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Joseph provided the singing voice of adult Simba in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/briangalindo\/disney-animated-movies-trivia-quiz\"><i>The Lion King<\/i><\/a> (1994). He also sang vocals for the iconic theme song for <i>Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-1 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">And, because those accolades are not enough, Joseph is ALSO the lead singer of the popular band Toto. Although, it’s worth noting he’s not the original lead singer, Bobby Kimball was. Williams didn’t join the band until 1986. Joseph is, however, the longest-serving lead singer of the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-2 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/abbyzinman\/snl-biopic-actors-vs-real-stars\"><i>Saturday Night<\/i><\/a> Fever, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/abbyzinman\/70s-male-heartthrobs-trivia\">John Travolta<\/a> is NOT in the very first shot as Tony. In the opening credits, the first time we see Tony, he walks up to a shop window, holds his foot up to a shoe in the window, and bounces along to the iconic “Stayin’ Alive” beat. But this was not John Travolta, it was actually his stand-in, Jeff Zinn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-3 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/bigbuffguy246\/are-you-a-buffalonian\">New York<\/a> Times article from 1983, “It was Mr. Zinn’s feet and legs, in disco boots and jeans, that walked into the camera during the memorable 1977 opening credits for <i>Saturday Night Fever<\/i>,’ to the music of ‘Stayin’ Alive.’ That was along 86th Street in Bay Ridge, during Mr. Zinn’s 11 weeks as the star’s double and stand-in.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-4 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Mark Ruffalo’s brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mark-ruffalo-wants-answers-in-brothers-shooting-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Ruffalo<\/a>, was found inside his home with a gunshot wound to the head in 2008. Initially, a woman named Shaha Mishaal Adham claimed that Scott had “shot himself accidentally” during a game of Russian Roulette. However, the L.A. coroner ruled Scott’s death a homicide, saying the gun was fired from a 45-degree angle above and in front of Scott’s head. The case remains unsolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-5 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Melanie Griffith grew up as a teenager with pet lions. The lions actually belonged to Melanie’s mother, actress Tippi Hedren (pictured below), who still has many of them today! According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/story\/dakota-johnson-tippi-hedren-tigers-melanie-griffith-accident\" target=\"_blank\">W magazine<\/a>, “Hedren lived with exotic felines in her home, right alongside her husband and kids, in the \u201970s. She began rescuing them in 1972, and in 1983 founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shambala.org\/about.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Roar Foundation<\/a>, the mission of which ‘is to educate the public about the dangers of private ownership of exotic animals.'” Hedren eventually said in a memoir that it was “stupid beyond belief” to let the big cats “roam free around the house.” Today, the big cats all live in “huge compounds” according to granddaughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ellendurney\/jamie-dornan-dakota-johnson-friendship-update-fifty-shades\">Dakota Johnson<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-6 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Brad Pitt voluntarily had pieces of his front teeth chipped off for his role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MovieDetails\/comments\/7cmp7o\/brad_pitt_voluntarily_had_pieces_of_his_teeth\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Fight Club<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-7 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/1998\/07\/24\/brad-pitt-loses-teeth-fight-club\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, Brad Pitt had “undertaken a decidedly unsexy form of method acting by voluntarily chipping out pieces of his front teeth.” He apparently visited a dentist to have the work done. \u201cBrad\u2019s willing to go to great lengths for a character,\u201d said Pitt\u2019s publicist, Cindy Guagenti, at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-8 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/todayilearned\/comments\/jzwm3l\/til_that_suzanne_somers_was_fired_from_threes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Somers<\/a> was fired from <i>Three\u2019s Company<\/i> for asking for equal pay with her male costar, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-9 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/tv-star-john-ritter-dies-suddenly\/\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>, “In 1980, after four seasons on ABC\u2019s Emmy-winning comedy series, the 73-year-old actress and entrepreneur was fired after she asked for a pay hike from $30,000 an episode to $150,000 an episode, which was on par with her male costar, John Ritter. The show\u2019s response was, \u2018Who do you think you are? John Ritter is the star,’ said Somers.” Somers, who played Chrissy on the show, was replaced by Jenilee Harrison in the role of “Cindy,” Chrissy’s cousin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-10 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Michael Jackson did not invent the Moonwalk.