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Home Alone

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE TAGLINE OF THE PIZZA CHAIN IN HOME ALONE HAS A HISTORICAL JOKE. Little Nero's Pizza NO FIDDLIN' AROUND It's called Little Nero's Pizza (a play on Little Caesar's, obviously), with the tagline No Fiddlin' Around - a reference to the legend that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned around him. — Source

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Tom Hooper

CRACKED.COM Tom Hooper uses a lot of wide-angle close-up shots of his characters, letting his characters' faces deliver the emotional impact. This is why we don't see a lot of shots of backdrops in Les Misérables, where every character's inner struggles are documented clearly without distractions. — Source

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Trolls World Tour

CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Trolls World Tour One part Polygon creators, all parts brothers, the McElroys created a podcast (on edibles) designed to chronicle how they got into Trolls 2 as they tried to get into Trolls World Tour. — Source: 15 Facts About Jukebox Musicals We're Singing Along To

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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

WORST SEQUELS EVER BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 The 1999 original was produced by Haxan Films and distributed by Artisan. Following its success, Artisan wanted a sequel right away, but Haxan wanted to wait until the trend died out. Artisan just went with it-and this was the result. CRACKED.COM — Wikipedia

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John Doggett

CRACKED.COM The X-Files Robert Patrick was cast for his work in an alien abduction movie. Chris Carter was impressed by Patrick's work in Fire in the Sky. While he didn't return for the second movie and the revival, Patrick has stated he'd love to play John Doggett again. — Sources: Wikipedia, Screen Rant

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Tanoai Reed

CRACKED.COM DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON'S STUNT DOUBLE... TANOAI REED. NOTABLE MOVIES: Has been Johnson's double in every movie since Scorpion King in 2002. Non-Johnson movies include Smokin' Aces, Gamer, Star-Trek Into Darkness. SCARIEST INJURY CHE'S HAD A LOT): I tore my arm open in F7 when it went through a big piece of glass while I was doing a fight with Jason Statham's stunt double. I had to have emergency surgery for that one because there was shrapnel in my arm...I asked what the worst-case scenario was, and he said, 'I have to reattach all the blood vessels, tendons, ligaments. Worst-case scenario — Source: And Now, A Tribute To 16 Gnarly Stunt Doubles

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Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful The story of my life is made by the sacrifice of my father. This haunting film tells the story of a Jewish father who uses his creativity to help shield his son from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp. CRACKED.COM

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Back to the Future

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK THE GEEK NOD TO FUTURE THE POWER CRM 114 In the opening scene where Marty plugs. his guitar into Doc's amp, the code on the amp reads 'CRM114. It's a fictional piece of radio equipment that's been used in Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, as s well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 'CRACKED.COM — Video clip, Wiki

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HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000's dying song is classic computer music. The old ditty Daisy Bell, which HAL sings as he is being shut down, was used in the early '60s to first demonstrate speech synthesis by a computer. — Source: Library of Congress

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Elf

23 Son Of A Nutcracker Facts About The Christmas Classic Elf - Gimbels was originally supposed to be a Macy’s store, but Macy’s wanted nothing to do w — Source: Cincinnati.com

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Harry Potter

Shell Cottage is briefly seen in the background in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1. AR But its roof, which you can barely make out, has 4, — Source: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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Parasite

Masterfully Subverted Tropes The basement entity Parasite begins as a wacky comedy. Then it slowly starts peeling off layers, and suddenly there's a creepy basement dweller. By then it's clear Parasite is about to take a bleak turn, but is it a horror movie? Is that a ghost? The true villain is, of course, neoliberalism, but it takes a few subverted horror tropes to get there. Parasite CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bella Thorne

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The Commision

Hollywood tragedies that brought change Deadpool 2 Stunts gone wrong After the deaths of stunt performers, the SAG-AFTRA union set up a commission to look into issues like long hours, having to drive far to work, and how to protect people from bad weather on movie and TV sets. The Walking Dead CRACKED — Source

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Alicia Silverstone

In her book, Alicia Silverstone claims that tampons make you infertile. thekindmama A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, 3 Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier. More Beautiful Beginning alicia silverstone (At least one study found that tampons may protect against endometriosis, which causes infertility.) CRACKED.COM — Celebs Who Are Not In Touch With Reality

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Stephen King

LIFE AND LEGACY OF STEPHEN KING CRACKED.COM King suffers from triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13. FRIDAY 13 He was once asked to donate $13,000 to bring home some Maine troops for the holidays in 2009. He donated $12,9 instead. He also wrote about being a triskie once in The New York Times, saying that it's neurotic, sure. But it's also... safer.

