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MOVIE FACTS
The Highest Box-Office gross for a Horror film: THE EXORCIST (1973)...$292.7 million
The Highest Box-Office Gross for a Western: DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)...$424.2 million
Most expensive film to make to date: TITANIC (1997)...$200 million
Most Film Oscar nominations (11) without winning: THE TURNING POINT & THE COLOR PURPLE
Most Oscars won for Best Actress: KATHARINE HEPBURN holds the record with 4 wins.
Youngest Best Actor Oscar Winner: ADRIEN BRODY at age 29 for "The Pianist" (2002)
Most Valuable Film Poster: A one-sheet poster THE MUMMY (1932). Sold for $453,500 in 1997.
The Highest Grossing Movie in 2003 was, FINDING NEMO beating out "Pirates of the Caribbean" that year
GONE WITH THE WIND is the highest grossest selling movie of all time (after adjusted for inflation),
would have earned $1.3 Billion at the Box Office during its theatrical run.
Click, HERE to view ALL BEST PICTURE Oscar Winners
TV FACTS
Most successful TV Soap: DALLAS (by 1980, it was watched by 83 million Americans)
Most expensive TV Program: ER; NBC paid 13.1 million per episode in 1998
The worlds' Longest running Reality TV Show: THE REAL WORLD - first aired in 1992
The Longest running TV Drama: THE GUIDING LIGHT began in 1952
All-Time Highest-Rated TV Program: M*A*S*H (last episode)
MISC FUN FACTS
THOMAS EDISON holds the record for the most patents held by one person (1,093).
The Largest serving of Fish and Chips weighed 28lb 1oz (12.72 kg) and was made in the UK, in 2002
MARX BROTHERS "Real" Names: Julius (Groucho), Arthur (Harpo), Herbert (Zeppo), Leonard (Chico)
ORIGINAL NAMES of selected Entertainers
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ALAN ALDA: Alphonso D'Abruzzo
JASON ALEXANDER: Jay Greenspan
WOODY ALLEN: Allen Konigsberg
JULIE ANDREWS: Julia Wells
LAUREN BACALL: Betty Joan Perske
DAVID BOWIE: David Robert Jones
NICOLAS CAGE: Nicholas Coppola
CHER: Cherilyn Sarkisian
ALICE COOPER: Vincent Furnier
DANNY DEVITO: Daniel Michaeli
KIRK DOUGLAS: Issur Danielovitch
EMINEM: Marshall Mathers
50 CENT: Curtis Jackson
JODIE FOSTER: Alicia Christian Foster
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Caryn Johnson
ICE CUBE: O'Shea Jackson
BEN KINGSLEY: Krishna Banji
MICHAEL LANDON: Eugene Orowitz
HUEY LEWIS: Hugh Cregg
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JERRY LEWIS: Joseph Levitch
BARRY MANILOW: Barry Alan Pincus
MEATLOAF: Marvin Lee Aday
GEORGE MICHAEL: Georgios Panayiotou
DEMI MOORE: Demetria Guynes
CHUCK NORRIS: Carlos Ray
NOTORIOUS B.I.G: Christopher Wallace
PRINCE: Prince Rogers Nelson
TONY RANDALL: Leonard Rosenberg
THE ROCK: Dwayne Johnson
MICKEY ROONEY: Joe Yule Jr
MEG RYAN: Margaret Hyra
TALIA SHIRE: Talia Coppola
SINBAD: David Atkins
SNOOP DOGGY DOG: Calvin Broadus
STING: Gordon Sumner
TINY TIM: Herbert Khaury
RANDY TRAVIS: Randy Traywick
STEVIE WONDER: Stevland Morris
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BIRTHDAYS & Birth Places of selected Entertainers
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BEN AFFLECK: Berkeley, CA - 8/15/72
TIM ALLEN: Denver, CO - 6/13/53
KIRSTIE ALLEY: Wichita, KS - 1/12/51
CRYSTAL BERNARD: Dallas, TX - 9/30/64
ORLANDO BLOOM: Canterbury, England - 1/13/77
KIM CATTRALL: Liverpool, England -
8/21/56
GEORGE CLOONEY: Lexington, KY - 5/6/61
CAMERON DIAZ: San Diego, CA - 8/30/72
JODIE FOSTER: Los Angeles, CA - 11/19/62
HUGH GRANT: London, England - 9/9/60
GOLDIE HAWN: Washington, DC - 11/21/45
ASHLEY JUDD: Granada Hills, CA - 4/19/68
LISA KUDROW: Encino, CA - 7/30/63
DIANE LANE: New York, NY - 1/22/65
MATT LeBLANC: Newton, MA - 7/25/67
TEA LEONI: New York, NY - 2/25/66
JON LOVITZ: Tarzana, CA - 7/21/57
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY: Uvalde, TX - 11/4/69
AL PACINO: East Harlem, NY - 4/25/40
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BRAD PITT: Shawnee, OK - 12/18/63
QUEEN LATIFAH: Newark, NJ - 3/18/70
CHRIS ROCK: South Carolina - 2/7/66
RAY ROMANO: Queens, NY - 12/21/57
MEG RYAN: Fairfield, CT - 11/19/61
JERRY SEINFELD: Brooklyn, NY - 4/29/54
TONY SHALHOUB: Green Bay, WI - 10/9/53
BEN STILLER: New York, NY - 11/30/65
BARBRA STREISAND: Brooklyn, NY - 4/24/42
HILARY SWANK: Bellingham, WA - 7/30/74
BILLY BOB THORNTON: Hot Springs, AR - 8/4/55
JOHN TRAVOLTA: Englewood, NJ - 2/18/54
CICELY TYSON: Harlem, NY - 12/19/33
USHER: Chattanooga, TN - 10/14/78
JON VOIGHT: Yonkers, NY - 12/29/38
MARK WAHLBERG: Dorchester, MA - 6/5/71
DENZEL WASHINGTON: Mt Vernon, NY - 12/28/54
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS: Harlem, NY - 4/6/37
STEVIE WONDER: Saginaw, MI - 5/13/50
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