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-11 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/michael-jackson-learned-moonwalk\/story?id=55336603\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a>, “Professional dancer Derek ‘Cooley’ Jaxson says he was one of the people who showed Jackson how to do the ‘moonwalk,’ which he said was based on a different move called ‘the backslide.'”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-12 subbuzz-image--gif js-subbuzz-image--gif \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In fact, here’s footage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/blogs\/stop-the-presses\/invented-moonwalk-hint-wasn-t-michael-jackson-160105107.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Bailey<\/a> (who’s frequently credited with originating the move) doing “the backslide” way back in 1955:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-14 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/did-dolly-parton-produce-buffy-vampire-slayer-t179940\" target=\"_blank\">Today<\/a>, “Parton founded Sandollar Entertainment with her friend and business partner, Sandy Gallin, in 1986. The production company is listed as the producer of <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/i> [on] IMDb. Sandollar Entertainment also worked on the original 1992 <i>Buffy the Vampire Slaye<\/i>r movie.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-15 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Also, fun fact, “Later, when Parton learned that (then-executive producer) Gail Berman had been given less royalties from <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/i> than her male counterparts, Parton invited her to lunch and handed her a check to make sure she was paid equally, Berman told the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/10\/business\/media\/hollywoods-queen-of-reinvention-takes-on-rocky-horror.html\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Times<\/a> in 2016.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-16 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Before he was famous, Steve Martin went on the game show <i>The Dating Game<\/i> and actually won three times.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-17 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Prior to his groundbreaking comedy career, Martin was a writer for the show <i>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour<\/i> in the late 1960s. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamag.com\/lastory\/steve-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Magazine<\/a> he said, “While I was on that show, I was a contestant on <i>The Dating Game<\/i> three times. I got picked three times. Three for three. I won a trip to see Wayne Newton perform at Melodyland, I won a trip to Tijuana to the bullfights, and then the big one was I won a trip to Portofino, Italy, with Deana Martin, Dean Martin\u2019s daughter.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-18 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Frances McDormand was actually born Cynthia Ann Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-19 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/03\/magazine\/frances-mcdormand-difficult-women-career-surge.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, McDormand was adopted at 1 years old, by Noreen and Vernon McDormand. Vernon was a pastor and McDormand’s birth mother was “as far as anyone knows” a young woman in his parish. The Vernons changed McDormand’s name from Cynthia to Frances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-20 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/music\/2018\/08\/22\/carly-simon-mick-jagger-long-lost-duet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mick Jagger<\/a> sings uncredited backing vocals in Carly Simon\u2019s iconic 1972 hit \u201cYou\u2019re So Vain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-21 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/music\/2018\/08\/22\/carly-simon-mick-jagger-long-lost-duet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, “Jagger contributed uncredited backing vocals to Simon\u2019s 1972 hit ‘You\u2019re So Vain.’ In her 2015 memoir <i>Boys in the Trees<\/i>, Simon revealed that the two had actually recorded another song the same day as their ‘You\u2019re So Vain’ session.” That “long lost” duet was recently unearthed and, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-carly-simon-ap-top-news-mick-jagger-fc9a25209d0b498fb0574e2e1e5b284e\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>, was called “Fragile.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-22 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cleCtBP0o5Y\" target=\"_blank\">“You’re So Vain” here<\/a> to see if you can audibly spot Jagger’s voice (once you hear it, you can’t unhear it!):<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-23 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MovieDetails\/comments\/q2xsbk\/jim_carrey_was_the_first_actor_to_have_three\/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=media&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=457bd3cbba4b40c79c4a513a93840fcd&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=q2xsbk\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Carrey<\/a> was the first actor to have three films go straight to No. 1 in the same year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-24 \" data-keywords=\"skincare\" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">The year was <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2019\/07\/29\/jim-carrey-celebration-1994\/\" target=\"_blank\">1994<\/a> and the films released were <i>The Mask<\/i>, <i>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective<\/i>, and <i>Dumb & Dumber<\/i>, over an 11-month span.