ENT · 5 MIN8 Iconic Movie Roles That Were Almost Played by Someone Else
Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones. Will Smith as Neo. Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Eight iconic movie roles that came within a whisker of belonging to someone else.
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ENT · 5 MIN9 Movie Bloopers That Made the Final Cut
Nine famous movie goofs that made the final cut — from a head-bumping stormtrooper to a gas cylinder in ancient Rome — plus two beloved 'bloopers' that turn out to be myths.
ENT · 5 MINThe Real Stories Behind 8 Classic Christmas Songs
A summer heat wave, a broken-down organ that maybe wasn't, a department-store misfit, and a first draft too sad to sing. The real stories behind eight carols you know by heart.
ENT · 5 MINHow 7 Famous Bands Got Their Strange Names
A bad pun, a dead bluesman, a private joke from a very strange novel — the surprising true stories behind how seven classic bands got their names.
ENT · 5 MIN8 One-Hit Wonders — and Whatever Happened to Them
They owned the radio for one unforgettable summer, then seemed to vanish. Here are eight one-hit wonders you know in two notes — and what really became of them.
ENT · 5 MINHow 6 Famous Movie Lines Were Improvised on the Spot
Some of the most quoted lines in movie history were never in the script. Six famous moments — from 'You talkin' to me?' to 'I know' — that actors made up on the spot.
ENT · 6 MIN8 TV Shows Everyone Watched — and Why They Quietly Vanished
A single show once pulled in half the country on a Sunday night. Here are eight that everyone watched — and the reasons, from the 'rural purge' to a graceful goodbye, that they disappeared.
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