Although being a giant box office success, movie theater business was less enthused about the movie “A Quiet Place” because the ambiance of the movie was such that any type of loud eating was shamed leading to people not buying any food. Cinemas normally earn more from food than tickets.
In 2007, the Russian company…
In 2007, the Russian company Rossiya broadcasted television footage showcasing the Russians planting a flag at the bottom of the ocean in the North Pole. A 13 year old boy from Finland noticed some of the footage the station used was from the film Titanic.
The Secret Service agent…
The Secret Service agent who saved President Reagan’s life joined the Secret Service after seeing a movie starring Ronald Reagan as a Secret Service Agent.
7 Little-Known Facts About the Legendary Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple was immensely talented and won audiences over with her charm, singing, and adorable curls. Although she stopped performing at age 22, she continued to make waves, becoming an accomplished diplomat. Here are seven essential facts you should know about the legendary Shirley Temple:
1. She was considered for “The Wizard of Oz”
Of course, that starring role went to Judy Garland. There are numerous rumors about why she didn’t get the part. It may have been her singing limitations or studio politics.
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2. She brought breast cancer to national attention
In 1972, breast cancer wasn’t discussed at a national level. Women’s options for treatment were often dictated by their doctors, without their input. They would go in for a biopsy, and if preliminary results were positive for cancer, doctors would perform a radical mastectomy without consulting the patient, which involves removing the breast and underlying muscles of the chest wall. This one-step process was “easier” for doctors, but left women devastated.
When Temple found a lump in her breast, she opted for a biopsy (and only a biopsy), which she had to fight for. When she learned it was positive for cancer, she fought for a simple mastectomy, which only removes breast tissue and is the standard for treatment today.
Temple then shared her experience, holding a news conference from her hospital bed to educate other women and writing about her experience for McCall’s. Her approach was so radical that she was scolded by the American Cancer Society, but she paved the way for better cancer treatment for people with breast cancer and de-stigmatized cancer in general.
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3. She is the youngest person to ever receive an Academy Award
She received a special juvenile Academy Award at age six. According to reports, she thanked the presenter for the award and turned and asked her mother, “Mommy, can I go home now?”
4. She was incredibly popular
With today’s multiplexes and numerous streaming options, it’s hard to imagine someone dominating the silver screen the way Temple did. According to The New York Times, she starred in 23 movies during the Depression years, making her the most popular movie star in America. Clark Gable was a distant second.
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5. She didn’t like the drink named after her
According to the LA Times, she found the drink too sweet for her tastes. She also resisted attempts by soda manufacturers to market sodas based on the famous drink, as she didn’t like the idea of a cocktail (even a non-alcoholic one) for kids. If you’re not familiar with it, a “Shirley Temple” is a mix of ginger ale or lemon-lime soda with grenadine or cherry flavoring.
6. She was a conservative Republican and an accomplished diplomat
Temple ran for Congress in 1967 on a conservative, pro-Vietnam War platform, losing to a more moderate candidate. She was appointed to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and was later appointed as ambassador to Ghana, which outraged some career diplomats. According to The New York Times, she succeeded in that post, and in others that followed, surpassing everyone’s expectations.
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7. Her mom shaved a year off her age
Then, as now, youth ruled Hollywood. After Temple only made $700 for two years of work, her mom shaved a year off her 5 1/2-year-old’s age. At her 12th birthday party, she was shocked to find out she was actually 13.
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While filming a movie about…
While filming a movie about a plane hijacking, a real plane was hijacked and landed at the airport the day they filmed. Footage of real hostages being released were edited into the movie. The producer called it a “blessing from the sky on a day of bad acting.”
May the 4th be with you…
May the 4th be with you! George Lucas originally planned for Yoda to be played by a monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane.
A 4-month-old Cinnamon bear…
A 4-month-old Cinnamon bear provided much of the voice of Chewbacca. Other Chewbacca noises were voiced by three other bears, a badger, a lion, a seal, and a walrus from Long Beach.
7 Documentaries With Shocking Twists the Audience Never Saw Coming
There’s something about a good documentary that just gets me hooked. I think it’s got to do with the fact that I know that it’s all real- this is something that actually happened. It just goes to show how truth can be stranger than fiction.
The 7 below definitely fit that description, but be warned – some of the descriptions do contain minor spoilers.
#1. Capturing the Friedmans
Andrew Jarecki set out to make a short film about children’s party entertainers in NYC, featuring a popular clown named “Silly Billy.”
The film takes an unexpected turn when the filmmaker discovers that Silly Billy’s brother and father had both pled guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1980s.
#2. Gimme Shelter
David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin set out to capture The Rolling Stones’ US tour on film, with the end sequences taking place at the Altamont Free Concert. You might watch it thinking it will be a fun thing, with the added bonus of George Lucas and Martin Scorsese, and you’d be right…for awhile.
Then, suddenly you’d be watching the murder of an 18-year-old kid who tried to rush the stage and ran into some Hell’s Angels serving as overzealous security.
#3. Icarus
This award-winning film starts as a movie about cycling but takes a hard left into government doping and conspiracy theories that will leave your head spinning, while keeping you completely enthralled.
