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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla in a Basketball Game Against Midgets
Yep, you’re reading that right. During the 1990s, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla both started out their careers by becoming personalities on the Kevin and Bean morning radio show on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. In 1996, as part of a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Steven Seagal Demonstrates Aikido on “The Merv Griffin Show”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2xs05y_jpw Ready for the surreal sight of Steven Seagal with sideburns and sans ponytail? Well, before he became an actor, Seagal was a semi-famous martial arts instructor known for practicing the Japanese martial art of Aikido. In fact, he became … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Daniel Bryan Wrestles in Japan in 1999
It was a huge blow to wrestling fans this week as one of the beloved and popular superstars in World Wrestling Entertainment, Daniel Bryan, was forced to retire at age 34 due to a series of medical issues. Before signing … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Vin Diesel at a Toy Fair
I’ve spent the few weeks doing “Before They Were Stars” features on this year’s Academy Ward nominees, so I think it’s only appropriate that I should move on to an actor who probably isn’t in danger of getting nominated for … Continue reading
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The X-Files Miniseries Review (Episode 2 – Founder’s Mutation)
After a night of cumbersome reintroductions, exhausted performances and a plodding story, the show regains its balance with a monster-of-the-week episode with a disturbingly discordant teaser courtesy of one of the series’ most prolific writers. We’re back on terra firma.
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A Tribute to Alan Rickman (1947-2016)
It has been a truly sad week, for we have lost another legendary British celebrity, and in a sad coincidence, much like David Bowie, they were taken from us by cancer at the age of 69. It is with great … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Boyega in Stock Photos for Getty
Man, first a photograph of a teenage Kylo Ren pops up in a newspaper article about mayonnaise packets in school cafeterias and now this! You’re probably aware that Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega got his start with the … Continue reading
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The Play That Goes Wrong
Live theatre can be great, but sometimes disastrous live theatre is even better than successful live theatre. Evidently the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong realized this, and decided to combine disastrous theatre and successful theatre into the perfect … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Ian McDiarmid in “Macbeth”
Continuing our Star Wars-themed “Before They Were Stars” features, here’s some footage of a pre-Emperor Palpatine Ian McDiarmid, who started out his career as a noted stage actor and performed a lot of Shakespeare, including the role of the drunken … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Justin Trudeau Sees “Return of the Jedi”
Within a two-month span, we’ve seen a new Canadian Prime Minister get elected into office and the release of a long-awaited follow-up to Return of the Jedi. So what do these two events have in common? Well, it turns out … Continue reading
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