C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
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Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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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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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Over the whole Twilight saga, there are over 24 minutes of just staring.
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Jerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.
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