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June 04, 2025

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Harvey Weinstein

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now For almost two decades, HARVEY WEINSTEIN was a respected figure in the indie movie industry. НЕ WAS ALSO ABUSING ACTRESSES. He'd harass them and threaten them with career death-and he indeed boycotted the careers of amazing actresses such as Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd. He's currently serving a 23- year sentence for sexual assault and rape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soul Man

CRACKED BLACK FACE CAN'T BE YOUR ENTIRE PLOT ANYMORE. SOUL MAN In the 1986 movie, a spoiled white kid pretends to be black to nab a Harvard scholarship exclusive to black students. It does raise awareness of prejudice and racism, but all the blackface made it wildly offensive, even for 1986 standards. — Source

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Comedy Tropes

TIRED COMEDY BITS AWKWARD! In lieu of writing an actual punchline, a character will just say awkward, and the cringe we feel is supposed to be the joke. It's not a joke! It's all set up with a forced awkward chuckle because we're uncomfortable! CRACKED — Source

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Cinderella

GRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Cinderella James Corden and Camilla Cabello stopped Hollywood traffic with a Cinderella flash mob to promote the film. — Source: 15 Facts About Jukebox Musicals We're Singing Along To

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William Shatner

William Shatner sold a kidney stone for $25,000. CRACKED.COM An online casino bought the jagged rock made of calcium for the publicity, and Shatner donated the money to Habitat for Humanity. — Source: CBS News

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Helen Kane

BeTTY BOOP STOLE HeR everything FROM Helen KAne. Kane was a popular actress and singer from the '20s who pretty much invented the whole I'm a sexy baby thing. She not only looked and sounded exactly like Betty, but her catchphrase was Boop-oop-a-doop. She actually sued Max Fleischer in 1936, but lost. CRACKED COM — 5 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Are Based On Real People

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The Shining

easter eggstra meanings and references THE SHiNiNG The Silence Ingmar Bergman's 1963 film sees a bored boy roaming the halls of an empty hotel, sans ghosts. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 References And Hidden Meanings In 'The Shining'

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Jon Hamm

TELL US NOW. JON HAMM AS BATMAN Adam N. wants to see Hamm as a grizzled, slightly older Batman and Christopher Plummer as his Alfred. CRACKED.COM — Adam N.

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The Fifth Element

The opera song from 'The Fifth Element' was composed to be impossible to actually sing. CRACKED.COM When opera singer Inva Muls came for the part, she sang 85% of what thought was tech- nically impossible, the rest being assembled in the studio.

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Last Action Hero

Meta Movies Last Action Hero The writers hated the movie. Zak Penn and Adam Leff wrote a send up of the movies Arnold Schwarzenegger or Shane Black made. Then Black rewrote it, and Schwarzenegger starred in it with Penn and Leff disliking the result. CRACKED.COM — Source

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RoboCop

In Robocop, unauthorized duplication is punishable by droid. ARE FICTITIOUS. NO IDENTIFICATION WITH OR SIMILARITY TO ACTUAL PERSONS LIVING OR DEAD OR TO ACTUAL EVENTS IS INTENDED OR SHOULD BE INFERRED THIS MOTION PICTURE IS PROTECTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES AND ITS UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXHIBITION MAY RESULT IN CIVIL LIABILITY AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BY ENFORCEMENT DROIDS A JON DAVISON PRODUCTION A PAUL VERHOEVEN FILM In case you can't squint that hard, it says ...unauthorized duplication ... may result in ... criminal prosecution by enforcement droids. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Harley Quinn

BIRDS OF PREY, 2020 НА UNN Every charm on Harley Quinn's necklace has a meaning. She has a Bruce tag for her pet hyena, several feminist symbols, and a bottle cap to add to a child-like DIY aesthetic, to name a few. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dumb and Dumber

Jim Carrey became box-office gold right before Dumb & Dumber was made, which let him negotiate a $7 million salary. Jeff Daniels, as Harry Dunne, was paid only $50,000 despite delivering the greatest delivery of Cool in any film ever. CRACKED — Source / Shutterstock

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Michael Jackson

GRACKED MICHAEL JACKSON WAS BOTH HELPFUL AND HURTFUL TO SESAME STREET. Northern Songs (who owned the Beatles' catalog) sued Sesame Street because Hey Food was too close to Hey Jude. Jackson bought the catalog and dropped the charges. The pedophilia accusations against him still taints his appearance for sure though. — Fandom / Singers Room

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Shayne Lamas

CRACKED SHAYNE LAMAS LEAVE IT TO LAMAS The Bachelor star got her own show that focused on her family. She said her family started doing crazy things for cameras and were no longer acting like themselves. They painted her as a bimbo, and it made her hate the show and reality TV in general. — iHeart / Page Six

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Natalia Kills

CRACKED 6 YEARS LATER, NATALIA KILLS' X FACTOR NZ OUTBURST STILL HAUNTS HER. Natalia Kills' 2015 X Factor NZ outburst resulted in her being removed from the show and having a difficult time performing or making music, leading her to legally change her name and form the band Cruel Youth. — Pedestrian

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Anthony Kiedis

ICONIC '90s FRONTMEN RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Anthon kiedis ny Formed in 1983, the Peppers found success with the 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and were inducted into the R&R HoF in 2012. In 2022, Kiedis turned 60, the band toured a new album, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. CRACKED — Tony Norkus/Shutterstock

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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Ricky Gervais And Stephen Merchant Helped The Office Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the original creators of the British Office, would stop by the set whenever they were in town and gave integral notes at the beginning of the American version. Merchant and Gervais even wrote the episode The Convict and Merchant directed the episode Customer Survey — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

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22

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg Movies Close Encounters of the Third Kind NASA warned Spielberg the movie was dangerous. Spielberg reached out to NASA for them to be involved. But NASA was concerned Close Encounters could bring about a UFO panic, similar to the shark panic caused by Jaws. Conspiracy theories having pernicious effects? That sounds paranoid. CRACKED.COM — More: Did NASA Try To Stop Spielberg's 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind?'

