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The following is a list of actors, comedians and celebrities who auditioned for a part in the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live but did not get cast in the show. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Many of these celebrities managed to achieve successful careers in the entertainment industry, with some of them eventually appearing on the show as a ...
Cale was born in England in 1958 or 1959 [2] and grew up in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire.He failed out of secondary school. [3] After an unsuccessful attempt to get by as a rock singer in London, [3] he changed his name and moved to New York City in 1979—a decision that, as he later described in his play We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time, was motivated by violent and traumatic ...
The following is a partial list of films that lost the most money, based on documented losses or estimated by expert analysis of various financial factors such as the production budget, marketing and distribution costs, gross box-office receipts and other ancillary revenues.
Quiz Lady is also notable for marking the final film role of Paul Reubens, the beloved actor behind Pee-Wee Herman, who died in September at age 70 after battling two types of cancer for several ...
Actor Phillip Bloch explained on a TV Land special entitled The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments, that the special, "...just wasn't working. It was just so surreal." On the same program, Ralph Garman, a voice actor for the show Family Guy, explained that "Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most infamous television programs in history. And it ...
Because of the effects of inflation on cinema ticket prices, a list unadjusted for inflation gives much more weight to later actors. [1] Therefore, gross revenue lists are largely meaningless for comparing acting careers widely separated in time, as many actors from earlier eras will not appear on a modern, unadjusted list, despite their films achieving higher commercial success when adjusted ...
Al Pacino (1972 Best Supporting Actor; 1973–1975 Best Actor) Actor with most nominations for acting. Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations; Actress with most nominations for acting. Meryl Streep with 21 nominations; Most nominations for an actor without a win. Peter O'Toole with 8 nominations (received an Honorary Award in 2002, prior to 8th ...
Beginning in April 2007 and continuing through 2015, Goldsmith was featured in a high-profile television ad campaign, promoting Dos Equis beer. [7] The campaign, which transformed Goldsmith into "the most interesting man in the world", was credited for helping to fuel a 15.4 percent sales increase for the brand in the United States in 2009 and also made him into a very popular meme.