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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness

October 19, 2024

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Sarah Silverman

e.be US Celebrity Stoners Sarah Silverman was the first celebrity Seth Rogen smoked pot with. Rogen apparently shared with Silverman at a party, but she doesn't remember it happening. Must have been a good party. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Celebrity Items Sold in Auctions A Jar of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Breath The jar closed at $15,099 in an eBay auction in 2005. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Millie Bobby Brown

Celebrity tattoos 011 Millie Bobby Brown has a 011 tattoo, after her Stranger Things character CRACKED.COM — J-14

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Pope Benedict XVI

Celebrity Colognes and Perfumes BENEDICT by Pope Benedict XVI and Silvana Casoli During his reign at the Vatican, Pope Benedict approached the famed celebrity perfume-maker for a custom scent. Holiness apparently smells like lime tree, verbena, and grass. CRACKED.COM — Source: ABC News

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Jay J. Armes, the Handless Celebrity Detective

CRACKED.COM CRIME UNIT CELEBS & Pls JAY J. ARMES Losing both hands as a child didn't stop Armes from turning into a celebrity sleuth. Не became a big name in Hollywood after rescuing Marlon Brando's son from kidnappers. — More: 4 Ridiculous Lies ... From People With Even More Ridiculous Lives

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Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher

Surprising Celebrity Couples Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher Han Solo and Princess Leia had an affair. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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Celebrity Items Sold in Auctions Elvis' Stained Underwear Sold for $8,000 in a 2012 memorabilia auction. Gibson CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gordon Ramsay

CORDON RAMSAY Ramsay takes to Tik Tok to do what he does on other media outlets: Rip on non-celebrity chefs for the poor quality of their non- celebrity food. CRACKED.COM — AV Club, TikTok

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Um, cool... thanks, man.

celebrity Hobbies M ON STUPVES David Arquette little CERDO restarch loves to knit. Alv Edular The Scream star and occasional pro wrestler learned to knit from his grandmother.. He's so good that he graves the cover of Celebrity Scarves 2, a knitting book that raises money for breast cancer research. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Most celebrity Instagram accounts are just albums of event pics, glamorous selfies, and feelgood memes. DO NOT DISTURB HEAVY FARTING IN PROGRESS C But — Link: January Jones's Instagram Account

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If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM — Source

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When a show re-casts a major character ... Not the Original Cast Original Cast it's time to find a new show.

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Detective Mills got a cast because Brad Pitt ran into a car. SE7EN CRACKED.COM While filming that rainy chase scene, Pitt hit a car's hood wrong, broke the windshield, and sliced up his hand. Не required a cast while his severed tendon healed, so Pitt's cast became Mills' cast. — Source

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Um, Um, Raymond is a pretty bad option.

CRACKED EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND Before landing on the Love, alternative titles were That Raymond Guy, Lucky Raymond, Nice Going, Raymond, and Um, Raymond. — Tampa Bay / Salon

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness

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What We Do In the Shadows

July on hulu July 13 What we DO In the shadows season 4 Much of the show is shot at night and takes long hours, with cast members taking naps on couches (as coffins are the only alternative). CRACKED.COM — Source: New York Times

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BEN HUR Choa In this alternative ending, Judah and Messala reconcile and drive away in a chariot.. er moped. — Source: Worldation

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness — Source: YouTube

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Alternative 3

Mockumentaries Alternative 3 This British mockumentary about a secret mission to colonize Mars and the Moon featured somewhat known actors, but people still fell for it. The reason: it came out in June 1977, when it was originally supposed to air on April Fool's Day. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Wikipedia, Movieclips/YouTube, MovieClips/YouTube

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Mars Attacks is secretly Christmas-themed. PROP DAY The skeletons are bright green or bright red because the movie was scheduled to be released for Christmas. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness

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Hollywood tragedies that brought change Rust Prop gun misfire After the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins due to Alec Baldwin firing a prop gun, the industry made changes to safety rules. This includes having an armorer on set when actors are given weapons, and giving the crew a list of terms used by armorers. CRACKED — Source