#4. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
At first this seems like a touching tribute to a deceased father for his kid, but it quickly morphs into a true crime documentary that will leave you sobbing into your throw pillows.
Zachary is the son of the filmmaker’s best friend, Andrew Bagby, who was murdered by Zachary’s mother before the baby was born.
Sadly, that’s not the worst part of the story.
#5. Tickled
Filmmaker David Farrier is a light-entertainment TV journalist from New Zealand, so no one – least of all him – expected what happened as he researched “competitive endurance tickling.”
If you think that sounds slightly naughty, well, that’s because it is, and Farrier’s requests for information from the company behind the videos, Jane O’Brien Media, are met with open and increasing homophobic hostility.
As Farrier keeps digging and multiple former employees air their dirty laundry, you’ll start to wonder what the heck you’re watching – and you’ll have no idea until the end.
#6. Shooting Bigfoot
You might think that legends like Bigfoot are total bunk, but when you start to hear the respected scientists who are iffy on the subject, it’s not hard to begin re-thinking what you “know.”
The premise of this 2013 documentary was to shine a light on the Sasquatch-hunter subculture but the filmmaker, Morgan Matthews, ended up kind of, sort of…believing?
#7. 9/11
It starts off as a story about a young firefighter at the start of his career and ends you can guess where – but French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet tell the story in such a way that you’re still shocked by the footage, which is one of only three recordings of the actual collision of American Airlines Flight 11 into the Twin Towers.
I’ve got some more TV to watch!
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12 Great Marvel Moments That Were Totally Unscripted
Actors often ad-lib lines during filming, either in the interest of humor or character, without knowing whether they’ll make it into the movie people see in theaters or end up on the cutting room floor. Sometimes what comes out, though, is too good to cut out.
These 12 moments are so great, you won’t believe they were made up on the spot.
#1. “It’s not a hug. I’m just grabbing for the door. We’re not there yet.”
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The whole interaction was improvised, starting with the hug itself and flowing into RDJ’s awesome response.
#2. “Nobody would know.”
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He did all of the joking about shooting Quicksilver in the back on his own, and it’s now one of Hawkeye’s most memorable lines.
#3. “I am Iron Man.”
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That iconic line? Yep. All RDJ.
#4. “You’re supposed to move now so I can sit on the bed.”
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Tom Holland forgot his blocking so RDJ just stayed in character and made it work. Pro!
#5. “Please be a secret door, please be a secret door…”
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He also improvised the quiet “yay” afterward.
#6. “Help! Please…my brother, he’s dying! Get help!”
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Chris Hemsworth came up with the whole gag in the moment and Tom Hiddleston just went with it.
#7. “Blueberry?”
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Apparently RDJ is a notorious random snacker, and he was actually just noshing blueberries when he decided to offer Chris Evans one in character.
#8. “Why is Gamora?”
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The last scripted line is RDJ’s “Who is Gamora?” but Dave Bautista, the actor who played Drax, ad-libbed the final “I’ll do you one better: Why is Gamora?” and screenwriter Christopher Markus replied “Ok, you’re very good at your job.”
#9. “Try me, Beyonce.”
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In Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch made the Beyonce joke up in the moment, and then later, Wong can be seen listening to Beyonce “for research.”
#10. “I don’t wanna go.”
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The co-director of the film simply told Tom Holland to “act like you don’t want to go.”
#11. “Hey, Auntie.”
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Angela Bassett said during an interview that Michael B. Jordan improvised the cheeky line during their first meeting.
#12. “He’s a friend from work.”
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It was actually ad-libbed by a Make-A-Wish kid who was on set that day – Chris Hemsworth said, “We had a young kid, a Make-A-Wish kid on set that day. He goes, ‘You know, you should say, ‘He’s a friend from work!”
When it’s good, it’s good! (Also, Robert Downey Jr. does NOT stay on script…)
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Take a Look at These Photos of Celebrities Before They Were Famous
One of the biggest drawbacks of life in this digital age is that anything you post will stay online indefinitely. People can easily dig up the embarrassing photos of your youth, before you understood style and/or fully grew into your own body.
The digital age also makes it a lot easier to share embarrassing photos of days gone by, as long as someone else does the work of digging up those photos from physical archives. Which is what we did for you with these 10 celebrity photos from before they were household names. So, all you’ve got to do is enjoy and share.
#1. Elon Musk
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Who comes to mind when you think of the most innovative minds in the world today? That list is bound to include South African businessman Elon Musk. The entrepreneur is the founder of Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX, and is one of the most successful and wealthiest people on the planet.
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1971 to a South African father and a Canadian mother. He was frequently bullied as a youngster. Musk started on his career path early and taught himself computer programming at the age of 12. He moved to Canada to attend college at the age of 17. After earning his college degree, he started a Ph.D. program at Stanford but dropped out after only two days to focus on a career as an entrepreneur.
Musk has been the brains behind many projects throughout the years but it is his more recent work that has garnered him more attention. He launched SpaceX in 2002. His Tesla, Inc. endeavors promise to (hopefully) revolutionize the auto industry. Tesla’s designs for passenger cars as well as heavy trucks are revolutionary and aerodynamic. Time will tell if Musk’s various ideas pan out, or just remain the concepts of a very imaginative individual.