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The Sims was almost canceled, and in fact only gained interest after a journalist witnessed a lesbian kiss during a demo run at E3.
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The character of Aunt Gladys in Weapons was actually written for another movie.
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Jennifer Lopez was not the first celebrity to wear the iconic green Versace dress.
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L. Frank Baum never planned to write sequels to The Wizard of Oz:
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Gregory Maguire, who wrote the book Wicked, on which the musical and movie are based, was inspired to write the book by tragic real-life events.
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Sesame Street created an episode where Snuffy’s parents get a divorce, but it never aired.
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Pebbles on The Flintstones is a girl only because of a toy company.
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Miranda Priestly’s office in The Devil Wears Prada was modeled after Anna Wintour’s real-life office at Vogue.
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Madonna’s music video for “Take a Bow” was intentionally set in the 1940s and given a Spanish theme as a way to get cast in Evita.
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The Rolling Stones’s tongue and lips logo wasn’t meant to be iconic. It was a college student’s £50 design that the band shrugged and approved because they needed something quickly.
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And lastly, Animaniacs was originally supposed to be about three duck brothers named Wakky, Yakky, and Smakky.