Dolly Parton was a (silent) producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. According to Today, “Parton founded Sandollar Entertainment with her friend and business partner, Sandy Gallin, in 1986. The production…
Michael Jackson did not invent the Moonwalk. According to ABC News, “Professional dancer Derek ‘Cooley’ Jaxson says he was one of the people who showed Jackson how to do the…
Melanie Griffith grew up with pet lions, like this one she cuddled up in bed with named Neil. The lions actually belonged to Melanie’s mother, actress Tippi Hedren, who still…
Filmmaker Ed Solomon, who cowrote all three Bill & Ted films, was — very briefly — a prime suspect in the grisly Night Stalker murder spree. Solomon tweeted the whole…
Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were so drunk on the set of Super Mario Bros. that Hoskins broke his finger. The big-screen adaptation of the classic video game ended up…
In 2006, actors Adam Brody, Jenna Dewan, and Kristin Cavallari began production on a remake of the ’80s comedy Revenge of the Nerds, but it was never finished.The movie filmed…
Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme played the title character in Predator — briefly — before being fired and replaced by Kevin Peter Hall.What exactly went wrong isn’t totally clear (this…
Ellen Pompeo played Naomi, the ex-girlfriend of Joel (Jim Carrey), in the critically acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but ended up having her part cut out of the…
In 1995, Hugh Grant was arrested in Hollywood for receiving oral sex in a public place from a sex worker named Divine Brown. The British star, who was dating fellow…
Will Smith would also probably prefer people didn’t know that he turned down Keanu Reeves’ role of Neo in the landmark film The Matrix. A pitch meeting with the Wachowskis’…