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Here’s What Actually Happened With Dana Carvey, the Turtle Suit, and 9/11

In April 2023, Dana Carvey addressed a minor controversy surrounding himself on his Fly on the Wall podcast with David Spade. As it turns out, a rumor...

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3 Horror Movie Mashups That Thankfully Never Made It to Theaters

Certain crossovers make perfect sense on paper. As long as you ignore the height difference between King Kong and Godzilla and just have them be the...

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How a Nude Calendar Broke the Tension Between Bea Arthur and Betty White on the Set of ‘The Golden Girls’

Rumors have persisted for years about the supposed feud between Golden Girls stars Bea Arthur and Betty White. Last year’s ABC News special The...

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This Woman’s Memory Resets Every Day, Just Like ’50 First Dates’

Much like Drew Barrymore’s character in 50 First Dates, Michelle Philpots’s memories are wiped clean every day due to injuries she sustained in...

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57 Years Ago, Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix Allegedly Stole a Truck to Get to Woodstock

If the stories that have made the rounds about Jimi Hendrix’s journey to Woodstock are true, we came pretty close to being robbed of his legendary...

02.09.2026 2

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The Forgotten ‘Planet of the Apes’ Script That Somehow Included Topless Gorilla Strippers

Prior to Tim Burton’s involvement with the Planet of the Apes series, Home Alone director Chris Columbus was hired to helm a reboot of his own...

02.09.2026 3

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14 Years Ago, Nicole Kidman Really Peed on Zac Efron for a Movie

In a controversial scene from the 2012 thriller The Paperboy, Jack Jansen (Zac Efron) gets stung by a jellyfish at the beach, and a couple of girls...

01.09.2026 2

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15 Years Ago, Beyoncé’s Security Guard Flattened Seth Rogen on the Red Carpet

Seth Rogen might count Beyoncé as one of his friends these days, but that wasn’t always the case. Eight years before the two co-starred with one...

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The Wild Story of How Bill Murray Nearly Drowned With Hunter S. Thompson

Bill Murray and Hunter S. Thompson first met at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, in the late 1970s, and it was a fittingly unforgettable encounter...

31.08.2026 1

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15 Years Ago, This British Town Changed Its Name Because of Ali G

Fans of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Da Ali G Show and its 2002 film adaptation Ali G Indahouse will surely recall that the titular wannabe gangster...

31.08.2026 2

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16 Years Ago, Seth MacFarlane and Penn Jillette Clashed Over ‘South Park’ on Live TV

South Park’s 200th episode—appropriately entitled “200”—and its sequel, “201,” both revolve around efforts to bring the Islamic prophet...

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This ‘Batman’ Star Says He Was Given Pills to Shrink His Bulge

Just after receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020, Burt Ward—who played Robin on the 1960s Batman TV series—decided to have a...

28.08.2026 7

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The Creator of ‘Airplane!’ Spent $60,000 to Pull Off a Dirty Practical Joke

David Zucker first made a name for himself in the 1970s as one-third of the filmmaking trio known as ZAZ. Alongside his brother, Jerry Zucker, and Jim...

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‘Superbad’ Had an Artist Create Nearly 1,000 Penis Drawings for One Joke

“When I was a little kid, I kinda had this problem,” Seth (Jonah Hill) starts to tell his friend, Evan (Michael Cera), in a scene from 2007’s...

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The Book Version of ‘Forrest Gump’ Is Almost Unrecognizable From the Movie

Whenever a book gets adapted into a movie, you can pretty much guarantee that people will eventually start arguing over which version was superior....

27.08.2026 7

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The Crazy True Story of the ‘Pulp Fiction’ Car That Vanished for 19 Years

“What’s more chickens—t than f—king with a man’s automobile?” John Travolta’s Vincent Vega asks his drug dealer, Lance (Eric Stoltz), in...

