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Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman CRACKED.com .COM She pulled the movie star equivalent of calling dibs on top bunk: a contract clause that said no other cast member may receive more favorable dressing rooms. — 16 Oddly Specific Celeb Demands

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The Dark Knight

The Joker's mask is a callback THE DARK KNIGHT This mask is very similar to the one worn in the Joker's introduction during the 1966 tv show Batman. CRACKED.COM — Source: Ranker

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Taken 2

Taken 2's Fake Reviews CRACKED.COM Presumably clued in by lines like Eat your heart out, 007 and 10 out of 10, which no self-respecting film reviewer would ever say about even their favorite movie, a Spo- tify ad for Taken 2 was banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority on the grounds that its endorsements were obvi- ously fake. The production company be- hind the movie tried to claim they'd cleared the endorsements with the news- paper they attributed, but the person they got permission from wasn't even the same one who wrote the review. It could have been the — Source

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Degrassi High

drawing resonal kevin smith не purchased all of Degrassi for $6,000. slow all st UNAC ar Cach Prim Northan e Explain CORRO OF BAS When Clerks hit it big, Smith made one of his first big purchases for all of Degrassi High - on professional tape, not suited for personal use, because it was the only way to get it. CRACKED.COM — Source: BESTOFAMA

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

CRACKED.COM Michael Bay and his movies Raiders of the Lost Ark inspired him to become a director. A 15-year-old Bay worked as an intern filing storyboards for Raiders, which he thought would be a terrible movie. Then he actually saw it in theaters, and was so amazed it that he then decided to become a film director. — Source: Wikipedia
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures, Simon Davidson/Wiki Commons

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Parasite

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKEDcO THERE WOULD BE NO PARASITE WITHOUT SONG KANG-HO. Film at coln Lincoln Center ter Film Lin Ce PARASITE Bong Joon-ho says that Song was the only option to play Kim and that he would've abandoned the project entirely if the actor didn't like the script for the movie. — YouTube

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Mike Tyson

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Carry Around in Our Wallet Instead of Pictures of Our Kid — Source: 24 Times Live TV Went Off The Rails As The Cameras Rolled

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Heaven’s Gate

WHEN THE HAYS OFFICE DISBANDED IN 1966, AHA'S FILM & TV UNIT LOST ACCESS TO MANY FILM SETS. WICHAILCIMINON HEAVEN'S GATE It wasn't until 1980 filming — Source: Humane Hollywood

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Marshawn Lynch

Sandwiches Named After Celebrities HB W THE MARSHAWN LYNCH You can tackle this sandwich over at lke's Love and Sandwiches, in Southern California. The monster sandwich's ingredients include fried chicken, bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and Beast Mode BBQ sauce. W CRACKED.COM — Source: Ike's Love and Sandwiches

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Pulp Fiction

CRACKED PULP FICTIONS' BIG KAHUNA BURGER APPEARS IN FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. In From Dusk till Dawn, the characters stop at Big Kahuna Burger. It's the same fictional burger joint Brad and Marvin score burgers from right before Jules and Vincent arrive. The movie came out 2 years after Pulp Fiction. — Man of Many / CinemaTheque

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George Lucas

15 Bizarre Things Actors Had To Do For Auditions - When Harry Hamlin auditioned for Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, he was asked to bake a c — Source: Page Six

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Alice Walker

CRACKED.COM Alice Walker, Pulitzer-winning author of The Color Purple, is a devoted follower of British conspiracy theorist David Icke. This includes a belief that the world is controlled by a villainous race of reptilian creatures from another planet. — Source

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Jimmy Eat World

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Spider-Man 2

There's a Doctor Strange Easter egg in Spider-Man 2. 233 Bleeker Street (212) 366-1182 The pizza shop Peter works for is in Bleeker Street, and the address of Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum is 177A Bleecker Street.

26

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chief Bromden is a legitimate danger to society. He believes that society is controlled by an inhuman

25

Nirvana

Before Nevermind: Nirvana had an agreement to split all the royalties equally three ways. 1991: Punk Rock is Freedom. After Nevermind: Kurt Cobain wanted 75% (and 100% of the lyrics), and he insisted that the split be retroactive. 1993: I just felt entitled to it, you know? CRACKED.COM — 18 Surprising Things That Celebrities Believe

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Seinfeld

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM GOLDEN BOY SHIRT THE FIRST SHIRT JERRY WEARS AFTER DOING LAUNDRY, FOR SIX YEARS SEASON 5 But look, the collar is fraying. After too many wash cycles, pass the torch to Golden Boy's son: Baby Blue.

23

Airplane!

