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Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe explicitly mandated in her studio contracts that all of her major motion pictures had to be shot in expensive Technicolor because she firmly…
Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe explicitly mandated in her studio contracts that all of her major motion pictures had to be shot in expensive Technicolor…
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Creators Matt and Ross Duffer were rejected by over fifteen different television networks when they initially pitched the concept for Stranger Things, with executives claiming…
Creators Matt and Ross Duffer were rejected by over fifteen different television networks when they initially pitched the concept for Stranger Things, with…
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Mad Max Fury Road director George Miller essentially trapped his two lead actors, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy, inside a sweltering metal truck cab in the Namibian desert for…
Mad Max Fury Road director George Miller essentially trapped his two lead actors, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy, inside a sweltering metal truck cab in the…
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Space Jam was not conceived as a beautiful, heartfelt narrative about the power of self-belief or the magic of Looney Tunes, but rather as an elaborate feature-length extension…
Space Jam was not conceived as a beautiful, heartfelt narrative about the power of self-belief or the magic of Looney Tunes, but rather as an elaborate…
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Fast and Furious star Michelle Rodriguez had absolutely no idea how to drive a car when she was cast as Letty Ortiz, a highly skilled illegal street racer, in the very first movie of the adrenaline-fueled franchise.
Fast and Furious star Michelle Rodriguez had absolutely no idea how to drive a car when she was cast as Letty Ortiz, a highly skilled illegal street racer, in…
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Marlon Brando was paid a record-breaking 3.7 million dollars and a percentage of the profits for his brief role as Jor-El in the 1978 Superman movie, despite absolutely refusing to memorize a single line of his dialogue.
Marlon Brando was paid a record-breaking 3.7 million dollars and a percentage of the profits for his brief role as Jor-El in the 1978 Superman movie, despite…
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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson cast actor Christopher Lee as the wizard Saruman, but quickly discovered that the veteran actor needed absolutely no direction on how to…
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson cast actor Christopher Lee as the wizard Saruman, but quickly discovered that the veteran actor needed absolutely no…
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Sales of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses skyrocketed by over forty percent immediately after Tom Cruise wore them in the 1986 movie "Top Gun," literally saving the brand from the brink of financial ruin.
Sales of Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses skyrocketed by over forty percent immediately after Tom Cruise wore them in the 1986 movie "Top Gun," literally saving the…
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Beloved television painter Bob Ross used to be a master sergeant in the United States Air Force, where his primary job was to be the guy who screamed at raw recruits to make them scrub the latrines.
Beloved television painter Bob Ross used to be a master sergeant in the United States Air Force, where his primary job was to be the guy who screamed at raw…
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Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs despite only being on screen for roughly sixteen minutes of the…
Anthony Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs despite only being on screen for roughly…
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Peter Jackson filmed the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy simultaneously over the course of four hundred and thirty-eight days in New Zealand, a massive financial gamble by New…
Peter Jackson filmed the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy simultaneously over the course of four hundred and thirty-eight days in New Zealand, a massive…
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Dougray Scott was originally cast to play Wolverine in the year 2000 X-Men film but had to drop out at the last minute because filming on Mission Impossible 2 ran over schedule,…
Dougray Scott was originally cast to play Wolverine in the year 2000 X-Men film but had to drop out at the last minute because filming on Mission Impossible 2…
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Real mafia bosses and mob associates were so obsessed with Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather that they actually started changing their real-life behavior and speech…
Real mafia bosses and mob associates were so obsessed with Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather that they actually started changing their real-life…
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Ricky Gervais watched as NBC executives forced the writers of the American adaptation of The Office to shamelessly plagiarize the original British pilot script rather than risk an original thought.
Ricky Gervais watched as NBC executives forced the writers of the American adaptation of The Office to shamelessly plagiarize the original British pilot…
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Walt Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic image of Mickey Mouse, transforming the innocent cartoon rodent into one of the most fiercely protected and heavily litigated…
Walt Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic image of Mickey Mouse, transforming the innocent cartoon rodent into one of the most fiercely protected and…
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Stanley Kubrick used nine hundred tons of salt and crushed Styrofoam to create the winter maze scenes at the end of The Shining, creating a massive environmental nightmare on the backlot of the studio.
Stanley Kubrick used nine hundred tons of salt and crushed Styrofoam to create the winter maze scenes at the end of The Shining, creating a massive…
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Mud animation in Shrek took so long to perfect that the lead animator actually took showers in real mud to study its physics.
Mud animation in Shrek took so long to perfect that the lead animator actually took showers in real mud to study its physics. DreamWorks poured an ungodly…
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Chris O'Donnell was originally offered the role of Agent J in Men in Black but turned it down because he thought it was just another alien movie.
Chris O'Donnell was originally offered the role of Agent J in Men in Black but turned it down because he thought it was just another alien movie. Steven…
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Bryan Cranston managed to throw that legendary party-sized pizza onto the roof of Walter White's house in Breaking Bad in exactly one single, miraculous take.
Bryan Cranston managed to throw that legendary party-sized pizza onto the roof of Walter White's house in Breaking Bad in exactly one single, miraculous take.…
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James Cameron sold the rights to The Terminator for exactly one single dollar to producer Gale Anne Hurd, purely on the strict condition that he must be allowed to direct the movie himself.
James Cameron sold the rights to The Terminator for exactly one single dollar to producer Gale Anne Hurd, purely on the strict condition that he must be…
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Walt Disney Studios actively sent out rejection letters to female artists in the late 1930s that explicitly stated women did not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen.
Walt Disney Studios actively sent out rejection letters to female artists in the late 1930s that explicitly stated women did not do any of the creative work…
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Universal Studios constructed the entire Minion language in the Despicable Me franchise out of completely random gibberish words stolen from various global languages, primarily focusing on food.
Universal Studios constructed the entire Minion language in the Despicable Me franchise out of completely random gibberish words stolen from various global…
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Tim Burton flat-out refused to use computer-generated imagery for the nut-sorting sequence in his 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, instead forcing the…
Tim Burton flat-out refused to use computer-generated imagery for the nut-sorting sequence in his 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,…
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Jim Carrey felt so suffocated and claustrophobic while enduring the eight-hour daily application of heavy green prosthetics for How the Grinch Stole Christmas that the studio…
Jim Carrey felt so suffocated and claustrophobic while enduring the eight-hour daily application of heavy green prosthetics for How the Grinch Stole Christmas…
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