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-25 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Famous radio personality, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/todayilearned\/comments\/mzsrpq\/til_that_casey_kasem_the_original_voice_of_shaggy\/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=title&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=4814424444a143d4b8d0885402e3c609&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=mzsrpq\" target=\"_blank\">Casey Kasem<\/a>, was the original voice of Shaggy on <i>Scooby-Doo Where Are You!<\/i> from 1969\u20131995. He was also a vegan and quit the show in 1995 when asked to voice Shaggy for a Burger King commercial.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-26 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to Business Insider, “In 1995, he was asked to <a href=\"http:\/\/scoobydoo.wikia.com\/wiki\/Shaggy_Rogers\" target=\"_blank\">portray Shaggy<\/a> in a Burger King commercial. Kasem was not impressed. Refusing to promote a brand that sold hamburgers, he not only wouldn’t do the commercial, but he walked out on the show entirely and a role he’d been playing for decades.” Kasem eventually returned to the show in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/casey-kasem-burger-king-commercial-2014-6\" target=\"_blank\">2002<\/a> but only after the show’s producers agreed to make Shaggy a vegan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-27 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Although he’s best known as an action movie star, Bruce Willis actually had a brief career as a musician.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-28 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\"><i>The Return of Bruno<\/i> was Willis’s debut studio album, released by Motown Records in 1987. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BiSTW3NSp6o\" target=\"_blank\">Check out this video<\/a> of Bruce singing live in concert:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-photoset subbuzz-index-29 \">\n<div data-module=\"subbuzz-photoset__title\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/movies\/comments\/nyzbjk\/james_cameron_attempted_to_buy_the_rights_to_the\/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=body&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=46600749b1f54c8c93e7837028fbae9b&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=nyzbjk\" target=\"_blank\">James Cameron<\/a> almost made <i>Jurassic Park<\/i>, and his version would have been A LOT darker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2><\/div>\n<p> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" style=\"display:none\">\n <svg viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" id=\"close\">\n <path d=\"M133.874 227.048L19.198 108.276C-6.4 82.68-6.4 44.796 19.198 19.198c25.597-25.597 63.48-25.597 89.078 0l114.676 114.676L337.628 19.198c25.597-25.597 68.09-25.597 93.174 0 25.597 25.597 25.597 68.09 0 93.174L316.126 227.048l114.676 114.676c25.597 25.597 25.597 63.48 0 89.078-25.597 25.597-63.48 25.597-89.078 0L227.048 316.126 112.372 430.802c-25.597 25.597-68.09 25.597-93.174 0-25.597-25.597-25.597-68.09 0-93.174l114.676-110.58z\"\/>\n<\/svg><\/p>\n<p> <symbol id=\"arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\">\n <path d=\"M374 243.082l-211.818-211.542c-2.727-2.724-6.818-4.54-10.455-4.54-3.636 0-7.727 1.816-10.455 4.54l-22.727 22.698c-2.727 2.724-4.545 6.809-4.545 10.441 0 3.632 1.818 7.717 4.545 10.441l178.637 178.404-178.637 178.404c-2.727 2.724-4.545 6.809-4.545 10.441 0 4.086 1.818 7.717 4.545 10.441l22.727 22.698c2.727 2.724 6.818 4.54 10.455 4.54 3.636 0 7.727-1.816 10.455-4.54l211.818-211.542c2.727-2.724 4.545-6.809 4.545-10.441 0-3.632-1.818-7.717-4.545-10.441z\"\/>\n <\/symbol><\/p>\n<p> <symbol id=\"arrow-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\">\n <path d=\"M26.5 36c-.5 0-1-.2-1.4-.6L8.7 19 25.1 2.6c.8-.8 2-.8 2.8 0 .8.8.8 2 0 2.8L14.3 19l13.6 13.6c.8.8.8 2 0 2.8-.4.4-.9.6-1.4.6z\"\/>\n <\/symbol><br \/>\n <\/svg><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-30 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2012\/09\/07\/titanic-director-james-cameron-jurassic-park-steven-spielberg_n_1864996.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Huffington Post UK<\/a>, Cameron said, “I tried to buy the book rights and he [Steven Spielberg] beat me to it by a few hours. But when I saw the film, I realized that I was not the right person to make the film, he was. Because he made a dinosaur movie for kids, and mine would have been aliens with dinosaurs, and that wouldn’t have been fair. Dinosaurs are for 8-year-olds. We can all enjoy it, too, but kids get dinosaurs and they should not have been excluded for that. His sensibility was right for that film, I’d have gone further, nastier, much nastier.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-31 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Famous 1920s jazz pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Damnthatsinteresting\/comments\/ohfm5h\/al_capones_surprise_guest\/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=media&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=48964b3c873648f18bad2190d6998d50&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=ohfm5h\" target=\"_blank\">Fats Waller<\/a> was kidnapped by Chicago gangsters for Al Capone’s birthday party.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-32 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/first-encounters-when-fats-waller-met-al-capone-1595948.html\" target=\"_blank\">Independent<\/a>, Waller had left his native New York to play in Chicago for a few gigs. The account said, “One evening Fats felt a revolver poked into his stomach. He found himself bullied into a black limousine and heard the driver ordered to East Cicero. [They arrived] at a fancy saloon and he was merely pushed toward a piano and told to play. He played. [There was] applause from a beefy man with an unmistakable scar. Al Capone was having a birthday, and he, Fats, was a present from ‘the boys.'”