27.08.2026 7

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The Wild Story of How the Beatles Tried to Get Mick Jagger Into ‘A Clockwork Orange’

Before Stanley Kubrick cast Malcolm McDowell as Alex in A Clockwork Orange, a few of the more prominent rock stars of the day weighed in on who they...

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The Raunchy ‘Grease’ Song That Was Cut From the Movie

Grease is one of those musicals that everybody’s familiar with to some extent, whether they’re willing to admit it or not. Unless you’ve...

26.08.2026 2

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25 Years Ago, Robin Williams Made an Audience Member Laugh So Hard They Had to Be Hospitalized

When Robin Williams walked out onstage for his January 2001 appearance on Inside the Actors Studio, host James Lipton had no clue what he was in for....

26.08.2026 3

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The NSFW Porky Pig Blooper Warner Bros. Never Intended the Public to See

Just because you don’t hear people cursing and telling offensive jokes in old movies doesn’t mean they weren’t doing it as often as we do. As...

26.08.2026 3

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The ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ Scene That Made Jason Segel’s Mother Cry

Anyone who’s seen 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall will tell you that there’s one scene early on in the film that stands out more than any...

25.08.2026 6

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The Romantic Movie That Helped Create ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

The 2002 romantic drama Tuck Everlasting tells the story of a young girl named Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel), who runs away from home after her...

25.08.2026 6

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Jim Carrey Almost Didn’t Play Ace Ventura, and the Other Options Were Pretty Wild

Though it was actually his 11th movie, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective would ultimately go down in history as Jim Carrey’s big breakthrough. Carrey’s...

25.08.2026 6

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The Strange Story Behind James Caan, Joe Pesci and an Alleged Mob Threat

Godfather star James Caan’s ties to organized crime were well-documented—so much so that they were even mentioned in his obituary. According to a...

24.08.2026 8

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Disney Almost Built a ‘Dick Tracy’ Ride Where Kids Shot Tommy Guns at Gangsters

Even if you’re a fan of Warren Beatty’s 1990 film adaptation of Dick Tracy, you have to admit it’s pretty wild that such a violent movie was...

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60 Years Ago, the Star of ‘Rawhide’ Died While Filming a Forgotten ‘Wizard of Oz’ Show

Eric Fleming first rose to prominence for playing Gil Favor on the CBS Western series Rawhide, alongside Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates. After seven...

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The TV Host Who Openly Mocked His Own Sponsors Decades Before It Was Cool

Alfred Hitchcock Presents originally ran for seven seasons between 1955 and 1962, before rebranding as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The popular...

21.08.2026 8

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25 Years Ago, the ‘South Park’ Creators Made a Live-Action George W. Bush Sitcom Nobody Remembers

When South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s names come up, it rarely gets mentioned that the renowned duo had their own live-action sitcom...

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Two Major Stars Were Dropped From the Same ‘Hangover Part II’ Cameo

In October 2010, it was reported that Mel Gibson would be making a cameo appearance in The Hangover Part II. The What Women Want star was said to have...

21.08.2026 10

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The Strange Reason Jerry Seinfeld Apologized for ‘Bee Movie’ 17 Years After It Premiered

While giving a commencement speech for the graduating seniors at North Carolina’s Duke University in 2024, Jerry Seinfeld made the odd decision to...

20.08.2026 10

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There’s a ‘Demon’ Under the Bed in This Early 2000s Comedy, and Even the Directors Can’t Explain It

The 2003 Farrelly brothers comedy Stuck on You stars Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as conjoined twins named Bob and Walt. There’s no official credit...

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3 Comedians Who Got Arrested for Their Acts Long Before Lenny Bruce’s Legendary Clash With Police

In the early 1960s, Lenny Bruce became the poster child for comedians getting arrested. Between 1961 and 1964, Bruce got hit with multiple obscenity...

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Sammy Davis Jr.’s Relationship With Kim Novak Sparked Threats, Rumors and an Alleged Kidnapping

In 1957, Sammy Davis Jr. met a young Hollywood actress named Kim Novak, who was about to star in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Vertigo. Davis took a...

