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May 04, 2025

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Viva Laughlin

Memento mori, 2 VIVA LAUGHLIN EPISODES CRACKED A musical show starring Hugh Jackman sounds like a surefire hit, but once the music stopped, people tuned out.

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Macarena

CRACKED.COM Macarena was the result of a sudden outburst. One night, Antonio Romero Monge of the duo Los del Rio watched a great performance from one of their dancers, and called to her (in Spanish) Diana, give joy and good things to your body! Los del Rio used that as a refrain and wrote a song around it, Macarena. — Source

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Schitt’s Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREEK It's David's town. In the pilot episode, Johnny says he forgot he actually owned a town, and that he initially bought it as a joke for his son, David. The show comes full circle when in the end, everyone in the family leaves the town, except David. — Source

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Michael Jackson

CRACKED RECEIVING um IN WTF CAMEOS MICHAEL JACKSON MEN IN BLACK II After reportedly crying about missing out on the original film, he asked to be involved in the sequel. Не gives one small piece of exposition, then an inside joke that he wants to be Agent M in Men in Black. — Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Far Out Magazine

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Reed Richards and Niles Caulder

MARVEL+DC PERFECT FRENEMIES MARVEL REED RICHARDS Two scientists driven to help their power-afflicted families (literal for Richards, figurative for Caulder) while using them for the greater good, often neglecting them as people for the sake of research and discovery. They kind of belong with each other, while their teams should ditch them. DC NILES CAULDER GRACKED GOM — Marvel, DC
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Wayne’s World

WAYNE'S WORLD Wayne and Garth are music and stoner loser layabouts. But talented ones! When Dana Carvey's Garth plays a rocking drum solo, that actually is Carvey playing the drums. Не did a solo on SNL in character as well. — Source: Screen Rant

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Joe Hill

CRACKED.COM NEPOTISM BABIES Joe Hill The Work: NOS4A2, Horns, Locke & Key The Parent: Stephen King The Parent's Work: He's Stephen King, damn it Stephen King's son hid his parental link as long as he could, but eventually it came out. — Source: The Times
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The Master

Philip Seymour Hoffman improvised You pig fuck! in The Master. It happened in the take after director Paul Thomas Anderson decided to just walk up to , look at his hairline, and pluck a hair out, says co-star Jesse Plemons. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friends

Ross & Rachel CRACKED.COM Sometimes, millionaires who get paid to act like F*R*I*E*N*D*S are really just COOW O'R'E'R'S. And, like any coworker, Jennifer Aniston had forgotten about David Schwimmer 6 years after the job. Aniston told Letterman in 2010 that she had no clue who Schwimmer was engaged to, in a manner cold and casual enough for Schwimmer to take umbrage. — Source: 15 Iconic Couples Who Despised Each Other

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Movie Violence

You aren't likely to actually land many punches. When you're about to attack, your body automatically goes through preparatory motions that telegraph to your rival what you're about to do. You'll have to be very lucky to throw a punch they don't see coming. — More: 6 Painful Things Nobody Tells You About Fighting

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Doctor Strange

In Doctor Strange, the Ancient One was whitewashed so China wouldn't be offended. Marvel was afraid of getting cut off from the lucrative Chinese market if they kept The Ancient One's Tibetan ethnicity, so they rewrote the character as a Celtic woman.

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Donald Trump

Trump University, which closed in 2010, was basically little more than Donald-approved, real estate a series of very expensive seminars. RUMP NIVERS

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls BULLS ه2 CRACKED COM Most pros are contractually barred from playing pickup games, but the best of best have enough leverage to include a love of the game clause. MJ put his to good use, putting in iconic extracurricular performances at a couple UNC alumni games (and also the Olympics).

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ESPN

ESPN published an obituary for fictional umpire, Enrico Pallazzo. CRACKED.COM When Leslie Nielsen died, ESPN paid respect to the actor the only way that a sports network could, by posting the obituary of his character from 'The Naked Gun.' — Source

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Dracula

When they shot Bela Lugosi's Dracula, they shot a Spanish version too. The Spanish one was shot at night, when the sets were free, with the same script but a different cast. Today, that version is considered better. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The World’s End

Family members accidentally played the same role. THE WORLD'S END ORLD'S END CRACKED.COM Two actors who were cast as slightly different owners of identical pubs met on set, only to realize they were each other's cousins. — Source

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Minecraft

CRACKED.COM Minecraft's total surface area is over 9 MILLION EARTHS. Or if you prefer big, unwieldy numbers, 4,722,366,482,869,645 square kilometers. — Source

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Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant's grandparents inspired one of his greatest achievements. LAKERS 8 The day he played his 81-point game was the birthday of his grandfather, who had died a few years earlier, and also the first and only time his grandma had come out to watch him play. Kobe was so happy, he scored 81 points. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hackers

Hackers ACEDHORNO OLOVE LOVE to GODOSEXЬ ROSECRETOLE 28PHREAK12U SKILL LORDNIKO LOCRA LAVERRIDE SECRETOS NEW On-demand TV, RV gaming, and more. The 1995 thriller is often mocked for its campy portrayal of teenage tech-whizzes, but it was surprisingly prophetic about modern technology, accurately predicting on-demand TV, tech world sexism, virtual reality gaming, and the dangers of simple passwords. CRACKED — Source

