Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was an eighties show aired by the Public Broadcasting Service. Why was it so popular that it had to be remade? Let’s find out more about the Cosmos, and its creator, Carl Sagan. Hosted by Carl Sagan, Cosmos was the most frequently watched series on public television in the United States. […]
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Mickey Rooney rose to popularity in the mid-1920s as a child actor. He was pretty active in the film industry up until his passing. But, did you know about his son Michael Rooney? In the filming of the movie “The Muppets”, Jason Segel heard the choreographer calling Mickey Rooney “Dad”. Segel tried to tell the
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While fans are well aware that the film has two endings depending on which version you watch, they were not aware that the ending they saw was not what it was meant to be. The Army of Darkness had a different ending where Bruce Campbell’s character awakens to a ruined civilization after miscalculating the potions
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The Sixth Sense, which was released in 1999, brought a different approach to the horror genre. But did you know the controversy behind the film’s script and David Vogel’s involvement with it? The former Disney executive, David Vogel, was fired after obtaining the right to Sixth Sense’s script for $3 million without permission. During this
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Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before. Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek Any Trekkie would instantly recognize these opening remarks to Star Trek. The
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Rod Serling was recognized for his work in live TV dramas before he dabbled in producing and screenwriting. But did you know how he came up with his anthology TV series The Twilight Zone? Networks and advertisers significantly censored Serling’s teleplay based on Emmett Till’s murder. Serling rethought his approach to censorship, exploring societal concerns
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Don Cheadle is well known for his role as James Rhodes or War Machine in the Marvel movie series. But aside from working in the massive franchise, he also supported and led roles since the mid-90s. But did you know he chose to be uncredited in Ocean’s 11? Don Cheadle, who played the role of
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The French-American filmmakers, Jules Clément Naudet and Thomas Gédéon Naudet, initially thought they were shooting a documentary on a rookie firefighter on probation. The events worsened when an “odor of gas” was reported in an area in Lower Manhattan. When they arrived at the scene, the infamous 9/11 was happening. The Naudet brothers were sure
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When the prequels of the Star Wars series were being filmed, the production team had to manage their playful cast. Can you guess what Hayden Christensen did during the shoot? Let’s find out. George Lucas had to stop filming during lightsaber battles. Lucas had to ask Hayden Christensen to stop making lightsaber sound effects, to
Can you picture your favorite film franchise being called something different? That was the case with John Wick. Let us find out why the producers changed the title. The famous movie franchise John Wick was initially entitled “Scorn.” Keanu Reeves kept forgetting the title of the movie, so they changed it to John Wick instead.
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