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The Unmade Spielberg Movie That Somehow Became ‘E.T.,’ ‘Gremlins,’ and ‘Poltergeist’
An unproduced script entitled ‘Night Skies’ ultimately became the basis for ‘E.T.,’ and inspired ‘Gremlins’ and ‘Poltergeist’ as well
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25 Years Ago, ‘MAD’ Magazine Had to Change One of Its Covers Because of 9/11
The long-running humor mag’s 411th issue originally featured Alfred E. Neuman running through a crime scene in New York City
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27 Years Ago, This Famous Director Was Banned From ‘Letterman’ for Going Through Meryl Streep’s Purse
Harmony Korine was scheduled to appear on the ‘Late Show’ in 1999, but never made it on the air due to his strange behavior backstage
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Redferns/Getty Images 59 Years Ago, Jimi Hendrix Flipped Off a Crowd and Walked Offstage for This Wild Reason
Hendrix only lasted seven or eight shows before he’d had enough of the disruptive, teenage crowds they were playing for
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45 Years Ago, This Famous Actress’s Father Was Killed at the Hotel From ‘The Shining’
Director Boris Sagal had just wrapped up shooting scenes for 1982’s ‘World War III’ when tragedy struck at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon
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Why the FBI Thought Sacha Baron Cohen Might Be a Terrorist During the Filming of ‘Borat’
The 2006 mockumentary seemingly caused nothing but trouble for the ‘Ali G Show’ star
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Everything We Know About Nathan Fielder’s Secret Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
‘You Can See Everything’ follows Holmes in the final 34 days before prison and became so bizarre that Fielder ended up appearing in the film himself.
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A Fan Once Calculated Luigi’s Penis Size Based on a Nintendo Ad. Anyway, Here’s How Big It Is.
A promotional image for 2018’s ‘Mario Tennis Aces’ got the internet buzzing about what Luigi’s packing downstairs
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This Aerosmith Project Made Way More Money Than Any of Their Albums
The band’s version of ‘Guitar Hero’ sold a million copies within a few months of its release
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Before Bill Skarsgård, ‘It’ Almost Had a Very Different Pennywise
The filmmakers were looking for someone to surprise them in the role and briefly considered a famous actress before hiring Bill Skarsgård
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12 Years Ago, Bill Cosby’s PR Team Made One of the Worst Social Media Decisions Ever
The embattled comedian decided to launch a meme generator on his website as multiple rape accusations were beginning to resurface
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10 Hilarious Labor Day Jokes From Some of the Funniest Comedians Ever
Some of the biggest names in comedy share their unique thoughts on everyone’s least favorite holiday
