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Knives Out

CRACKED.COM KNIVES OUT Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a hidden cameo. JGL's voice is heard during the program Marta's sister is watching in the kitchen, saying We have the nanny cam footage. — Source

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Prince

Prince was (probably) one of the very first Oregon Trail players. In 1971, Prince Rogers Nelson was an 8th-grader at Bryant Junior High, in Minneapolis - meaning he was in the class of Don Rawitsch, the teacher who came up with Oregon Trail to keep his students engaged. Sadly, there's no record of how many times (if any) he died of dysentery. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cornershop

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Harold Ramis

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Terminator 2

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Mariah Carey

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Christoph Waltz

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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Movie Props

... TELL US NOW. UNBELIEVABLE PROPS Mario C. doesn't understand Spending millions of dollars in special effects and famous actors, but not being able to spend 50 cents for having coffee in the mug. Every time an actor pretends that he's drinking a delicious coffee from an empty cup, it destroys all illusion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ultron

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Hotel Transylvania

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA The movie went through six directors. It was first helmed by Anthony Stacchi and David Feiss before Jill Culton, who was followed by Chris Jenkins and then Todd Wilderman. Genndy Tartakovsky ended the movie/hot potato, and saw the project to completion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Imagine Me and You

Meet Cute Imagine Me and You Piper Perabo and Lena Headey meet on the day of the former's wedding. Their very first interaction consists in Heady sticking her hand in a bowl of punch to retrieve Perabo's missing wedding ring, just as the bride is harassed by her new husband's slimy boss. This is a somewhat clichés but still lovely romcom, and definitely deserves much more love. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Stranger Things

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS GHOSTBUSTERS The juvenile joke (and kickass climax) about crossing the streams wasn't in the script. Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd came up with the method to defeat Gozer at the last minute, and then changed earlier scenes to foreshadow it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sam Neill

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Step Brothers

Step Brothers showcases Will Ferrell's and John C. Reilly's musical talents. UPTOWN GiRL In the scene at the Catalina Wine Mixer where Reilly's character plays drums and Ferrell's sings, the actors are really doing that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Home Alone

Home Alone's movie-within-a-movie was shot in one day, in an abandoned high school gym. They filmed Angels with Filthy Souls on a sound stage in the New Trier West High School gymnasium (which was used for a lot of Home Alone's interior shots, too). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tom Cruise

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Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

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Die Hard

Die Hard Then vs. Now 1988 The villains Die Hard villains surely devolved over four movies from ruthless, sophisticated Hans Gruber to some tech bro. And in the final movie's meta-move, the McClane-killing villain was the movie itself. Terrifying. 2007 CRACKED.COM — More: 4 Simple Rules for Not Screwing Up a 'Die Hard' Sequel

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Rom-Coms

Tired Rom-Com Tropes (That Still Make Us Swoon) Silent acknowledgement We love witty banter, but sometimes all that is needed is the silent acknowledgement of attraction. Destination Wedding was already getting a bit too mean and cynica, but then its last scene gave it just the amount of hopeful sweetness it needed. CRACKED.COM

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict cumberbatch не almost was Barrister cumberbatch. With both of his parents being actors, young Benedict was encouraged to get a more stable career. Не toyed with the idea of becoming a criminal lawyer, but realized that the appeal of it was in performing in front of a jury. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Mirror

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Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible Hanging from wires isn't exactly the preferred method to avoid triggering an alarm, is it? Thieves did exactly that to rob a Best Buy in New Jersey. They weren't trying to hack into any computer, though - just to steal computers. — More: 6 Absurd Movie Scenes (That Actually Happened)

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Stephen King

Castle Rock, Maine STEPHEN KING NOVELS GREEN WILL THE RUS FROM THE WORLD OF STEPHEN KING JOHN CRACKED.COM Stephen King's often-used fictional town is based off his hometown of Durham, Maine. — The Stephen King Story

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Sesame Street

You never see the same kids on Sesame Street. The same adults stay on Sesame Street year after year. So do the puppet characters, who mostly seem to be monsters. Yet the children come and go quickly, often appearing on just one episode. What if The Count is feasting on them? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Independence Day

Most of the sets for Independence Day were built in the same hangar where Howard Hughes built the Spruce Goose. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Now-You-Know Bits of Trivia About Movies, History, Celebrity Weirdness, And More

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A Dance with Dragons

In A Dance with Dragons Stannis Baratheon refuses to sacrifice an unbeliever by fire. even when told that doing so will placate the god who has sent a storm against his army. I will have no burnings. Pray harder! is his reply. On HBO's Game of Thrones, he not only permits the sacrifice, but sends his own daughter and heir to the stake. CRACKED COM — Source: 24 Adaptations That Ignored The Source Material

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Kanye West

KANYE WEST MAGAIN SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 CRACKED.COM Decked out in a MAGA hat, Kanye ended the season premiere with a pro-Trump rant that never made it to air. The ramble received boos from the studio audience and a hushed my god from Chris Rock on Instagram. — People

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Legally Blonde

VIVIAN ISSING Did KENSINGTON just change careers? Vivian is a big part of Legally Blonde, going from antagonizing Elle to becoming her friend. In the sequel, she's nowhere to be seen, and Elle doesn't seem to miss her. — Source: Legally Blonde Wiki

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The Incredible Hulk

Not even the credits are safe. THE INCREDIBLE HULK CRACKED.COI One TV spot ruins the post credits scene of Tony Stark meeting Thunderboit Ross in a ba — Source: Screen Rant

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Uma Thurman

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C.S. Lewis

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Tarzan

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Pursued Across the Internet With the Desperate Vigor of a Cartoon Cereal Mascot — For details, read 7 Classic Disney Movies Based On R-Rated Stories

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

We almost had a WWII battle scene as the opening of CAPTAIN AMERICA THE WINTER SOLDIER Not only did we almost get a big period battle for an opening,

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Leighton Meester

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Drake

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Deep Purple

CRACKED.COM Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water recounts a real tragedy. The story in the lyrics actually happened - the band was in Montreux, Switzerland, when some stupid with a flare gun burned down the casino where they were supposed to record an album using a mobile studio. — Source

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The Hank McCune Show

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Greeeen

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The Mandalorian

Jason Sudeikis, Adam Pally, and Drew Hale were in The Mandalorian. They played bike scout troopers in Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 1 (they never took off their masks, SO you'd be forgiven for not recognizing them). CRACKED.COM — Vulture

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Frank Zappa

CRACKEDCO Frank Zappa talked about digital music downloads in 1989. In his autobiography, Zappa proposed a novel music distribution system: We propos

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