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Valley Girl

Nicolas cage Movies valley Girl Rating: 4 bees All of the Valley Girl slang in Frank Zappa's song was Zappa's daughter mocking people at her school - which the 18-year old Nicolas Cage should've known. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Parodies That Succeeded Because Nobody Got the Joke

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones didn't speak for eight years. After moving across the country as a child, he began stuttering due to the trauma of being separated from his mother (she didn't come along) and of almost being left behind by his family. Не stopped speaking, because other kids made fun of him - - until, in high school, an English teacher had him read poetry out loud. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tom Hardy

GRACKED COM 886046 Tom Hardy hates going to the gym because he feels intimidated by the tough guys there. Не admits that he doesn't feel very manly in real life, and he imitates guys that scare him to create his on-screen persona. — Source

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Charlie Sheen

If it were left to the studio, Charlie Sheen would've played Harker in Bram Stoker's Dracula. The studio wanted a big name, and was looking at everyone from Sheen to Christian Slater before giving the role to Keanu Reeves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Watching Paint Dry

A British director made a 10-hour movie showing paint drying (as a big troll). PAINT DRYING A FILM BY CHARLIE LYNE Не made the censors at the British ratings body BBFC sit through it, to protest their charging indie and Hollywood movies the same for a rating. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cheers

CHEERS CRACKED.COM The bar where everybody knows your name aired its finale on May 20, 1993, after 11 seasons. Diane (Shelley Long) returns after 6 years, but Sam realizes the bar will always be his biggest love. The 98-minute finale was seen by about 40% of the U.S. population at the time - 84.4 million viewers. — Source

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged sweater sold for $334,000 The garment of the late Nirvana singer holds the record for the most expensive sweater sold at auction. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jin Sakai

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima SINESTRO CORPS Jin sees fear as his ultimate weapon, as he essentially invents the concept of sneaky battle tactics and assassination. The only question is whether he would allow his mastery of fear overtake him beyond his noble goals. CRACKED.COM — More: Ghost of Tsushima Wiki
Image Credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Repulsion

Disturbing Movies Repulsion Catherine Deneuve plays a mentally unstable woman who descends into nightmares and hallucinations while all alone in her apartment, her repulsion for sexuality haunting her as her mind decays. Roman Polanski really nails the sexual creepiness (we wonder why). 1965, United Kingdom Dir. Roman Polanski CRACKED.COM — IMDb, Trailer

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Game of Thrones

CRACKED.COM Sex scenes Game of Thrones Everyone hated the vile sex. Absolutely no one liked the violent or horrifying sex scenes in the show. Iwan Rheon, Ramsay Bolton's actor, called it the worst day of his career.

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Futurama

COMEDY NERD Futurama has a Christmas episode that features a blood-crazed Santa. Due to a tragic programming error, the robot Santa from Xmas Story has turned from a benevolent bringer of gifts to a monster who goes on a killing rampage once a year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Marina Sirtis spat out bits of chocolate into a bucket in The Next Generation. In The Game scene where she eats a chocolate sundae, she decided to spit into a bucket after each take so she doesn't gain lots of weight. CRACKED.COM — Source: 5 Hilariously Disgusting Moments From Your Favorite Shows

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

TELL US NOW. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN AS PENGUIN Bryan A. would have done anything to see this casting during Nolan's Batman. — Bryan A.

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Sean Connery

Sean Connery ALLAN QUATERMAIN CRACKED COM 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was such a critical and popular disappointment that Connery ret

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Thomas Edison

THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS BASED IN LOS ANGELES PARTLY BECAUSE OF THOMAS EDISON Thomas Edison's company in New Jersey held many moviemaking patents

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Truman Capote

CRACKED COM They're not writers; they're typists. Sweaty typists blacking up pounds of bond paper with formless, eyeless, earless messages. -Truman

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Transformers

Megan Fox compared her boss to Hitler. TRANSFORMERS CRACKED.COM She compared Michael Bay, unfavorably, to Hitler in an interview with a British magazine. It was actually Steven Spielberg who took umbrage and made the call to drop her from the remaining films.

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The Happening

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CRACKED.COM M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MARK WAHLBERG THE HAPPENING FROM ITS INCEPTION, 'THE HAPPENING WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR TO BE GOOD. IT WAS THE RESULT OF M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN WANTING TO CREATE A MODERN DAY B-MOVIE IN LINE WITH THE CHEESY HORROR/PARANOIA FILMS OF THE 50'S AND 60'S LIKE 'THE BIRDS' AND 'INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. - CRITICS AND MOVIEGOERS NEVER GOT THE MEMO -

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SNL Quebec

SNL around the world SNL Québec entertained French Canadians in 2014 and 2015. It was canceled due to studio budget cutbacks, though. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spellbound

CRACKED Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound is entirely in black and white, not unusual for the time. However, when a gun fires at the end, two red frames fill the screen - brief enough to disorient the viewer without them realizing how or why. — Source

