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March 02, 2025

It probably took Phil Connors over three decades to pick up all those hobbies in Groundhog Day. Honestly, sounds completely worth it.

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Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro 79 OF These guys have had beef since 1987, and it was brought back to life in 2022 when Rourke said De Niro stopped him from being in The Irishman. Mickey Rourke 70 CRACKED — Tinseltown/Shutterstock,
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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey was named Orpah after a woman in the Bible. Along the way, her name got misspelled as Oprahs SsO often that it just kinda stuck. CRA

38

Game of Thrones

When Daenerys' army is at the gates of Meereen in Game of Thrones, the Champion of Meereen hurls Monty Python insults. His monologue is the French guy's rant (Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person, and so on) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, translated into Low Valyrian. CRACKED.COM — Source

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YouTube

YouTube ended their partnership with Steven Crowder. CRACKED.COM After having his YouTube account suspended several times, a damning video surfaced of him verbally assaulting his pregnant wife. Claims that he exposed himself at work didn't help, and YouTube has removed him as a partner. — Source

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The Wizard of Oz

CRACKED.COM In The wizard of OZ, Toto made more money than the Munchkins. Hollywood has never been fair, but it's mind-boggling that the actors portraying the Munchkins were paid $50 per week, while Toto and his trainers got $125 per week. — Source

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I Am Legend

APOCALYPSE? HOW? I AM LEGEND The virus that turns people into vampire-like monsters starts out as a measles virus. CRACKED.COM — Source: USA Today

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Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers saw an orange UFO at night in New Jersey, back in 2005. Two other people saw it, too - it was behind the clouds, he says, so they couldn't fully make it out, but it was large and moving from left to right. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lars von Trier

Danish film director Lars von Trier made some intolerable statements about Hitler at the 2011 Cannes film festival. I understand Hitler... I sympathize with him... And he was immediately banned from the festival by the Cannes board of directors; the ban lasted SEVEN YEARS. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Groundhog Day

The website Obsessed with Film calculated that in order to master piano, ice sculpture, and on, Phil Connors to DAYS spend in Day. so had 12,403 10 stuck Groundhog 2 10 3 9 4 That's just under 34 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlie Chaplin

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts Charlie Chaplin 1914 Beginning in 1914, Chaplin became known as one of Hollywood's first stars, and had the second- ever million dollar contract. As a vaudevillian and slapstick comic, he did all of his own stunts. CRACKED — Source

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Dan Aykroyd

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DAN AYKROYD NEARLY GOT TO PLAY DR. STANTZ AGAIN IN GHOSTBUSTERS III IN THE '90S. It would involve the Ghostbusters visiting a version of Hell that looked a lot like Manhattan, and also of getting a new generation of Ghostbusters onboard. — Source

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The Osmonds

One of the reasons the Osmonds formed was to raise money to buy their brothers hearing aids. CRACKED.COM Tom and Virl Osmond were both born with severe hearing loss. They both eventually learned how to play several instruments and in later years made ос- casional appearances with their brothers and sister. — Ability Magazine

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The Wicked Witch

VILLAIN: The Wicked Witch MOVIE: The Wizard of Oz VILLAINY: Taunts the girl who killed her sister, telling her she wants her shoes. BUT WAIT! The shoes belonged to her dead sister, and are now rightfully hers. Dorothy kills her, too. CRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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Live News

The first live news story 1938 CRACKED.COM NBC New York interrupted its scheduled programming to report on a fire on Ward's Island, home to both an Inebriate Asylum and an Idiot Asylum. — Source: 19 Television Firsts (That We Never Really Recovered From)

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MMA

Being a pro fighter doesn't mean you can fight. Martial artists often find it extremely difficult to adapt to an actual fighting situation. When you've spent years following strict rules, it's pretty hard to let go of all the restraint and just defend yourself. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Painful Things Nobody Tells You About Fighting

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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage CRACKED COM A young actor named NICOLAS KIM COPPOLA kept getting razzed by his castmates on his first gig, because of his famous uncle: F

24

Biopic Tropes

AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES WRITING ON GLASS When Tom Cruise does math on glass in Mission: Impossible III, it makes sense because it's an action thriller. When Russell Crowe and Andrew Garfield write on glass in A Beautiful Mind and The Social Network, you know they're just trying to make boring intellectual labor look sexy and action-packed. = (Яم 1+10 EP= CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alyssa Milano

CRACKED.COM Ariel, the little mermaid, was based on childhood photos of Alyssa Milano. — 22 Real-Life Inspirations For Your Favorite Movie & TV Moments

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DC Comics

GRAGKED.COM VATHLO ISLAND-- HOME OF HIGHLY DEVELOPED BLACK RACE Krypton was racially segregated. In the early '70s, DC Comics decided to address the fact that their comics were blindingly white - so they introduced Vathlo Island, where all black Kryptonians lived. Condescendingly describing them as a highly developed black race didn't help matters. — Source

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Bart Simpson

Bart Sirpson 1987 NOW An Eddie World's oldest Haskell ripoff 10-year-old. King developed 10 of the edgy minutes before catchphrase, the a pitch meetin

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The Lion King

SCAR IS DEVOURED BY HIS HYENAS, WHICH IS PRETTY HORRIFIC FOR DISNEY. BUT... ORIGINALLY, IT WAS EVEN WORSE. In an alternate ending to The Lion King, which was storyboarded but never animated, Scar believes that he's won and is engulfed by flames as he celebrates. CRACKED.COM — Source

