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If one of the joys of being a horror fan in the 1980s was being seduced by the shocking and lurid come-ons in the newspaper advertisements for these movies, one of the downers was going to the theater and not getting all those ads promised.

Michael Gingold








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After his 2003 arrest for marijuana possession, a lot of newspaper headlines had the same pun ready: "Dude, you're getting a cell."

Jake Rossen
Mill Creek Entertainment

The quintessential annoying neighbor went from pitching milk and pizza in regional commercials to starring in 10 feature films. Let's see the Pillsbury Doughboy do that.

Jake Rossen