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Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein wrote a song for Johnny Cash. CRACKED.COM The author of 'The Giv- ing Tree' penned many songs performed by acts like Waylon Jen- nings and Loretta Lynn, including 'A Boy Named Sue' for Cash. — Discogs

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Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty Easter Eggs TITANIC Jerry keeps a Doofus Rick photo in his garage. Doofus Rick is the only Rick who was ever genuinely nice to Jerry. He's not a bad guy for someone who eats poop. CRACKED.COM — Source: Collider

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Jennifer Lopez

JENNIFER LOPEZ did not insure her butt for $27 million CRACKED.COM Not true, Lopez told James Corden on an episode of Carpool Karaoke. And what would butt insurance cover exactly? Something happens to it? Lopez asked. It disappears? Somebody steals it? — Source: 14 Outrageous Celebrity Urban Legends That Aren’t Even Remotely True

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Dee Snider

Ukrainians have been using We're Not Gonna Take It, and Dee Snider approves. In a tweet, the lead singer of Twisted Sister said I absolutely approve. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Everybody Loves Raymond

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CRACKED.COM In its 5th season, it began topping Friends and Frasier in ratings, with 20.4 million viewers per episode. Proving that everyone indeed loved Raymond, the series finale, which aired on May 16, 2005, pulled in 32.9 million viewers. — Source: people

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Margot Robbie

MARGOT ROBBIE IS A HARRY POTTER GEEK. HARRY POTTER Robbie revealed that as a teen she used to be such a Harry Potter fangirl that she lied about needing glasses just so she could look more like her favorite character. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Hollywood Stars Who Happen To Be Huge Nerds

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The Muppets

The Muppets are predominantly left handed. This puppeteers are operating is because of the most them with their right hand. CRACKED.COM — Source: New York Times

14

Hillary Clinton

SNL NEVER MAKES FUN OF HILLARY CLINTON, ACCORDING TO COMPLAINTS. They'd be silent if Hillary Clinton won, someone from Harrisonville, Missouri bravely denounces the shocking unfairness displayed by SNL. I hear nothing mocking the Democrat leadership, the person continues (presumably having turned the volume of their TV down).

13

The Hulk

Superheroes lost readers in the early '70s - but not the Hulk. After Marvel's massive success in the '60s, most of their heroes slumped in the new decade, except for Hulk, who actually gained readers. Hulk was seen more as a monster than a hero, and monsters were all the rage back then. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts to Awake Your Sense of Wonder, Curiosity, and/or Dread

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Chris Rock

CHRIS ROCK'S BEHIND-THE-SCENE JOKE IN SPIRAL. After filming his emotional outburst scene in the police station, Rock turned to the camera and said, Lest anyone forget, I was in Pootie Tang, so I have range. CRACKED.COM — Source: Film School Rejects

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WandaVision

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS MARIA RAMBEAU'S PHOTON NICKNAME HINTS AT MONICA'S FUTURE. +MARIA *PHOTON'RAMBEAU CRACKED.COM In the comics, Maria Rambeau never had that nickname, rather Photon is the superhero alias of her daughter Monica. — FANDOM

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Milana Vayntrub

MILANAVAYNTRUB almost played a live Squirrel Girl MIXED NUTS NUTs CRACKEDGONN Marvel canceled plans for a live- action New Warriors with Milana cast as Squirrel Girl (who she voiced in animation). There are times in the comics where Doreen Green summons hundreds of thousands of squirrels, she said. I would — SyFy

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Steve Urkel

1991 Steve Urkel campaign pins bkla urke LOs INEWT PRESIDE PRESIDENT FOR THE PEOPLE? CRACKED COM As if anyone needed more reason to buy a cereal called Urkel-O's, they threw in these dubious campaign buttons.

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson CRACKED COM Okay, by some measures she's been a successful actress since she was 10. But she almost didn't make the transition from

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Young Frankenstein

Iconic Movies You Didn’t Know Reused Their Props And Sets - Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein used the lab from the 1931 Frankenstein. — Source: 6 Sets That Were Recycled From Other Movies And Shows

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Saw II

The writer of Saw wasn't aware that Saw existed. Darren Bousman was upset when he learned that his script The Desperate was very similar to this incom — Source: ComingSoon.net

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Terry Crews

Because Of his struggles with a porn addiction, TERRY CREWS believes that no man ine relationship should watch it: Women, you need to be fearless. Yo

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Shrek

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Herbie the Love Bug

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The Hobbit

HOBBIT THE THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES With such overuse of CGI, you'd think the filmmakers could at least spare some effort to make things look dec

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Lawrence of Arabia

CRACKED CON Lawrence of Arabia portrays General Edmund Allenby as a bastard who thinks he is superior to Lawrence and is cold-hearted towards the Arab

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