Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy! Super Champion Eventually Became the Host of the Show. He Won So Many Games During His Initial Streak. He Admitted to Fabricating Anecdotes for the Show’s Interview. August 27, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Cityspeak is the Pidgin Street Language that Combines Japanese, Spanish, German, and other Languages. It was Used in the Film Blade Runner. It was Not in Philip K. Dick’s Book, but Edward James Olmos devised it. August 26, 2022

Arts & Entertainment People Assume There are Hundreds of Episodes of Mr. Bean That Lasted Over 30 Years. In Reality, There are Only 15 Episodes Aired from 1992 to 1995. August 26, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Jonah Hill Holds the Record for the Most Swear Words Said in a Movie. He Used 376 Swear Words Throughout his Career, with the Majority Split Between Superbad and The Wolf of Wall Street August 25, 2022

Arts & Entertainment The Bar Scenes in the Film “Passengers” Pays Homage to the Bar in the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. The Look and Layout are Similar, and Both Barmen Wore Red and Were Not Human August 24, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Mary Piercey-Lewis, a Music Teacher with a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, Published a Text of Inuit Choral Music for the First Time in 2021. August 23, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Juliet Anne Prowse was Engaged with Frank Sinatra, had an Affair with Elvis Presley, and was the First Guest on The Muppet Show. August 22, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Donald Duck has a Twin Sister Named Della Duck. She was First Mentioned in 1937 and was Never Made into an Animation Until 2017. She is the Mother of Huey, Dewey and Louie August 22, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Debbie Mathers, Eminem's Mother, Tried to Sue the Rap Star for $10 Million in a Slander Suit. She also Released a Set of Diss Tracks with Two Unknown Rappers to Get Back at Eminem. She Lost the Suit. August 20, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Grawlixes are Symbols Used in Comics as a Substitute for Profanity or Other Vulgar Language. The Term was Coined by the Creator of Beetle, Mort Walker. August 20, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Julie Andrews was Not Considered for the Lead Part in “My Fair Lady,” But She Took Home the Oscar in the Same Year for her Role in “Mary Poppins,” While Audrey Hepburn was not Even Nominated. August 19, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Michael Jackson Granted Weird Al Yankovic Permission to Make a Parody of the Song “Bad” and Even Allowed Him to Use the Same Set Built for this "Badder" Video from Moonwalker Film August 18, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Rod Stewart Had Such Terrible Stage Fright He Hid Behind the Amplifiers During His First American Concert. They Had to Give Him a Shot of Brandy to Get Him Out August 17, 2022

Arts & Entertainment For The Fifth Element, Eric Sierra Purposely Wrote Unsingable Things so That the Performer would Sound Like an Alien. When Inva Muls Sang the Part, She was Able to Execute 85% of What Sierra Wrote. August 16, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Vincent Price Agreed to Do the Voice Work for Thriller for $20,000 Instead of Taking Percentage of Album Sales August 14, 2022

Arts & Entertainment If the Actor Appears in Less than Half of the Season’s Episodes of a TV Series, They Are Considered Guest Stars August 13, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Stephen Spielberg Acquired the Rights to the Shrek Book in 1991 and Intended to Turn it into a 2D Animated Feature Starring Dan Akroyd as Shrek and Chris Rock as Donkey August 13, 2022

Arts & Entertainment The McDonald’s Character Grimace was Introduced as "Evil Grimace" and Stole Milkshakes August 13, 2022

Arts & Entertainment The New Zealand Army Helped in the Making of the Lord of the Ring Films by Filling in as Soldiers and Orcs. August 11, 2022

Arts & Entertainment Out of the 36 Children Featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train", 26 of Them Have been Found August 10, 2022