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December 29, 2024

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40

Nicolas Cage

The Coen Brothers and their movies 5 Raising Arizona Nicolas Cage based his performance on Woody Woodpecker. The Coens' relationship with Cage was not smooth, but they did agree on the cartoon-like quality the film should have. So Cage drew inspiration from Woody Woodpecker, and even managed to mimic his hair, which gets messier and wilder throughout the movie. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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Jon Favreau

CRACKED.COM AVENO MARVEL STUDIO RO MORT by Quicken INFINITY NI THE D 2 20 S oz 2 celebrities who play D&D & 14 9 14 DE 9 - Jon Favreau 2 20 Z 20 : 8 DI г 14 Favreau was a big geek in high school, 2 10 20 8 2 20 د. 2 8 playing as a halfling with his friends. 16 Не credits D&D with helping his improv training and developing movies for Marvel and Disney. — Source

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28 Days Later

Essential Zombie Movies 28 DAYS LATER Danny Boyle wanted to insert social commentary. His goal with the Rage virus was to comment on the way society does little to confront the spread of anger and violence. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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McDonald’s

If you ask Ronald McDonald where burgers come from, he says they're grown. According to a former Ronald McDonald, the story for kids was that hamburgers grow in a patch and then they just get plucked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Mashed

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Thor: The Dark World

Chris Hemsworth's wife stood in for Natalie Portman in Thor: The Dark World. CRACKED.COM When asked to choose from a lineup of women to take Portman's place after she couldn't make the final kiss reshoot, Hemsworth instead brought in his wife, who wore Natalie's clothes and wig. — Source

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Sean Penn

Sean Penn wanted to name his son after his favorite food, which is steak. That's special even by celebrity baby name standards, and the mother (Robin Wright) totally nixed the idea and named the kid Hopper. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com

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Wayne’s World

WAYNE'S WORLD Wayne and Garth are music and stoner loser layabouts. But talented ones! When Dana Carvey's Garth plays a rocking drum solo, that actually is Carvey playing the drums. Не did a solo on SNL in character as well. — Source: Screen Rant

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Lil Nas X

SHOE STORIES CRACKED.COM LIL NAS X WAS SUED BY NIKE FOR HELPING RESELL THEIR SHOES AS SATAN SHOES WITH ADDED DROPS OF HUMAN BLOOD. 17666 NIKE PREVIOUSLY PUT OUT A CONVERSE WITH A PENTAGRAM, WHICH SOME CHRISTIAN GROUPS CALLED SATANIC. — Source

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Goodfellas

Doctors tried to treat fake wounds from a Goodfellas actor. CRACKED.COM While filming his death in 'Goodfellas,' Michael Im- perioli cut his hand on a glass and was taken to the ER where the doctors rushed to treat his fake bullet wounds. — CenterStage / Wikipedia

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The Exorcist

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The Exorcist is the first horror movie to be nominated for Best Picture. CRACKED.com It received 10 oscar nominations in 1974, including Best Supporting Actress for the 15 year old Linda Blair. It lost Best Picture to The Sting, a movie you didn't know existed until now. — Source: 14 Behind The Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

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Disney

Movie theaters dread working with Disney. Disney exercises a crazy amount of control, down to projector specifications. They don't release the key for the movie until five minutes before the first showing, which doesn't allow for any troubleshooting. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jesse James

Hollywood tragedies that brought change Jesse James A horse plunging to its doom In 1939, the American Humane Association was asked to come to Hollywood after a blindfolded horse died falling down a 70-foot cliff for the movie Jesse James. They've since been credited with drastically reducing animal cruelty in movies. CRACKED — 20th Century Studios
Los Angeles Times

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The X-Files

Scully gets brain cancer in The X-Files. This uncharacteristically grounded plot was foreshadowed earlier. A nutjob who lobotomized women to free howlers from their brains kidnapped Scully. Не points out where her howler is, and it's where the tumor later appears. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Movie And TV Brilliant Foreshadowing Moments (That Get Missed)

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The Conjuring 2

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2016 THE CONJURING 2 Director James Wan talked about self-moving curtains: None of the doors were opened ... They just moved on their own. And I just watched the video Patrick showed me and this person who was filming just walked right up to the curtain ... and there's no one there swaying it, and there's no wind in the room. CRACKED.COM — Source

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OK Computer

OK Computer got its name from a random Hitchhiker's Guide line. RADIOHEAD Lost Child Lost Chile, x The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy contains the line OK, computer, I want full manual control now, and Thom Yorke just used the first two words. The whole album is really f*****g geeky. I was kind of a geek when I was a kid, unashamedly so, NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Movies, Science, And History Now-You-Know Fascinating Facts

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The Suicide Squad

Guardians of the Galaxy actress Pom Klementieff cameos in The Suicide Squad. Klementieff (AKA Mantis) is the main dancer, wearing a red wig, at the seedy bar in Corto Maltese where Bloodsport takes his team. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

24

The Office

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Jim Carrey in The Office Universe SUITE RUBEN'S WOOD ELEC. CONT. 100 G W.B. JONES CRESS HEATING & AIR 110 T AVAILABLE E G PHYLL 1400 120 DUNDER MIFFLIN INC. 200 VANCE REFRIGERATION 210 THE SCHRUTE BUILDING UNDER NEW The Office MANAGEMENT Michael loves Jim Carrey as is mentioned in several episodes, including Back from Vacation and New Boss. Yet no one recognized him when Jim Carrey shows up in Search Committee. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

