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Trivia: The first film garnered the most Academy Award nominations of any film from 2019, with eleven. By contrast, this film received the most Razzie nominations of any film from 2024, with seven.

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22nd Jan 2025

Agatha All Along (2024)

Trivia: SPOILER: This series marks the MCU debut of the personification of Death, as played by Aubrey Plaza. In the comics, Death has unreciprocated romantic feelings from Thanos, and she was the impetus for him acquiring the Infinity Stones and using them to wipe out half of all life in existence.

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11th Jan 2025

The Simpsons (1989)

Trivia: The mask Cary Elwes wore as the Dread Pirate Roberts sold at an auction in 2024 for £100,800 (approximately $127,000).

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11th Jan 2025

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: Chris Potter became a huge fan of Cable's story arc after taking over his voice role from Lawrence Bayne. Potter didn't pay attention to Cable's story arc from the original animated series since he wasn't the one voicing him.

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19th Dec 2024

Madame Web (2024)

Trivia: This film's trailer was infamous for a line of dialogue (that didn't appear in the actual film) in which Cassie woodenly says, "He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders, right before she died." John Mulaney sarcastically compared the line at the 2024 Oscars ceremony to memorable quotes from Jaws and When Harry Met Sally.

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19th Dec 2024

Morbius (2022)

17th Dec 2024

Seinfeld (1990)

The Contest - S4-E11

Trivia: While appearing alongside Jerry Seinfeld on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, JFK Jr. revealed that people would constantly bring up his appearance in this episode, even though he never actually appeared in it and was only referenced.

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Trivia: Shelley Winters and Annie Potts appeared together on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson several years after making this film, and Winters had no recollection of filming the graveyard scene with Potts despite spending 7-10 days on it. Potts had to describe the scene to Winters in order to trigger her memory.

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15th Dec 2024

Kraven the Hunter (2024)

Trivia: This film portrays Kraven and Chameleon as brothers. In the comics, they are half-brothers, with each having a different father.

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10th Dec 2024

Home Alone (1990)

Trivia: In December 2024, Macaulay Culkin revealed that his 3-year-old son believes himself to be Kevin, seemingly confusing the film with his own memories, as he says he remembers going down the stairs on a sled.

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8th Dec 2024

Sinister (2012)

Trivia: A 2020 study by The Science of Scare Project determined this to be the scariest film of all time, based on the heart rates of viewers. However, it should be noted that this study only used a sample size of around 250 people.

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7th Dec 2024

Dexter (2006)

Go Your Own Way - S3-E10

Trivia: When Dexter and Rita return home from their date, Deb tells Rita that her daughter, Astor, nearly made it through Saw and Saw II while she was babysitting her, which elicits a concerned look from Rita before Deb states she was joking. Julie Benz, who plays Rita, appeared in Saw V, which was released 5 weeks before this episode first aired.

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1st Dec 2024

X-Men (1992)

Trivia: Many members of the voice cast had no idea how popular this show was until decades after it went off the air, and they started going to conventions and meeting fans.

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Trivia: In an interview with GQ, Sal said the cops have been called on the show around four times. Each time, the cops that showed up were fans of the show and understood what was going on, much to the chagrin of the persons who called the cops.

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1st Dec 2024

Game of Thrones (2011)

Trivia: "Khaleesi" became a popular name for baby girls in the United States once this show gained a following. It can be speculated that some of those parents may have regretted the namesake by the end of Daenerys's story arc.

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30th Nov 2024

Red One (2024)

18th Nov 2024

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: Prior to appearing in this show, Staci Keanan and Christopher Castile had already worked together on two short-lived sitcoms: My Two Dads and Going Places.

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Question: When the man at the stock exchange tells Bane that there is no money to steal, who are the "people" that Bane refers to when he responds with, "Then why are you people here?"

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Answer: Bane is referring to all the stockbrokers there. He's basically calling the stockbrokers thieves and accusing them of stealing customers' money, or even stealing from the public.

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13th Nov 2024

Wicked (2024)

Trivia: The packaging for the Mattel toys for this film mistakenly contained a URL for a pornographic website. A mother in South Carolina filed a class action lawsuit against Mattel after her daughter visited the website.

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