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Eminem

Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times. CRACKED.COM After spending three years in ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades, he dropped out of Lincoln High School at age 17. — Source

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R. Kelly

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now R. KELLY was an R&B superstar with a string of worldwide hits. ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, THOUGH, GO BACK TO THE '90s. In 2022 he was sentenced to 30 years in jail for running a literal sex ring -which means crimes we won't even mention. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Batman

George Clooney would call out Brotherhood! to Michael Keaton on a movie set. It was on Out Of Sight, and Keaton only figured out later that, oh yeah, Clooney was talking about the fact that they both played Batman. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shelley Long

CHEERS Shelley Long CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Tried to turn her Diane TV success into Chambers, film success, fish-out-of- with mixed water, waitress results. Popped and main love back in for the interest. finale. — Source

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Smooth Criminal

The secret to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal move? A shoe he invented. Jackson designed a special shoe with a triangular slot in the heel, which hooked onto a metallic peg that came up from the stage floor at the right moment. This allowed him to lean forward at an impossible angle without collapsing. CRACKED — Warner Bros.
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Black Rain

Underrated Action Movies HISS® NYPD KEST Black Rain Ridley Scott brought his Blade Runner aesthetic to this action thriller set in Osaka, Japan. Andy García and a way-too-badass Michael Douglas play NYPD cops who bring a yakuza prisoner back to Japan, and are then forced to collaborate with the Japanese police force after he escapes. The fights are great, and the mood is all dark, rainy, and neon-infused. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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Rogue One

Tony Gilroy made over $5 million writing and overseeing Rogue One reshoots. They were initially paying him $200,000 per week, but his pay eventually ballooned as they got more ambitious with the reshoots. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani got sneakers with a photo of her husband's face on them. They're black-and-white checkered Vans, customized so that a shot of country singer Blake Shelton's face covers the front of each one. CRACKED.COM — Source: ET Online

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Will Smith

Will Smith starred in The PrND ooooe of fBel-Air because he owed the IRS $2.8 million. Smith became a Hip Hop star at a young age, which led to some r

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Dev Patel

Dev Patel says he can't relate to himself on-screen in The Last Airbender at all: It was a big-budget production, and he was totally overwhelmed -- watching it later, he says he saw a stranger on the screen that I couldn't relate to. CRACKED.COM

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Sony and Nintendo

In 1992, Sony and Nintendo briefly 99 1992 1990 1992 joined forces. INHE 1997 1998 1999 1995 1996 1997 SONY SONY PlayStation + START SELECT Their love child was a single 096 1997 prototype that played both Nintendo cartridges and Sony CD-ROMs. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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E.T.

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The 20th anniversary Special Edition featured several changes-including the substitution of the guns held by the federal agents for fake-ass CGI walkie-talkies. Then Spielberg got cold feet, released both versions at the same time, and in the last decade has just settled for the original. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire's interactive SUBURBS video For their 2010 song We Used to Wait, fans could plunk in their address on thewildernessdowntown.com and see Google Maps images of their house in the video for a personalized experience. CRACKED — Source

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Full House

The Full House TO THE FANS OF FULL HOUSE FULL HOUSE/FULLER HOUSE WE LOVE YOUR BUT PLEASE RESPECT OUR NICE NEIGHBORS AND OUR QUIET STREET NO DOUBLE-PARKING NO LOITERING NO LOUD TALKING NO LITTERING NO BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS E QUICK AND COURTEOUS DON'T MAKE ANYONE CRACKED.COM SAY HOW RUDE! After a few years of peace and quiet, neighbors again clocked over 1,000 tourists a day right after Fuller House was announced. It's hard to imagine 1,000 people have even watched the reboot. — Source

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Trevor Noah

TREVOR NOAH apologized for downplaying war. On The Daily Show, he said a war between India and Pakistan would be the most entertaining, then did a Bollywood dance. Не later said, As a comedian, I use comedy to process pain and discomfort in my world but I am sorry that this hurt you and others, that's not what I was trying to do. CRACKED — Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock
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Teen Tropes

Teens in movies and TV Every teen thinks high school is heaven or hell. In the real world, there are aspects of school we love and hate, but it's rarely so all or nothing. A popular kid can want to leave school, and a nerd/ loner can want to stay because they're afraid of the unknown. pag 140 141 142 143 CRACKED — NBC
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E.T.

