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March 01, 2025

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Titanic

CRACKED.COM James cameron made the charcoal drawing of kate winslet in Titanic. In addition to a talented director, Cameron is a talented artist as well. The nude portrait of Rose, and all the other artwork drawn by Jack, was actually Cameron's work. — Source

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Steve Martin

Steve Martin CRACKED.COM That explains it! I saw the movie Crouching Tiger Hid- den Dragon and was sur- prised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. Then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden. — PurpleClover

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Sam Raimi

Easter Eggs Evil Dead Sam Raimi puts his Oldsmobile in every film he makes. Spider-Man CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaq

WEIRD WORLD Turns out, gorillas kinda go nuts whenever they see Shaquille O'Neal. That was his claim, and it was backed up by an exec of Zoo Miami, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pennywise

... TELL US NOW. WHO COULD LIFT MJÖLNIR? PENNYWISE IT Tony G. justifies their unconventional answer, Не works on people's fears, does he not? Well, Thor's afraid of anyone lifting his hammer, so Pennywise would use that fear against him and lift it. CRACKED.COM

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The Mask of Zorro

CRACKED.COM THE MASK OF ZORRO RAUL JULIA WAS GOING TO PLAY THE ELDER ZORRO. Julia was the first pick to play Don Diego de la Vega, but he unfortunately passed before filming and the role went to Anthony Hopkins. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

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Heidi Montag

CRACKED COM ie TV ds Heidi Montag spent nearly $2 million of her own money on her first album, titled Superficial. The album, which she and her husband produced themselves, took three years to make. Despite boasts that it was comparable to Michael HETDI Jackson's Thriller in terms MONTAS of sound and quality, SUPERACIAL Superficial was met with poor sales and bad reviews. Au — Source: 17 Celebrity Vanity Projects That Imploded Gloriously

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Spider-Man

CRACKED COM SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE While Miles Morales is visiting his uncle Aaron in his apartment, the TV is on. 11 And the TV is showing an episode of Community, which features Donald Glover in Spider-Man pyjamas. — Source: 28 Sneaky Jokes Tucked Into Movies And Shows

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Pepper Potts

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts have had a romantic relationship for nearly a decade. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS EMPLOYEE. At first she's his personal assistant, making a relationship inappropriate. Later he makes her CEO of Stark Industries. Preventing that sort of quid pro quo is exactly why we have workplace sexual harassment policies. CRACKED.COM Marvel Cinematic Universe — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

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Kramer

TELL US NOW. WHAT SUBPLOTS WERE A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME? KRAMER TOTALLY GOT NOREEN PREGNANT. In an episode of Seinfeld, Kramer is lamenting his low sper — Tim S.

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Chucky

Tiffany Valentine's secret appearance in the first episode of CHUCKY During the yard sale scene there's a woman in a red coat with a scarf covering her head. That's Valentine, and it could possibly explain how Chucky made his way back to his hometown. CRACKED.COM — Source: SyFy

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Ghostbusters

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS GHOSTBUSTERS Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Christopher Walken were all considered to play Egon Spengler, while John Belushi, Michael Keaton, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, and Chevy Chase were up for Venkman. Yes, we'd totally watch the hell out of all those versions. SPENGLER VENKI CRACKED.COM — Sources: Screen Rant, CBR

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Faygo

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM FAYGO WAS BASED ON FROSTING FLAVORS Ben and Perry Feigenson were bakers who played around with creating a soda based on the flavor of their frostings. — Source: Detroit History

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Harley Quinn

CRACKED.COM HARLEY QUINN THE SANDWICH IN BIRDS OF PREY WAS MADE WITH DUCK EGGS. Margot Robbie is allergic to chicken eggs, so duck eggs were used for her perfect breakfast sandwich. — Source: Fandango All Access/YouTube

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Britney Spears

Britney Spears regrets getting into reality TV CRACKED.co Marrying Kevin Federline in the first place was kind of a bad idea. But it was making Britney and Kevin: Chaotic that was probably the worst thing I've done in my career. — Source: Telegraph

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Veep

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP, VEEP HAD TO CUT A GOLDEN SHOWER JOKE. The only thing we did have to change - it sounds like a bad joke, but it's true - was a 'golden shower' joke in one of the episodes where someone is yelling at Jonah about a golden shower. We hadn't filmed it yet, and we realized, 'Oh, we need to change that, says showrunner David Mandel. — Source

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Mike Daisey

Mike Daisey told of a meeting a man in China. 3 A man who'd lost a hand making iPads. And yet the man had never seen a finished iPad, until Daisey showed him one. Great story. Over a million heard it on This American Life before Daisey recanted and said he'd made it up. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Into Great Silence

A German filmmaker filmed an entirely silent documentary of the lives of Carthusían monks. CRACKED.COM Philip Gröning came alone to live at the mon- astery, where no visitors were ordinarily allowed, for a total of six months in 2002 and 2003, and spent 2.5 years editing 'Into Great Silence.' — Source

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

JTT won the first-ever Kids Choice Lifetime Achievement Award Jonathan Taylor Thomas won the award at age 18, which maaay have been premature. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alien

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Luna Lovegood

Everyone thinks Luna Lovegood is weird. Even Hermione referred to her as Loony'Lovegood when she introduced her to Ron and Harry. They live in a wor

