ENT · 6 MIN9 Famous Voices Behind the Cartoons You Grew Up With
The nine voice actors—Mel Blanc, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft and more—who gave Bugs Bunny, Rocky, Tony the Tiger and the rest of your Saturday mornings their sound.
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ENT · 6 MINThe Surprising Stories Behind 8 Movie Props You’d Recognize
From Rosebud and the ruby slippers to Wilson the volleyball, the real backstories and jaw-dropping auction prices of eight props you already know by heart.
ENT · 7 MIN8 Famous Songs That Almost Never Got Recorded
Eight songs you know by heart — from “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “I Will Survive” — that a record label, a bandmate, or the artist nearly talked out of existence.
ENT · 5 MINThe Surprising Stories Behind 8 Famous Album Covers
A crosswalk shot in ten minutes, a peelable banana, a baby who grew up to sue: the real stories behind eight album covers you'd recognize anywhere.
ENT · 5 MIN9 TV Theme Songs That Outlived Their Shows
A rare few TV themes slipped the leash entirely — climbing the charts, winning Grammys, and long outliving the shows that made them famous. Here are nine.
ENT · 5 MIN8 Famous Movie Quotes Everyone Gets Wrong
You could say these lines in your sleep — but a surprising number of the most famous movie quotes were never actually spoken that way. Here are eight, and what the characters really said.
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.
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.
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