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January 23, 2025

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Harry Potter

In the Harry Potter universe, Paintings ARE sEnTiET. Witches and wizards can have conversations with the people in the paintings, and Hogwarts headmas

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Community

Annie Kim Wu Mei Ben Chang Even though it was generally a pretty woke show, community definitely had a weird habit of relegating East Asian people to

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Vampires

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Been DMing to Instagram Models in Case They’re Sapiosexuals

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Jason Momoa

Celebrity Workouts JASON MOMOA loves the early morning, rock-climbing, sporting life. Momoa likes to get up early in the morning to run hills, play sports, rock climb, or surf rather than swim laps or do repetitive gym exercises. (Не does include weight training for roles requiring him to take his shirt off, though.) CRACKED.COM — Source: Muscle & Fitness

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Harley Quinn

Sharks Movies & TV Harley Quinn King Shark was originallya Superboy villain. Nanaue was first seen in 1994's Superboy #0, as Connor Kent rescues some beach goers from him. A long way from being a happy-go-bloody IT specialist voiced by Ron Funches, but we all start somewhere. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About Sharks in Movies & TV To Sink Our Teeth Into

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Tomorrow Never Dies

Pierce Brosnan was kind of a prick to Teri Hatcher on Tomorrow Never Dies. In his words, I got very upset with her- she was always keeping me waiting for hours. I must admit I let slip a few words which weren't very nice. CRACKED COM — Source

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Bong Joon-Ho

CRACKED $ 77 BONG JOON-HO BORROWED FROM SEINFELD. Bong's movie Barking Dogs Never Bite and the Seinfeld episode The Engagement both tell stories about people trying to get rid of their noisy neighbor's pet. Bong has admitted that Seinfeld had an influence on him. — Magnolia Pictures,
NBC
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Taylor Swift

TAYLOR SWIFT PREFERS FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS She recently performed a ten-minute song on SNL (we're still exhausted), but Swift was also a good host back in the day. In the Twilight parody Firelight, she falls in love with Phil Frank, even though your skin is green. You have bolts in your neck. And you freak out around fire. — Source: NBC
Watch: ‘Firelight’ (Youtube)

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Morrissey

MORRISSEY has his own Mexican convention MEXICO Moz's mope-rock has struck a chord in Mexico, where Morrissey-themed karaoke nights and cover artists are actually a thing. There's something universal about misery ballads that unites us all. — Cracked

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Martin Sheen

MARTIN SHEEN THE WEST WING CRACKED.COM Sheen is no stranger to TV, going back to 1956, but with films like Wall Street and Apocalypse Now on his resume, he was a bonafide movie star when he took on the role of President Josiah Bartlet in 1999. — Source: NY News Daily

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‘90s Fashion

In the '90s, we 198 wore stupidly- 1991 1992 1999 1990 199 oversized jeans. 97 1998 1999 N5 1996 1997 And if you've 1992 202 got 1001 $300, 1997 1995 you can buy them now. 1993 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pepe Le Pew

PEPÉ LE PEW The cartoon skunk stalks and sexually assaults Penelope Pussycat, in a weird French stereotype. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Simpsons

THE SIMPSONS ME SUCKERS Lyle Lanley wasn't just a conmãn, he was a mass murderer who delighted in killing people via his Poorly-made monorail. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Fan Theories You Simply Have To Pay Attention To

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Pete

Pete He's almost one hundred. Pete made his debut in 1925, almost 100 years ago. CRACKED.COM — Source: Disney Wiki

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Daniel Sloss

DANIEL SLOSS 'll just say things that aren't even hateful, they're just, blah. Back in my day we didn't have depression or anxiety. We just called it being sad, and we got on with our days. All right, cool, that's a medical misdiagnosis. That's the equivalent of saying, Back in my day we didn't have breast cancer. We just called it itchy t*** and we died at 37. CRACKED — Source: Daniel Sloss ‘X’ on HBO

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8 1/2

Meta Movies 8 1/2 The title is a meta-reference to Federico Fellini's work. This classic Italian movie about the making of itself was indeed Fellini's eighth-and-a-half film (sort of): he had directed six others, co-directed another one, and made two segments for anthology films. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Prince of Persia

PRINCE OF PERSIA BE CRACKED.COM In 2010, Disney cast Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia, and it didn't initially cause much controversy. Now seen as one of the decade's worst examples of whitewashing, Gyllenhaal has since stated, I learned a lot from that, and am now more thoughtful about the roles I pick. — Source

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Mark Wahlberg

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MARK WAHLBERG PULLED FROM REAL LIFE FOR HIS ROLE. DEPARTED THE Wahlberg says he drew a lot from his Boston upbringing to prepare for the role of Sergeant Dignam. Specifically, he based the character on all the cops that arrested him during his troublesome youth. — YouTube

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Jaws

Jaws PETER BENCHLEY JAWS A Novel The book's author has a cameo. The reporter who utters the amazing line a cloud in the shape of a killer shark is Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel the movie is based on. CRACKED COM — Source

