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Batman & Robin

Batman & Robin CRACKED.COM They were So confident it'd be a hit, they hired Joel Schumacher to direct a 5th installment while the 4th was still in pro

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The Secret of NIHM

The Secret of NIMH was based on a real (and horrific) experiment. The book and movie are about rats escaping from the lab that made them super-smart. That was inspired by an experiment in which mice were put into a very safe environment and left to breed until the whole place got crowded (it was pretty violent and gory). Robert C. O'Brien saw that, and got the idea to write a kids' book about a rat who escapes from it. CRACKED.COM — The Secret Of NIMH Was Inspired By A Horrific Experiment

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore ALL OF HIS DC STUFF CRACKED.COM DC has been yanking Moore's chain for decades. They first swindled him by promising to give him the rights to his creations, just as soon they stopped printing them and then refused to stop printing. He eventually requested to have his name — Source: NY Times

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The Detective

Irene Adler CRACKED.COM BBC's Sherlock Irene The Detective Though primarily shown to be smart for running away from town after finding out Sherlock Holmes is on the case, she's often shown to be as competent a detective as Sherlock Holmes.

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Brokeback Mountain

Inconspicuous CGI Brokeback Mountain Yup, the first thing in our minds when we think of this movie is heavy CGI (and only that, because we don't feel like crying, OK?). Seriously, trees, clouds, mountains, flocks of sheep, entire sceneries were digitally constructed and composited. CRACKED.COM — Sources: WhatCulture/YouTube, WhatchMojo.com/YouTube
Image Credit: Focus Features

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Soap Opera

The first soap opera 1946 the entire production Fargway written and directed by Hill DAVID P. LEWIS CRACKED.COM Farway Hill, about a New York City widow who finds herself upstate in a love triangle, was the first to port the soap opera from radio to TV. — Source

34

Lost

Random death could strike at any time on LOST, but none felt as abrupt as Mr. Eko's death. It felt like his story was just starting to build, up to so

33

Bridesmaids

BRIDESMAIDS MINDY KALING AND BUSY PHILLIPPS WERE UP FOR ROLES. The two auditioned for Lillian and Megan, respectively, but didn't get the parts. CRACKED.COM — BuzzFeed

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Last Night in Soho

HERE COMES OUT! THE BIGGEST LOOK BOND OF ALL! Quentin Tarantino and Jordan Peele convinced/ Edgar CONNERY wright to keep SEAN a specific detail In BERBALL' LAST NIGHT in SOHO. The marquee with Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball was initially changed to The Fantastic Voyage, but for one, the timeline didn't work, and when Tarantino and Peele saw the trailer that still had the Connery poster in it, they told Wright how much they loved it, and he changed it back in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jessica Simpson

JESSICA SIMPSON has a standing invite to Ukrainian film fests UKRAINE Movies like Blonde Ambition flopped in the States but topped the box office in Ukraine. Film Commissioner Alex Shpiluk explained: 'She is really the ideal of American beauty and style, like Barbie. — Dallas Observer

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Wah Chang

Who was WAH CHANG? A lot of Chang's work was uncredited. Chang's name had a funny way of falling off the credits of movies and shows, for different reasons. Just go to Chang's IMDb page and count how many times the word uncredited appears. — More: 5 Underappreciated Creators Of All Your Favorite Shows And Films

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United Artists

TALKIES CRACKED.COM In 1928, the President of production company United Artists said that talking doesn't belong in pictures. Actress Mary Astor recalled the prevailing opinion that the noise would simply drive audiences from the theaters. — Source: NY Times

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Heidi Klum

Auf wiedersehen LAME HEIDI KLUM GRACKED COM Auf Wiedersehen is a regular way of saying goodbye in German, and Heidi Klum just kind of started spontaneously using it as Project Runway judge - and she did it for years and years. — Yahoo / Real Screen

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Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. ON ree CRACKED.COM Keaton had to change his name when he arrived in LA, per the Screen Actors Guild rules, so he flipped through a phone book. Не selected 'K' in the book and stopped at 'Keaton.' — Post Gazette

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Pac-Man

Pac-Man was literally inspired by a pizza. OV When Toru Iwatani took a slice from a pizza, he noted that the rest of the pizza now looked like a face with an open mouth, seen from the side. From that, an iconic video game character was born. CRACKED.COM — 6 Shockingly Dumb Reasons People Invented Famous Characters

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Bob Odenkirk

COMEDY NERD Halloween Kills has a Bob Odenkirk cameo that you'd never, ever notice. ZD BREAKING NEWS 11 COMMUNITY IN SHOCK OVER MULTIPLE MURDERS WS WCTD 11 EVENING NEWS The high school picture of Bob Simms is actually a high school photo of Bob Odenkirk - because that was basically the easiest option for that picture. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dogma

by SNOPPON DOGMA Jason Mewes took the role seriously due to Alan Rickman. Mewes didn't want to anger an actor of Rickman's caliber by being his usual slackish self, so he went out of his way to learn his lines. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Garfield

G-Mail was the name of a free email service offered by Garfield's website. CRACKED.COM Literally Garfield Mail, the email service let Monday-haters create their own vanity emails, way before Google had theirs. — Source: Gizmodo

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Britney Spears

The British navy used Britney Spears' songs to scare off Somali pirates The navy chose Spears' hit songs Oops! ...I Did It Again and ...Baby One More Time to ward off the pirates because of the pirates' dislike of western culture. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Lawrence Taylor

