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Golden Girls

In the 1991 Golden Girls episode Sister of the Bride, Sophia beautifully defends gay marriage, to Blanche. EVERYONE WANTS SOMEONE TO GROW OLD WITH, AND SHOULDN'T EVERYONE HAVE THAT CHANCE? It was 24 years before the Supreme Court's historic ruling on marriage equality. CRACKED.COM

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Shrek

CRACKED.COM SHREK - William Steig SHREK! SV be WITH The book by William Steig: Shrek is ugly and misanthropic to the core (and happy about it.) The movie: Shrek has layers (you know, like an onion) -he's a sensitive guy underneath the ugliness. — Source

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District 9

The District 9 voices were made from the sound of pumpkins being rubbed together combined with clicking and the actors' voices. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Conan O’Brien

32 In Mission 6 of Halo 4, you'll find two marines standing near a forklift. If you wait around long enough, they 'II begin talking, and you'll hear the voices of Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter. CRACKED COM — Source

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The Dock of the Bay

(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding CRACKED CON Don't feel bad if you can't nail the whis- tling at the end of the sing - it was never supposed to be there. Co-writer Steve Cropper always left space at the end of a song for Redding to riff, but when it came time to add that extra pizzazz to the end of (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay, he straight-up forgot what he wanted to sing and just started whistling instead. Не intended to continue playing around with the song, but two days later, he died in — Source: 15 Bizarro Details of the Recordings of Famous Songs

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR teaches Homer what it's like to be Bart CRACKED.co Homer joins a fathering enrichment class, where he casually mentions choking Bart. To show Homer what it feels like, Dr. Zander enlists the 7' 2 Abdul-Jabba to do some choking of his own. Dr. Zander, you made me see my life through Bart's neck! — TVOvermind

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Movie Violence

Lost a hand? That's it for you. Forget about pushing on, maybe with a neat chainsaw attached. You'll just bleed out fast- even faster if you keep moving around. You'll likely lose consciousness in less than a minute. — More: 6 Deadly Injuries You Only Survive in the Movies (Update)

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Roar

Roar (1981) 11 YEARS CRACKEDcO This may be the most tragic comedy in the history of entertainment. After four years of principal photography, a freak flood ruined their location, killed a bunch of lions, and destroyed a ton of the footage they had managed to compile.

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Game of Thrones

In-universe, CRACKED COM Cersei designs Jaime's hand, So the prop was crafted So it could caress her as well as hold a sword. GAME OF THRONES

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Stargate

The way Daniel becomes fluent in Egyptian in Stargate makes perfect sense only to Egyptologists. Daniel learns ancient Egyptian crazy fast, saying it'

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Lena Headey

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES LENA HEADEY was the last person to talk to MacGyver The MacGyver TV show ended in 1991, but there were two more TV movies in 1994. By the end of the very last one, Trail to Doomsday, Headey is the very last person MacGyver ever talks to. Well, not counting SNL's MacGruber. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cher

Cher CRACKED.COM She requires an entire separate room to keep her human hair wigs in. — Source

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Django Unchained

HOW WILL DJANGO MAKE IT OUT OF THE SOUTH ALIVE? IKE The movie already established that the sight of a black man on horseback stops traffic wherever he goes. And that was before he turns up on every wanted poster in the nation as the single greatest spree killer the South has ever known. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Ratings

Movie ratings are decided by about a dozen parents in Los Angeles. There are usually about 10 to 13 parents on the board, usually with kids aged 5 to 15, and they live in Los An- geles while on the board. They see a movie at the same time and then vote privately. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Up

DisnepoPIXAR The final count of the balloons used in Pixar's movie UP was 10,297. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Tropes

CRACKED COM It's the apocalypse, and yet our hero has to spend much of his time dealing with a surly adolescent The Walking Dead Falling Skies The Strain سمن - 1 War of the Worlds The Day the Earth Stood Still Probably so that we no longer mind that the world is coming to an end. — Source

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Doug

DOUG started as a fruit salesman CRACKED.COM Before he starred in one of Nickelodeon's first cartoons, Doug shilled in a commercial for Florida Grapefruit. Не bounced on a pogostick to show that grapefruit juice puts a bounce in your step. — Source

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The ‘Has Fallen’ Trilogy

CRACKED Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker is an all-time great line, even if the sequels ran it into the ground. Gerard Butler's trilogy, starting with Olympus Has Fallen, contains the line Go back to Fuckheadistan, which, well, at least they tried. — IMDB

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Christopher Guest

CRACKED CHRISTOPHER GUEST'S THE BIG PICTURE. Before his directorial hits like Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind, he directed The Big Picture in 1989. It starred Kevin Bacon as a film school graduate trying to navigate Hollywood. — IMDB / Nathan Rabin

