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Prince played twenty-seven different instruments on his debut album For You, completely producing, arranging, and performing the entire record by himself at the wildly obnoxious age of nineteen.
Prince played twenty-seven different instruments on his debut album For You, completely producing, arranging, and performing the entire record by himself at…
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Eminem recorded the incredibly complex, rapid-fire vocals for the hit song Lose Yourself in a single take while he was literally on his lunch break during the filming of the movie 8 Mile.
Eminem recorded the incredibly complex, rapid-fire vocals for the hit song Lose Yourself in a single take while he was literally on his lunch break during the…
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HBO executives were terrified that audiences would immediately cancel their subscriptions after the first season episode where Tony Soprano brutally strangles a mob informant while taking his daughter on a college tour.
HBO executives were terrified that audiences would immediately cancel their subscriptions after the first season episode where Tony Soprano brutally strangles…
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George R.R. Martin explicitly created the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones to punish fantasy readers who had been conditioned by decades of Tolkien knock-offs…
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Paul McCartney woke up with the melody for Yesterday fully formed in his head and originally used the placeholder lyrics 'Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs' to remember the tune.
Paul McCartney woke up with the melody for Yesterday fully formed in his head and originally used the placeholder lyrics 'Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I…
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Led Zeppelin did not actually write the famous descending acoustic riff for Stairway to Heaven, but rather blatantly lifted it from a relatively obscure instrumental track by the band Spirit.
Led Zeppelin did not actually write the famous descending acoustic riff for Stairway to Heaven, but rather blatantly lifted it from a relatively obscure…
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Alfred Hitchcock bought up almost every single copy of the original Psycho novel before releasing his iconic 1960 film so that nobody would know the twist ending about Norman Bates dressing up as his dead mother.
Alfred Hitchcock bought up almost every single copy of the original Psycho novel before releasing his iconic 1960 film so that nobody would know the twist…
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Steve Carell was almost entirely written out of the first season of The Office because the American adaptation was suffering from abysmal ratings and NBC was just weeks away from…
Steve Carell was almost entirely written out of the first season of The Office because the American adaptation was suffering from abysmal ratings and NBC was…
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MTV initially refused to play Michael Jackson's Billie Jean music video in 1983 because the network executives claimed their format was strictly geared toward a white rock-and-roll audience.
MTV initially refused to play Michael Jackson's Billie Jean music video in 1983 because the network executives claimed their format was strictly geared toward…
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Kurt Cobain was aggressively chewing on a piece of nicotine gum during the entire recording of the MTV Unplugged version of About a Girl, refusing to spit it out despite the acoustic, intimate setting of the performance.
Kurt Cobain was aggressively chewing on a piece of nicotine gum during the entire recording of the MTV Unplugged version of About a Girl, refusing to spit it…
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Queen's magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody was universally panned by record executives who insisted that a six-minute operatic rock song about murder would never be played on mainstream radio.
Queen's magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody was universally panned by record executives who insisted that a six-minute operatic rock song about murder would never…
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Tommy Wiseau spent six million dollars of his own mysterious fortune to produce, direct, and star in the 2003 film The Room, inadvertently creating what is widely considered the Citizen Kane of terrible movies.
Tommy Wiseau spent six million dollars of his own mysterious fortune to produce, direct, and star in the 2003 film The Room, inadvertently creating what is…
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Sean Astin stepped on a massive shard of glass while filming the Fellowship of the Ring scene where Samwise Gamgee runs into a river after Frodo, completely piercing his prosthetic hobbit foot.
Sean Astin stepped on a massive shard of glass while filming the Fellowship of the Ring scene where Samwise Gamgee runs into a river after Frodo, completely…
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Pixar initially named the famous space ranger from Toy Story Lunar Larry before mercifully realizing that sounded like a discount exterminator rather than an elite intergalactic hero.
Pixar initially named the famous space ranger from Toy Story Lunar Larry before mercifully realizing that sounded like a discount exterminator rather than an…
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Danny DeVito was strictly forbidden from describing his grotesque makeup for the villainous Penguin in Batman Returns to anyone, including his own family, under threat of massive legal action from the studio.
Danny DeVito was strictly forbidden from describing his grotesque makeup for the villainous Penguin in Batman Returns to anyone, including his own family,…
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Producers of the American version of The Office originally wanted to use the upbeat track Mr.
Producers of the American version of The Office originally wanted to use the upbeat track Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra as the theme song, but…
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Rippling water in the plastic cup that perfectly signaled the terrifying approach of the massive Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park was painstakingly achieved by a special…
Rippling water in the plastic cup that perfectly signaled the terrifying approach of the massive Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park was painstakingly achieved…
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Ryan Gosling was famously offered a highly lucrative spot in the wildly successful nineties boy band the Backstreet Boys long before he ever became an Academy Award-nominated prestige actor.
Ryan Gosling was famously offered a highly lucrative spot in the wildly successful nineties boy band the Backstreet Boys long before he ever became an Academy…
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Kevin Smith originally intended to conclude his legendary independent comedy Clerks by having his miserable retail protagonist Dante aggressively shot and completely murdered in…
Kevin Smith originally intended to conclude his legendary independent comedy Clerks by having his miserable retail protagonist Dante aggressively shot and…
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Daniel Craig literally had two of his front teeth smashed out of his skull during his very first major stunt sequence while filming Casino Royale in two thousand and six.
Daniel Craig literally had two of his front teeth smashed out of his skull during his very first major stunt sequence while filming Casino Royale in two…
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Marilyn Manson purposefully cultivated an image as the ultimate terrifying antichrist of the late nineties music scene, but underneath all the heavy industrial goth makeup and…
Marilyn Manson purposefully cultivated an image as the ultimate terrifying antichrist of the late nineties music scene, but underneath all the heavy…
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two impoverished teenage creators of Superman, sold the complete rights to the iconic superhero to Detective Comics in 1938 for a grand total of…
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two impoverished teenage creators of Superman, sold the complete rights to the iconic superhero to Detective Comics in 1938…
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Production on the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist was delayed when a mysterious electrical fire burned almost the entire set of the MacNeil house to the ground, leaving only…
Production on the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist was delayed when a mysterious electrical fire burned almost the entire set of the MacNeil house to the…
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Matt Damon famously turned down the lead role in James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi phenomenon Avatar, walking away from a contract that offered him ten percent of the film's backend box office profits.
Matt Damon famously turned down the lead role in James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi phenomenon Avatar, walking away from a contract that offered him ten percent of…
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