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New York City

One New York City alley usually stands in for the rest of them in Hollywood movies. R some د. - D UNIVERSITY NYC only has about 5 alleys, and you can usually only film in Cortlandt Alley, so that's the one that ends up playing a NYC alley in most movies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Predator

When Predator came out, it was called derivative, predictable, dull, and grisly. CRAG PREDATOR And the Predator's design was panned: Frankly, scarier

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J. Lo

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Brave

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Knight Rider

Former Dancing with the Stars and NSYNC member Joey Fatone bought one of the original KITT cars from KNIGHT RIDER CRACKED.COM

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Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion played a big blue creep in Guardians of the Galaxy. When Peter Quill and the gang arrive at the Kyln, they're threatened by a big alien (who gets lifted in the air by his nostrils by Groot). The voice of that alien? Fillion, who did it as a favor for James Gunn. Не did so well that he got to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, in a scene that was ultimately deleted. CRACKED COM — Source

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X-Men: The Animated Series

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The Lego Movie

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Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston

In Friends' heyday, Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry filmed a Windows 95 guide. It's a very meta cyber sitcom where they wait for Bill Gates so they can audition for, uh, the Windows 95 video tutorial. (Gates doesn't show up.) Major concepts are explained by wacky characters - like a Russian maintenance dude who's there just to explain plug and play. CRACKED.COM — Source: Projects That Celebrities Definitely Didn't Think Through

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Perversions of Science

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1997 Perversions of Science This Tales From the Crypt spin-off told sci-fi stories from '50s pulp comics. It had an awesome intro, and was hosted by a peak-'90s-TV CGI female robot. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Sorry, Wrong Number

PHONE FILMS 1948 SORRY, WRONG NUMBER A classic noir drama about a woman who overhears what sounds like a murder plot over the phone and does her best to prevent it. It's based on a critically lauded radio play and book. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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Sci-Fi Tropes

Tired sci-fi tropes (that still work) Normal-looking future Between glossy or gritty futures, we just love the concept of our sci-fi being set five minutes ahead. This allows for whatever convenience is necessary, while also looking unnervingly similar to our own society. Face-Off is a classic action sci-fi with a normal-looking future, but the main reference is, of course, Black Mirror. Lacie 4.243 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dolly Parton

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Mad Men

Mad Men was partly inspired by a particular old-school French movie. The movie is Les Bonnes Femmes, and it was shot in Paris, in the era in which Mad Men takes place-and it influenced the show's production design. CRACKED. .COM — Source

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The Simpsons

Myanmar banned the Simpsons movie because of its colors (allegedly). An often cited (though unverified) reason for the ban is the movie's prominent use of yellow and red. Some sources talk about superstitions regarding the colors, while others report the hues are forbidden due to their association with a rebel group. — More: 'The Simpsons' Movie & 2 Other Pop Culture Series Banned For The Dumbest Reasons

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Stand-up Comics

Standup comics have a tendency to die early compared to actors. In a study of about 500 comedians and actors, the standups died at around the age of 67.1, the comedy actors at 68.9, and the dramatic actors at 70.7. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts

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Power Rangers

The BLUE POWER RANGER quit because of on-set homophobia. David Yost, the original Blue Power Ranger, just walked off the set one day, sick and tired of the abuse he got for being gay. I was called 'f-' one too many times, Yost said. I had just heard that several times while working on the show from creators, producers, writers, directors... — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Team America: World Police

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Stone & Parker don't actually hate CELEBRITIES COMING INTERNATION PEA TEAM AMERICA GRACKED.COM This isn't SO much a statement on who are as people, but it's the idea that they know everything about everything, says Stone. You're actually trying to figure out what's going on in the world, and then all of a sudden, on your TV news show is Janeane Garofalo. — EW

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Tarzan

TARZAN found his way to the PLANET OF THE APES Is Tarzan still Lord of the Apes when those apes wear more clothes than he does? It may be worth it to check out this 2016 comic and find out! — Source: Dark Horse Comics

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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Bipinlidl Ti Fran Drescher brought Bobbi Fleckman to The Nanny. oty 13 years after the movie came out, The Nanny aired an episode called The Bobbi Fleckman Story. In a catastrophic failure of the Bechdel test, Drescher played two different women fawning over a rich man.

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Jack in the Box

JACK IN THE BOX Jack WYW in the box 1968 CRACKEDoO When you commit to the theme of a mystery box in which the BEST case scenario is one where you are scared by a clown on a spring, your options are limited. Still, this cracked-out snowman jester was a — Source: Gray Flannel Suit

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It's Always Sunny is the longest-running live-action sitcom. TDENNY MUFFLER CENE Despite this, it's only received three Emmy award nominations, all for stunt coordination. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Emmys

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The Matrix

Matrix movie fact - The fetish club where Trinity meets Neo in The Matrix is exactly what it looks like. It's a real S&M club in Sydney. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Archer

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Elvis

Elvis Presley loved acting out Monty Python sketches. He was such a big fan, he started calling people squire after seeing Monty Python's nudge nud

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Brad Pitt

While playing the role of Achilles -- whose only weakness is his heel... TROY Brad Pitt tore his Achilles Tendon! CRACKED OONT

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The Lovely Bones

GRAGKEDOT THE LOVELY BONES The film's focus on the criminal investigation aspect instead of the book's study on human grief is a huge missed opportuni

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Thor: Ragnarok

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Austin Powers

Apparently, the word 'Shagged' in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was too obscene for Singapore, sO it was changed to... Austin Powers: The Spy

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Game of Thrones

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