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Gal Gadot

CRACKED GAL GADOT AND JOSS WHEDON Gal Gadot, who starred in Justice League, said that Joss Whedon threatened to ruin her career when she asked to make changes to her character in the 2017 movie. She quickly reported the issue to the people in charge, who sorted it out. — Comic Book / Parade

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Jurassic Park

DINOSAURS DIDN'T ROAR. THE RULED NIRS Research suggests that dinosaurs made low, throaty sounds without opening their mouths, like many of their bird and croc relatives. So basically, dinosaurs cooed. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Lies About Dinosaurs and Paleontology Movies and TV Have Told You

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Diet Coke

Coke, somehow, tried to cash in on apathy. Colle - A Diet Coke commercial with Gillian Jacobs has her basically shrugging and saying do whatever. She says that marathons are super hard, and you can go live in a yurt if you want. The takeaway? Drink Diet Coke or something, whatever, not like it matters anyway. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Awful Ads By Surprising Companies

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Being John Malkovich

Meta Movies Being John Malkovich Malkovich asked for Charlie Sheen himself. Malkovich's best friend was Kevin Bacon in Charlie Kaufman's original screenplay. But Malkovich said it was Sheen he'd actually turn to when in distress. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder was developing a standalone Star Wars movie in 2013 loosely based on Seven Samurai. That film obviously didn't happen, but Snyder confirmed his new movie 'Rebel Moon' is using that concept, just away from the Star Wars universe. CRACKED.COM — Zack Snyder's New Movie 'Rebel Moon' Started Out As A 'Star Wars' Film

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Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore To join Actor's Equality, Julie Anne Smith needed a name that was less popular. My father's middle name is Moore; my mother's name is Anne. So I just slammed the Anne onto the Julie...But it's horrible to change your name. I'd been Julie Smith my whole life, and I didn't want to change it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Celebrities Who Changed Their Name (And Why)

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J.J. Abrams

J.J. ABRAMS VOICED D-0 IN THE RISE OF SKYWALKER. CRACKED.co .COM According to writer Chris Terrio, Abrams only intended to use his own voice as a placeholder. Terrio loved how well Abrams's voice fit the character so he convinced him not to change it. — Source: 16 Directors That Cameod In Their Own Movies

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Chuck E. Cheese

THE FOUNDER OF CHUCK E. CHEESE ALSO STARTED ONE OF THE FIRST GAME COMPANIES, ATARI. PONG CRACKED.COM With just $500, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney started Atari in 1972, making it a multi-billion dollar company by 1982. Bushnell went on to expand video arcades to family friendly locations, founding Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in 1977. This man did more for children than the polio vaccine. — Source: The Atlantic

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's dad has a cameo in Goodfellas he plays 00 Vinnie. Vinnie is in Paulie's close circle, and he shows up three times -- at the wedding; when Henry talks about their time in prison; and when Tommy gets killed. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Chun Li

CHUN-LI ALMOST WORE PANTS. Chun-Li was drawn with pants through most of her development process. Only at the last possible minute did artist Akira Yasuda change them to tights. (He also gave her thick thighs because, well, he liked her that way and he could not lie.) — Sources: Capcom, Polygon

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves was in an awful movie because someone forged his signature. Keanu never signed up to play a serial killer in 2000's The Watcher but some friend signed up for him. Keanu couldn't prove that wasn't his signature on the contract, so he was forced to make a movie he wanted nothing to do with. — More: Keanu Reeves Was Forced Into Making His Worst Movie

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Easy Rider

EASY RIDER The choppers CRACKED.co One of the four bikes used in the film sold for $1.35 million in 2014, but the other three were stolen from storage before the film hit theaters. It's thought that someone wanted to make a quick buck by selling them for parts (having no idea they were actually sitting on millions of dollars). — Source: MentalFloss

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Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona 8 MONTHS new CRACKEDG He was nearly jailed for a well-executed kung-fu kick to a heckler as he was being ejected from a game, but wound up with 120 hours of community service instead. In a presser after the game, he explained his actions by saying When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in the sea. Thank you very much.

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Transformers

TELL US NOW. Transformers CRAGKED Daniel W. says this franchise isn't fooling him: It pretends to be so bloodless. At one point, a man wrestles a robot made of knives, and comes away without a scratch. When a multi-story robot throws another one through a building, you bet there'll be

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Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle had to use fake rain. They filmed it in the summer, when there wasn't a lot of rain, SO they had to use trucks with sprinklers for the rain scenes. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: CinemaBlend

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Tom Hanks

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Fargo

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The Energizer Bunny

The Energizer Bunny was designed Energia as a one-off swipe at the competition. In the late '80s, Duracell made commercials with a drumming toy bunny

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Spider-Man

Lucy Lawless plays a punk rock girl in Spider-Man. As part of a news program about Spider-Man, a reporter asks what she thinks about him. Guy with ei

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Team America: World Police

Michael Moore is a suicide bomber in Team America. MATT STONE STUCK HIM IN THERE FOR REVENGE. Moore interviewed Stone, best known for his work on Sout

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