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Trivia: Jennifer Lawrence suffered an allergic reaction to her Mystique makeup.

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Trivia: Evan was originally written as Hank's best friend. But when Paulo Costanzo was cast, his physical resemblance to Mark Feuerstein inspired Andrew Lenchewski to turn the characters into brothers.

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Trivia: Although he's never addressed by name, it's heavily implied, and quite obvious, that George Lazenby's character is supposed to be James Bond.

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Trivia: When Curly and Larry go to Teddy's father, to ask him if he'll give them the money to save the orphanage, the law offices they pass are puns related to their specialties. Ditcher, Quick, and Hyde ("Ditch her quick and hide") are divorce attorneys, and Kickham, Harter, and Indagroin ("Kick 'em harder and in the groin") are personal injury attorneys.

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Trivia: Brief appearances by Gates McFadden as Jack Ryan's wife Caroline, Louise Borras as his daughter Sally, and flight attendants are the only female roles in the entire film.

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Trivia: Fred Zinnemann wanted the Jackal to be played by an anonymous actor, so he passed over established stars such as Michael Caine, Roger Moore, and Jack Nicholson in favor of Edward Fox. He later admitted that his decision might have been what contributed to the film's sub-par performance at the box office.

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Trivia: The title song "Skyfall" was the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was the first to earn an Oscar nomination since the song for 1981's "For Your Eyes Only".

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Trivia: In 2013, this became the first film since 1989's Driving Miss Daisy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without also earning a Best Director nomination.

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The Homecoming Hangover - S1-E7

Trivia: The substitute teacher filling in for Mr. Fitz's class is played by Sara Shepard, the author of the Pretty Little Liars novels.

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Trivia: The role of Al was originally offered to Stephen Tobolowsky, who was also working on another project. Richard Karn was brought in to fill the role solely for the pilot episode, but once the series was picked up, it became clear to the producers that Tobolowsky would be unable to commit to the series, so Karn got the role full-time.

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Mr. Big - S1-E1

Trivia: This was the show's only episode that was shot in black and white.

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Season 5 generally

Trivia: Although the series featured numerous presidents, Martha Logan was the show's first First Lady. David Palmer was a divorcée, and John Keeler was a widower.

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Trivia: Simon Williams, who plays Nigel Pennington-Smythe, is the nephew by marriage of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who also helped in the creation of the original Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series.

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Trivia: The musical is loosely adapted from the novel The Phantom of Manhattan, which included plotlines that Frederick Forsyth and Andrew Lloyd Webber had discussed, but that Webber felt wouldn't translate well onto the stage.

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Trivia: Anne Hathaway's mother played Fantine in the musical's first national U.S. tour, and it was the last role she played before retiring to raise her children.

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Trivia: This was the first film since Reds in 1982 to earn Oscar nominations in all four acting categories.

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Trivia: The song "You Must Love Me", which was written specifically for the film, has since been added to productions of the show on stage.

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Trivia: Almost all film musicals have the singing overdubbed later, but in this movie the singing heard was actually being performed live on set. The actors all wore hidden earpieces, and a pianist played the music for them live, as well.

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Trivia: During production, all of the crew members wore period costumes, just in case they accidentally got caught in a shot.

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Trivia: Even though he appears on screen for more than fifteen minutes, Ola Rapace (playing Patrice, the mercenary they chase at the start who Bond later catches in Shanghai) doesn't have a single word of dialogue.

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