24

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande's biological warfare Red CRACKED.COM She was caught on security video licking a donut from a tray that was left on a counter. When the clip blew up online, the donut shop was swarmed by health inspectors and had its rating lowerd to a В. — Source

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Doom

Doom aimed at being Aliens meets Evil Dead IL DOOM The reason you get a chainsaw is because Ash has one. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Carrie Fisher

Saturday Night Live put Princess Leia in a gold bikini 5 years before Return of the Jedi In the 1978 episode hosted by Carrie Fisher, Fisher plays her iconic character who drops by a 1950s beach. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Office Space

CRACKED INITECH OFFICE SPACE With the smug, passive aggressive Bill Lumbergh asking workers to come in on weekends, we're glad Peter was hypnotized into not caring. If the company survives the fire, everyone else should definitely unionize. — Inc / Youtube

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Kiss

CRACKED RUMOR: GENE SIMMONS HAD A COW TONGUE GRAFTED ONTO HIS TONGUE TO MAKE IT EXTRA LONG. TR ВЕСА FEST VAL 20 21 YEARS FACT: Не was born that way, and also that surgery doesn't exist. — Snopes / News Nation Now

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Jennifer Jason Leigh

VIRTUAL REALITY MOVIES EXISTENZ 1999 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH CHOSE CRONENBERG OVER KUBRICK. The reshoot schedules for Existenz and Eyes Wide Shut overlapped, and Leigh chose the former. Her role in Kubrick's movie was recast and reshot with Swedish actress Marie Richardson. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Zac Efron

Gaming Celebrities Zac Efron loves his XBox. Efron is a huge gamer and was the host of the Halo 3 launch event. His gaming addiction got so bad that his then-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens allegedly said, it's me or the XBox. CRACKED.COM — Source: VentureBeat

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

obi-wan Kenobi не has appeared in all three trilogies. Obi-Wan is one of the few characters to be in the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies. (Granted, he is a ghost or a voice in some of the movies.) CRACKED.COM

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MythBusters

THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY PITCHED AS TALL TALES OR TRUE Discovery Channel initially rejected the pitch because they thought it was too similar to anot — Source: ABC News

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Thor: Ragnarok

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Hot Tub Time Machine

In Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou decides to stay in 1986, forming CRACKEDOON Motley LUE and writing Home N MI Sweet Home. MOTLEY GRUE Quite the feat, si

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Cage the Elephant

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Ben Mendelsohn

CRACKEDG COM YOU'VE DEFINITELY SEEN BEN MENDELSOHN BEFORE. He specializes in playing brooding, sleazy bad guys.

11

Braveheart

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Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school with Anne Frank. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga slipped swear words past radio censors. Eight times in the recorded version of Poker Face, Gaga sneakily changes the line poker face to f- her face, just to mess with us all - meaning that radio stations everywhere broadcast the uncensored f-word thousands of times without ever realizing it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Martian

ARES The Martian cut a reference to cannibalism. In Andy Weir's novel, astronaut Beth Johanssen (Kate Mara in the movie) explains that if the ship fails to get supplies for the trip back to Mars, the rest of the crew will commit suicide - and she will eat them. The supplies wouldn't be the only source of food, she exposits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robert Irvine

Careers built on a lie Robert Irvine: Fired from Food Network for fibbing. Irvine, the star of Dinner: Impossible, got fired for lying on his resume. The Food Network did not renew his contract despite airing the remaining episodes of the season. CRACKED — Source

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Darth Vader

Vader's I am your father line was a shock to everyone. Including the Star Wars cast. On the set, actor David Prowse said Obi-wan killed your father. Mark Hamill didn't know what the actual line was going to be until moments before the scene was filmed, and afterward he was sworn to secrecy. Director Irvin Kershner warned Hamill that if the secret got out, he'd know who leaked it. CRACKED.COM http://www.soundandvision.com/news/100104hamil/OZEVRFbjcqdv4DDv.97 — Source

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Chevy Chase and Chris Columbus

CHEVY CHASE & CHRIS COLUMBUS CRACKED.COM On 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation', Chase's nasty behavior led to director Chris Columbus quitting, and being replaced with Jeremiah Chechik. To be completely honest, Chevy treated me like dirt. I called John Hughes and said there's no way I can do this movie. I know I need to work but I can't do it with this guy. — Source

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Good Will Hunting

A scene in Good Will Hunting was based on Matt Damon's brother's life. all m Dem vill When he was visiting MIT, his brother Kyle wrote an elaborate, fake equation on a blackboard in the hall I and it stayed there for months. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SpongeBob SquarePants

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps SpongeBob SquarePants BLUE LANTERN CORPS A genuine beacon of positivity, SpongeBob fits the bill of a messenger and proprietor of hope, the driving force of the Blue Lanterns. I'm ready isn't just an annoying mantra, but a battle cry. CRACKED.COM — More: Encyclopedia SpongeBobia
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Blades of Glory

Na BLADES OF GLORY WILL FERRELL'S LOOK WAS BASED ON JIM MORRISON AND STEVEN TYLER. To be the flashy Chazz Michael Michaels, Ferrell looked to the frontmen of The Doors and Aerosmith for the look. CRACKED.COM — Nerdist

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Terminator

CRACKED.COM Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted the Terminator to get drunk. Schwarzenegger suggested a scene where the Terminator becomes intrigued by a beer can, so he drinks it and gets tipsy. James Cameron had to explain to him, It's a machine, Arnold. It's not a human being. It's not E.T. It can't get drunk. — Source: 14 Random Facts That Show We Have a Lot Left to Learn About the World

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