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APPlicable: The Celebrity Apps Edition

What do Sam Jackson, Kevin Smith, Lady Gaga and Chuck Norris all have in common? They've all got iPhone apps.


Kevin Smith iPhone App
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What do Sam Jackson, Kevin Smith, Lady Gaga and Hammer all have in common? Aside from being four people who have never been in my kitchen (that's right, I just made a Cheers reference), they are four celebrities with their own iPhone Apps, and they're not the only ones either. Check out our picks for some of the best celebrities with their own iPhone Apps, and you decide whether or not you're a big enough fan to walk around with The Hoff on your phone...

Sam Jackson - iSamJackson
A modern-day King of Cool, Sam Jackson is undeniably a bad mother... well, you know how the rest goes. And if you don't, iSamJackson will tell you. While the app boils down to a glorified soundboard with a thumbprint scanner, it's still a soundboard of Sam Jackson. Remember how good he was in Snakes on a Plane? That's right -- so good that you must honor that performance by picking up this app. $0.99 for Explicit; $0.99 for Clean

Lady Gaga - Be Like Lady Gaga and Haus of Gaga
If Sam Jackson is the King of Cool, Lady Gaga must be the Queen of... well she sure is something right? Her label-supported Haus of Gaga app will keep you updated on the happenings in her world (which I'm almost certain is actually a different planet) and allow you to go gaga with other Gaga fans via an in-app chat. If that's not enough for you, Interscope will gladly take another $1.99 from you for their Be Like Lady Gaga photo-editing app, which allows you to decorate all your photos with some of Ms. Germanotta's best accessories. Be Like Lady Gaga $1.99; Haus of Gaga (Free)

Kevin Smith - Kevin Smith
New Jersey's finest (and fattest, according to Southwest Airlines) film director is always at the forefront of technological advances, at least the ones that he can make money off of. Fans of the Cop Out director can stay up-to-date with a Twitter feed straight from the outspoken Silent Bob himself, as well as get a steady stream of candid photos that are only available on the iPhone. Oh, and did I mention there's a digitized action figure that talks? That's right -- and that alone makes it better than the whole View Askew line of inaction figures that don't do a damn thing. $0.99

Chuck Norris - Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain!

Not many celebrities get their own apps, and even fewer get their own games. Chuck Norris got both. Chuck Norris: Bring The Pain puts you in the role of one of the most revered celebrities to ever have hyperbolic jokes written about them. In Bring the Pain, he tears his way through a side-scrolling beat-em-up because, really, what else would you expect from Chuck Norris except for a game about kicking people in the face? Little known fact: Chuck Norris' beard owns a controlling interest in Apple, and it can kick Steve Jobs' ass. $0.99

David Hasselhoff - Ask the Hoff
There is no better way to solve your problems than by asking David Hasselhoff. Why? Because he knows everything. Like a talking Magic Eightball, Ask The Hoff serves as your iPhone's guide to life. Don't know which shoes to wear today? Just ask the Hoff. Don't know where to eat? Ask the Hoff. Don't know whether or not to eat a hamburger, while laying on the floor topless and intoxicated on camera? Ask the Hoff. My guess is that he has some really solid advice about the last one. $.099

And a bonus -- here are five extra celebrity soundboards:

* Rocky (Sylvester Stallone)

* Army of Darkness Soundboard (Bruce Campbell)

* Lil Jon: The Official Soundboard

* Snoop Dogg

* Arnold Schwarzenegger

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