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Mike Myers demanded to re-record all of his dialogue for Shrek in a Scottish accent after having already finished the entire movie in his normal voice.
Mike Myers demanded to re-record all of his dialogue for Shrek in a Scottish accent after having already finished the entire movie in his normal voice. This…
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Iconic opening credits for the sitcom Friends were not filmed in New York City but rather on a Warner Brothers studio backlot in Burbank, California at four in the morning.
Iconic opening credits for the sitcom Friends were not filmed in New York City but rather on a Warner Brothers studio backlot in Burbank, California at four…
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Lightsaber sound effects in Star Wars were invented by accidentally walking past a broken television set while holding a running film projector motor.
Lightsaber sound effects in Star Wars were invented by accidentally walking past a broken television set while holding a running film projector motor. Sound…
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HBO executives originally wanted the opening sequence of The Sopranos to feature a different song for every single episode instead of the iconic track by Alabama 3.
HBO executives originally wanted the opening sequence of The Sopranos to feature a different song for every single episode instead of the iconic track by…
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George Lucas showed an early, unedited cut of the original 1977 Star Wars to his filmmaker friends, and they universally agreed it was an incomprehensible, pacing-free disaster.
George Lucas showed an early, unedited cut of the original 1977 Star Wars to his filmmaker friends, and they universally agreed it was an incomprehensible,…
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Producers of the legendary sitcom The Golden Girls originally included a live-in gay housekeeper named Coco in the pilot episode, played by actor Charles Levin.
Producers of the legendary sitcom The Golden Girls originally included a live-in gay housekeeper named Coco in the pilot episode, played by actor Charles…
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon never actually learned how to read or write standard sheet music, despite composing some of the most influential and commercially successful pop…
Paul McCartney and John Lennon never actually learned how to read or write standard sheet music, despite composing some of the most influential and…
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Clarence Leonidas Fender revolutionized modern music by inventing the Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars despite never actually learning how to play a single chord on…
Clarence Leonidas Fender revolutionized modern music by inventing the Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars despite never actually learning how to play…
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George Lucas hired James Earl Jones to dub over Darth Vader's dialogue because the actor actually in the suit, David Prowse, had a high-pitched farmer's accent from the West Country of England.
George Lucas hired James Earl Jones to dub over Darth Vader's dialogue because the actor actually in the suit, David Prowse, had a high-pitched farmer's…
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Iconic green digital rain code that cascades down the screen in the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix is actually composed of scanned Japanese sushi recipes.
Iconic green digital rain code that cascades down the screen in the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix is actually composed of scanned Japanese sushi recipes.…
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Vibe article titled 'Racer X' from 1998 is the actual origin story for the multi-billion dollar Fast and Furious film franchise, as journalist Ken Li wrote a deep dive into the…
Vibe article titled 'Racer X' from 1998 is the actual origin story for the multi-billion dollar Fast and Furious film franchise, as journalist Ken Li wrote a…
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Pop superstar Michael Jackson tried to purchase Marvel Comics in the late 1990s specifically because he desperately wanted to star in a movie as Spider-Man.
Pop superstar Michael Jackson tried to purchase Marvel Comics in the late 1990s specifically because he desperately wanted to star in a movie as Spider-Man.…
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Writers Guild of America strikes in the late 1980s directly caused the explosive creation and eventual global domination of reality television.
Writers Guild of America strikes in the late 1980s directly caused the explosive creation and eventual global domination of reality television. Because…
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Universal Pictures actually had to send an urgent digital patch to theaters across the world to update the infamously disastrous 2019 musical film "Cats" because the original CGI was so uncomfortably horrifying.
Universal Pictures actually had to send an urgent digital patch to theaters across the world to update the infamously disastrous 2019 musical film "Cats"…
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Will Smith famously turned down the lead role of Neo in "The Matrix" because he completely misunderstood the Wachowskis' pitch and instead opted to star in the absolute critical catastrophe that was "Wild Wild West".
Will Smith famously turned down the lead role of Neo in "The Matrix" because he completely misunderstood the Wachowskis' pitch and instead opted to star in…
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Characters in the Fast and Furious franchise shift gears so often during drag races that their cars would mathematically need to have roughly twenty-eight distinct gears.
Characters in the Fast and Furious franchise shift gears so often during drag races that their cars would mathematically need to have roughly twenty-eight…
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Video game composer Grant Kirkhope designed the pause menu music for the legendary shooter GoldenEye to be so incredibly catchy that players would deliberately stop their game…
Video game composer Grant Kirkhope designed the pause menu music for the legendary shooter GoldenEye to be so incredibly catchy that players would…
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Statistical analysis of Tom Cruise films has revealed that movies where the actor runs for more than a thousand feet on screen consistently make significantly more money at the…
Statistical analysis of Tom Cruise films has revealed that movies where the actor runs for more than a thousand feet on screen consistently make significantly…
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Rod Serling wrote an astonishing ninety-two of the one hundred and fifty-six episodes of the original Twilight Zone series, mostly by dictating them into a tape recorder while…
Rod Serling wrote an astonishing ninety-two of the one hundred and fifty-six episodes of the original Twilight Zone series, mostly by dictating them into a…
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George Lucas filmed a cameo appearance with the members of the 90s boy band NSYNC as Jedi Knights in the background of Star Wars Attack of the Clones to appease his teenage daughters.
George Lucas filmed a cameo appearance with the members of the 90s boy band NSYNC as Jedi Knights in the background of Star Wars Attack of the Clones to…
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Author Stephenie Meyer originally envisioned future Superman actor Henry Cavill as her absolute perfect choice to play the sparkly, brooding vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight movie adaptation.
Author Stephenie Meyer originally envisioned future Superman actor Henry Cavill as her absolute perfect choice to play the sparkly, brooding vampire Edward…
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Prop designers deliberately placed Walter White's signature blue crystal meth from Breaking Bad into an episode of The Walking Dead as a subtle easter egg for eagle-eyed television fans.
Prop designers deliberately placed Walter White's signature blue crystal meth from Breaking Bad into an episode of The Walking Dead as a subtle easter egg for…
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Frank Sinatra was legally offered the starring role of action hero John McClane in the 1988 film Die Hard before Bruce Willis even got a chance to audition.
Frank Sinatra was legally offered the starring role of action hero John McClane in the 1988 film Die Hard before Bruce Willis even got a chance to audition.…
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Popular tourist photos erase hundreds of people from the frame
Unless they magically woke up at dawn, that serene photo of a popular plaza was achieved by obsessively using software tools to digitally erase the other…
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