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Film & TV Facts
In 2012, Adam Sandler’s comedy “Jack and Jill” won in every category during the Golden Raspberry Awards, an award show honoring the worst movies of the year.
The youngest ever PowerBall winner was a 19-year-old from South Carolina who blew all $35 million of his winnings on an all-female wrestling TV show called “Wrestilicious.”
Silent movie actors were initially not given on-screen credit for fear that they would become famous and subsequently demand higher wages.
In 1971, a pizzeria owner made a movie about the Zodiac killer and hosted a premiere in San Francisco, hoping the real killer would show up and be caught.
Although the TV show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was filmed in California.
After Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries on mermaids, the U.S. government issued a statement to clarify that mermaids do not exist.
Daniel Craig initially denied playing a Stormtrooper in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but later it was revealed that he requested the role due to his love for the franchise.
In the 1940s, air conditioning became popular in movie theaters and was advertised as “cool entertainment.”
Karen, Plankton’s computer wife on “SpongeBob SquarePants,” is voiced by Jill Talley, who has been married to Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, since 1996.
The last major motion picture to receive a public VHS release was David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence.”
Released in Australia in 1906, the world’s first full-length movie ran for seventy minutes and was called “The Story of the Kelly Gang.”
Red Solo cups are a typical souvenir to bring back from the United States. The novelty comes from the cups being used in many party scenes in movies.
There are two species of African spiders named after “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski. They are called “Anelosimus biglebowski” and “Anelosimus dude.”
In the early 1990s, Disney considered an animated “Romeo and Juliet” but chose to develop “Pocahontas,” incorporating similar themes of star-crossed lovers.
Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor often made lightsaber sound effects during fight scenes in the Star Wars prequels, which had to be edited out in post-production.
The concept of a rocket launch having a countdown originated from Fritz Lang’s 1929 movie “Woman in the Moon,” where the countdown was used to increase tension.
Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley’s son, wrote the theme song for the popular children’s cartoon, “Arthur,” when he was 26.
A doctor in Germany diagnosed a medical case all other doctors failed to after observing symptoms he had seen in an episode of “House.”
“Seinfeld,” “Mad About You,” and “Friends” all share the same universe. A Seinfeld character sublets an apartment from a main character on Mad About You, who later appears on Friends.
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.
Because Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to nickel in his initial Harry Potter specs, production replaced them with hypoallergenic glasses.
Walt Disney holds the record for most Oscars won, with 22 competitive awards and four honorary Oscars, for a total of 26.
