Tony Alpsen is a writer for VICE comedy. His work has also been published by Cracked, National Lampoon, Splitsider, and ReMIND Magazine.
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The Truth behind the ‘Goldfinger’ Actress Who Was Rumored to Be Killed by Gold Paint
Shirley Eaton was rumored to have died the same way that her character did in the 1964 James Bond movie ‘Goldfinger’
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Disney Had to Rename This Movie in Italy Because of a Famous Porn Star
Adult film actress Moana Pozzi evidently played a part in ‘Moana’ being retitled ‘Oceania’ for Italian audiences
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Sammy Davis Jr.’s Relationship With Kim Novak Sparked Threats, Rumors and an Alleged Kidnapping
Their interracial romance drew intense backlash in 1950s Hollywood, including alleged mob threats, secrecy and a rushed marriage.
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Harrison Ford Was Nearly Killed by the Millennium Falcon While Filming This ‘Star Wars’ Film
Ford got crushed by the ship’s hydraulic metal door and had to be airlifted to a hospital
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Jim Carrey Needed a Special-Ops Trainer to Get Through Filming ‘The Grinch’
Richard Marcinko, who developed SEAL Team Six, was hired to guide Carrey through the film’s grueling makeup process
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One of the Beatles Lost His Virginity While His Bandmates Were in the Room
George Harrison said Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Pete Best watched him have sex for the first time and applauded him afterward
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23 Years Ago, Jim Caviezel Was Struck by Lightning While Filming ‘The Passion of the Christ’
Caviezel needed two heart surgeries after the incident and temporarily died in the middle of one
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Steve Martin’s Strange Encounter With Elvis Presley Included 3 Guns and 18 Bullets
While opening for Ann-Margaret in the early ’70s, Martin had a brief backstage encounter with Presley, who immediately asked the comedian if he wanted to see the firearms he kept on him
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George Carlin Had a Brutal Take on Michael Richards’ Racist Stand-Up Meltdown
Carlin had a more nuanced take on Richards’s infamous Laugh Factory meltdown than most people who weighed in on it at the time
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The Weird Reason Coolio Has a Random Cameo in ‘Batman & Robin’
Joel Schumacher’s ‘Batman Unchained’ would’ve featured the rapper, but the poor reception of ‘Batman & Robin’ led to the film’s cancellation
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There Was a Topless Woman Hiding in This Classic Disney Movie for Decades
3.4 million VHS and LaserDisc copies of ‘The Rescuers’ were recalled in 1999 after it was discovered that somebody snuck an X-rated image into a couple frames