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Jennifer Connelly

VIRTUAL REALITY MOVIES DARK CITY 1998 THE MOVIE STARTED A TRADITION OF JENNIFER CONNELLY STANDING ON PIERS. The pier scene is the only one not shot in interior sets, and Connelly would go on to stand on even more piers in 2000's Requiem for a Dream and 2003's House of Sand and Fog. CRACKED.COM

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Sylvester Stallone

SLY STALLONE FOUGHT CRIME WITH A GOLDEN GIRL STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT CRACKED.COM The definition of 'desperation, according to Entertainment Weekly? A picture of Sylvester Stallone signing the contract to star in this low-concept disaster. Another critic lamented that the overbearing Estelle Getty should have shot Stallone. That sounds hilarious. — EW

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Sean Connery

IS THIS STRAPPING SAILOR A YOUNG DAVE FRANCO? NOPE, THAT SEAMAN IS NONE OTHER THAN SEAN CONNERY! (ASK YOUR MOM) CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrity Photos That Are Completely Unrecognizable

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Smithers

GRAGKED.COM E Smithers was black in his first appearance on The Simpsons, in the Season 1 episode Homer's Odyssey. It was an animation mistake, and they didn't have the budget to fix it, so they left it as is. — Source

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Victoria Jackson

VICTORIA JACKSON IVE CRACKED.COM Castmates returned her audiobook Bibles. Maybe I'm overcompensating because everybody here is dying and going to Hell, and I'm supposed to tell them about Jesus. — Source

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Casablanca

CRACKED.COM Romantic? Yes. But Casablanca is also a masterpiece of World War II propaganda. Warner Brothers produced the film following a pro-war rubric outlined by the U.S. Department of War. The Department was hoping to shift the American public's stance against intervention in the escalating conflict in Europe. When will you realize that in this world, today, isolationism is no longer a practical policy? -Signor Ferrari, to American Rick Blaine — Source

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Doctor Sleep

Mike Flanagan's Lasser mirror from OCULUS in DOCTOR sLeep Flanagan has said that he thinks of the vintage mirror as a portable Overlook Hotel, and he's definitely trying to sneak it into everything he does (the mirror has been spotted in The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, too). CRACKED.COM — Source: GameSpot

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Tina Fey

Comedy-Writing Advice Be expressive. Tina Fey, writer/performer on SNL, creator of 30 Rock Sometimes you can sell a joke and make it punch harder with a facial expression or movement. It doesn't always need to be big or bombastic. Even a small twitch or smirk can have a huge impact. CRACKED.COM — NET-A-PORTER/YouTube

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Hot I Baltimore

CRACKED VULGARITY HISTORY The first TV show with a warning label In 1975, because of controversial characters like prostitutes, illegal immigrants, and one of the first gay couples on TV, the Norman Lear show Hot I Baltimore was the first TV show to be slapped with a warning label before each episode. — Source

10

American Dad!

Ah, I love your religion - for the crazy! Virgin birth, water into wine; it's like Harry Potter, but it causes genocide and bad folk music. - Roger

9

KFC

Edible nail polish KFC TS PINGER LICKIN SENGER GOOD TCKIN GOOD CRACKED.COM In 2016, KFC dropped two flavors of edible nail polish in Hong Kong. The BBC did a taste test, and found Hot t & Spicy to be more translucent than advertised, and Original Recipe to be straight-up green. Both bottles recommended not saving their goop for multiple uses. — Source

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Axl Rose

Puzzling decisions Axl Rose consults OR MO DAVIDSON his psychic TIES In 1992, Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses decided not to perform in Minneapolis because (after talking to a psychic) he had a feeling that something bad would happen. The city starts with the letter M, which is what made him so worried. CRACKED — A.PAES/Shutterstock,
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Die Hard

Holiday Movies Die Hard NAKATOMI PLAZA 2121 AVENUE OF THE STARS LOS ANGELES, CA 90213 EMERGENCY CONTACTS: SECURITY OFFICE (213) 203-3723 BLDG. MANAGER (213) 203-3733 FIRE ALARM CODE 2134480 Nakatomi Plaza's phone numbers and address are the actual details of Fox Plaza's management. Fox Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Fox where the film was shot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alfred Hitchcock

ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREPT ON AND OFF CAMERA. CRACKED In his 1964 film Marnie, he follows actress Tippi Hedren out of a room, then looks at the camera. In her 2016 memoir, she claimed that he sexually assaulted her multiple times while filming the movie. — People / Senses of Cinema

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Rebecca Black

CRACKED Rebecca Black Rebecca Black made headlines in 2011 with her viral song Friday, but she's now a TikTok star and a queer favorite. To mark its 10-year anniversary, she released a remix of the song. — Who

4

The Goonies

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS THE GOONIES Richard Donner's flick was influenced by Errol Flynn's movies. The pirate ship was modeled after the one in 1940's The Seahawk, and the music makes heavy use of Max Steiner's score for 1948's Adventures of Don Juan. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

3

Doctor Who

As a security measure during the 2005 series of Doctor Who, the production team renamed the preview tapes of the program Torchwood to trick any vide

2

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga was inspired by Queen. She was first called Gaga as a reference to Queen's song Radio Ga-Ga. CRACKED.COM — Source

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American Pie

THE DIRECTORS OF AMERICAN PIE'S DAD WAS MADE OF AWESOME. Paul and Chris Weitz have made popular movies, but they have nothing on their dad. German-bor — More: 5 Celebrities With Arguably More Interesting Parents

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