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Sometimes we can’t imagine another actor or actress in the starring role of our favorite films. Believe it or not, many of the most famous and beloved roles in some of the biggest movies belonged to another actor before they had to drop out or pass on the role. Some of these missed opportunities seem [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 11:24 am
Filed under All, Movies, People, Photos · Tagged with Actor, Actors, bette davis, Bruce Willis, cary grant, Christopher Walken, Daryl Hannah, Demi Moore, errol flynn, ewan mcgregor, gandalf, gone with the wind, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, james bond films, John Bender, John Cusack, Judd Nelson, lord of the rings, MGM, Molly Ringwald, movie, Movies, Neo, Quentin Tarantino, scarlett o hara, sean connery, Sean Connery - Gandalf, Sir Ian McKellan, star wars, The Matrix, top 10 list, vivien leigh, w c fields, Will Smith, wizard of oz
The best part of a movie is rarely the movie studio’s logo at the beginning, unless you are watching a really bad movie. But we all can admit to being a little excited when seeing some of the following logos because that means the movie will soon follow. Some of these logos were all but [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:52 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Movies · Tagged with 2oth Century Fox, Columbia, design, logos, MGM, movie, Movies, Paramount, producers, Rank, RKO, Selznick, Studios, The Archers, top 10 list, Universal, Warner Brothers
There are naysayers in every crowd. They are the people who hate Microsoft because it’s so ubiquitous. On the same page, there are people who loath Wal-Mart because it is a global company that is supposedly wrecking local retailers everywhere. But when most people think of operating systems or cheap shopping, they think Wal-Mart and [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 12:05 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Internet, Shopping · Tagged with afraid of Google, fear google, Google, Google Earth, google map, google maps, Mapquest, Microsoft, satellite images, Shopping, top 10 list, video, wal mart, Yahoo, youtube
One of the most speculated mysteries by Christians is the location of the Garden of Eden. The Book of Genesis is the primary source of information with regards to geography, but it contains very little on the garden’s location. Considering it was the birthplace of humanity and home to the Tree of Knowledge of Good [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 9:26 am
Filed under All, Religion · Tagged with adam, bible, biblical scripture, book of genesis, Charles Gordon, David Rohl, eve, founder of the mormon church, four rivers, garden of eden, geography, God, Indian Ocean, Israel, Jackson County, jesus, Jordan, Joseph Smith, latter day saints, location of the garden of eden, Madagascar, maps, Middle East, Northeast Africa, Northern Iran, Philip Sclater, Praslin Island, religion, Seychelles, Sky People, Tigris, top 10 list, tree of knowledge
Hello my name is Flynn Balshaw I was a former wine maker at Wynns Coonawarra. In my spare time I love to sip a nice glass of red wine in the serenity of my home and try to find a bargain as well. In my opinion these wines were very easy to drink and not [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Filed under All, Food, Quick Lists · Tagged with cab sav, cabernet, cabernet merlot, mcguigan black label, merlot, red wines, Sacred Hill Shiraz, shiraz, siraz, top 10 list, vineyard, wine, wine cellar, wine vineyard, wines, wynns coonawarra
It’s amazing how much controversy a little doll, less than 12 inches in height, can generate. These days, the blonde beauty named Barbara Millicent Roberts, aka Barbie, is in the middle of a lawsuit. The controversy? Mattel claims Bratz, a line of dolls that has been stomping Barbie sales, was made by an employee at [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 1:49 am
Filed under All, Bizarre · Tagged with ballerina barbie, barbie, barbie doll, barbie dolls, Bizarre, black barbie, black ken, children, christie, day to night barbie, dolls, Games, girls, golden dreams barbie, Indian Barbie, ken, ken doll, kids, midge hadley, pregnant barbie, super star barbie, top 10 list, toys, wesern barbie
Warning: Some of the images and video may be disturbing. The common cold has no cure. Scientists have been trying for centuries to find the cure, which would undoubtedly make our lives easier. However, the common cold has nothing on these 10 infectious diseases. The diseases are, for lack of a better word, so viral [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 12:05 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Health · Tagged with Animal, anthrax, Bizarre, cholera, common cold, cure, death, Ebola, fatality rate, Health, infectious diseases, influenza, lethal diseases, Malaria, medical, outbreak, SARS, smallpox, spanish flu, top 10 list, Typhoid, typhoid fever, typhoid mary, vaccination, variola virus, virus, viruses, War
10. Louie Louie – The Kingsmen (original by Richard Berry)
While probably nobody remembers a version of this song as sung by Richard Berry, most people can hum the version that The Kingsmen produced. With lyrics that were barely intelligible, this song is notorious for singers shouting the chorus…and mumbling the rest of the song.
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Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 12:25 am
Filed under All, Music · Tagged with Against All Odds, Alien Ant Farm, all along the watchtower, Axel Rose, Beatles, BJ Thomas, Blue Swede, Candle in the Wind, Cover Songs, Dave Matthews, dave matthews band, Elvis Presley, george thorogood, Guns n Roses, Hurt, jimi hendrix, john lee hooker, Johnny Cash, king of pop, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Music, Neil Diamond, Nine Inch Nails, Paul McCartney, Phil, phil collins, Princess Diana, Richard Berry, Smooth Criminal, Songs, top 10 list, UB40, Wicker Park
Since the beginning of cinema there have been movies that have appealed more to the fairer sex than to the hairy behemoths in the crowd. At the height of the 80s, those movies were given a new moniker – Chick Flicks. And since then every beer-toting, sports-spouting guy has dreaded that general movie genre. The [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:05 am
Filed under All, Movies · Tagged with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Charlie's Angels, chick flicks, Flashdance, Heathers, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Movies, Romancing the Stone, Roxanne, The Princess Bride, The Witches of Eastwick, Thelma & Louise, top 10 list, When Harry Met Sally
To go along with the recent Top 10 Lamest Batman Villains post, here’s top 10 list of the best Joker stories. The criteria in picking these was that it had to be a story that features the Joker, not just a great Batman story that the Joker appeared in briefly. If you’re a Joker fan, [...]
Posted by Topher on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Comics, Crime · Tagged with alan moore, Batman, batman 663, batman villains, bob kane, bruce timm, clayface, detective comics, ed brubaker, first appearance of the joker, graphic novel, jason todd, jim starlin, Joker, killing joke, punch line, Robin, sheldon moldoff, steve englehart, The Joker, top 10 list