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Anonymous wrote:Robin Williams had a stipulation in his contract that for any movie or event he did, the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them in work.

No that was just for the one movie, The Fisher King

The "castle" in The Fisher King was Hunter College High School, a magnet public school in NYC.

Anonymous wrote:Rewatching classic movies and learned:
“The Swimmer” - Burt Lancaster used to perform in the circus as an acrobat before being discovered

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee, (Nelle Harper Lee), modeled the neighbor boy Dill after Truman Capote. He lived next door in childhood. They played together and even shared Lee’s typewriter. Capote later went on to write his first book, Other Voices, Other Rooms, and has a tomboy character resembling Lee.

Harper Lee was a paid assistant to Truman Capote when he was doing the background reporting for In Cold Blood. It was just after she submitted To Kill A Mockingbird to her publisher. Everyone was very aware of her involvement at the time -- and all of her copious notes are now public -- but he then didn't give her any real acknowledgement in his book. A lot of people said it was because he was jealous that she basically got famous in the interim when To Kill a Mockingbird was published.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside from Leyton Meester being born in jail, there's nothing anyone has posted here I didn't already know.

Here's another thing you didn't already know: how to spell Leighton Meester.

Yup. At least I got her last name right though!

Anonymous wrote:Aside from Leyton Meester being born in jail, there's nothing anyone has posted here I didn't already know.

Here's another thing you didn't already know: how to spell Leighton Meester.

Aside from Leyton Meester being born in jail, there's nothing anyone has posted here I didn't already know.

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Anonymous wrote:Actress Sharon Stone is a certified genius.

She also had a stroke when she was only 43 and it took her years to recover and regain her career.

she had an aneurysm

Anonymous wrote:Julia, the woman who plays Ruth on Ozark, is actually a New York Jew. When I found that out, it made me think even MORE of her acting.

Actually her parents are from Israel

Anonymous wrote:Robin Williams had a stipulation in his contract that for any movie or event he did, the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them in work.

No that was just for the one movie, The Fisher King

Anonymous wrote:Robin Williams was such a big fan of The Legend of Zelda that he named his daughter Zelda.

No that was after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F.Scott Fitzgerald - both were writers

Anonymous wrote:Keanu Reeves’s girlfriend had a mis carriage and when they were about to get married, she died in a car accident. Since then Keanu avoids serious relationships and having kids.

He’s one of the only Hollywood stars without a Mansion. He said: "I live in a flat, I have everything that I need at anytime, why choose an empty house?"

One of his best friends died by overdose, River Phoenix. (Joaquin Phoenix’s brother)

He has been booed offstage when touring with his band, Dogstar.

She actually had a still birth. The child has a grave next to hers.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of the Wizard of Oz, there is such backstory about the film, it is considered cursed: in the scene where they fall asleep in the fields, the snow used was asbestos. The paint used on the Tin Man contained aluminum powder landing Buddy Edson in the Hospital and replaced, the Cowardly Lion’s costume was made from a real Lion’s Hide, the witch was severely burned from a failed pyrotechnic trick; Toto’s foot was broken when stepped on and can be seen limping.

Weren’t there also suicides on the set?

No, that is a myth.

Really? I have the original vhs release and it really does appear someone is hanging.

A strange pairing for sure

Anonymous wrote:Neil Young and Rick James were in a band together in the mid-60s (The Mynah Birds).

Reaallllly? Wow.

Cocaine’s a helluva drug.

Anonymous wrote:Nutty Woody Harrelson and Mike Pence were friends in college

Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman. There's a new podcast out about him.

Neil Young and Rick James were in a band together in the mid-60s (The Mynah Birds).