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December 14, 2024

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Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne showed up in John Wick: Chapter 2 just because he said he loved the first movie. He told Keanu Reeves that one time they'd met up, — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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7th Heaven

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Probably Become Distorted in Your Brain Over Time Like a Mental Animorph

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The Mothman Prophecies

Really cool (but untrue) dialogue. THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES CRACKED.COM In 1966, over 100 Point Pleasant, West VA residents reported a 9-foot-tall, black, winged creature with glowing red eyes. In the 2002 film, when asked about his appearance, the Mothman says, depends who's looking. — LA Times / IMDB

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Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas (1656) is thought of as one of the first modern paintings because of how it challenged notions of viewer, artist, and subject. The artist is shown painting a portrait of a royal couple. The couple, however, can only be seen in the mirror on the far wall since they are outside of the painting standing where the viewer is. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Wild And Left-Field Works Of Art, Explained

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Scorpion

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps Scorpion from Mortal Kombat RED LANTERN CORPS This revenge-fueled ninja master was recruited out of Hell to participate in Mortal Kombat, to then realize that he was deceived. All this piles so much anger upon anger that Scorp would easily exchange his yellow gear for red armor. CRACKED.COM — More: Mortal Kombat Wiki
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Georges Seurat

CRACKED Georges Seurat's Young Woman Powdering Herself depicts his lover, Madeleine Knoblauch, painted using his pointillism technique. The odd-looking window was originally a mirror showing the artist himself, but he painted over it after a friend made fun of him. — Source

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The Inbetweeners

In an episode of The Inbetweeners, Will flips when the boys lose their front seats on a roller CRACKED COM coaster, calling the riders who took their

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Jon Hamm

JON HAMM SOMETIMES HAD TO BE SHAVED THREE TIMES A DAY ON THE SET OF MAD MEN. Apparently the man has a beard that won't quit, and on long shooting days

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G.I. Joe

CRACKED COM SPIRIT WAS A JUMBLE OF STEREOTYPES IN THE SHAPE OF AN ACTION FIGURE. Everything about G.I. Joe figure Spirit was a Native American stereotype, starting with his name: Charlie Iron-Knife. His card file described him as a tracker, a shaman, and a mystic warrior. Не also had an American eagle, because we know every Native American is issued one of those. — Source: These 18 Ill-Conceived Toys Are An Embarrassment To Humanity

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Angry Birds

AN ANGRY BIRDS LEVEL WAS DESIGNED BY A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD. A wiggly wall to bounce birds off, a treasure chest, and a box of TNT. -these are some items in the level design that young Ethan submitted in 2010 to Angry Birds publisher Rovio (with his mom's help). Rovio couldn't say no to such an adorable request, and included Ethan's level in an update. — Source: GameZebo

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Mark Zuckerberg

MARK ZUCKERBERG was defusing Social Network des Commentor Center CRACKED COM The BBC theorizes the cameo was a stab at deflecting attention from the unflattering movie. Zuck meets Lisa and Nelson at an entrepreneurial exhibition, admitting he dropped out of Harvard. I'll get the best kind of degree - honorary, baby. — BBC

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The Hulk

He won't need to be avenged. THE AVENGERS We're supposed to be on the edge of our seats when Tony falls back through the wormhole at the end of the mo — Source: Trailer

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Jennifer Hudson

JENNIFER HUDSON Nobody knew what to expect when the former American Idol contestant decided to dip her toes into the acting world with 2006's Dreamgirls. It turned out she could act just as well as she could sing- Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her debut performance. — Reuters & IMDb

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Anthony Hopkins

While preparing to film The Girl from Petrovka, Anthony Hopkins couldn't find a copy of the book anywhere. Then he found one abandoned on a bench. Some time later he met the author while filming, and it turned out that he had found the author's own lost copy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robin Williams

AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams wasn't the original actor for Mork The original actor quit, and Robin Williams was cast last-minute. He improv'd most of his character. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Owen Wilson

You're crazier than a road lizard. BEYOND COOL OR LAME, SIMPLY WEIRD OWEN WILSON CRACKED.COM Не says this line in a bunch of his movies, for reasons that are as mysterious to us as they are to you. — USA Today / Fox

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Kelly Osbourne

For her 30th birthday, Kelly Osbourne had two of her extracted wisdom teeth dipped in gold. The wisdom teeth, pre-dipping She kept one for herself and

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Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes CRACKED.COM Elwes's maternal grandparents were so against the idea of their daughter marrying penniless aristocrat Dominick Elwes that they instituted wardship pro- ceedings and took out a restraining order against him, forcing the couple to run all over the world to find someone to marry them. They finally succeed- ed in Cuba, but then Castro revolutioned every- where, which puts a real damper on a honeymoon, forcing them again to flee in a raft. Dominick was briefly arresting, but they stayed married for 10 years, shortly after which he intentionally over- dosed on barbiturates after refusing to participate — Wikipedia

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Pac-Man

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Probably Become Distorted in Your Brain Over Time Like a Mental Animorph — Source: 22 Wild Stats Wafting Through Everyday Life

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Fargo

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM FARGO (1996) A CAR SALESMAN'S PLAN TO RANSOM HIS WIFE FALLS APART, AND ONE (VERY PREGNANT) LOCAL COP UNRAVELS THE BLOODY MYSTERY. WHY IT WORKS: The brutality enacted by the two invading criminals is perfectly juxtaposed by the homey charm of Minnesota's snowsuit wearing community.

