Arts and Entertainment Trivia

  • George Costanza had 43 girlfriends over the 9 seasons of 'Seinfeld'.
  • Halle Berry personally accepted her award for the worst actress for her role in 'Catwoman'!
  • Of the 17,000 words Shakespeare used, he is said to have invented about 1,700 of them.
  • Tyra Banks was the first African-American to appear on the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated in 1997. Beyonce Knowles was the second in 2007.
  • Harrison Ford got his first gig because he was George Lucas' carpenter!
  • When Spielberg was filming "Schindler's List", he got daily calls from Robin Williams to cheer him up!
  • Originally, "The Lion King" was supposed to be called "King of the Jungle" but, Disney realized lions live in the savanna, not jungle.
  • Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" as a comfort song for John Lennon's son, Julian while his parents were getting a divorce.
  • Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.
  • Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone was originally rejected by 12 publishers.
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