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Gimli and Glóin

Tolkien Movies Glóin and Gimli use the same axe prop. Which means that Gimli inherited his dad's axe. CRACKED.COM — Yahoo Entertainment

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Marty McFly's Hooverboard went for $500,000 The prop from Back to the Future // was signed by Michael J. Fox and significantly outsold the estimated $80,000 to $100,000. CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian Magazine

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Magnet Fished Out of Society’s Collective Consciousness

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CRACKEDcO THE NOSTROMO SPENT TWO DECADES IN A GUY'S DRIVEWAY. After Alien came out, prop collector Bob Burns asked 20th Century Fox for permission to

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ONE OF THOR'S HAMMERS WEIGHED 80 POUNDS. Prop master Russell Bobbitt said having one that was too heavy for the actors to lift added authenticity aND

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CRACKED.COM Visitors to Chippewa Square in Savannah, GA, are often disappointed to discover that the famous bench from Forrest Gump was just a prop ma

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ROSA SALAZAR'S ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL STUNT DOUBLE... THEKLA-HUTAROVA.. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES/TV SHOWS: Deadpool 2, Logan, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. FAVORITE-PROJI Alita: Battle Angel! I got to be one of the doubles and it's just such a great story and message (she's a little badass!) and I relate to the main character a lot. I have a big poster of the movie in my apartment and I am very proud to have been a part of the movie. CRACKED.COM — HypeBae

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Behind-The-Scenes Accidents 1989 Back to the Future Part II The hoverboard stunt where Griff's gang flies through the front window of the clock tower was poorly planned, but the stunt crew's concerns were ignored. The result? A stunt woman dropped 30 feet onto concrete, breaking her face and right arm, and had to go through five reconstructive surgeries. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts Yakima Canutt pioneered the industry Instrumental in modern day stunt techniques, he developed horse falls, wagon wrecks, and screen combat over four decades. Не received an honorary Oscar in 1966 for his stunt work, and for developing safety devices that revolutionized the profession. CRACKED — Source

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Angelina Jolie would boldly go where her stunt double hadn’t gone before.

Stunts are no problem for Angelina Jolie. CH A W On the set of Lara Croft, her stunt double refused to do a stunt, so Jolie simply said, No problem, and took a week to master the stunt. She said, Either I don't scare easy or when I'm working I'm in a different headspace. CRACKED — Source

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Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain pranked James McAvoy once. It was on the Dark Phoenix set - when he was suspended on wires for a stunt, they played the Macarena and had the stunt guys puppeteer him to the beat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Blackface is still a thing in the movie stunt industry. It would be unthinkable today for a male actor to put on a wig to portray a woman, or for a white person to play a black person in blackface - but it happens among stunt performers. Both wigging and 'painting down have been fought for decades, but are still common. — More: Movie Stunt Industry Has A Dangerous Lack Of Diversity

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CRACKED.COM JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S DARK PHOENIX STUNT DOUBLE... CARLETON. JANENE OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES: Total Recall, Salt, Deadpool ON BEING A STUNTWOMAN: We're doing stuff in heels, and In skirts where you can't wear knee pads. Guys are in big coats, and wearing football pads underneath. We get thrown around in skinny jeans. We can't hide anything, and almost never get to wear pads. — GQ

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ALICIA VIKANDER'S TOMB RAIDER STUNT DOUBLE... FLEUR-VAN EEDEN. SCARIEST STUNT: I was doubling on a Bollywood movie shot on a moving train in Swakopmund (Namibia). Dressed as a ninja, I had to do fight scenes on a train going 60kms/ hr and then jump onto a horse. I was emotional afterwards. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES/TV SHOWS: Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Sails, Claire Danes' stunt double in Homeland. CRACKED.COM — Wesgro

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Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double broke his neck on the last Harry Potter movie. During rehearsals for a flying scene, David Holmes did a jerk back stunt, which broke his neck and left him paralyzed from the chest down. CRACKED.COM — Source: Deadline

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ALAN RICKMAN WAS TALKED INTO DOING HIS OWN 20-FOOT DROP STUNT Even stunt performers don't like to fall backwards. CRACKED — Source: Thrillist

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