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Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise can never become an honorary citizen of Paris. CRACKED.COM In 2005, the municipal gov- ernment of Paris ed an official resolution so that unlike in Marseille, Cruise would never be made an honorary citizen, specifically because of his affiliation with Scientology.

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Ringo Starr

AT A GLANCE CARRIE FISHER She was in a Ringo Starr music video. She starred as Starr's love interest in the video for the poorly aged song You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (and You're Mine). CRACKED.COM — Source: YouTube

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Luise Rainer

IN 1938, LUISE RAINER WON BEST ACTRESS FOR PORTRAYING AN ASIAN CHARACTER IN YELLOWFACE. The film, The Good Earth, was filled with white actors in yellowface, and while the producers originally wanted to cast Chinese-Ame actress Anna May Wong, they had already cast Caucasian actor Paul Luni as the husband, — 7 Tales Of Madness From Behind The Scenes At The Oscars

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The Lost Boys

THE LOST.BOYS IN THE FIRST SCENE, WHEN THE VAMPIRES HARASS THE BLONDE ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND, THEY ENTER THE FRAME IN THE REVERSE ORDER IN WHICH THEY W

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Wonder Woman

In Wonder Woman, Steve's sailboat covers the thousands of miles between the Aegean Sea and London in one night. The movie's explanation? We got lucky, we caught a ride, we made some good time. CRACKED.COM

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Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah was the voice of Griot in Black Panther. If that talking A.I. sounded familiar, it's almost certainly because you've seen an episode of The Daily Show. Considering a griot is an African storyteller, Noah (who grew up in Apartheid-era South Africa) was an appropriate choice. And he was able to understand Xhosa without subtitles, too. CRACKED.COM

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Tab

coca-cola's Tab clear was made crappy on purpose. The colorless, caffeine-free NEW FROM Coca-Cola Crystal Pepsi was selling well in the early '90s-and Соса- TaB TRADE - Cola wanted to stop that. So they launched Tab Clear, a product that was similar but much worse, so that its bad - reputation would tarnish the CLEAR very idea of a clear cola and sink Crystal Pepsi. And guess what-it worked. lathorized by The Coca-Cola Company CRACKED.COM — Source

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Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch began as an outdoor goods retailer, known for high-end hunting, fishing and camping gear. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell is an authority on line dancing. Не used to make a living teaching it in bars. As a 19-year-old aspiring actor, Farrell ed himself by touring nightclubs across Ireland and clutching his belt to some good ol' country and western music. Не hasn't gotten rusty, either. Не recently led a line dancing class on Ellen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Geena Davis

Geena Davis used to be a live mannequin. One day while working at a clothing store, Davis decided to pose as a mannequin in the store's window display. Since she managed to attract a crowd, and was really good at staying still, the store hired her to work as a live mannequin over the weekends. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Billy Madison

Please Billy, no gibberish tonight, begs Billy Madison's father, to no avail. It's a testament to Adam Sandler's flawless performance that his playful gibberish is so distinct from his angry gibberish. The man has range. CRACKED — Source

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Life of Pi

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED. Animals were harmed, or even died, while filming movies such as Life of Pi and The Hobbit. Those got the American Humane Association's seal of approval anyway, so as not to upset Hollywood types. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Marketing Lies Somehow Still Seen

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Catwoman

catwoman is a Falcone. Selina Kyle's parentage has been a riddle for a while, but The Batman fully confirms she's Don Falcone's daughter. Man, both leads are trust fund babies? No wonder the Riddler's so endearing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Facts About 'The Batman' To Carry You Through The Batweek

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Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard LETTERMAN CRACKED.COM At one point, Bernhard and Letterman were good friends and she made regular appearances. However, Letterman got word Bernhard was poo-pooing him among industry pals. Bernhard denied it, but Letterman denied her any future appearences. — Source: 19 Celebs Who Got Themselves Banned From TV Shows

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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg will not travel by plane. GRAGKED.COM Goldberg only travels by tour bus because she witnessed a mid-air plane collision take place in San Diego back in 1978, known as the PSA-182 tragedy. — CNN

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Andy Samberg

CRACKED.COM Andy Samberg Не has several Grammy nominations. The Lonely Island also create music, and they're damn good at it. I'm on a Boat? It was nominated for a Grammy back in 2010 - and Samberg has two other nominations. — Source: GRAMMY.com

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Final Fantasy

CRACKED COM Marlboro is quite possibly the most annoying enemy in the Final Fantasy franchise. You get exactly one turn to kill it before it afflicts your party with every disease in the game. Most of the diseases won't go away even after the battle is won. — Source: 19 Hilariously Infuriating Video Game Enemies

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

st. Paddy's Day in fiction It's Always sunny in Philadelphia PADU IRIS charlie finds a leprechaun. In one episode, Charlie catches a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day. Meanwhile, on their podcast, the creators of the show got annihilated for a St. Patrick's Day episode. CRACKED.COM — Sources: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wiki, Uproxx