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-33 \" data-keywords=\"fast fashion\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Laurence Fishburne was just 14 years old when he started work on <i>Apocalypse Now<\/i> in 1979. He had lied about his age to land the part.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-34 \" data-keywords=\"cleaning\" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Fishburne’s character Tyrone “Mr. Clean” Miller, is actually 17 years old in the film. However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/apocalypse-now-laurence-fishburne-cameo-true-story-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screenrant<\/a>, “Fishburne told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/strombo\/videos\/guest-interview\/laurence-fishburne\" target=\"_blank\">CBC<\/a> that he lied about his age in his interview for the part, telling Coppola that he was 16 years old when he was actually two years younger.” To be fair, the film took <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/vintage\/features\/apocalypse-now-production-1203309358\/\" target=\"_blank\">over two years<\/a> to make, so by the time his work was done, Fishburne was finally his character’s age.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-35 subbuzz-image--gif js-subbuzz-image--gif \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">This impressive basketball shot Sigourney Weaver makes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MovieDetails\/comments\/pduol4\/for_this_scene_in_alien_resurrection_1997\/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=title&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=3d477e1ef5c248329571676fe36eb8cc&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=pduol4\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Alien Resurrection<\/i><\/a> was real, not CGI.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-36 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/movies\/how-ron-perlman-nearly-ruined-the-alien-resurrection-basketball-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Den of Geek<\/a>, Weaver had practiced and trained for two weeks with then-basketball star Nigel Miguel. She wrote in a journal at the time, \u201cBy the time we are ready to shoot, my average on the shot [was] one basket for every six tries.\u201d On the day, however, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet decided he wanted the shot to happen much further away and said if she couldn’t make it they’d fix it with visual effects. After a few missed shots and more practices, Weaver finally made the shot. Jeunet, however, lamented, “The ball left the frame. So everyone will think we tricked it, even though we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-37 \" data-keywords=\"cleaning\" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Tom Cruise’s first cousin is actor William Mapother, aka Ethan from <i>Lost<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-38 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Tom’s birth name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2002\/06\/14\/cruise-n-cousin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, their fathers were brothers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-39 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">Iconic actor Tommy Lee Jones and former US Vice President (and one-time Presidential candidate), Al Gore were roommates in college, and at Harvard, no less.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-40 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">In 2000, after winning the Democratic primary for President, Gore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/jones-gore-college-roommates\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> at the DNC convention, “Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met on the first day of college 35 years ago.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-image subbuzz-index-41 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-image\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">And finally, this is really random, and something you may have never noticed in all these years, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/news\/bob-ross-biography-facts\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Ross<\/a> was actually missing a finger (on his palette hand\/left hand).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"subbuzz__media\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-subbuzz-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"subbuzz buzz-width--standard__subbuzz buzz-type--list__subbuzz subbuzz-text subbuzz-index-42 \" data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title \">\n<p> <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/entertainment\/a35294\/bob-ross-fun-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Good Housekeeping<\/a>, “As a teen, while working as a carpenter with his father, his left index finger was a casualty of the job. But, since he held the palette with his left hand to paint, you need to look closely to spot it.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/crystalro\/21-borderline-shocking-celebrity-facts\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 Shocking Celebrity Facts That Are Really Fascinating 1. Legendary composer John Williams’ son, Joseph Williams, is an accomplished musician himself. Joseph provided the singing voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (1994). He also sang vocals for the iconic theme song for Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears. 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