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Detective Mills got a cast because Brad Pitt ran into a car. SE7EN CRACKED.COM While filming that rainy chase scene, Pitt hit a car's hood wrong, broke the windshield, and sliced up his hand. Не required a cast while his severed tendon healed, so Pitt's cast became Mills' cast. — Source

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Paul Rudd got a lot of great moments near the end of the show.

CRACKED Paul Rudd on Friends. As Phoebe's love interest Mike Hannigan, he said it felt strange coming on so late in the show (Seasons 9 & 10). Не had 16 appearances, including the finale, where they were all emotional, and he just kind of sat back and watched. — CNN / Independent

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The Pink Cast

THE PINK CAST FROM LADY BIRD The physical manifestation of Lady Bird's rebellion is so iconic that you can buy a jigsaw puzzle version from the A24 store. GRACKED.COM — A24

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Lloyd Braun, the former chairman of ABC Entertainment, got the idea for the show Lost after he watched the movie Cast Away. CAST AWAY

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lan McKellen turned down the opportunity to play mbledore. They wanted to give him the role after Richard Harris died, but Harris called him technically brilliant, but passionless,' and McKellen said he couldn't take over the part from an actor who I'd known didn't approve of me. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

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Glee

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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Freddy Krueger ROBERT ENGLUND JACKIE EARLE HALEY The 2010 remake misused Haley, giving us a less playful, more serious, and

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In one Arthur episode, the main cast calls out things about the show that don't make sense. ARTHUR ANDY AND COMPANY The cast watches Andy and Company,

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Gwyneth Paltrow

GWYNETH PALTROW The accomplished actor turned Goop founder is the daughter of Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Blythe Danner and film director and producer Bruce Paltrow. CRACKED.COM

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KATIE HOLMES

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM KATIE HOLMES MIGHT HAVE PLAYED PIPER ON ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. Series creator Jenji Kohan met with Holmes, but, Kohan says, She had other things to do. And also in the beginning, no one knew what this was. — Source

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MARTHA STEWART knows the true meaning of Christmas CRACKED.COM When Marge needs holiday help, Stewart knits a jetpack and soars to Springfield. Reminding Marge that magical memories don't make themselves, she duct-tapes Bart and Milhouse into Nutcracker soldiers. — EW

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SHAQUILLE ONEAL is wandering around in a snowstorm CRACKED.COM Homer and Grandpa find a lost Shaq snowshoeing through the woods. When Homer presses him for help, Shaq insists that he doesn't have any money and flees into the night. Like the best Simpsons cameos, it's brief and it's wierd. — EW

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Roman Polanski tore out Faye Dunaway's hair. CHINATOWN Their relationship was already strained, and he was looking for ways to hurt her. One opportunity that presented itself: a bit of hair fell across her face while shooting, sO he yanked it out of her scalp. — Source: Telegraph

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Brigitte Bardot had to get her stomach pumped. LA VERITE CRACKED COM Horrible monster and occasional director Henri-Georges Clouzot thought Bardot couldn't act asleep, sO he dosed her with sleeping pills (telling her they were painkillers).

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ACTOR: Anthony Stewart Head in Bufy THE IDEA: Giles should become a ghost hunter. Head wanted his librarian character to have a spinoff show where he — Source: 6 Hilariously Bad Ideas Actors Had For Iconic Roles

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ACTOR: Chris Pratt in Parks and Recreation THE IDEA: Andy Dwyer should die in a hot car. The writers were brainstorming a finale, and Pratt suggested — Source: The 6 Dumbest Suggestions Actors Made Behind The Scenes

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ACTOR: Gary Busey in Quigley THE IDEA: Redo the Heaven set, I've been there and it looks different. Busey had a near-death experience, and he wanted t — Source: The 6 Dumbest Suggestions Actors Made Behind The Scenes

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X-MEN While her portrayal of Storm got somewhat betterin sequels, in the first film in the X-MEN franchise Halle Berry's acting was emotionless. And s

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Sport Celebrities Jon Stewart was a collegiate soccer player for William & Mary. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sport Celebrities Emma Watson never played quidditch, but she did play field hockey for Brown University. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jason Statham

Sport Celebrities Jason Statham was on the national British diving team. Before becoming a Hollywood action star, he dove in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Water Skiing

YOUNG INVENTORS A TEEN INVENTED THE GEAR FOR A SPORT (AND THE SPORT). Water skiing was pretty much invented by 18-year- old Ralph Samuelson in Lake Pepin, Minnesota, in 1922. Не made his own skis made of pine board, after wooden barrel staves and snow skis proved not to be able to do the job. CRACKED.COM — sportpoint/Shutterstock
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Keanu Reeves

Sport Celebrities Keanu Reeves was the MVP goalie for the De La Salle College hockey team. Не was nicknamed The Wall. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ellie Kemper

Sport Celebrities Ellie Kemper was on the championship team for field hockey at Princeton University. CRACKED.COM — Random College Athletes/Twitter

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Stephen Hawking

Sport Celebrities Stephen Hawking was a star coxswain on the University of Oxford's rowing team before contracting ALS. CRACKED.COM — Rowperfect UK

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Denzel Washington

Sport Celebrities Denzel Washington was a guard for Fordham University's basketball team. CRACKED.COM — ESPN

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Sport Celebrities Jason Lee was a professional skateboarder before getting into acting. DOUS ELBO CRACKED.COM — Source

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Maryland’s official sport is jousting.

Jousting has been the official state sport of Maryland since 1962. GRACKED.COM The sport was brought to the state from En- gland, thanks to the in- fluence of colonial Maryland's first gover- nor, Cecil Calvert. — Atlas Obscura

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Jim Belushi

Celebrity-Owned Booze and Weed BELUSHI'S FARM by Jim Belushi Belushi uses a farm he got from his Oregon neighbor to grow marijuana plants for CBD tinctures and THC products. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Carrie Fisher

Celebrity tattoos Carrie Fisher had a tattoo of stars and the moon on her ankle, to represent her role as Leia on Star Wars. CRACKED.COM — BuzzFeed

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Pope Benedict XVI

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Celebrity cameos! Wanna stop being a nerd, nerd? Then go to Minnie Mouse’s Center for the Totally Unhip — Sources: Los Angeles Times, Promo on YouTube

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Tired MCU Tropes celebrity pandering Most celebrity cameos in the MCU are fun, like Sam Neill in Thor: Ragnarok - but others are just laaaame. The bottom of the barrel is Iron Man 3, with Bill Maher and especially Elon Musk. History is quickly judging that one with an ooh boy. CRACKED COM — Source

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Outfielder Milton Bradley was ejected from a game in 2007 for arguing an umpire's call. Bradley blew up, and his manager, Bud Black, rushed To restrai

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English soccer player Rio Ferdinand injured his feet when watching TV. He had to miss two of his team's games due to straining a tendon behind his kne

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CRACKED CON TOBEY MAGUIRE TREATS HIS KIDS LIKE ADULTS Maguire joins other celebrity parents (Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Hunt, and Hank Azaria, to name a

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Gordon Ramsay

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