Aaron Short
I'm a writer from the mean streets of South Wales who lives in sunny Edinburgh. Please contact me if you'd like to exchange words for money.
Twitter: @notlevarburton
6 Real Places That Show Up In The Background of Every Movie
Hollywood loves to recycle things.
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5 Intense Movie Scenes Created By Not Clueing In Actors
For a bunch of people who are supposed to play make-believe for a living, not a lot of actors feel up to faking it.
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Why Tarantino's 'Death Proof' Is Creepy Now
Remember those sweet, innocent days when the creepiest thing about Quentin Tarantino was his fondness for feet?
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5 Fictional Universes That Overlap In Mind-Blowing Ways
Not everyone can write a bestselling novel or a box office success, but even the lowliest of us can interpret our favorite pieces of pop culture in bafflingly awesome new ways.
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6 Stupid Bets That People Won As Insanely As Possible
Once Eisenhower's chief of staff bet General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery a B-17 Flying Fortress, he was going to get it.
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5 Times A Celebrity's Kindness Made A Real-Life Impact
In times like these, it's good to remind ourselves that humans don't automatically use their fame and fortune to diabolical ends.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Aaron Short, Scott Elizabeth Baird, E.M. Caris
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Prince Could Ball! 7 Unexpected Pre-Fame Lives (RIP Prince)
Sometimes, the pre-fame jobs of celebrities are so insane they deserve to be recorded in a golden history book and preserved for all time.
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6 Famous People With Shocking Criminal Backgrounds
It turns out some of our most beloved actors, singers, and reality TV stars actually started out as hardened criminals.
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6 Minor Details That Reveal Major Things About Movie Worlds
Sometimes the same movies that we mock for replacing plot with explosions hide important details so well that we wouldn't have picked up on them with a dozen repeat viewings.
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- By Aaron Short, T.D. Woodward, Ed Stevens
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6 Eyebrow-Arching Easter Eggs In Popular TV Shows
If you want to get the most out of a show, you have to hunt for the hidden shit.
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- By Aaron Short, Ed Stevens
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6 Insane Real Police Responses to Clearly Fake Crimes
You literally cannot believe your eyes anymore. And someone needs to tell the authorities that.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Aaron Short, Ed Stevens, Aaron Granger
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6 Epic Meltdowns By Actors
We're not sure if life on a film set would be hilarious or a freaking nightmare.
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- By Aaron Short, Matthew Kohlmorgen, JM McNab
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8 Celebrities Who Are Great at the Last Thing You'd Expect
Jon Stewart is better than you.
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- By Aaron Short, Michael Dawson , Michael Hossey
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5 Amazing Performances by Actors Who Weren't Acting (Part 4)
If you thought being a child actor was rough now... Imagine what it was like before
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- By Chris Rio, Aaron Short
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5 Amazing Performances by Actors Who Weren't Acting (Part 3)
Adam Sandler's sense of humor actually had to get legal approval.
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6 Easter Eggs Buried in Famous TV Shows
You have to admire it when creators make this sort of effort.
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5 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Great
All great movies are walking a razor's edge, and just one step in the wrong direction will send you plummeting into the darkest depths of absolute stupidity.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Aaron Short
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Attempts to Censor Popular Cartoons
Sometimes the desire to protect children's sensitive brains turns into bizarre self-parody.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Aaron Short, Ivan Farkas
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6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movies
Half the fun of watching a movie is later poring over the DVD frame by frame for hours and hours so that you can pick up on the Easter eggs hidden within.
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5 Hilariously Bizarre Early Careers of Famous People
Before your favorite actors, musicians, and TV personalities got their big break, they had to work for a living just like the rest of us schlubs.
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- By Richie Ryan, Aaron Short
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