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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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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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.
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If you arrange the first letters of the names of the main characters in Inception, you would get DREAMS.
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The scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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