7 Celebrities Who Turned to Fans to Fund Their Dreams

Neil Young's PonoMusic project, which still has 32 days to go, is bringing high-fidelity music to listeners with an end-to-end ecosystem that begins with the PonoMusic stores and ends with a PonoPlayer.

There's a digital filter which removes unnatural pre-ringing, feedback, and echoes.

Reserve a standard black PonoPlayer for $300, or grab a $400 chrome Artist Signature series featuring artists like Willie Nelson, James Taylor, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Beck, and more.

The surprise project that started it all . . . the Veronica Mars Movie opened Hollywood's eyes to what was possible on Kickstarter. Marshmallows collectivized to raise over $5.7 million for the movie.

The movie premieres tomorrow, March 14! The students of Neptune High reunited at South by Southwest, and our entertainment editors got to catch up with them.

Just in case you didn't know, Shaq is literally the world's biggest geek. His crowded-funded project Shaq Fu is actually being raised on Indiegogo.

Big Deez Productions is the studio behind the new video game, in which you play as Shaq with a variety of fighting styles and the ability to create your own discipline. Get a copy of the PC game by forking over $15 to the project. Five percent of the profits will go to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America! Shaq's project still has a long way to go, but there's a little over 30 days left to reach the $90K goal.

Not all celeb Kickstarters go according to plan. Girls star Zosia Mamet and her sister Clara tried to raise funds for their band, The Cabin Sisters. Their goal? A music video for "Bleak Love." Their asking price? $32K.

It was an ambitious amount, of which they raised only $2,783. You can still support the sister act by giving their song a listen.

Zach Braff, star and writer of Garden State, and his brother collaborated on a script called Wish I Was Here, which is about the story of Aidan Bloom, an actor, father, and husband who fantasizes about becoming a space knight in his spare time.

Like Garden State, Zach is trying to do this film without a distributor or financier, so he can take it to final cut without any outside edits. The film is intended to debut at Sunday Film Festival.

The project surpassed its $2 million goal in May 2013, with a total of $3.1 million raised.