Alan Rickman Played A Foul Prank During A Serious Harry Potter Scene
One scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban involved a prank featuring Alan Rickman, a sleeping bag, and ... well, read the story and see.
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Bottoms Goes Wide At The Box Office And Shoots For $3.7 Million Labor Day Weekend
Emma Seligman's lesbian high school fight club comedy Bottoms expanded to 715 theaters this weekend, and it's quietly kicking ass.
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An Original Stranger Things Script Reveals A Different Motivation For Henry Creel
Henry Creel had a different motivation for murdering a member of his own family in Stranger Things season 4 than he did in the original script.
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Playing Darth Vader In Star Wars Wasn't What David Prowse Expected At First
David Prowse is the man behind Darth Vader's iconic gait and bearing. But he almost played another Star Wars character equally infamous for his stature.
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Game Of Thrones' Kit Harington Learned The Hard Way How Painful Dragon Riding Can Be
Riding a dragon, even a fake dragon, proved to be a little more painful than expected for Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington.
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How Optimus Prime's Original Voice Actor Convinced Michael Bay To Cast Him In Transformers
The voice behind Optimus Prime is one of the signature elements of Michael Bay's Transformers films. Thank goodness he had the sense to cast a pro voice actor.
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Riddick Became A Box Office Success Because Vin Diesel Refused To Let His Passion Project Die
Did you know Vin Diesel used a cameo in Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift to get the rights to his Pitch Black character and make Riddick the way he wanted?
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Loki Season 2 Takes Us To McDonald's Thanks To Sophia Di Martino (And Nostalgia)
Loki season 2 will find Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) laying low at a 1980s McDonald's, an idea that originated with DiMartino herself.
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The 2019 Oscars Needed A Massive Overhaul In Best Actor
Biopics dominated the Best Actor category at the 2019 Oscars, proving the Academy needs to reevaluate what makes a great and awards-worthy performance.
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How Greta Gerwig's Barbie Put A Wes Anderson Technique To Good Use
Greta Gerwig looked to Wes Anderson's work for how to juse Barbie's numerous props and well-furbished sets to serve the film's storytelling.
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Why These Star Trek Actors Really Left The Franchise
More than a few Star Trek actors left the franchise unexpectedly or abruptly, including Kirstie Alley, Jeffrey Hunter, and Jennifer Lien. Here's what happened.
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Star Trek: Prodigy's Cancelation Caught The Cast & Crew Completely Off Guard
The team that worked on Star Trek: Prodigy found out about the show's cancelation around the same time as viewers. But there's still some hope for the future.
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Sean Connery Didn't Have A Very High Opinion Of The Literary James Bond
Sean Connery is arguably the blueprint for James Bond, even more so than the character in the original novels. Here's why that's a good thing.
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The Alfred Hitchcock James Bond Film That Never Came To Be
Alfred Hitchcock was almost the first director to bring a James Bond film to the big screen, but his version of Thunderball was never made.
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Star Wars' Original Darth Vader Actor Had A Lot Of Issues With The Phantom Menace
Original Darth Vader actor David Prowse had issues with The Phantom Menace when it first came out, including Maul's fate in the Star Wars prequel.
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Why Stranger Things Only Submitted One Actor To The 2023 Emmys For Season 4
You may be surprised to learn that Stranger Things' Dacre Montgomery, who plays Billy, was the only actor submitted for Emmy Awards consideration for season 4.
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I Love Lucy Signed A Smoky Deal And Wound Up With A Deadly Sponsorship
Back in the old days, cigarette ads were prevalent on TV, including on the I Love Lucy show - which went all-in on with its cigarette sponsorship.
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The James Bond Series Casting Christopher Lee Proved Controversial Behind The Scenes
Christopher Lee played one of the best Bond villains in The Man With the Golden Gun, but the film's writers weren't happy with the actor's casting for the role.
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How A Quirky French Indie Romcom Gave John Wick 4 One Of Its Best Fights
Chad Stahelski is a fan of the quirky French indie rom-com Amélie, and when it came time to find locations for John Wick 4, he used the film as inspiration.
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Alexander Siddig's Audition For Star Trek's Bashir Was Anything But Normal
Alexander Siddig had no idea how big his role for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was supposed to be when he auditioned for the part.
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There's A Common Thread Between Indiana Jones And Logan
James Mangold has a way with heroic swan songs, but the similarity the director sees between Logan and Indiana Jones may surprise you.
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Succession Creator Jesse Armstrong Says Kendall's Name Was Underlined, Not Crossed Out
Kendall Roy was tortured in Succession season 4 by a single pencil line in one of his father's documents. Show creator Jesse Armstrong weighs in.
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Greta Gerwig's Barbie Took Unexpected Inspiration From Shakespeare
Greta Gerwig is not comparing her work to that of William Shakespeare, but admits to the powerful inspiration his work had on hers, including Barbie.
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How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama's Many Revivals
According to co-creator David X. Cohen, Fox's decision to cancel and then revive Family Guy helped pave the way for Futurama's own revival(s) years later.
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The Five Nights At Freddy's Trailer Proves That 2023 Is The Year Of Practical Horror Puppets
Between M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Chucky, 2023 has been an ode to the power of practical animatronics and puppets in horror.
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X-Men's Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry Built Their Own Backstory For Storm & Wolverine
Storm and Wolverine have lots of backstory in the X-Men comics, but that was cut from the films. Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman decided to rectify that.
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Kevin Costner Explains His Yellowstone Exit And Says He'll 'Probably Go To Court' Over It
The circumstances around Kevin Costner's shocking exit from Taylor Sheridan's hit Paramount series 'Yellowstone' are finally becoming clear.
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