The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
69
Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
5
The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
42
In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
17
In Jurassic Park, the T-Rex wasn't supposed to come through and break the glass roof of the explorer during the attack scene, subsequently producing the noticeably genuine screams from the children.
9
The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
24
Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
33