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Walt Disney

WALT DISNEY is not frozen beneath a theme park CRACKED.COM A celeb urban legend classic, some say Disney's corpse is stored in deep-freeze underneath Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride until the day science can revive him. Not true, but something to think about the next time you're on the Depp-ified attraction. — Source

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Tom Waits

The album Orphans is a collection of random songs that Tom Waits couldn't make work on his other albums. A lot of songs that fell behind the stove

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Tom Holland

Farts on and off-screen SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME SPIDER-FART Tom Holland's fart happened as he landed in front of Zendaya. The only one who could smell it was him 'because the suit was so tight it trapped it. CRACKED.COM — Source: MSN

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Alexander

16% ALEXANDER was the legendary Oliver Stone's dream project, but was reviled by critics and moviegoers alike. Не was so committed to the flop that there are three versions of the movie out there, because he couldn't live with the failure and kept trying new edits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

IHDACY Quentin Tarantino kept his Once Upon A Time In Hollywood script secret by not making any copies of it. Before production began, Brad Pitt and L

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Chevy Chase

CRACKED CHEVY CHASE IS SELLING OLD SNL MEMORABILIA. Chase is offering a special deal - you can buy a piece of his original Saturday Night Live Land Shark costume for $500. It's a limited edition, so if you like ancient memorabilia from has-beens holding on to scraps of fame, don't miss out. Chevy's و AUTHENTIC LANG Security MEDIA DI — Chevy Chase/Instagram
Chevy Chase Is Selling Off Scraps of His ‘SNL’ Past

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Ellen DeGeneres

You used to be cool ELLEN DeGENERES' shattered reputation. After BuzzFeed detailed allegations of racial insensitivity, sexual harassment and bullying, Ellen's 30 years of likability were shattered. A Twitter thread asked people to share stories of Ellen being mean, and it quickly received over 2,600 replies. CRACKED — Source

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Dustin Diamond

DUSTIN DIAMOND said he revealed the good stuff The LIE! GRACKED.COM While plugging the seedy tell-all Behind the Bell, Diamond claimed it was time to get real about the show's sleazy past. When his former castmates expressed their dismay, Diamond changed his tune, claiming the entire thing was made up by a ghostwriter. — Us Magazine

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The Wizard of Oz

CRACKED.COM In The wizard of OZ, Toto made more money than the Munchkins. Hollywood has never been fair, but it's mind-boggling that the actors portraying the Munchkins were paid $50 per week, while Toto and his trainers got $125 per week. — Source

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James Bond

DARRY NETSON EST ERT - DA CHRISTI The first actor who played James Bond was BARRY NELSON. Many people think Sean Connery was the first to portray the 007 character. Not so. Nelson did it first in a 1954 TV adaptation for the show, Climax! The Bond story was taken from the first book, Casino Royale, but saw an American version of Bond in Nelson working for the Combined Intelligence Agency. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Four Rooms

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ FOUR ROOMS BRUCE WILLIS APPEARED FOR FREE AS A FAVOR TO TARANTINO. There was the problem, however, that acting for no money broke SAG rules. But the guild agreed not to take any action against Willis if he wasn't credited. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Haley Joel Osment

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Ralph Kramden Punched Into Orbit — Source: Mental Floss

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NBA

The NBA installed I I tons of tiny cameras. i - 8an MP P=S(1-n-d) Since 2013, SportVU cameras have tracked players' movements, which has led to an almost unrecognizable pace of acceleration and record numbers of 3-point attempts per game, thanks to the concept of 3 > 2. CRACKED — Alex Kravtsov/Shutterstock
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The Graduate

The Graduate Mrs. Robinson is almost always wearing of some kind animal print, symbolizing her predatory behavior. CRACKED COM — Sources: Vogue, Medium

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The Princess Bride

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps Westley from The Princess Bride STAR SAPPHIRES His true love for Buttercup not only motivated him to become the Dread Pirate Roberts, but brought him back from the dead as well. Westley not being recruited as a Star Sapphire is inconceivable! CRACKED.COM — More: Princess Bride Wiki
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Post Malone

Post Malone saw a UFO at 16, when he was staying with his aunt and uncle. MF onationa P It was in upstate NY, and he and his cousin looked out the window-and saw a light that just hung there before suddenly leaving. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Quincy Jones

QUINCY JONES CRACKED.COM were the worst musicians in the world. They were no-playing mother******S. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don't even talk about it. — The Guardian

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Juliette Lewis

JULIETTE LEWIS JULIETTE AND THE LICKS CRACKED.COM What's Lewis like as a lead singer? Let's just say her stage persona makes Mallory Knox, her Natural — The Guardian

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Battlestar Galactica

THE MISSILES LAUNCHED BY THIS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TOY ACTUALLY PROVED DEADLY TO KIDS. The launcher caused ripped intestines, eye injuries, and one death when a missile lodged in a child's esophagus. They were recalled in 1979. SCARAB CRACKED.COM http://resources.lawinfo.com/personal-injury/products-liability/ — Source

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Ed Koch

ED KOCH MAYOR CRACKED.COM SNL SURE LOVES NYC MAYORS. KOCH WAS THE FIRST TO LAND THE HOST GIG IN 1983, AND НЕ MADE THREE OTHER CAMEO APPEARANCES OVER THE YEARS. HIS MONOLOGUE GAVE KOCH A CHANCE TO CALL REAGAN A 'WACKO' ON NATIONAL TV. — Source: 13 Eyebrow-Arching 'SNL' Hosts

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Aladdin: The Return of Jafar

Movie Goofs Aladdin: The Return of Jafar Of course, lowered animation costs for straight-to- video sequels mean shortcuts, but we can only imagine the spacetime-bending shortcut Aladdin took to hold on onto that rock after being dragged way past it by the current. Classic Disney magic. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant/YouTube

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Carrie Fisher

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Ralph Kramden Punched Into Orbit — Source: Cinema Blend

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Daniel Craig

Craig, Daniel Craig is one of the most recognized faces in film. Yet he appeared in one of the biggest films of the decade, without showing his face.

