Arts and Entertainment Trivia

  • A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
  • The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
  • A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
  • The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. Conceived as a real estate ad, it originally read Hollywoodland.
  • Warner Communictaions paid $28 million for the copyright to the song ‘Happy Birthday’.
  • 'Smithee' is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want their names to appear in the credits.
  • The longest movie made lasts 85 hours and is fittingly titled "The Cure for Insomnia."
  • In circus parlance, a Joey is a clown with at least five years of experience
  • Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor for lack of imagination
  • Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
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