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TIL Don Cheadle was offered his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe while at his son’s laser-tag birthday party. He had only an hour to decide, but the studio gave him an extra hour when they found out where he was.

by whatilearned February 14, 2023, 10:34 pm

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TIL in 2013 Jennifer Lawrence rejected an invitation from Inside the Actors Studio, thinking her attitude and lack of experience would make host James Lipton “hate” her. “Tell me about your method? There is no method! I never know my lines! He would be horrified.”

by whatilearned January 31, 2023, 5:11 pm

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TIL during Pink Floyd’s recording of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Syd Barrett, former band member the song was written about, showed up at the studio and was so unrecognizable that Roger Waters broke down in tears

by whatilearned January 28, 2023, 3:40 am

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TIL In 1964, the iconic worldwide hit “Downtown” was being written in a bathroom while 40 musicians (including a 20-year-old Jimmy Page) were waiting in the studio with Petula Clark to record it. The needed only the second of three takes to finalize it..

by whatilearned January 24, 2023, 3:30 am

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TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1.

by whatilearned January 13, 2023, 9:51 am

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TIL Brian Patrick Carroll, the guitarist known professionally as “Buckethead”, has recorded over 300 studio albums, four special releases, one EP, and has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists.

by whatilearned January 12, 2023, 3:05 am

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TIL Let’s Potato Chips is a fictional brand of potato chips that has appeared in shows such as Community, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and many others. Let’s was created by prop company, Independent Studio Services, to avoid copyright concerns.

by whatilearned December 13, 2022, 5:11 pm

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TIL that the etymology of the term ‘Ghibli’ in the world renowned Japanese animation studio ‘Studio Ghibli’ is an Italian noun ‘Ghibli’, which in turn is derived from Libyan Arabic term for ‘hot desert wind’, the idea being the studio would “blow a new wind through the anime industry”.

by whatilearned December 10, 2022, 3:48 pm

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TIL that anime director Hayao Miyazaki created a kindergarten specially for the staff of studio Ghibli. The kids are able to freely explore its picturesque interiors and are taught traditional skills like cooking rice over an open fire

by whatilearned December 10, 2022, 1:41 pm

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TIL that Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl never recorded the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” together in the studio. The record’s producer, Steve Lillywhite, asked MacColl, his wife, to record the woman’s part as a guide for someone else, but MacGowan liked it and rerecorded his part to match hers.

by whatilearned December 4, 2022, 6:01 pm

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TIL that the creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, named their company Mirage Studios because there was no actual studio other than Laird’s living room.

by whatilearned October 26, 2022, 8:44 pm

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Leaked NASA documents show the Moon landing was done in a Studio.

by cringeyjokesman October 17, 2022, 5:20 pm

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