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Super Mario Bros. 2

SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 GRACKED.COM Super Mario Bros. 2 was originally more similar to the first game, although much harder. So hard, in fact, that developers didn't think Americans could play it, so they reskinned the Japanese game Doki Doki Panic with familiar Mario characters. — Source

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Eric Matthews

BOY meets WORLD Over the course of the series and the spinoff, Eric Matthews goes from being a witty, cool older brother to a clueless moron who can b

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Mel B

Spice Girl Mel в says she chose dates from a lineup of celebrity d!ck pics. The singer claims a friend introduced her to a secret site where famous men would anonymously post pictures of their stiffies, with a milk carton for scale. She said after picking one, the friend arranged an encounter with a very famous man. She said the date didn't result in a love connection, nor did the second one she tried. GRAGKED.COM — Source: 21 Celebrity Romantic Moves (Only They Can Pull Off)

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Jon Favreau

CRACKED.COM STUDIO RO MORT by Quicken AVENG INFINITY MARVEL NI THE D 2 20 S oz 2 celebrities who play D&D & 14 9 14 R ? 9 Jon Favreau 2 20 V CC 20 1 8 bl 2 14 Favreau was a big geek in high school, C 2 10 20 : 2 20 io 8 2 91 playing as a halfling with his friends. Не credits D&D with helping his improv training and developing movies for Marvel and Disney. — Sources: Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter

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Kyle Mooney

CRACKED BEFORE SNL, KYLE MOONEY WAS A WRITER ON NATHAN FOR YOU. It was his first writers room of any kind. — Source

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Elaine Benes

CRACKED Seinfeld Elaine, do you have any idea what happens to a butter-based frosting after sitting 60 years in a poorly ventilated English basement? J. PETERMAN asks the question that none of us want the answer to. — NBC
Screen Rant

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Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld & Shoshanna Lonstein 21 YEARS LOOK WHO'S IN LOVE JERRY SEINFELD AND Jerry Seinfeld,39, SHOSHANNA and Shoshanna LONSTEIN Lonstein, 18, make an unlikely romance work. Seinfeld, in the height of his career at 38, met 17-year-old Lonstein, who he approached in Central Park. They dated for about four years. Don't worry, he's changed sincethen... he's only 17 years older than his wife. CRACKED.COM — Source: People

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Iron Man

CRACKED VS Iron Man: Movie VS. Comic IN THE COMICS Iron Man has fought a dragon. Or rather, a shapeshifting alien named Fin Fang Foom, who is a dragon most of the time. IN THE MOVIES He hasn't fought any dragon. Fin Fang Foom appears briefly as an Easter egg in the first movie, and never again. Way to drop the ball, MCU. — Source: Screen Rant

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Frasier

Frasier Moose's trainer gets a shoout-out. An opera singer in one episode has the same name. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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George Lucas

CRACKED GEORGE LUCAS George Lucas was the son of a stationer, and his mom was often sick. Не got into filmmaking in high school (and was also an avid car-racing fan until he crashed at age 18). — Britannica

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School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Jack Black scared the heck out of the PARENTS CRACKED.COM The moms were spooked by the rampaging wild man they knew from Orange County and Tenacious D. My mom was just terrified that he was going to be a terrible influence on me, says Jordan-Claire Green. But Black quickly won them over: He was just amazing. — Source

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Kingsman

Kingsman THE SECRET SERVICE THE MOVIE WAS A SURPRISING HIT WHEN IT CAME OUT, PRAISED FOR ITS CLEVER HUMOR AND AMAZING ACTION. SO, HOW DOES AN INTELLIG

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Broadway

ONE RICH FAMILY CREATED ALL OF BROADWAY THEATER CRACKED The Shubert brothers bought most of the theaters on Broadway when they were cheap, SO the modern theater scene grew from their monopoly. — Source: PBS

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton had a musical side In the late 1980's, Bill Paxton and his friend Andrew Todd Rosenthal formed a new wave band called Martini Ranch. The m

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Funny Games

Meta Movies Funny Games The movie is intended to call out its own viewers. Director Michael Haneke wrote that the film's meta- observations on its own violence was to make a point about violence in the media-and how you just enjoy it passively like a douchebag. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Fargo

FARGO 30 minutes, Jerry, we wrap this thing up. Steve Buscemi says to wrap it up with exactly 30 minutes left in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Olivia Jackson

Stuntwoman Olivia Jackson lost an arm in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. A stunt she was doing was changed at the last minute -- she was supposed to do a fight scene, but ended up doing a motorcycle stunt. That led to an accident, which resulted in nerve damage that meant they had to amputate her arm. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Harvey Weinstein

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now For almost two decades, HARVEY WEINSTEIN was a respected figure in the indie movie industry. НЕ WAS ALSO ABUSING ACTRESSES. He'd harass them and threaten them with career death-and he indeed boycotted the careers of amazing actresses such as Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd. He's currently serving a 23- year sentence for sexual assault and rape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Martin Freeman

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Matt Lauer

Matt Lauer's appearance as himself in the Will Ferrell comedy Land of the Lost hits differently now that we know what a slimy asshole the guy is - the man's a total loser. Matt Lauer, not Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell seems awesome. CRACKED

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