News Summary

• Pop culture history is full of facts that sound completely made up until you discover they are real.
• Mike Myers reportedly became involved with The Cat in the Hat partly because of legal complications tied to another canceled Universal project.
• Sean Bean reportedly hiked to remote shooting locations in full Boromir costume because he was afraid of flying in helicopters.
• Many extras during Casablanca’s famous patriotic singing scene were real European refugees who had fled Nazi-controlled countries, making some of the visible emotional reactions onscreen completely genuine.