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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Courteney Cox and Marisa Tomei on “As the World Turns”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3eywFMJDKI This past weekend, Gill and I had the privilege of watching Masters of the Universe on the big screen at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto, which, as you probably know, featured an early role for a pre-Friends Courteney Cox. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jimmy Fallon in a News Segment About Aspiring Comedians
May 14, 1998 was the night the series finale of Seinfeld hit the airwaves, so NBC4 News in Los Angeles decided to commemorate the occasion by doing a segment about up-and-coming stand-up comedians from the area who could potentially become … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Jason Bateman in “The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins”
Can you envision a time when Gary Coleman was a bigger star than Jason Bateman? Well, in 1984, Coleman starred in a made-for-TV movie called The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins, and Bateman sported a terrible British accent as a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Chris Evans as a Board Game Model
Mystery Date is a famous board game for preteen girls which was originally released during the 1960s, but was given a reissue in 1999. The game contains playing cards for numerous hunks whom you could potentially go on a date … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Tom Holland and Dean Charles Chapman in “Billy Elliott the Musical”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mY-0tg8oo8 “Peter Parker and Tommen Baratheon are dancing with some boy.” That is the top rated comment on this Youtube video, where three of the young cast members of Billy Elliot the Musical – Tom Holland, Dean Charles Chapman and Fox … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Sebastian Stan on “Law & Order”
With Captain America: Civil War tearing up the box office this weekend, here’s your chance to see a young Bucky Barnes as a teenage sniper on a 2003 episode of Law & Order. This episode happens to be Sebastian Stan’s … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Bruce Greenwood in “Malibu Beach Bikini Shop”
Yesterday, I posted footage of an 18-year old Ted Cruz making an ultra-obscure reference to a 1986 sex comedy called The Malibu Bikini Shop. Well, I dug up the trailer for this film and it looks like it happens to … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Prince Performs on “American Bandstand”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9KhfBf79U The world is still reeling from the unexpected loss of Prince two weeks ago, so here’s some footage of his first television performance on American Bandstand back in 1979, as well as his very shy and awkward attempt at … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 16-Year Old LeBron James in a High School News Feature
I’ve been making jokes about it for years, but it’s just been announced that Space Jam 2 starring LeBron James is officially going to become a reality! To celebrate the occasion, here’s a local news segment featuring 16-year old LeBron, when … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 14-Year Old Ryan Gosling on “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”
It’s no secret that Ryan Gosling had one of his earliest acting roles at age 14 when he appeared on the Canadian anthology TV series, Are You Afraid of the Dark?. But I had no idea that Gosling’s particular episode … Continue reading
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