23

Metal Man

Awful Knock-Offs (2008) Metal Man Yes, Iron Man ushered in the modern superhero genre, but did you know Metal Man ushered in our current mockbuster golden age? Huh? OK, that is possibly not true, but we just want to make Metal Man popular and see civilization driven to madness. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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Jim Carrey

That was Jim Carrey's real chipped tooth in Dumb and Dumber. It got chipped in grade school, and he had a cap put on it he just took it off for the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

21

Elf

23 Son Of A Nutcracker Facts About The Christmas Classic Elf - The book used in the opening title sequence was 25 inches high and weighed 70 pounds. — Sources: Creative Planet Network, Film School Rejects

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The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project $500K-ISH CRACKEDC Reports on the film's budget range from around $200k to around $800k. Either way, it was a profoundly good investment, bringing in $249 million for telling some actors to run off into the woods and cry into a Go-Pro for a little bit.

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QR Codes

Gravesite Tech QR CODES ON HEADSTONES QR codes have become popular in many industries, and are now even being used on headstones to link to online memorials. However, their use raises issues of privacy, obsolescence, and propriety, as well as the potential for QR codes to become indecipherable in the future. Matthew R. Osowski пог ٥٤ kjnf April17. 1983 MATTHEW R. OSOWSKI APRIL 17 1983 - JULY 30, 2011 LOVING HUSBAND AND SON CRACKED — Forever Headstone
The Atlantic

18

John Belushi

BELUSHI! NO! THAT SAMURAI'S FOR REAL! Spider-Man fought a samurai along with John Belushi. The entire SNL cast showed up in a Marvel Team-Up comic in the 1970s - not as a cameo, but to actually team up with Spider-Man. The story leads to Belushi and Spidey battling a samurai together. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Dairy Queen

The gold and blue swishes around 12 / Dairy Queen's symmetrical ellipse BLIZZARD represents the food it serves. ATRO DQ The gold signifies the hot foods and the blue signifies the soft-serve treats. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Marlboro Man

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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

On-Screen Couples That Became Real Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher The two were co-stars on That '70s Show, but didn't begin dating until over 15 years later. They got married in 2015. CRACKED.COM — People

14

Daredevil

DATREDE SEASON 3 1. The only lead actor of color being the only main cast member to die is played out. 2. The narrative sympathy fora deranged stalker

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Conan O’Brien

CRACKED Hosting The Tonight Show has been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me-and I just want to say to all the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too. CONAN O'BRIEN

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Alan Rickman

The Prisoner of Azkaban' represents a tonal Shift in the Harry Potter series But that didn't stop the great Alan Rickman from CRACKED.COM planting a

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Autistic Movie Characters

CRACKEDco COM Autistic movie characters almost always have incredible abilities. But real-life autistic people are no more likely to have incredible a

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Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried would love to be able to totally redo Les Misérables. She regrets it and says I still have nightmares about it - and it's purely because of the live singing she had to do for the role. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Big-Name Actors Who Hate Their Famous Roles

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Steve Aoki

STEVE AOKI'S DAD FLEW A BALLOON 5,200 MILES IN 1981. JULY 16 BENIHANA maze@ GRAND PRIX Race Hdatris Kings Grant in Pt Pleasant NJ - This CRACKED In 1981, Steve Aoki's dad broke a 34-year-old record when he and three other people flew a balloon over 5,200 miles from Japan to California. — Vehicule Magazine

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Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

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Elizabeth Taylor

ELIZABETH TAYLOR ended her career as a cartoon mom. THE FLINTSTONES CRACKED.COM Appearing as a caricature of her once glamorous self, Taylor battled Fred Flintstone as his battle-axe mother-in-law. Likely not the last performance she wanted inscribed on her, er, tombstone. — Source

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Mario Tennis

MOST OVERRATED: MOST UNDERRATED: MARIO WALUIGI GRAUIN VS ARO vebreak MARIO TENNIS No personality. Hilarious personality. No one's favorite in Has a de

5

Ferris Bueller: The Sitcom

CRACKED.COM In 1990, NBC broadcast a TV series based on Femis Bueler's Day Off, with the setting moved to California and Charlie Schlatter (of 18 Again! non-fame) replacing Matthew Broderick. John Hughes had no involvement with the TV show. The first episode featured Schlatter taking a chainsaw to a life-sized cutout of Broderick Even with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a lead-in, the show was cancelled after half a season. Yes, that's youngJennifer Anniston as Jeannie Bueller. — Source: 21 Failures That Should Have Been (Really) Obvious

4

The Thing

Movie and TV Aliens The Thing The Thing put its FX artist in the hospital. FX wizard Rob Bottin got pneumonia and bleeding ulcers for overworking himself. An up-and-coming Stan Winston stepped in to help (uncredited, as he insisted that it was Rob's film). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Julia Roberts

JULIA ROBERTS & STEVEN SPIELBERG CRACKED.COM Her difficult on-set presence earned the nickname Tinkerhell by 'Hook' production staff. Spielberg knew she was dealing with a break up with Kiefer Sutherland, and said it was an unfortunate time for us to work together, before stating that he wouldn't make a movie with Roberts again. — Source

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Sherlock

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Dexter

TV Reboots and Revivals Then VS. Now 2006-2013 Dexter Dexter was a highly respected character study, until it became a meandering showcase of villains of the week, and had one of the worst endings ever. The revival was celebrated as a return to form, until Dexter was killed by his own son. Seriously, how do you have two awful endings? Dexter: New Blood 2021-2022 CRACKED.COM — Nerdstalgic/YouTube

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