Behind-The-Scenes With Hollywood’s Prop Masters

Mental Floss talked to Hollywood’s prop masters –

Whether it’s the proton packs in Ghostbusters, the sinister teacup in Get Out (2017), or one of the many unsung objects used on sets every day, prop masters are responsible for buying, making, and/or managing many of the items you see onstage or onscreen. Mental Floss spoke to several of these multi-talented (and multi-tasking) professionals from film, TV, and indie theater about what it’s like to wrangle foam core, test fake drugs, and make sure the food always look fresh.

Continue reading HERE.

 

Never Ending Phone Call [video]

All The Worst Movie Special Effects In One Video

Mr. Cat Poop – Strange Titles For Well Known Movies In Foreign Countries

Cracked found 9 bizarrely retitled movies –

Some filmmakers spend literally years trying to think of a movie title that will strike the right balance between “this doesn’t sound completely stupid” and “this will make me filthy rich.” It may not always look like it, but there’s a lot of effort, a lot of money, and a lot of hard drinking behind even the simplest of movie titles … all of which goes out the window once that movie ships overseas and needs to make sense in another language.

As we’ve shown you before, translating titles isn’t as easy as it looks, since they so often contain some idiom or pun that would be complete nonsense directly translated in another language (and, as you’ll see, this works both ways). It forces distributors to get creative, and sometimes the results are amazing:

See all 9 movies HERE.

 

How To Make A Video – WHEW! [video]

Fun Facts About Charlie Sheen

Aging teenager, Charlie Sheen is again making headlines with his unrestrained behavior. BuzzFeed gathered 10 fun facts about him. My favorite is about his tattoo.

Read the entire list HERE.

 

Curse of The Little Rascals

Many of the kids that appeared in the Our Gang films met with unusual deaths at early ages. The untimely ends of Alfalfa, Buckwheat and many others are outlined in this article.

Neatorama reports –

According to Our Gang producer Hal Roach, 176 kids played in the 221 Our Gang films made between 1922 and 1944. Only a few of these became major stars in the series. When you consider how many kids cycled through the Our Gang series, it stands to reason that quite a few of them would have problems later in life. Even so, the number of kids who suffered misfortune over the years is startling. You can’t help but wonder: Are the Little Rascals cursed?

US’s Most Over-Rated Tourist Attractions

Interesting list from Yahoo. The Alamo made the list – see what else did HERE.