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Guardians of the Galaxy 2

In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ego's planet is based on fractal artwork. The filmmakers brought on Hal Tenny, who makes Mandelbrot set art, as a visual consultant. They based much of Ego's core, landscape, and the structures on the planet, on his concepts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Prince

Prince has been described as a pool shark. The Purple One's personal photographer (who considered himself as a fairly decent pool player) told a story about how Prince beat him: Не proceeded to basically clean the table two times in a row before I even had a chance to shoot. When I did finally have a chance, he beat the pants off me. Не was that good. And he was cocky about it, too. CRACKED COM — Source

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Lillian Gish

The first film actress: CRACKED.COM Known to act so hard she'd collapse, Lillian Gish was the first actress hired specifically for film. She method-acted so hard, she gave herself permanent nerve damage and almost starved to death on film. — Source

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Venom

Since Venom has a tongue long enough that he's capable of eating his own ass, how does he get anything done? CRACKED — Wired

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Ashley Judd

CRACKED ASHLEY JUDD AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN (YES, THERE'S A THEME HERE) Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein for defamation and sexual harassment. She alleged he spread lies about her after she refused his advances, resulting in her missing out on a major role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. — NY Times / Today

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Daredevil

Rock songs in movies Daredevil Evanescence's BRING ME BACK TO LIFE wasn't the worst of the nu metal fad, but it sure wasn't good either. However, combine the song with Jennifer Garner's Elektra slashing bags of sand (because she hates the cleaning staff?), and you cross over into official early 2000s edgelord awfulness. CRACKED.COM — 20th Century Studios
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LeBron James

Lebron James rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18. CRACKED.COM When asked why, he said that Nike or Adi- das might offer him a bit more. Less than a year later, he accepted a $90 million offer from Nike. — Moneyball / Wikipedia

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What We Do in the Shadows

TAIKA WAITITI SAID THE SCENE WHERE НЕ HAD TO BITE INTO THE WOMAN'S NECK IN WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS WAS PRETTY STRESSFUL AND UNPLEASANT. The blood went in my eye, actually in my eyeball, down my throat. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Rad Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

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Darth Vader

Betrayals we should have seen coming star wars Darth vader What if you manipulate a kid, leave them almost dead, and then try and get them to kill their own child? CRACKED.COM

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Adam Ant

Не was no goody two-shoes ADAM ANT THE EQUALIZER CRACKED.COM No, not the Queen Latifah one. Ant was only one 80s music icon to guest-villain on the show. Others include Buster Poindexter, Stewart Copeland from the Police, and Adrock from the freaking Beastie Boys. — MeTV

30

Marvel

BELUSHI! NO! THAT SAMURAI'S FOR REAL! Spider-Man fought a samurai along with John Belushi. The entire SNL cast showed up in a Marvel Team-Up comic in the 1970s - not as a cameo, but to actually team up with Spider-Man. The story leads to Belushi and Spidey battling a samurai together. — More: 7 Times Comedians Crossed Over Into Comic Books

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Movie Tropes

Movies make people think that torture works. An astonishing number of films show their characters getting reliable information through some form of th — More: 5 Stupid Ways Movies Changed The World IRL

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Die Hard

A Roundup Of Surprising, Little-Known Die Hard Facts - They kept characters alive based on how well their actors did. — Source: SlashFilm

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Keanu Reeves

KEANU REEVES SKATED SMOOTHLY FROM HOCKEY TO ACTING. O O M 1 Keanu played hockey at school, so it was only natural that one of his first roles was as a hockey goalie in 1986's Youngblood. CRACKED.COM

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The Olympics

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — Source

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LL Cool J

Rapper LL Cool J's name is short for 'Ladies Love Cool James.' CRACKED.COM LL took the stage name at 16 when he signed with fledgling rap label Def Jam in 1984. his first single, I Need a Beat, sold more than 100,000 copies. — Source

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Peter Finch

PETER FINCH 3 was the first actor to receive an Academy Award posthumously. MID 12 11 The English-Australian actor won for his role as TV news anchor Howard Beale in Network in 1977. Не died in January that year during a promotional tour for the film. CRACKED COM — Source

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Michael Cera

There was a Muppet that was inspired directly by Michael Cera. It's Walter, and his puppeteer said They told me to think about Michael Cera-that if he was a puppeteer he would already have the job. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records refused to give Sinatra his own label. Frank Sinatra reprim in Come swing with me! Sinatra! swings FRANK SINATRA BILLY MAY and For orchestra SO НЕ RELEASED HIS OWN RECORDS OPPOSITE CAPITOL'S. In the early '60s, Frank Sinatra was a very big deal. And he figured he knew enough about the music business to merit his own micro-label under Capitol. When they refused, he formed his own label, Reprise Records, and released albums that directly competed with his Capitol releases. And since he wasn't especially motivated to do his best work for Capitol, the Capitol albums tanked. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Peter Sarsgaard

GRACKED PETER SARSGAARD HAD A ROUGH NIGHT ON SNL In 2006, he flubbed a bunch of lines, and broke a TV, which was the most important prop in the sketch. Не later told Seth Meyers he was drunk while filming Peter Sarsgaard's SARS Guards. — Dailymotion / Variety

