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Before They Were Stars: Lena Headey in “MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday”
Well, I’d say this is about as close you’re ever gonna to get a crossover between Game of Thrones and MacGyver. MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday is a 1994 made-for-TV movie aired two years after the series came to end and … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Lucy Liu in a Hong Kong Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDb8JpvqzF8 Even though she was born in New York, Lucy Liu seemingly went through a phase where she thought her career in the U.S. wasn’t going anywhere and made a brief foray into Hong Kong cinema. The first film credit on Liu’s … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Green Day Performs at a High School in 1990
With Green Day recently being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a lot of websites have been posting this 25-year old clip of the then-unknown band performing at Pinole Valley High School in California in 1990. The … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Version): Eva Mendes and Seann William Scott in an Aerosmith Video
Here’s a totally random example of two completely unrelated celebrities who just happened to make their first appearance in front of a camera in the same music video. This is the video for Aerosmith’s 1997 single, “Hole in My Soul”, … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Warrior (2011)
I can think of quite a few movies which I initially had very little interest in seeing, but wound up being swayed by an overwhelmingly fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Let’s face it, while many trailers manage to make a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: “The Walking Dead” Version
I know it’s been a couple weeks since The Walking Dead season finale, but quite frankly, we here at The Back Row pretty much lost interest in the show a long time ago. Nonetheless, Screen Junkies commemorated the finale by … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Karen Gillian Modelling on “The Passions of Girls Aloud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rw8zoa88KA In 2008, the British pop girl group, Girls Aloud, starred in their own reality series, The Passions of Girls Aloud, in which each member of the group got to fulfill one of their lifelong dreams since nothing makes better … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Henry Winkler in an American Airlines Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb_5jJbTqTM This commercial from the early 1970s features a young, pre-Fonzie Henry Winkler, but it also functions as a hilarious dated time capsule of how much different air travel was 40 years ago. For starters, the ad endorses American Airlines’ … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Glenn Beck Does a Radio Show Promo with a Chimp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJkxBLgd5Hs Apparently, Glenn Beck mentioned on his show the other day that he once appeared as a background extra on an episode of Cheers. Well, when you type “Glenn Beck” and “Cheers” into Google, it turns out that one of … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Harrison Ford as a Hippie in “Love, American Style”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e7e0pX0bTs Even though Harrison Ford is now 72 years old and looks it, it was hard not to get excited when he made his first appearance as Han Solo in this week’s teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So … Continue reading
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