Wrestling Celebrities W LAWRENCE TAYLOR The two-time SuperBowl champion and NFL MVP main evented Wrestlemania XI in a special match against Bam Bam Bigelow. It was his first and last wrestling match. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Celebrities Who Got Involved In Pro Wrestling

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Adult Swim

Adult Swim causes a citywide bomb scare eneseg Cetoe Essssseessssseesess ses: BREAKING NEWS o000o0 TURNER BROADCASTING ADMITS HOAX Adult Swim had local artists across the US install little Lite-Brite murals of Mooninites as part of a guerilla marketing scheme. The good people of Boston thought they were bombs, and — Source: Adult Swim’s Goofball Marketing Stunt That Caused A City-Wide Bomb Scare

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Ezra Miller

GRACKED EZRA MILLER- RAMPAGING THROUGH HAWAII Ezra Miller was arrested in Hawaii in 2022 for assaulting a woman, reportedly throwing a chair and hitting her on the forehead. It had only been a month since he was arrested for causing a disturbance and harassing people in Hilo. — Variety / Fox

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Ian Fleming

Peter Fleming, brother of lan, was a travel writer who also wrote popular history. Не wrote travelogues about journeys in Brazil, Central Asia, India, and Russia. Later, he wrote about historical events in those regions. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities With Little-Known Relatives (Who Are Amazing In Their Own Right)

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Big Red Rocket

COMEDY NERD Jackass best stunts Big Red Rocket From Jackass Number Two Sometimes the failure is the funny, but it's not just the initial anti-climax that's hilarious here. It's the dramatic build-up. It's the dialogue. It is seeing Knoxville cling to a rocket resembling a giant Crayola like he wants to hump it. It is all of these things. CRACKED.COM — Video

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Canned Laughter

Awful Sitcom Tropes Loud audience Canned laughter, burn in hell. Studio audiences are always overly enthusiastic, way too loud, and cackle after the blandest of jokes. We'd mention an example, but come on, you know it's The Big Bang Theory. Now for a good example of actual audience participation, listen to the person loudly going oh my god in an old episode of Titus. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin was asked about people who are concerned he won't finish A Song of Ice and Fire before his death. NIFFF NIFFF NIFFF NIFFE FF NIFF

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Behind-the-scenes Drama Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dolores Umbrige's implied rape was behind- the-book drama. J. К. Rowling based Umbridge on a teacher she had as a student. CRACKED.COM — More: The 5 Most Depraved Sex Scenes Implied by 'Harry Potter'

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Law & Order

In season 4, Ben Stone resigns when his boss doesn't allow him to retry a case that ended with a hung jury. LAW & ORDER Michael Moriarty's character w

12

30 Rock

30 Rock has 7.44 jokes per minute on average Talib Visram calculated that the show had the most jokes per minute compared to other popular sitcoms. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Smurfs

The Smurfs (2011) was critically panned, scoring only 22% positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, but that didn't stop it from making more than five time

10

Carrie Fisher

CRACKED.COM NEPOTISM BABIES Carrie Fisher The Work: Star Wars, re-writing Star Wars, being Carrie Fisher The Mom: Debbie Reynolds The Mom's Work: Singing in the Rain, Charlotte's Web — Source: People

9

The Rolling Stones

Mick & Keith THE ROLLING STONES CRACKED.COM Their relationship has been a nearly 6-decade ping pong of public jabs and apologies. A prime example: any time the band wanted to talk smack about Jagger while he was in the room, they'd talk about that b*tch Brenda. Jagger only found that out when it was published in Richards' 2010 autobiography. — Source: 15 Iconic Couples Who Despised Each Other

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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park prudently left out the baby-eating. Steven Spielberg movies are usually quite safe for child characters-but Michael Crichton novels, not necessarily so. The original Jurassic Park book features a scene where a baby is found surrounded by small dinosaurs-and they're not just gushing over how cute the baby is. — More: 6 Book Scenes The Movies Wisely Left Out

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Showgirls

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Wahlberg was almost scared away by SHOWGIALS CRACKED.COM Showgirls had just come out. That movie was a disaster. And you know, coming from the underwear background, the music stuff, I was like, 'I don't want to do this, says Wahlberg. This guy either wants me to take the Calvin Kleins off, or he wants to make a serious movie. — Mental Floss

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Aang

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Cards Against Humanity

Black Friday 2014, The Internet Cards Against Humanity thinks Black Friday is bullshit literally. As a way to mock Black Friday, the card game company

4

Chris Pratt

CHRIS PRATT - CRACKED COM Most of us first met a looser version of Star-Lord on Parks and Rec, but teens in the mid 2000s knew him as Bright Abbott on the teen drama Everwood, and as Che on The О.С. — Source: ew.com

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Us

Us came from a persistent fear that Jordan Peele had been having. He'd imagine seeing his own doppelganger on the subway, across the platform, and he would smile at Peele. That was the seed for the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robin Williams

Robin Williams was put on speaker phone to cheer up the cast and crew of Schindler's List. CRACKED.COM Williams would call director Steven Spielberg once a week on schedule and do 15 minutes of stand up on the phone. When Williams got the biggest laugh out of Spielberg, he would hang up without saying goodbye. — King5

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Harry Potter

In the world of Harry Potter, Wizards don't inERFERE in the affairs of non-magical muggles. Hagrid explains in the first book that if they did, mugg

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