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How Stars Get on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Jelson25/Wikimedia There are more than 2,500 stars that line the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. The stars represent the contributions of people in the entertainment industry in five...
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How Did the Movie Industry End Up in California?
California’s weather was a major driving force for why the movie industry set up shop in sunny California in the early 1900s. What better place to make a movie without contending with cold temperatures...
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Why is Darth Vader on the Outside of the Washington National Cathedral?
It’s not just a likeness of Darth Vader that adorns the outside of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., it’s indeed a replica of the real thing. The bust of the Star Wars villain (and later...
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Why Movie Previews are Called Trailers
Sometimes the best part about going to the movie theater is seeing the previews of upcoming movies, but these previews are commonly referred to as “trailers”. Knowing the meaning of the word “trailer”,...
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The Origin of the Paparazzi
What image comes to mind when you hear the word “paparazzi”? If you picture photographers relentlessly following celebrities then you’re probably right on. But where did the term “paparazzi” come from,...
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Why Harrison Ford Wasn’t the First Pick to be Indiana Jones
After Harrison Ford became one of the stars of Star Wars in 1977, he soon became the pick of Steven Spielberg to be Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. But George Lucas, who was the...
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Why is Movie Theater Popcorn So Expensive?
Spending an inordinate amount of money to see a movie at the movie theater happens to be a favorite activity for millions of people. The average price of a movie ticket at the time of this writing is...
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The Six Degrees of Separation and Kevin Bacon
Six degrees of separation is the theory that any person can be connected to any other person through other people, with there being no more than five intermediaries between the two people. But the...
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Have You Experienced the Mandela Effect?
As we have probably often experienced, memories are not always as exact as we remember them. They can be highly suggestible and influenced by others’ recollections, pictures, the passage of time, or...
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