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Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera's big break was thanks to Mulan Her successful single Reflection from the 1998 Disney movie led to her record signing and releasing Genie in the Bottle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Quentin Tarantino

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George A. Romero

CRACKED.CON George A. Romero, the father of zombie flicks, actually got his first directing gig from Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy, di

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Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates' grandfather paraded the (fake) mummy of John Wilkes Booth. According to Finis Bates, the Booth who died in a barn was an impostor. The real Booth ran away, and he, Bates, had his mummified body, which he exhibited at circus sideshows. Henry Ford was close to buying the mummy, until his subordinates exposed the hoax. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Palpatine

Cartoonish villains we want to see succeed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Palpatine The Rise of Skywaker is, well, The Rise of Skywaker. But lan McDiarmid's performance as Palpatine (professionally over the top, as usual) gave the movie a bit of sorely needed self-aware silliness. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, THE LANOISTER8 ANO THE STARKS are feuding royal families with a convoluted, violent history, vying for the Iron Throne. Their name

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Sitcom Characters

Okay, you're the uptight one, and you're the bumbling oaf. t CRACKED.COM Sitcom characters establish their role and stick to it. A dumb husband has a no-nonsense wife, and friend groups have the wisecracker or the square, when real people can be all the above. — TV Tropes / TV Line

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Doctor Who

CRACKED.COM Doctor Who ? POLICE 2010 BO Colin Baker (1984 - 1986) The Sixth Doctor кода TO POLICE 20C BOX The only Doctor ever fired from the role, Baker is one of the least loved Doctors ever, ending up not even shooting his regeneration sequence. — Source: Screen Rant

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BB-8

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Adam McKay

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Не was a founder of Upright Citizen's Brigade. We were all kind of disappointed with Second City, says Horatio Sanz. The Upright Citizen's Brigade at first was called Cerebral Strip Mine. It was so we could make it really as crazy as we wanted to. (McKay also performed at Second City and ImprovOlympic.) — Uproxx

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Deus Ex

DEUS EX HINTS AT A CHARACTER'S ULTERIOR MOTIVES. CRACKED.COM The character of Paul Denton is a double agent, a fact that is hinted at in the password of his personal computer: Chameleon. — Source: IGN

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The Noid

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Christopher Reeve

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The Matrix

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George Foreman

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Back to the Future

MOVIES SAVED BY RESHOOTS BACK TO THE FUTURE THEY BASICALLY SHOT THE MOVIE TWICE. After producers (and SSteven pielberg himself) thought Eric Stoltz was miscast, almost the entire movie had to be reshot with Michael J. Fox, adding millions to the budget. CRACKED — Universal Pictures
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Adrien Brody

ADRIEN BRODY MAY 10, 2003 If you're going to introduce Sean Paul in fake dreadlocks and an offensive Jamaican accent, you should probably let Lorne kn — Far Out

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The Care Bears

CRACKED THE CARE BEARS WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED AS GREETING CARDS. In 1983, the popular cards were made into plush toys, and the original cartoon was created to promote the toy line. The show lasted 4 seasons, which launched 3 movies and a spin-off show Care Bears & Cousins. — CBR / Ranker

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Wayne Brady

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Steven Segal

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Bloodsport

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Captain America: Civil War

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Formula One

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Final Fantasy IX

A Final Fantasy IX player recently discovered a secret quest chain. Penera Zenero and Benero and Genero and Denero and Penero and Benera and Zenera and Genera and Denera aren't here It was 13 years after the game's release. The quest line is absurdly complicated, and requires the player to return to the questgivers nine times. The prize for slogging through the whole chain is a Protect Ring, which is an unremarkable prize that's obtainable from several other sources in the game. CRACKED.COM http://www. engadget. .com/2013/05/28/obscure-final-fantasy-ix-sidequest-uncovered-and-detailed/ — Source: 21 Unnoticed Game Details That Were Insane Work

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Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine You probably know that tons of celebrities were involved in the creepy MLM/self-help group/sex cult NXIVM, but one surprising name that's come up is Shirley MacLaine -- you know, Steel Mag- nolias, Terms of Endearment, Glee, etc. It's not clear what her role in the organization was, but she (probably) never branded anybody. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kp3kq/why-so-many-celebrities-joined-nxivm-the-vow-allison-mack-keith-raniere-sex-cult

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Fried Green Tomatoes

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The time Raphael shot a porno... CRACKED COM Rob Paulsen has had a voice in everything from G.. Joe to Snorks, but probably most notably as the original Raphael in TMNT. One of his few on-screen roles was as a porn shoot camera guy in Body Double, where he asks about

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Captain Kangaroo

The first kids' show 1955 CRACKED.COM Captain Kangaroo was a show based on the warm relationship between grandparents and children and inspired all your favorite shows when you were a wee lad or lass. — Source

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Helena Bonham Carter

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Everybody Hates Chris

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Super Mario Bros.

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Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance Julia Stiles did most of the dancing herself. Stiles trained and did all of the hip-hop dances, along with most of the ballet. She did have a double do the en pointe ballet dancing, though. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

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Bridgerton

Queen Charlotte's look was inspired by Beyonce as Foxxy Cleopatra in Goldmember The show's hair stylist used locks, braids, and Afro-textured styles in the period's silhouettes. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Vogue

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The Expanse

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Arrival

In ARRIVAL Dr. Banks explains to Col. Weber all are ARMY the nuances of language that make communicating with the aliens a slow, painstaking process. The scene is based on a similar explanation screenwriter Eric Heisser gave to the movie's producers, who just went, all that needs to be in the script. — Source: Talkhouse

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Soul Man

CRACKED BLACK FACE CAN'T BE YOUR ENTIRE PLOT ANYMORE. SOUL MAN In the 1986 movie, a spoiled white kid pretends to be black to nab a Harvard scholarship exclusive to black students. It does raise awareness of prejudice and racism, but all the blackface made it wildly offensive, even for 1986 standards. — Source

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Gollum

Some of Gollum's spit in the Lord of The Rings movies is actually Andy Serkis' own spit. Gollum sometimes spits when he's talking excitedly, and they — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Jade

Early drafts of movies Jade The script didn't suck (according to the scriptwriter). Joe Eszterhas agreed with reviewers ripping the movie to shreds, claiming that his cerebral story was completely rewritten by director William Friedkin (as Friedkin himself acknowledged). CRACKED.COM — Den of Geek

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