The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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