Tommy Lee Jones Wanted Men In Black's Script To Pick One: Comedy Or Science Fiction
'It wasn't good enough science fiction to be dramatic.'
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Stories By Christian Gainey
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Maile Flanagan Didn't Know Anything About Anime Before Becoming The Voice Of Naruto
'I really wasn't aware of anime...'
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Over 30 Years After Release, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Is Still A Merchandise Monster
'We dedicate this post to the Griswold Family Christmas.'
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Even Kate Hudson Couldn't Prepare Patrick Fugit For Almost Famous' Hotel Room Scene
The actor, like his character in the film, was a precocious, sheltered teenager.
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Johnny Galecki Regrets Getting A Scene With Chevy Chase Cut From National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Galecki should take heart that his dynamic with his movie Dad was certainly stronger than the previous actors who portrayed Rusty.
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David Fincher Directed Fight Club Because David O. Russell 'Didn't Get It'
You are not your job, and David O. Russell was not the director of Fight Club.
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Reginald VelJohnson Is 'Fine' With Die Hard Being Considered A Christmas Movie
'I said, 'Yes and hell yes, it's a Christmas movie,' whatever you want to do.'
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NBC Didn't Have Much Faith In The Concept Of The West Wing
'That does sound like a good idea, but I'm not going to be doing a television series.'
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The Power Rangers-Inspired Movie That Will Be Jason David Frank's Last Project
It's morphin' time for Jason David Frank, one last time.
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One Of Chris Farley's Signature SNL Skits Was Never Meant To Make It To Air
'We submitted it, actually, as a joke at the read-through.'
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Masashi Kishimoto Doesn't Feel Like He 'Created' Naruto
Masashi Kishimoto created Naruto in his own image, like the true manga God he is.
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The True Story Behind The Blind Side
The Blind Side is an uplifting movie, but not everything in it adheres to the real-life tale its based on.
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Seth Green Had A Lot Of Opportunities To Make His Italian Job Character Funny
Seth Green was allowed to bring his funny, dorky charm to the character Lyle in The Italian Job.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Wasn't Sold On 10 Things I Hate About You At First
Does Joseph Gordon-Levitt like admitting he was in 10 Things I Hate About You? Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
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Kathy Bates Says This Is Her 'Achilles Heel' When It Comes To Acting
The role will never receive the critical acclaim of Misery or Titanic, but audiences continue to love Bates' Mama Boucher.
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Sid And Nancy Convinced Oliver Stone That Gary Oldman Could Handle JFK's Lee Harvey Oswald Role
Oliver Stone needed a collaborator he could truly trust to pull off the controversial JFK, and he found him in Gary Oldman.
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Oliver Stone Cut A 'Rare' Deal With Warner Bros. To Keep JFK's Sprawling Runtime
There's a lot of controversy around Oliver Stone's "JFK." The movie validates crazy conspiracy theories, sure, but let's not forget that super-long runtime.
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Andrew McCarthy Loves That Weekend At Bernie's Might Be The World's 'Stupidest Movie'
Stupid can still be funny, even if it involves a corpse.
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Pam Dawber Was Cast In Mork & Mindy Before She Knew It Even Existed
'I did everything you can do in this business.'
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Using His Own Life For Dazed And Confused Landed Richard Linklater In Legal Hot Water
'I don't sit around the house making bongs...'
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Not Everyone Working On Ace Ventura Thought Jim Carrey Could Pull It Off
'I wanted to be unstoppably ridiculous...'
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Bringing His Vision Of Batman To Life Was 'Torture' For Tim Burton
'I really wanted to see that creature of the night emerge...'
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Christopher Walken's Only Concern While Acting Is Keeping Himself Amused
'They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying...'
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I Know What You Did Last Summer Needed A Killer Who Wouldn't Stay In Character
'One night I was conjuring the character and I got the idea that he was laughing at me...'
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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Dodged The Censors By Tricking Your Senses
We all go a little mad sometimes.
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