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Keya Morgan

CRACKED After STAN LEE's wife passed, his business manager keya Morgan muscled in to control'his affairs. Morgan was charged with elder abuse, extorting $5 million, and false imprisonment by isolating Lee from his family to keep him working. — betto rodrigues/Shutterstock
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The 2000s Pirate Craze

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Charlie Sheen

CRACKED SPIRITS H CH CHARLIE SHEEN WAS BEING FILMED BY A WOMAN IN A BAR WITH HER CELL PHONE, AND НЕ DIDN'T LIKE IT. Не slapped the phone out of her hand and damaged it, so security threw him out of the bar. — Economic Times

17

John Wick

10t HARLEY QUINN BIRDS OF PREY GOT HELP FROM THE DIRECTOR OF JOHN WICK. While director Cathy Yan had a vision for her movie, she was a newbie when it came to action sequences. She brought in stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski to consult when shooting fight scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Disney

The worst civilian helicopter crash in U.S. history ended the Disneyland Skyway. OILMS - - RESCUE . AMS = GRAGKED.COM When Disneyland opened, visitors had the option of arriving by highway or skyway (helicopter). However in 1968, 12 years after Disneyland opened, the skyway ended after a crash took the lives of 23 people. — Disney History Institute

15

Friends

Friends Monica and Chandler First line: Last line: Chandler: Monica: There's nothing to Sure! Where? tell! It's just some guy I work with! Monica and Chandler's relationship forms the backbone of the show, and the two say the first and last words - one in Central Perk about her relationship, and the final a joke from Chandler about the group going to Central Perk. — Source: Insider

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Halloween

HALLOWEEN CRACKED.COM In 1978, the 1st of the now 12-film franchise was made for $325k and made $47 million in the U.S. alone. In the early 1980s, studios cranked out similar holiday slasher films like New Years Evil, Mother's Day, and To All A Good Night, but none of them were remotely close to the success of Halloween. — Source: ranker

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Mark Cuban

WEIRD WORLD Mark Cuban bought a whole town in Texas and doesn't know what to do with it. I don't know what if anything I will do with it were the exact words of the billionaire about, well, buying an entire town. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

A Clockwork Orange

15 THINGS WITH AN YOU EYEBALL CAN DO CRACKED.COM TORTURE IT FOR A MOVIE MALCOLM MCDOWELL'S EYES GOT ABRASIONS WHILE FILMING THE BRAINWASHING SCENE IN A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Ball Scratcher НЕ SAYS: I WAS IN SUCH PAIN I WAS BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST A WALL. BUT WAS MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN НЕ WOULD BE ABLE TO GET HIS NEXT SHOT. — Source and Source

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Seinfeld

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM COWBOY BOOTS WHEN ALL YOUR SNEAKERS ARE AT MOM AND POP'S SHOE CLEANERS 20 SEASON 6 PARKING AWAY ZO But, you don't want to be a cowboy? Better not try to run in them on concrete, or else you'll slip and crack a tooth.

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John Mayer

JOHN MAYER COLLECTS WATCHES Не estimated his watch collection was worth in the tens of millions. CRACKED.COM — New York Times

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The Lord of the Rings

CRACKED.COM The Lord of the Rings DENETHOR is supposed to be a great ruler. Tolkien describes Denethon as a noble, wise, and righteous leader, slowly driven to madness and despair. In Peter Jackson's movie, though, he's just an ineffectual a-hole with no table manners. — Tolkien Gateway

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Network

Network is an amazing movie with one of the best screenplays, says Jonah Hill. Arguably the greatest screenplay of all time by Paddy Chayefsky. It's just one of the best movies ever made, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zach Galifianakis

ZACH GALIFIANAKIS CRACKED.COM Galifianakis thought he'd landed a spot in the cast but I got to New York and I realized quickly that I was writing. That less-than-dream job lasted only two weeks. — AV Club

6

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Roger Ebert gave the movie two and a half stars Ebert liked Tim Curry's performance, saying, He's the best thing in the movie, maybe because he seems to be having the most fun. — Source: Roger Ebert

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Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket of Unfortunate E Eveats Scrics CRACKED COM Daniel Handler made some, just, completely dogsh*t racist jokes when he hosted the 2014 National Book Awards. He quickly apologized and donated $110,000 to the We Need Diverse Books campaign. — Source: C-SPAN

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The Hobbit

TELL US NOW. THE HOBBIT (1977) Sharon G. says, Gollum absolutely terrified me! Even now, SOOOO creepy. CRACKED.COM

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Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting thriller. was written as a In Matt Damon's and Ben Affleck's script, genius Will Hunting was being constantly chased by government agencies. Rob Reiner convinced them to drop that side of the story. — Source: Boston Magazine

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Aerosmith

The first song download: 1994 TCEIOSMIUE CRACKED COM Aerosmith's Head First (off of Get a Grip) was the first song made available for digital downlo — Source: Vice

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Steve Jobs

13 Obscure, Cool Chunks Of Movie And General Trivia - Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave, and people are trying to find it. — Source: Mercury News

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