Craziest Celebrity Name Changes

The eccentric Los Angeles Lakers forward has filed papers to the Los Angeles County Supreme Court to officially change his name to “Metta World Peace." “Metta” is a Buddhist term for the virtue of kindness, and Artest, who received the 2011 NBA citizenship award, may be trying to channel, in his own way, a more wholesome image. Still, this is also the basketball star who once admitted to downing halftime whiskey shots and thanked his psychiatrist after an NBA finals win.