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Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
Bare breasts in Airplane: PG. You’ve always been able to have some nudity without an R rating. Of the sex and nudity in Titanic, the sex steaming up the car is way more pushing the envelope than nudity not involved in sex.
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Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL that, despite it being widely reported, Bruce Willis never sold the rights to use his likeness with deep fake technology. A Russian Advert company made it up and illegally used him in a commercial. by EarlGrey_Picard
Well, to be fair, if news sites can’t have unpaid interns and freelancers working for pennies type up corporate press releases with zero research and add a few sentences of forced commentary, they’ll never be able to churn out enough content to get enough clicks for a good number of people to stumble on one of their affiliate links.
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Reply to comment by Gorf_the_Magnificent in TIL nationally syndicated advice columnists "Ann Landers" and "Dear Abby" were twin sisters by Tossawaybb8
I recall it was a long handover, that she started doing it with her daughter, so that when she left, it would just continue as it was without her.
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Reply to TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
“You always hear after a ship crashes that the only thing that survives are the lifeboats, so why don’t they just make the whole ship out of lifeboats?”
- early 20th century hack comedians
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Reply to TIL that Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is a credited songwriter for "Smelly Cat" from the show Friends. by DragonTonguePunch
Talk about having money to burn, bringing in a famous rock star to co-write the melody for that.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
Studios often do it as marketing, as it costs $55,000 and requires a press conference, it just about always coincides with a push for awards, a chance to have a little, “hey hasn’t this person had a great career, why not vote for them and/or their current movie?”