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Eminem

Eminem BRISK Curious what it'd be like to be murdered by Eminem in Halloween Town? Wonder no more!

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Celebrity Cameos

CRACKED.COM Awful Sitcom Tropes Celebrity cameos Remember the Matt Lauer cameo in the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt pilot? Yeah. Add to that Michelle Obama in iCarly, Donald Trump in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Quentin Tarantino in All American Girl, Bob Dylan in Dharma and Gregg, or Elon Musk in The Simpsons and Rick and Morty, and you'll agree that celebrity cameos in sitcoms can be highly obnoxious. — Complex, 20 Cameos And Appearances That Make Us Go 'Yikes' Today

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Where the Wild Things Are

The monsters in Where the Wild Things Are were supposed to be horses. The original title of the book was Where The Wild Horses Are, but Maurice Sendak couldn't draw horses to save his life. So the title was changed to Where the Wild Things Are, and Sendak could draw whatever weird monsters he liked. CRACKED.COM — 6 Shockingly Dumb Reasons People Invented Famous Characters

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Monty Python

The dead sheep that is flung at King Arthur at the Castle of Aarrgh is completely real. Monty Puthon AND THE HOLY GRAIL CRACKED.COM Filmmakers didn't have a stuffed one, so they used a dead sheep that the assistant director found by the side of the road on his way to production. — Source

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Twilight

TWILIGHT Mushroom Ravioli The Twilight movies caused a huge demand for mushroom ravioli, with the Bella Italia restaurant in Port Angeles, Washington selling more than 10,000 orders of it by 2011. At least one possibly good consequence of those movies. CRACKED — Summit Entertainment,
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Reese Witherspoon

When Reese Witherspoon got arrested, she asked the cop if he knew who she was. When her husband was arrested for drunk driving, she got out and asked Do you know my name? After making a scene, she got arrested too, for disorderly conduct. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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Scott Baio

SCOTT BAIO ERIN MORAN Cute as the younger relatives of Richie and the Fonz, less sO as post-adolescent first bananas. For God's sake, why cast them as — The Futon Critic

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Michael Bay

Directors and their beginnings Then vs. Now MILK Michael Bay Bay is known for booms, boobs, and brands, a refined style he honed directing music videos and ads. Не began working for Nike, Levi's, and the Got Milk? campaign. Plus, he directed the videos for Meat Loaf's classic I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), and Aerosmith's awesome Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees). CRACKED COM — IndieWire, CBR

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Lady Gaga

LADY GAGA Kaikaia gaga In addition to this well-adorned treehopper, Lady Gaga has a wasp, fern, and even an even-toed ungulate named after her. CRACKED.COM — Source: Illinois

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Aladdin

THE HIDDEN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST EASTER EGG IN ALADDIN. CRACKED.COM In a classic blink-and-youill-miss-it moment where the Sultan is building his stack of animal toys, the camera pans out and a Beast toy can be seen poking out from the left side of the toy tower. — Looper

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Scarlet Witch

Multiverse of Madness callbacks Scarlet Witch being comforted by her other universe counterpart was first seen with Vision helping Vision. WandaVision CRACKED.COM

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Yesterday

IT CAME FROM A DREAM YESTERDAY Paul McCartney was convinced he couldn't have written it. After waking up one day with a lovely tune in head, McCartney played it for all his friends, trying to figure out what it was. When none of them knew, he was forced to accept that it was whatever he wanted it to be, which turned out to be the most covered song ever. CRACKED — The Beatles/YouTube
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Alien

Alien CRACKED.COM How do you take a nightmare creature from the mind of H.R. Giger and make it even more terrifying? If you answered, make it move by crab-walking like a 4th grader on Field Day, you, like whoever filmed this scene, would be wrong. Never forget the #1 rule of horror: the scary thing shouldn't look dumb as $%#&. — Source: 21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)

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Ghostbusters

THE GHOSTBUSTERS THEME WAS THROWN TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE. With the film's release imminent and no theme they liked, they asked Ray Parker Jr. to give it a try. And they gave him a couple days for it. Не came up with the Who you gonna call? part a few hours before the deadline. The inspiration came from a TV ad for bug exterminators. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Amazingly Interesting Facts To Stick In Your Brain

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Australia’s Women’s Network

'Insulting, out of touch': Australians lambast government's phallic Women's Network logo

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Robert Downey Jr.

Beloved celebrities who used to be hated At one point, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. was really disliked because of his struggles with addiction and all the times he got arrested. But after he got out of jail, he totally changed the game with his amazing performances in Iron Man and other movies. CRACKED — ILya Soldatkin/Shutterstock
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Spirited Away

Spirited Away No, the Spirit World is not based on a Taiwanese town. sen Jiufen, Taiwan certainly looks quite a bit like the Spirit Realm - but despite persistent rumors, Miyazaki denies any connection, saying that he prefers to take inspiration from people and things around him. — Source: TVBS (via Google Translate)

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Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney hid his face and went to see Yesterday. Не watched from the back row, and tried not to laugh whenever he heard his name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — People

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Independence Day

Ingenious Ways Famous Movies Pulled Off Special Effects - The Independence Day scene where alien ships enter the atmosphere, — Source: Film School Rejects

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