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King of the Hill

The theme song was some band's sound check. CRACKEDG The Refreshments, out of Arizona, were asked to submit a demo to Mike Judge. They recorded a live set, and encouraged the crowd to really hoot and holler during their sound check jam, which they named Yahoos and Triangles. — CityBeat

18

Blackadder

TELL US NOW. BLACKADDER Submitted by Tanya W., You ride a horse rather less well than another horse would. Your brain would make a grain of sand look large and ungainly and the part of you that can't be mentioned, I am reliably informed by women around the Court, wouldn't be worth mentioning even if it could be. CRACKED.COM

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Coldplay

Coldplay was named after a book of poems. The book? Child's Reflections: Cold Play. The original name? Starfish. Seems like they made the right choice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bumblebee

Bumblebee has a shout-out to John Carpenter. DRAGON OF THE BLACK DRAGON OF THE TOOL BLACK POOL CANTONESE CANTONESE CUISINE CUISINE They snuck the facade of Wang Chi's eatery in Big Trouble in Little China, into the background of the town in Bumblebee. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Breaking Bad

CRACKED BADGER & SKINNY PETE BREAKING BAD In a funny bit for everyone except Gretchen & Elliot, The two best hitmen west of the Mississippi are these two silly gooses with laser pointers. Their stoner banter has Badger pitch his Star Trek spec script involving a pie eating contest. — YouTube / Fandom / TMZ

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Soulja Boy

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Movie Hitmen

MYTH: Being a hitman requires a special skill set. FACT: Fancy hitmen don't exist in the real world. A U.K. study of hitmen showed that the stereotype of the suit-wearing, surgical, master assassin is far from the truth. Most hitmen are average Joes (aside from the killing people thing). They're usually first-time, local individuals who are so hard up for money they can't even leave the area after the kill. Incidentally, they also get caught a lot. CRACKED.COM http://manbcmedia.msn.com//MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/HOJOTheBritishHitmanIR2.pdf — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

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Guardians of the Galaxy

QUILL'S SPECIAL MISSION. GRACKED GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Rocket sends Peter on a mission as if this prosthetic leg is integral to the prison break. Не hands it to Rocket, who says, I just thought it'd be funny. What did he look like hopping around? Even funnier, Quill had to pay the guy for it. — YouTube

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Tommy Wiseau

Hollywood's Problematic People On Screen THE DISASTER ARTIST A rollicking, satisfying comedy about one of the weirder stories in Hollywood. Based on a book by Greg Sestero (who also co-stars), the movie tells the story of TOMMY WISEAU, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in The Room, widely considered the worst film ever made. CRACKED — A24, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Paul Thomas Anderson

BURT REYNOLDS & PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON GRACKED.COM Reynolds felt that director Paul Thomas Anderson was unoriginal and cocky, and the pair once came close to blows on set. A 2018 article reported, Reynolds was so unhappy with Boogie Nights, despite never having seen it, he fired his agent afterward. — Source: 15 Actors And Directors Who Hated Working With Each Other

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Bill O’Reilly

Bill O'Reilly witnessed all sorts of combat. In the Falklands, Northern Ireland, El Salvador ... News sites found he was lying. For example, he said he saw nuns get shot in the back of the head in El Salvador, but he didn't step foot in the country till months after the conflict. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) was rejected by every major studio in Hollywood because they didn't think the franchise could work if it were shot in live-action. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES The movie's creators stuck to their guns and released the movie at their own expense! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tommy Boy

ROB LOWE UNCREDITED AIR CRACKED.COM Despite having a major speaking role as Tommy's step brother, Paul Barish, Rob Lowe remains uncredited. Lowe was contractually obligated to Stephen King's 'The Stand' and couldn't legally sign with another project, so he appeared in Tommy Boy as a favor to friend, Chris Farley. — Source: screenrant

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Luigi

Originallyh Mario and Luigi were identical twins When Luigi was introduced in Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. his character was just the same as Mar

5

Mary Poppins

CRACKED.COM MARY POPPINS Mary Poppins P.L.T. AVERS The books by P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins is a harsh, unlikable nanny. The movie: Mary Poppins is the sweetest nanny ever! — Source

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone CRACKED.COM In 1964, the indomitable Nina Simone wrote & recorded Mississippi Goddamn in response to the murder of Medgar Evers in MI and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, AL: Keep on saying 'go slow,' to do things gradually would bring more tragedy. Why don't you see it? Why don't you feel it? The song elicited such a strong reaction that it was banned in several states. — Source

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Harvey Weinstein

CRACKED HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND KATE BECKINSALE When Kate Beckinsale was 17, she says Harvey Weinstein made unwanted sexual advances towards her. She believes that turning him down damaged her career. — People / Vanity Fair

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Julia Roberts

JULIA ROBERTS IN MOTHER'S DAY. For her role in this forgettable rom-com, Roberts was paid $4 million. She was also only on set for four days of shooting. CRACKED.COM — Box Office Mojo & Variety

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Pretty Woman

The original ending of Pretty Woman was much darker. CRACKED COM Originally titled 3,000, the movie ended with Julia Rob- erts' character being tossed out of a limo into a dirty alley and thrown $3,000 in cash. The screenplay changed when Disney took over pro- duction. — Source

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