Napoleon Dynamite basically invented a one-time genre of undefinable hipster comedy that simply had not come before, and has not been replicated since. And a big part of that falls on the film's shaggy-headed, squinty-eyed protagonist, Napoleon, played by then-26-year-old Jon Heder.
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Big Show is actually a very well-rounded athlete. He started off with team sports back when he was still just Paul Wright. He played football and basketball in high school in South Carolina, and though you'd think he'd be perfect for the gridiron, where he truly excelled was on the basketball court.
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As Rolling Stone recounts, Lennon said of "Come Together," "It wasn't a rip-off; it was a love-in." McCartney added, "We pinch as much from other people as they pinch from us." This may be true, but it didn't stop the Beatles from not only being accused of plagiarism, but getting sued over it.
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Over the years, Meat Loaf would get several bit parts in film and on television, including an appearance in the Brad Pitt-Edward Norton film Fight Club. In the midst of his fame, his Meat Loaf's celebrity status at an all-time high, the singer accomplished quite a bit. Like, upsetting the Royals.
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Even the electronic genre's hardened sceptics -- those who think the genre is just a load of R2D2-style boop-boop noises -- would have a tough time arguing that the judge's ruling in this particular case is anything other than self-evident. Why did the court go through the trouble?
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The country crooner John Denver is primarily known for his musical skills -- recording about 300 songs, writing about two-thirds of them. He sold more than 33 million albums. Besides his musical accomplishments, he was also an aviator, and his death at 53 influenced experimental aircraft regulation.
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Grunge recently took a poll via YouTube and asked, "To commemorate Eddie Van Halen, which of these Van Halen songs is your favorite?" Options included "Jump," "Panama," "Eruption," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," or a write-in.
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Fans of the Discovery Channel's series "Deadliest Catch" have seen several tragedies in the lives of the cast, starting in 2010 when Captain Phil Harris died.
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Despite his accomplishments, Ivers is probably best remembered for how he died, his life and career cut short at the age of 36, when his star was still rising. And even today, there are still no clues as to the reason for Ivers's sudden and shockingly tragic death.
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The documents alleged that Rose was pulling in at least $100,000 a month just signing autographs, but also revealed that he was blowing the vast majority of that income on high-stakes gambling, with huge debts to casinos as well as the IRS.
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After knocking it out of the park as a musician in the 1970s, the rock star (born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947) began helping others knock it out of the park, too: as a softball coach. While he was living in Connecticut, Coach Meat (as players called him) coached a local girls' softball team.
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The Redlands drugs bust has been described as the moment that the Rolling Stones lost their innocence -- "that was when the fun stopped," Richards has said. Things took a dark turn in the years that followed as Richards found himself battling an addiction to heroin and generating an urban myth.
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The Godfather of Heavy Metal keeps on kicking. He's now 71 years old, and he still rocks the mic on tour. But despite enduring for more than 70 years, Ozzy has almost died on more than one occasion. He tells Rolling Stone, "I should have been dead f****** 10 times. I'm not saying that to be funny."
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The Rolling Stones' Altamont concert was one of the most tragic music events in history. The music was awful, the venue was awful, the crowd, etc. The only moderately redeeming quality to the show was its price: free. This is a look into the tragedy at the Rolling Stones' Altamont concert.
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Dave Rowntree, the drummer of Brit-pop band Blur, has become a jack of all trades since the band went on hiatus. Dave Rowntree has gone on to become an animator, a lawyer, fly planes, and even host his own radio show on Radio X.
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Known in the automotive industry as an innovator, John DeLorean's life was one of rebellion, struggle, and peerless invention. We now know John DeLorean's car from the Back to the Future franchise, but his tragic life included many divorces and an FBI sting for smuggling cocaine.
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According to MetalWani, on June 5, 2008, Lukather posted a message on his official website, stating: "The fact is yes I have left Toto. There is no more Toto. I just can't do it anymore and at 50 years old I wanted to start over and give it one last try on my own."
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By the middle of the decade, turmoil between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had increased significantly. Jagger signed a solo deal with CBS Records and spent much of 1984 writing songs for his first album. To the annoyance of Richards, Jagger publicly declared his lack of interest in the Stones.
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Before Matt Cameron, a whole slew of others banged on the old Pearl Jam skins. One of those drummers was Dave Abbruzzese, who abruptly left the band in 1994. Many people thought it was a simple creative split. We're here to tell you otherwise.
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ou might think that the world of funk metal has enough room for two outspoken, flamboyant frontmen to coexist peacefully. Not so much. Anthony Kiedis of Los Angeles-based Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mike Patton of San Francisco's Faith No More had a decades-long rivalry in which they traded insults.
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Despite their previous success together, trouble was brewing in the Steiner family. As Hulk Hogan's New World Order rose to power, Scott began to see the possibility of more fame as a solo wrestler, so he turned on his brother and joined Hollywood Hogan's new stable at SuperBrawl VIII.
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So, we here at Grunge decided to take an informal poll asking you lovely netizens to answer one of the cosmos's most pertinent, enduring, and unanswerable questions: "Who was the best rock band from the '90s?" That poll, viewable on YouTube, garnered quite a fair amount of worldwide attention.
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The story follows the United States Army's 45th Infantry Division (aka the Thunderbirds) as they fight their way from Sicily to Germany on a 500-day march. The animated Thunderbirds struggle through Axis territory, freeing Europe from Nazi oppression. Narration for the series is by Mike Rowe.
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Taylor's hit "Fire and Rain" captures audiences with its sweet melody and beautiful chorus, but the song's melancholy lyrics have also led many people to wonder about the true meaning behind the verses. Each verse speaks to different struggles Taylor has faced in his life.
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When Ozzy does finally bite the dust, we don't expect it to be a mundane affair, but who knows. The last time he tried to die on us, it wasn't exactly "metal." Instead, the rock icon almost joined the choir invisible in a horrific ATV accident.
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Even some of Hollywood's best directors have been subjected to the latter after churning out movies that still tick off fans to this day.
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Although the broadcast honored the truly big names in country music who died this year, such as Charlie Daniels, Mac Davis, and Kenny Rogers, the show failed to mention three other legends that country music lost in 2020: John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Billy Joe Shaver.
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