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Brie Larson

BRIE LARSON IS A STAR WARS FANGIRL. Larson says that her dream role as a kid was to play a young Princess Leia. She regularly posts pictures of herself dressed as a Jedi and even cried on the set of Captain Marvel when Samuel L. Jackson brought her his Mace Windu lightsaber. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Hollywood Stars Who Happen To Be Huge Nerds

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Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk Didn't Like His Character CRACKED.COM Alan Tudyk, who played Steve the Pirate, told Vaughn and Thurber that as soon as he read the script he knew they had a hit on their hands. His only problem with the script was that they needed to cut the pirate character because he doesn't make any sense. Rough call, Alan. — FilmSchoolRejects

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The Shining

GRACKED.COM Initial reactions to the Shining were mixed to the point that... Stanley Kubrick was nominated for the first-ever Worst Director Razzie Award. — Source: 24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)

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Spider-Man

CRACKED COM Dumbest censorship spidey has to be straight Spider-Man is contractually obligated to be a straight, white man. Andrew Garfield got in hot water once, for suggesting in an interview that Peter Parker could maybe be bisexual. — Source: SYFY WIRE

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Hidetaka Miyazaki

The Dark Souls game director was an account manager for a US company before making games. Hidetaka Miyazaki credits the game Ico for inspiring him to switch careers to game design. Не became the president of FromSoftware in only 10 years. CRACKED.COM — The Guardian

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Princess Bride

MANDY PATINKIN is a textbook example of swordfighting. Despite The Princess Bride being where it was most prominent, Patinkin had already learned fencing at Juilliard. Не then spent two months straight retraining, eight hours a day. Fencing academies now show his duel with the Man in Black in classes. — Source: Vanity Fair

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Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke, AKA Daenerys, had two brain aneurysms. And she founded an aneurysm charity - it's called SameYou, and it focuses on research to help uncover the cause of aneurysms and on support for people recovering from aneurysms. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Freeze

In the early Batman comics, Mr. Freeze looked ridiculous. BUT MR. ZERO AGAIN BRINGS HIS GUN INTO PLAY... THAT WILL STOP YOU COLD, OFFICERS! Не was a bald dude with a plastic helmet who looked like a dopey version of Vin Diesel cosplaying an astronaut. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Super-Weird Early Versions Of Famous Characters

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Jon Bon Jovi

... TELL US NOW. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER BY BON JOVI Actual lyrics: It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not Al D. heard, It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not CRACKED.COM

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Finding Nemo

Nemo's dad would have become his mom FINDING NEMO CRACKED.COM All clownfish are born male. When the dominant female dies, the dominant male becomes female. — Source: Audubon Nature Institute

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Gone in 60 Seconds

Gone in 60 Seconds was first made in 1974. The original is the work of H.B. Toby Halicki, a car-obsessed maverick with no previous moviemaking experience. He died while making a sequel in 1989. — Source: DriveTribe

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Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan gave his GF Lori Harvey 15 bouquets of white roses. It was a gift for her 24th birthday, and she posted an Instagram Story about the collection of bouquets, telling him Thank You Baby. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift grew up on Christmas tree farm She spent some of childhood on Pine Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania, which she honors in her Christmas single aptly called Christmas Tree Farm. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Vogue

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Talladega Nights

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Learning to drive a race car is TERRIFYING wonder TALLADEGA NIGHTS CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY Bosey After a single scary lap at racing speeds, Ferrell and McKay were ready to call it a day. Reilly insisted they keep going: Guys, we can't be wusses here. We can't make a NASCAR movie and not actually experience being in a race car. — ESPN

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The Witch

The Witch The song the children sing to Black Phillip in the beginning tells you everything you need to know about the end: Black Phillip, Black Phillip A crown grows out his head Black Phillip, Black Phillip To nanny queen is wed Jump to the fence post/ Running in the stall/ Black Phillip, Black Phillip / King of all. CRACKED.COM — Robert Eggers on Quora

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Katy Perry

Katy Perry CRACKED.COM This doesn't appear to be a staged publicity stunt. It looks like Katy Perry legit crashed a Melbourne prom for 10 minutes, possibly drunk, by some accounts. One teacher said she saw someone dancing wildly, and said Who is this silly girl? Who is this idiot? — Source: Billboard

4

Troy

In Troy, two llamas can be spotted walking around a marketplace. The film is set around 1250 BC, so those llamas either swam across the Atlantic or so — The Guardian

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Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill visited a terminally ill boy to answer all his Star Wars questions. John Sikorra was battling with juvenile Batten's disease (JNCL). Becau

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Muhammad Ali

The iconic Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian photo had to use practical effects which made it pretty tedious to shoot. The champ had to stand still while

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Knight and Day

GRACKED KNIGHT AND DAY After being drugged by Roy, June finds herself on Roy's tropical island (which is off the grid), reclothed in a bikini.

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