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Disney

CRACKED APPLE, DISNEY, GOLDMAN SACHS, AND CITIGROUP After Russia invaded Ukraine, big companies like Apple, Disney, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup said they'd leave the market. But, months later, they were still doing business in Russia. — Fast Company / Disney Parks

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Gossip Bass

CHUCK BASS Chuck is an attempted rapist in the first episode of Gossip Girl, yet somehow becomes a romantic icon? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Die Another Day

In Die Another Day, Bond tricks a scanner with a severed hand. But biometic scans don't just read your palm print, a very inexact ID method. They check the capillary flow through your hand. And when you chop a hand off someone, blood sadly stops flowing though it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Blockbuster Movies That Got Their Science Totally Wrong

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Friday the 13th

CRACKED COM For Hispanic audiences, the title of Friday the 13th was changed to Tuesday the 13th because that's the day Spanish-speaking countries con

13

Yoda

CRACKEDCOM. FEAR ANGER HATE SUFFERING Yoda In Star Wars Episode 1, Yoda famously states that fear leads to anger and anger leads to hate... or is that

12

Sean Penn

SEAN PENN JOR-EL CRACKED COM Penn, Clive Owen and Russell Crowe were up for the part of Superman's pop, with Crowe landing the right to get his ass ki — Indie Wire

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Mickey Rourke

CRACKED Mickey Rourke said that Passion Play, his movie with Megan Fox, is terrible. Не also said that in your career, you're going to make dozens of terrible movies. — Vulture / Brian Orndorf

10

The Karate Kid

A “bootleg” version of The Karate Kid was made by the same crew. Before shooting The Karate Kid, director John Avildsent shot a rehearsal version of the entire film using a camcorder. The thing looks like a cheap fan remake somehow featuring the original cast -- and you can watch it on YouTube. — More: The Janky Bootleg Version Of 'Karate Kid' (From The Actual Crew)

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Sarah Jessica Parker

CRACKED.COM I love the smell of diapers. I even like when they're wet and you smell them all warm, like a baked good. Sarah Jessica Parker, truly finding yum in someone else's yuck (somehow) — Source

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Norman Reedus

CRACKED FAN STUNTS NORMAN REEDUS got a breast implant in the mail. She said she read an interview, and I sounded depressed. I wasn't. I think I just came off that way. Не now lets his phone rest on it in his trailer. — AMC Studios,
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Charlotte’s Web

E. B. White BEST KNOWN FOR CHARLOTTE'S WEB White wrote over 1800 pieces for The New Yorker over his 50 years with the magazine. His wife was a fiction editor who often reviewed children's literature and encouraged him to write. — Source: The New Yorker and NPR

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Pixar

Pixar accidentally deleted Toy Story 2 in the middle of production... ...luckily the supervising director had a back-up on her home computer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Shining

Stanley Kubrick deleted a final scene from THE SHINING after the film showed in theaters one week Stuart Ullman visits Danny and Wendy in the hospital. Не informs Wendy that the police found nothing supernatural in their search of the Overlook Hotel THEN GIVES DANNY JACK'S YELLOW TENNIS BALL. This cut scene, unavailable anywhere, indicated that Ullman knew about the evil in the Overlook and possibly hired Jack to carry on the murders. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/butting/hining/hospital.html CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)

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Bong Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho can't stand characters in tight-fitting clothes. The director says that he doesn't mind superhero movies, but he does have a problem with the wardrobe. When he sees a character in tights, he feels suffocated, and doesn't think he'll be able to direct a movie featuring anyone in tight pants. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Directors And The Things They Hate

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Sonic the Hedgehog

ARCADE GAME RAD MOBILE REVEALS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. 19 RANK Round CRACKED.COM Half a year before Sonic hit the Sega Genesis in North America, he could be seen dangling from the rearview mirror of a Ferrari 330 P4 Type in the coin-operated Rad Mobile. — Source: Rings and Coins

2

Mean Creek

Movie Bullies Mean Creek GEORGE TOONEY Josh Peck (yes, nerdy and adorable Josh from Drake & Josh) plays the messed-up bully in this forgotten but powerful 2004 drama. Now, Mean Creek is serious stuff, so instead of spoiling what happens to his character George, let's just take a moment to, erm, say a big, non-ironic no to bullying, everyone. CRACKED.COM

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The Conversation

Here's a Coke The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola wanted to do the movie before The Godfather. Coppola's company American Zoetrope was on financial thin ice, so he did The Godfather for the paycheck. It paid off and due to The Godfather's success, Paramount bankrolled of The Conversation. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

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