Bradley Cooper admitted that after the death of his father in 2011, his mother has been his roommate. "She's a cool chick," he told Details magazine. "We can hang. And she can roll with the punches. If that wasn't the case, there's no way." He brought his mom, Gloria Campano, to the 2013 Academy Awards, where he was nominated for best actor for Silver Linings Playbook.
Johnny Depp has his mom's name "Betty Sue" tattooed inside a heart on his left arm. In 2004, Depp brought both his mother Betty Sue Palmer (left) and girlfriend Vanessa Paradis to the Academy Awards.
Justin Bieber's mother Pattie Mallette launched her son's career by uploading videos of him singing R&B tracks to YouTube. Bieber tattooed the roman numerals IX, VII, and V on his arm which stand for 1975, the year his mother was born.
If it wasn't for Justin Timberlake's mother Lynn Harless there would might not have been N Sync. She penned the name of her son's successful boy band by rearranging the last letter of each of the member's first names to come up with the name.
Kanye West paid tribute to his late mother, Donda West, by writing the song, "Hey Mama" off his sophomore album Late Registration. Last year, he took to twitter to announce his new company Donda geared towards "making new products and experiences that people want and can afford." He stated he was looking for a diverse range of contributors including musicians, architects, producers and writers.
From the world premiere of Titanic to the Berlin International Film Festival, Leonardo DiCaprio's mother Irmelin DiCaprio has been his date for many of his flashy red carpet appearances.
Ryan Gosling recently decided to bring his mother, Donna, to the premiere of Gangster's Squad in Los Angeles. His current girlfriend, Eva Mendes, did not attend, but was there in spirit. "I'm wearing Eva Mendes," Donna told reporters on the red carpet. "She let me raid her closet."
Momma's boy Ryan Seacrest says that every time he makes a decision he always thinks about what his mother Connie Seacrest would say. In 2010 took his mother out to lunch for Valentine's day, only to be surprised by a kissing flash mob.
Shia LaBeouf loves his mother Shayna Saide so much he called her the sexiest woman he knows. In an interview with Playboy magazine, LaBeouf said, "I would be with my mother now, if she weren't my mother, as sick as that sounds."
When Tom Cruise auditioned for his first acting role in Taps, he said the moment he came home and saw his mother's face he knew he got the job. Cruise feels strongly about the importance of family. "I'd create different characters and ad-lib sketches to make my sisters and my mother feel better," said Cruise in an interview with Esquire.
Will Smith's mother Carolyn Smith, a former school administrator, always believed her son would become an analyst or computer engineer. Will grew up with his mother emphasizing the fact that education was the first priority.