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Adele

America Ferrera made the world safe for ADELE UGLY BETTY CRACKED.COM We made Adele famous, joked Ferrera after the singer's appearance on Ugly Betty. Adele had already won the Grammy for Best New Artist by the time she made her cameo, so check yourself, America.

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Shailene Woodley

CRACKED SHAILENE WOODLEY MAKES HER OWN TOOTHPASTE, FACE OILS, MEDICINES, AND CHEESE. In 2014, The Divergent star shared her knowledge of herbs with Jimmy Fallon, and gave him some natural remedies for boosting his immune system. She even forages for food, stating It's an entire lifestyle. It's appealing to my soul.

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Star Trek: Enterprise

CRACKED.COM Worst TV Finales Star Trek: Enterprise The ending had little to do with Enterprise, and instead was a TNG episode about events occurring in Enterprise. Yeah, of course such a clunky, borderline disrespectful finale didn't work. — Source

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

CRACKED YOUR ENTIRE PLOT CAN'T BE ONE BIG TRANS JOKE ANYMORE. ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE The Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn plot has one big reveal of Einhorn's bulge tucked between her legs. This would never be played up as a joke today, and we wonder why it was even needed to tell a stolen dolphin story. — Source

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Titanic

James Cameron didn't want My Heart Will Go On for Titanic, and Celine Dion didn't want to sing it Dion was convinced by her creepy husband-manager, and Cameron was convinced by her demo. Smart business move for both of them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paul McCartney

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Beavis and Butt-Head

The voice of Beavis and Butt-Head was in the South Park movie. One of the most memorable moments in Bigger, Longer & Uncut is when Kenny shows his face and speaks without the muffle for the first time. And it just so happens that it was Mike Judge who voiced him. For three whole lines that were sped up to hide his identity. T KE EPRICA T Unfortunately, the rumors of an upcoming Boomhauer movie with puppets are unfounded. CRACKED COM — Source

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Battlefield Earth

CRACKED BATTLEFIELD EARTH BOX OFFICE: $29.7M BUDGET: $44M An adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 novel, Battlefield Earth was critically panned and is considered one of the worst films of all time. The executive producer even said It was a sh*t concept with a sh*t book and a sh*t script that should never have been made. — Boxoffice Mojo / Independent / Cole Smithey

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Guns N’ Roses

CRACKED.COM GUNS N' R OSES Terminator 2 GNR vs. NIN Before production settled on Guns N' Roses' You Could be Mine, Robert Patrick suggested Nine Inch Nails' Head Like a Hole as the movie's tie-in song. The T-1000 actor lobbied for it because his brother, Richard Patrick, was NIN's touring guitarist. Cameron answered, no, Arnold prefers Guns N' Roses. — 98KUPD

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Garfield

CRACKED.COM That car window Garfield was a mistake. Not just in the obvious sense - the product wasn't supposed to be like that. Jim Davis' idea was to put velcro on the toy's paws to hang it on curtains, but the manufacturer used suction cups instead. Still, no one thought people would stick it to car windows. — Source: 15 Random Facts to Awake Your Sense of Wonder, Curiosity, and/or Dread

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Bill Cosby

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Ghostbusters

Winston was done dirty by the first Ghostbusters. Winston Zeddemore had an elaborate backstory as an Air Force major and a demolition guy - that is what Ernie Hudson signed up for. Hudson was so excited about the part that he took a half pay cut to play it. Не wasn't at all happy when Winston was reduced to little more than an afterthought. — More: Ernie Hudson (And Winston) Kept Getting Screwed Over By The 'Ghostbusters' Franchise

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Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman

Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman Mullally and Offerman met doing a play together in 2000. Mullally was sick of dating younger guys and was excited to date someone her age- only to find out he was 12 years younger than her. GRACKED.COM — source: Men’s Health

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Veronica Mars

Fans crowd-funded more VERONICA MARS CRACKED.COM It was a big deal in the early 2010s when the show's creator raised $2 million to make a Veronica Mars movie - on Kickstarter. The previous record at the time was $900,000, but Mars reached its goal in only 12 hours. — CNBC

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Jackie Brown

EASTER EGGSTRA HIDDEN MEANINGS & REFERENCES ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD THE JACKIE BROWN REFERENCE When Cliff walks his dog and smokes his acid-dipped cigarette, he quips: And away we go. It signals the beginning of the climactic ending at Dalton's house. In Jackie Brown, Robert Forster's character Max Cherry looks over at Jackie in a department store and, realizing that the plan is about to unfold, says and away we go. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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Dolly Parton

AT A GLANCE DOLLY PARTON Dolly Parton saved her nine-year-old co-star from an oncoming car. In 2020, while on the set of Dolly Parton's Christmas: on the Square, Parton pulled her. child co-star Talia Hill away from a moving car. CRACKED COM — Source: NBC

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Pacific Rim

In Pacific Rim, they destroy the bridge to Kaijus' lair by detonating the nuclear reactor that powers Gipsy Danger. In reality, a nuclear power reacto

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Kanye

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LeBron James and Pitbull

LeBron and Pitbull were the spokesmen for performance-enhancing caffeine strips. As the idols of millions of youngsters, you'd think Lebron James and

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Counter Strike

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Game of Thrones

The Maester Conspiracy: In Game of Thrones, the maesters are secretly erasing all the magic from the world... and they almost succeeded in it. In a world without magic, scholarly men with knowledge would be the ones with power and control over the Seven Kingdoms. The maesters are working behind the scenes to attain this goal by making the dragons go extinct, conspiring against the Targaryens by kickstarting Robert's rebellion and withholding all the information that they see as a threat to themselves. CRACKED COM — Source

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Eminem

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Martha Stewart

An elderly businesswoman and ex-con confessed she wished her friends would die so she could date their husbands. CRACKED.COM 80-year-old Martha Stew- art dished with Chelsea Handler on her podcast, but insists she's never been a homewrecker even when the opportuni- ty presented itself. — Huffington Post

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Jimmy Garvin

Post-Wrestling Careers Jimmy Garvin went from Freebird to full pilot. Upon retiring at age 40, the WWE Hall of Famer got his flight certification and worked as a commercial pilot. CRACKED.COM — Source: TheSporster

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Cassius Marsh

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Werner Herzog

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Girls

what's the deal withGIRLS? Girls was unflinching and UNFLATTERING Girls didn't always make millennials look good. They made bad decisions; they had sex with men who treated them badly; they were unsure what they wanted to do with their careers; they took drugs and drank; and they had no — Harpers

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Beyonce

A Private Jet ING For Father's Day, Beyonce supposedly gifted a $40 million Bombardier Challenger 850 Learjet to Jay-Z. — Source: Yahoo

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The Bedford Diaries

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Jurassic Park

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Coming to America

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The Dark Knight Rises

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Clash of the Titans

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Married... with Children

In 1989 a Michigan housewife tried to make FOX cancel a show because she was offended by a particular episode... TERRY RAKOLTA BOYCOTT LEADER LIUT NEU

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The Hulk

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