5 Of America's Big Cities (That Have Underreported Downsides)

5 Of America's Big Cities (That Have Underreported Downsides)

13 Odd Yet Fascinating Now-You-Know Facts

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Music Mystery - No One Knows How Old Mariah Carey Is

Music Mystery - No One Knows How Old Mariah Carey Is

Bonkers Show Made To Mock 'The Bachelor' Gave It Too Much Credit

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12 Sidekicks Who Stumbled on Center Stage

Never underestimate the power of a good sidekick -- where would Han Solo be without Chewbacca?  But just because you rock in a supporting role doesn’t mean you’re ready to carry the whole shebang. Here are 12 sidekicks who stumbled when they stood alone in the spotlight. 

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RAINN WILSON Wilson parlayed his success as Assistant to the Regional Manager to snag the lead role in The Rocker, playing an aging drummer living out

New York TImes

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THE LONE GUNMEN CRACKED.COM The ultimate side characters got leading guy status, only to be cancelled after 13 episodes. Show co-creator Vince Gilliga

Time

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MATT LEBLANC CRAGKEDCOT Of all the Friends, Joey Tribbiani was probably the least likely to headline his own series. Sitcom rule: A little How you do

IMDB

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LEONARD NIMOY CRACKED.COM Nimoy got his chance at a movie lead with Catlow, a flick Tarentino calls one of the worst studio westerns of the seventies.

The New Beverly

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JASON ALEXANDER ORAGKEDCOM Even George-ophiles should pass on Alexander's leading man role in I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore, unless they want to fast-for

Entertainment Weekly

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DON KNOTTS GRAGKED COM Knotts took home five Emmys playing the bumbling Barney Fife, but that success didn't translate to leading roles. He starred in

Fandango

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CLEVELAND GRACKED COM Mildly amusing as one of Peter's pals, Cleveland stunk as the star of the show. A toxic combination of witlessness and racial i

USA Today

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CHRIS ELLIOTT CRACKED COM He shot to fame playing Dave Letterman's comic foil, but critics weren't kind when he headlined Cabin Boy. Elliott... seems

Washington Post

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SCOTT BAIO ERIN MORAN Cute as the younger relatives of Richie and the Fonz, less sO as post-adolescent first bananas. For God's sake, why cast them as

The Futon Critic

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ANDY RICHTER He's hilarious on Conan but Richter wasnt as successful leading Andy Barker P.I. Maybe his range is limited? He always plays ordinary guy

Newsday

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AFTERMASH CRAGKED COM AfterMAsH followed the exploits of Colonel Potter, Father Mulcahey and Klinger -- basically, the 4th, 5th, and 7th leads of the

TV Guide

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AARON PAUL CRACKED COM He's perfect as crystal-meth chef Jesse but Need for Speed is a piece of auto-collision pornography ... absolute proof that Aa

Washington Post

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