A Fresh Serving Of Movie-related And Miscellaneous Facts - Airplane! had to get permission from The Bee Gees to play Staying Alive 10% faster — Source: Film School Rejects

22

Titanic

CRACKED.COM WHINING Titanic THE ALTERNATE ENDING: The crew tries to stop old Rose from throwing the necklace in the ocean, but she talks them into the idea with a speech about love or whatever. Tacky, and not in the official ending's good way. — Sources: Looper, Alternate ending on YouTube

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Goodfellas

The Funny how? line in Goodfellas came from a real encounter. Something like that happened to Pesci -- when he was younger, he told a mobster he was serving in a restaurant that he was funny, which the mobster didn't like. Не told Scorsese about it, and Scorsese put it in but didn't add it to the script, so that the other actors would be genuinely surprised. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Fun, Now-You-Know Facts To Stimulate Your Brain

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George R.R. Martin

George RR Martin makes a point of watching the Jets and Giants games. 69156 ID He works seven days a week, except when it's NFL season that's when he takes Sundays off so he can watch the Jets and Giants play. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jaws

CRACKED EVERY JAWS SEQUEL. You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger quality drop in a movie franchise. From one of the best films of all time to forgettable trash, the Rotten Tomatoes scores read... Jaws: 98%, Jaws 2: 61%, Jaws 3: 11%, Jaws the Revenge: 0%. — YouTube

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Video Games

The German versions of some video games have their characters changed to robots. Games considered exceptionally violent, such as Team Fortress 2, have

17

Peter Pan

The boy who played Peter Pan had a crappy life. Bobby Driscoll didn't just voice Disney's Peter Pan, but had a remarkable movie career - which was all but over by age 17. Не spent the rest of his life in and out of jail and rehab houses - and after he died of a drug-caused heart attack at 31, the press took four years to notice. — More: Being 'Peter Pan' Ruined Its Young Star's Life

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Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor had a mutation that gave her double eyelashes. The rare disorder is known medically as distichiasis, and eye specialists refer to it as an accessory row of eyelashes. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Rachel McAdams

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The Big Lebowski

Walter sobchak is willing to kill anyone, any time. Thal's not how PTSD works. John Goodman's character from The Big Lebowski is a negative and inaccu

13

Nickelodeon

2 NICKELODEON 1979 Nickelodeon NICKELODEON THEYOUNGIPEOPLESSATELLITENETWORK No, it's not just a made up word that one would shout after getting slimed; a nickelodeon machine is an old fashioned, coin-operated music player. You know, the thing children love! — Source: The 7 Most Ridiculous Rough Drafts of Famous Brand Logos

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding in the first Tomb Raider movie to match the video game character. CRACKED.COM Jolie wore considerably less or no padding in the sequel, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions. — E Online

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Kobe Bryant

le Kobe Bryant's widow sued L.A. County for sharing gruesome helicopter crash pics. In 2022, Vanessa Bryant was awarded $16 million in damages after Sheriff's deputies and firefighters shared graphic pictures of the 2020 helicopter crash scene that killed Kobe, their daughter Gianna, and several others. CRACKED — DFree/Shutterstock
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The B-52s

A soap opera kinda makes sense for THE B-52S THE GUIDING LIGHT CRACKED COM A blow-dried MC at the Guiding Light's single music venue does the honors: Introducing one of the most innovative rock groups who are now riding the crest of the new wave! Let's have a big hand for the fabulous B-52s! Well, he wasn't wrong. — Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows

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Winona Ryder

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Carry Around in Our Wallet Instead of Pictures of Our Kid

8

Picasso

Picasso used his daughter's actual poop to create some of his works of art. It was a family secret until Picasso's granddaughter revealed it, and it's not clear how often he used the poop. But it showed up at least in a 1938 still life. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Buzz Lightyear

COMEDY NERD At first, Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story was going to be called... Lunar Larry. And he would have looked way cheesier- almost like a '50s toy, just like Woody. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton fully caught fire. THE WIZARD OF OZ GRACKED.COM Whenever we see the Wicked Witch disappear, she drops into a trap door as pyrotechnics ignite. At least once, the trap door went haywire, trapping her in the explosion, and igniting her very flammable petroleum-based makeup. — Source

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Jon Peters

celebrities scouted in wild ways Jon Peters married into a job as a producer. Marrying Barbra Streisand allowed the former hairdresser to produce movies like Tim Burton's Batman and, uh, Wild Wild West. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

4

Emma Watson

Actors Who Had To Put Their Foot Down During Filming - Emma Watson walked off the set while filming This Is The End. From an account published by an — Sources: PopFocal, Interview Magazine

3

Hellraiser

Amazing effects made without CGI Hellraiser Frank's slimy rebirth (a result of reshoots) was pulled off through puppets, reverse photography, a fake floor - and lots of lube and condoms. Lube, condoms, and Hellraiser? Sounds like a dream date to us. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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Ivan Ooze

CRACKED.COM Power Rangers Paul Freeman's improvised Ivan Ooze's best line. Oh, the things that I have missed: the Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition, the Brady Bunch Reunion. — Source: RangerWiki

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas The Home Improvement heartthrob graduated from Columbia University's School of General Studies in 2005, after spending some time studying at Harvard. CRACKED.COM — Source: Columbia University

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