While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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After Disney threatened to sue three day care centers for unauthorized use of their characters, Hanna-Barbera gave them the right to use Universal characters as decorations.
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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The police were called 91 times during the filming of the movie "Borat".
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