrive at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium as Ukrainian reporter and prankster Vitalii Sediuk grabs Cooper's legs, Jan. 18, 2014.
Bradley Cooper
Ukrainian reporter and prankster Vitalii Sediuk grabs Cooper's legs, Jan. 18, 2014.
America Ferrrara
Vitalii Sediuk crawls under actress America Ferrrara's dress at the 67th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2014.
America Ferrrara
Vitalii Sediuk crawls under America Ferrrara's dress at the 67th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2014.
America Ferrrara
Ukrainian journalist Vitalii Sediuk is dragged away by minders after he tried to slip under America Ferrera's dress.
Tom Cruise
Surprise! Tom Cruise was squirted with a hidden water gun while giving an interview in 2005.
Taylor Swift
Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the "Best Female Video" award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian was flour-bombed by a member of PETA at a launch event in 2012.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is covered in flour during arrivals at the "True Reflection" Fragrance Launch at The London West Hollywood on March 22, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch photo bombs the group photo of musicians The Edge, Bono, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton of U2 as they arrive for the 86th annual Academy Awards held at Hollywood & Highland Center, March 2, 2014.
Jessica Alba
Actor Johnny Knoxville photobombs actress Jessica Alba at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, April 13, 2014.
Brad Pitt
Vitalii Sediuk is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre, May 28, 2014.
2Day FM Radio Hosts
Australian 2Day FM radio presenters Michael Christian and Mel Greig Michael Christian and Mel Greig joked about their successful hoax call to London's King Edward VII hospital in which they pretend to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to get private details about the condition of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, who was in hospital with pregnancy complications.
They duped nurse Jacintha Saldanha into revealing details of her condition and she has now been found dead. The controversial prank took a dark twist three days later with the death of Saldanha, a 46-year-old mother of two, who was duped by the DJs despite their Australian accents.