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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Star 80 (1983)
People always get very sceptical when I tell them this, but Eric Roberts can be a damn fine actor when he wants to be. In the early 1980s, Roberts was considered one of Hollywood’s most promising young performers, but a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Ellen DeGeneres in a US West Commercial
Here’s a nice case of a celebrity showcasing their own “Before They Were Stars” footage as Ellen DeGeneres played an old commercial she appeared in back in 1992 on a very recent episode of her talk show. The commercial is … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in a Mutual of New York Commercial
One of my earliest “Before They Were Stars” features showcased John Travolta singing a happy song in the shower with two other guys in a Safeguard Soap commercial, but in sharp contrast, here’s another old John Travolta commercial for Mutual … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Zach Galifianakis Performs Stand-Up Comedy in 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IgNemEjFw0 I love finding old handheld footage of famous stand-up comedians starting out in the clubs early on in their careers, so here’s a clip of Zach Galifianakis performing at a club in West Hollywood in January of 1999. He’s … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Caruso in a Bubble Up Commercial
Fans of bad puns are shedding tears everywhere over the recent announcement about the cancellation of CSI Miami, so here’s some obscure footage of a young David Caruso doing an early test run of his Horatio Caine persona in this … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jeremy Renner in a Junior College Stage Play
I particularly love my “Before They Were Stars” features that showcase rare handheld, homemade footage of celebrities long before they were famous, so here’s a clip of Jeremy Renner performing in a stage play back when he was a college … Continue reading
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The Freakiest Unexplained Coincidence in Cinema History!
Ready to be freaked out and have your mind blown? That still above is from a scene in the 1982 horror classic, Poltergeist. You may have heard of the infamous “Poltergeist Curse”, an urban legend that came about because two … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Clark Gregg on “The George Carlin Show”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u12HimnVtw0 Clark Gregg is a longtime character actor/”That Guy” that has found popularity for his role as Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D., whose appearances in Iron Man 1 & 2 and Thor helped build to the release of The Avengers. Before … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Paul Giamatti and Tim Blake Nelson in “Donnie Brasco”
One of the most famous scenes in the popular mob movie, Donnie Brasco, involves Johnny Depp teaching the proper Italian pronunciation of “Forget about it” to a pair of FBI technicians. Well, the scene is notable for another reason since the technicians were played … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Body Double (1984)
Brian De Palma is one of those directors whom I absolutely love, but always inspires heated debate amongst film buffs. De Palma’s biggest critics have accused him of being a hack who made his career by ripping off Sir Alfred … Continue reading
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