Tuesday, June 24, 2008

entertainment fun facts

Adjusting for inflation, Cleopatra, 1963, is the most expensive movie ever made to date (mid-2002). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 280 million 2002 dollars.

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C3P0 is the first character to speak in Star Wars.

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Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.

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Donald Duck lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota.

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Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.



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Even though they broke up 35 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.

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Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and many other famous vocalists got their start in a New York City club called The Continental Baths.

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