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Disney Had to Rename This Movie in Italy Because of a Famous Porn Star

The animated Walt Disney musical Moana tells the story of a young girl named—you guessed it—Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho), the daughter of a...

19.08.2026 9

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The Truth behind the ‘Goldfinger’ Actress Who Was Rumored to Be Killed by Gold Paint

One of the most memorable deaths in the history of the James Bond franchise came in 1964’s Goldfinger, starring Sean Connery as 007. Oh, and if that...

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One of The Beatles Lost His Virginity While His Bandmates Were in the Room

The Beatles had a very casual attitude about sex, by their own admission. And, as it turns out, there were plenty of occasions where the different...

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Jim Carrey Needed a Special-Ops Trainer to Get Through Filming ‘The Grinch’

Though 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas ended up being a huge hit, the experience of making it was not a fun one for Jim Carrey. In fact, the...

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Harrison Ford Was Nearly Killed by the Millennium Falcon While Filming This ‘Star Wars’ Film

Harrison Ford came dangerously close to making his final film appearance in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While preparing to shoot a scene...

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23 Years Ago, Jim Caviezel Was Struck by Lightning While Filming ‘The Passion of the Christ’

Jesus might’ve taken a serious beating in the 2004 Mel Gibson epic The Passion of the Christ, but the actor who played him didn’t exactly get off...

17.08.2026 7

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Steve Martin’s Strange Encounter With Elvis Presley Included 3 Guns and 18 Bullets

In the early 1970s, Steve Martin was just another up-and-coming stand-up comedian trying to make a name for himself. During that time, he served as...

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15 Years Ago, William Shatner and Patrice O’Neal Cried Together After the Charlie Sheen Roast

By the time Patrice O’Neal took the stage at Comedy Central’s 2011 roast of Charlie Sheen, he seemed genuinely bothered by some of the things his...

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George Carlin Had a Brutal Take on Michael Richards’ Racist Stand-Up Meltdown

By the mid-2000s, Seinfeld had been off the air for several years and Michael Richards wasn’t as in-demand as he was when the show was in full...

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There Was a Topless Woman Hiding in This Classic Disney Movie for Decades

Three days after the 1977 animated movie The Rescuers was reissued on home video in 1999, the Walt Disney Company announced that they were recalling...

14.08.2026 7

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The Weird Reason Coolio Has a Random Cameo in ‘Batman & Robin’

With all the other craziness going on in 1997’s Batman & Robin, it’s easy to overlook the fact that rapper Coolio had a cameo appearance in the...

14.08.2026 8

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32 Years Ago, ‘The Lion King’ Made Disney History With This Wild Joke

When moviegoers flocked to the theaters to see The Lion King in 1994, little did they know that they’d be watching something truly historic. As...

13.08.2026 4

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The Weird Casting Story behind Robert Patrick’s T-1000 Role That Involves an Iconic Rock Star

Playing the T-1000 in 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day was a career-defining moment for Robert Patrick. For those who don’t know, the character...

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How Johnny Carson Used ‘The Tonight Show’ to Expose a Self-Proclaimed Psychic

On August 1, 1973, Johnny Carson welcomed Uri Geller—an illusionist claiming to have both psychic and psychokinetic powers—onto The Tonight Show....

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34 Years Ago, ‘SNL’ Apologized for This Wayne’s World Joke About Chelsea Clinton

On December 5, 1992, Saturday Night Live opened up with a Wayne’s World sketch in which Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) count down the...

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41 Years Ago, Hulk Hogan Choked Richard Belzer Unconscious and Left Him Bleeding on Live TV

On March 27, 1985, comedian and future Law & Order: SVU star Richard Belzer welcomed Mr. T and Hulk Hogan—who were promoting WrestleMania I—onto...

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The First ‘Jetsons’ Movie Has a Surprisingly Dark Production History

Last week, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed that Jim Carrey will be starring in a new live-action film adaptation of The Jetsons. Longtime fans of the...

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