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS E.T. THE EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL Steven Spielberg considered titles like Upon A Star and The Landing. Melissa Mathison's original script was titled E.T. and Me, which is suspiciously similar of the awful E.T. knockoff Mac and Me. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Nostalgic Facts About the Movies That Inspired 'Stranger Things'

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Masters of the Universe

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The Flintstones

Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment The Flintstones Barney's New Head While looking for a costume, Fred makes a joke about Barney getting a costume with a second head. Barney jokes back, Why do I need three of 'em? CRACKED.COM — 5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes Hidden in Children's Cartoons

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Atari 2600

The brown-on-blue color scheme in the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man was a result of the company having a rule against black backgrounds for non-space games. 396 SHARP KAD-M may CONDETTE - Programmer Tod Frye later said if CRACKED.COM he had known how important a blue maze on a black background was to Pac-Man's iconicity, he would have broken that rule. — Spoiler: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Breaking Bad

An episode of Breaking Bad references the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. 41 When Walt lays out his plan to simultaneously kill all of Mike's men In prison, Jack says, Whacking bin Laden wasn't this complicated. The episode takes place in 2008, a fact Vince GIlligan admits he forgot, which means bin Laden was still alive. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Silly Historical Mistakes From Famous Movies

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The Lord of the Rings

CRACKED.COM THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE HOBBIT BOLG WAS MUCH COOLER. The orc leader is fully CGI, but we have photos of the original, physical version, which did a much better job of not looking like Zack Snyder's Doomsday. — Source: WhatCulture

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She’s All That

'90s Teen Rom-Coms She's All That The movie has an Animal House Easter egg. Tim Matheson plays a doctor who moved to California after attending Dartmouth. In Animal House, itself inspired by Dartmouth debauchery, his character is said to move to California to become a doctor. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Ripper

TV shows we never got to see Ripper This Buffy spin-off was due to focus on Giles and be a BBC production. Instead, Buffy went to a Season 12 in the comics. CRACKED.COM

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Han Solo

Q. Why was Han Solo frozen in carbonite? Harrison Ford only had one Star Wars sequel included in his contract, so writers wanted to allow for different narrative options before he signed on for the next film. CRACKED — Source: ScreenRant

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Michael Bay

Michael Bay has only one movie that's certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It's 1996's The Rock, which has a rating of 66%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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My Cousin Vinny

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MY COUSIN VINNY (1992) TWO NEW YORK COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE ACCUSED OF MURDER IN ALABAMA, AND ONLY ONE OF THEIR COUSINS, AN INEXPERIENCED LAWYER FROM BROOKLYN, CAN HELP. WHY IT WORKS: Joe Pesci brings extremely G-rated, wise guy energy to an unsuspecting town in rural America. What's not to love?

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Mindy Kaling

CRACKED.COM The Emmys apparently didn't believe Mindy Kaling produced The Office. When The Office was nominated for an Emmy, Kaling (and only Kaling) was asked to justify why she had to be included. She needed to fill out a form, write an essay about her contributions, and get the other (male, white) producers to vouch for her. — Source: 15 Random Facts That Quenched Our Thirst for Knowledge

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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne had to audition for Elizabeth I. He claimed he knew how to ride a horse. He didn't, so first time he tried, he nearly fell off and died. Elizabeth's Tom Hooper later directed Redmayne again in Les Miserables and inserted a gratuitous horse scene purely out of revenge. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields CRACKED.COM Her father was a Revion executive, whose parents were a top-ranking tennis player and an Italian princess. However, her mom raised her on her own, with her father's family offering to pay money to end the pregnancy. — Source: The New York TImes

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Riz Ahmed

RIZ AHMED was the first Muslim actor to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. The 2021 nomination was for his lead role in the movie Sound of Metal. CRACKED.COM — The L.A. Times

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Katie Holmes

KATIE HOLMES, THE GIFT Holmes was only 21 when she bared nearly everything in The Gift. If the part called for it, sure, I'd 'do it again. I think people need to embrace themselves, their creativity and their bodies. CRACKED.COM — E Online

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

TELL US NOW. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PIZZE Hut GRACKED Alec G. says this arcade game - which was very likely already being played inside of a Pizza Hut - had Pizza Hut signs throughout the whole game.

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Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan spent as much money as the film made. THE CANYONS CRACKED COM On top of some other vintage Lohan behavior, she reportedly spent $46k on — Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

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Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe Gwildor replaced Orko. You can't expect a He-Man movie set mostly on Earth for money reasons to spend a single dim — Source: Stitcher

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Glee

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Glenn Close

Glenn Close was a pirate in Hook. She's totally unrecognizable as the bearded guy who gets thrown in the boo box by Captain Hook. While she was at t — Source: 7 Movies That Secretly Hid Big Actors Under Special Effects

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Kim and Khloe Kardashian

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The Vampire Diaries

A real phone number pops up twice in The Vampire Diaries. ATAT 399-2507 (919) calling... If you call it, you can hear a message from Facetimee Katheri

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Friends

EVERWONDERI HOW THE FRIENDSALWAYS GET THE COUCH? IT'S becAuSE THEY'VE GOT A STANDING RESERVATION. If you look closely at thetable in front of the couc

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