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The Last Jedi

CRACKED.COM We are the spark, that will light the fire that'll burn the First Order down. -Poe Dameron The Last Jedi Hey Рое, I didn't understand what you were trying to convey, maybe you should add EVEN MORE steps: We are the dirt that will grow the tree that will produce the tinder that will generate the spark that... — Source

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Saving Private Ryan

MacGuffins Saving Private Ryan PRIVATE RYAN Sometimes a MacGuffin can be a person. Private Ryan is the crux of the entire mission of Tom Hanks' team. Hanks' most prominent quote in the movie is about how Ryan is just a name. CRACKED.COM — Saving Private Ryan Wiki

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Dick Solomon

Movie and TV Aliens 3rd Rock from the Sun Dick Solomon's dialogue was written by an actual scientist. Brian Greene, author of popular science book The Elegant Universe, wrote much of the physics- speak for John Lithgow's alien character. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Mental Floss, Columbia College

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The Power Rangers

CRACKED.COM Power Rangers Paul Freeman's improvised Ivan Ooze's best line. Oh, the things that I have missed: the Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition, the Brady Bunch Reunion. — Source: RangerWiki

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Avatar

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TOPH WAS ALMOST A BIG GUY. Toph was envisioned as a big, muscular dude, but head writer Aaron Ehasz insisted that the character should be a girl The creators fought him at first, but came around eventually. — Source: Anime Superhero News

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

MARSHALL SARAH That's not Mila Kunis's REAL BREASTS JIHN C in the bar photo. SCENES She was actually wearing a bikini top, and the image THE was photoshopped. BEHIND — BlackBook Magazine

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Mindy Kaling

MINDY KALING I had these fantasies of going to SNL and falling in love with some writer on SNL, of getting married and living in New York. Kaling wa — Source: AV Club

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Emma Stone

Emily Jean Stone changed her name to Emma Stone for two reasonss 1. Her real name was already taken when she tried to register with the Screen Actors

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South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TREY PARKER DIDN'T WANT MAKE LOVE NOT WARCRAFT TO AIR. SOUTH PARK Parker says he thought they lost their touch during season ten and begged the network to not air the now fan-favorite episode. Не thought the episode was terrible and that it would ruin their legacy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lindsay Lohan

CRACKED LINDSAY LOHAN GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH A WOMAN AT CLUB AVENUE IN MANHATTAN AND HIT HER. The victim didn't need medical attention and Lindsay was arrested and charged with third-degree assault. — Source

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Seinfeld

RESTAURA TOM'S RESTAURANT CIBIOSA Tom's Restaurant in Manhattan provides all the exterior shots for Monk's Café. It's also the same eatery that Suzanne Vega sings about in Tom's Diner. 4 Seinfeld CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gotham

The Iceberg Lounge wasn't just something made up for the TV show Gotham. It showed up in a 1995 comic, and it marked the point where the Penguin turned from a slapsticky, harmless bad guy to a dangerous supervillain. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. King Коора destroys the WTC. Mario defeats King Koopa after a dramatic battle on the Brooklyn waterfront, which includes Коора briefly disintegrating the World Trade Center towers. CRACKED — Source

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Caddyshack

CRACKED CADDYSHACK 18 Booze and cocaine flooded the set, and Bill Murray was once found passed out in a sand trap. Chevy Chase said, It was pretty nuts on that set. At night, we would race golf carts down the fairways, with people whacked out having a good time. — Ranker

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Drive Me Crazy

The movie Drive Me Crazy was named after the Britney song. Melissa Joan Hart fought the name change, saying Britney was going to be just a flash in the pan. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 (Forgotten) 90's Things

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The Innkeepers

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2011 THE INNKEEPERS The movie is based on a haunted hotel Ti West where and his crew stayed while shooting The House of the Devil. During production, they witnessed flickering lights, slamming doors, and according to West, actress Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. CRACKED.COM — Magnet Releasing
IndieWire

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The Truman Show

Early drafts of movies The Truman Show It was going to be a dark Brian De Palma movie. The Malcolm Show was inspired by a dark comedy episode of the '8os revival of The Twilight Zone. By the time Peter Weir was set to direct, the script had gone through around 25 rewrites. CRACKED.COM — WhatCulture, Wikipedia

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Archie

ARCHIE came across PREDATOR. Spring break is an exciting time! Beach, parties, booze, alien hunters out for your blood... Just ask Archie Andrews and his gang in this 2015 comic. — Source: Dark Horse Comics

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Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver got cast in Ghostbusters because she got on all fours and howled like a dog. She thought Dana should be possessed and basically turned into a dog, so when she met with director Ivan Reitman, she jumped on his coffee table on all fours and howled like a — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Valley of the Dolls

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Global Box Office

What do the films Furious7, Terminator Genisys 'Gods of Egypt and Warcraft have in common? All these films made over 75% of their money overseas.

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