12 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Can Offer You in These Trying Times
Will Forte knows exactly when and how he’ll die.
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Mattel’s Wicked Doll Gave Record Traffic to a Porn Site
The official website of the new movie is WickedMovie.com, evidently because they couldn’t buy Wicked.com, which is a porn site. In a tremendous oversight, the packaging of Mattel’s tie-in line of dolls pointed users to the latter.
They Did Get Their Mac ‘n’ Cheese Right, Though
Walmart’s “Mystery Macaroni and Cheese” has cheese product that changes color to either pink or green.
‘Gladiator 2’ Cut Denzel Washington’s Gay Kiss
Washington says, “I kissed a guy full on the lips, and I guess they weren’t ready for that yet.”
Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Stop Buying Impossibly Weird Stuff for His Wife
Earlier this year, Zuckerberg commissioned a huge teal statue of his wife Priscilla. Now he purchased T-Pain’s time, and produced an acoustic version of “Get Low,” which was playing the night the two met in college.
Moo Deng Also Made a Pop Song
Famous Thai composer Mueanphet Ammara released a 50-second song ostensibly by Moo Deng, called “Moodeng Moodeng,” featuring the lyrics “Moo Deng Moo Deng, boing boing boing, Mommy Mommy.”
Matthew McConaughey Ran Off to the Jungle When He Got Famous
McConaughey was overwhelmed with the sheer amount of roles that suddenly opened up to him after A Time To Kill, so he “chucked on a backpack and went to Peru for three weeks just so I could hear myself think.”
The KKK Banned Barney When They Found Out the Actor Was Black
Barney actor David Joyner said he found out from an Esquire article that “the Klan had found out that the guy inside of the Barney costume was African American, so they banned their kids from ever watching Barney again.”
The Most Relatable Reason for Turning Down a Role
British actress Miriam Margolyes turned down a role in a Marvel movie because “I don’t like America, and I didn’t want to be in Georgia for four months.”
‘When Aubrey Plaza Asks You to Make Out, You Make the Heck Out’
Actor Jim O’Heir said that when the cast of Parks and Recreation appeared on Seth Meyers’ show, Plaza leaned over during a commercial break and said, “Do you want to make out during the credits?”
Lindsey Vonn Is Coming Out of Retirement
After getting a brand new knee at age 40, alpine ski racing legend Lindsey Vonn has announced she’s training to get back into competition.
Will Forte Said a Spirit Warned Him of His Untimely Demise
Forte says that he learned from a Ouija board when he was a kid that he would be stabbed to death at age 73, but on the bright side, “I’ve got 19 years left.”
The Most Expensive Lego Sets in the World
The top three are: a UNICEF van from 1985 ($10,500), 2024’s “The Vault Memory Lane” ($10,700) and a Spider-Man from Comic-Con 2013 ($17,300).