The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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