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Tom Holland

Tom Holland got pranked by the crew on Spider-Man: Homecoming. They got him a new set chair which was actually a toilet seat. Не posted about it on Instagram, with the caption Loving my new set chair. Thanks guys. Should you really be treating number one like number two. #norespect. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Bill Murray

Bill Murray worked at Little Caesars where he used to EAT RAW PIZZA DOUGH when hungry. CRACKED COM — Source: 28 Celebrities That Held Surprising Jobs

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Child Stars

CHILD STARS From the time of Shirley Temple, we owe an apology those whose childhoods were exploited for our entertainment. Former child star Alyson Stone has spoken about the toddler-to-trainwreck pipeline, the expected trajectory of children in entertainment whoese lives implode after years of being in the spotlight. The formula is so familiar we're more surprised when child stars remain stable. CRACKED.COM — Source: People

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Sharknado

Strange as it seems, the brilliant title Sharknado wasn't the first choice. NYFD They originally wanted to call it Dark Skies, and if they did, we're pretty sure the movie would have sunk without a trace. CRACKED COM — Source

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Movie Lies

The FBI won't just swoop in and take over. if AGENT DEPARTMENT SPECIAL JUSTICE 120F Smug feds won't walk all over the enraged cops, telling them it's their case now. They can't police forces are not subordinate to the FBI. What they do is pool their resources with local law enforcement to work together in the case. CRACKED.COM — FBI

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Circus Music

The classic circus music was written as a heroic theme. The goofy tune was created by respected Czech composer Julius Fucik as an epic military march (titled Entrance of the Gladiators). Then a reworking by a Canadian arranger started being used for clowns, and no one took it seriously ever again. — More: 5 Songs That Only Became Popular Because We Missed Their Meanings

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The Wizard of Oz

A turn-of-the-century traveling illusionist inspired The Wizard of Oz. KFILAR Harry Kellar was one of the world's most popular illusionists when the book was written, and he inspired the Wizard -- early illustrations of the Wizard looked a lot like Kellar, too. CRACKED.COM — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Conan O’Brien

CONAN O'BRIEN ANGERED CENSORS WITH PENIS JOKES 1988 CRAGKED'CON CONAN AND ROB SMIGEL WROTE 'NUDE BEACH,' A GOOFY SKETCH FOR TOM HANKS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT PAST STANDARDS AND PRACTICES. IT SOMEHOW GOT ON THE AIR WITH MATTHEW BRODERICK A FEW WEEKS LATER, SETTING AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE NUMBER — Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests

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Futurama

THERE'S AN UNSOLVED MATH ISSUE IN PLANET EXPRESS' CLOSET. Put Your Head on My Shoulders See those cases? P and NP are two different kinds of f computational problems- and mathematicians are trying to figure out if maybe they're the same kind of problem deep down. — Source: Looper

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Jurassic Park

Sound designer Gary Rydstrom asked a friend to contribute to the raptor's voice in Jurassic Park. His friend showed up at the studio, and Rydstrom asked You make any weird sounds? The friend did make a sound with his throat, and Rydstrom spliced it with the sounds of African cranes, — Source: NPR

12

Doctor Who

The Doctor's shoes The battered Converse shoes worn by David Tennant's Doctor belonged to Tennant himself. And he had to fight for that — Source: Insider

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Aliens

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The Force Awakens

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The Last Jedi

In The Last Jedi, it was Benicio Del Toro's idea that his character, DJ, say maybe to Finn. It's DJ's response to Finn saying he's wrong about war b — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school wit — Source: NPR

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Archer

Archer FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE THE complere season one A witty spy A 90s sci-fi flick parody parody about about a dysfunctional space travel and al

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Us

u Adelaide's white top represents guiding light, but a it gradually turns red from all the blood, showing her connection to Red. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

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The Terminator

ACTOR: Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator THE IDEA: The Terminator should get drunk. Arnold thought the movie could use some slapstick, SO he tho — Source: The 6 Dumbest Suggestions Actors Made Behind The Scenes

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Gothika

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. BROKE HALLE BERRY'S ARM DURING GOTHIKA. He grabbed her arm and twisted it the wrong way. Berry supposedly is still angry, as Downey — Source: Herald

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

We almost had a WWII battle scene as the opening of CAPTAIN AMERICA THE WINTER SOLDIER Not only did we almost get a big period battle for an opening,

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Nathan Fielder

If you'd like to know how Michael Scott's awkwardness and obliviosity in The Office would play out in real life, then you'd better watch NATHAN WORLD'

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The Disney Channel

THE DISNEY CHANNEL. DISNEY CHANNEL 'Cause when we were kids, we had no taste in entertainment. (Be fair: We still had to develop it!) So the Disney Ch

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