Rickles was hilarious…and ruthless.

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Rob Lowe is a fascinating guy.

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His podcast is awesome. He has a million great Hollywood stories. And he does a mean Lorne Michaels impression.

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There's a story of him, with like 5 legends of hollywood at a dinner table include Prince Albert of Monaco, and Robert Blake says, "You know, I think that young man has slept with all of our daughters."

I think that's the story. i know Prince Albert was involved and pretty sure Robert Blake was too.

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When I worked at the George HW Bush Library the CBS Early Show wanted to do some live broadcasts to highlight a new exhibit we had just opened. In between segments, the reporter was standing in the gallery with George and Barbara talking about some random stuff, and George points his thumb at Barbara and says, "Barbara here is my dominatrix." Without skipping a beat, Barbara smacks his shoulder and exasperatingly scoffs, "George!" She then deadpan leaned in and said, "No one is supposed to know about that." The reporter and camera crew were stunned and had no idea how to react, while us library staff were doubled over laughing.

Not an actor, but Travis Barker's first drum set, which he used when he started Blink 182 was mostly fashioned out of equipment he stole from his high school.

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Scott Raynor was the drummer when Blink 182 was formed, Barker didn't join the band until 6 years later when Raynor was fired for being drunk all the time.

I can only assume there are some good stories about this night.

Not that any of them could remember.

Jimmy Stewart was already famous before WWII but still left Hollywood and joined the US Army Air Force and became a pilot

he kept serving in the Air Force Reserve until the 1960s when he was a General and flew combat missions over Vietnam

can anyone imagine the same thing happening today?!?!

Said this before

Garth Brooks once brought me a pizza after his first concert in G. Rollie White.

He was worried I hadn't eaten that day because he never saw me leave.

It was a cheese pizza because he thought I might be a vegetarian with my rainbow striped hair and tie dyed shirt.

He was so nice and so thankful about his audience.

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Said this before

Garth Brooks once brought me a pizza after his first concert in G. Rollie White.

He was worried I hadn't eaten that day because he never saw me leave.

It was a cheese pizza because he thought I might be a vegetarian with my rainbow striped hair and tie dyed shirt.

He was so nice and so thankful about his audience.

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That's so awesome....

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I can only assume there are some good stories about this night.

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Some coke dealer made a KILLING that night.

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I love how Rob Lowe caught a ton of grief for wearing an NFL hat to a game.

Here's part of a great story about Garth Brooks from Todd Snider's book. The context is Garth recorded Todd's song "Alright Guy" and had Todd come to the studio when they recorded it and had Todd play guitar and harmonica on the track.

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Word started to get out that Garth Brooks had cut my song, and my friend base doubled pretty quickly, while I started thinking of what I should buy with the money that would come from Garth recording the song. Should I buy something stupid? Isn't that what you do? Maybe an animal or something? Tom T. Hall has peacocks. Should I get one? Or maybe a monkey? I've never trusted monkeys, but maybe I could learn.

Time went by, and Garth's people got all my publishing information, and I kept debating the merits of monkeys versus peacocks. And then Garth's mother got sick, and Garth made a decision that he was not going to do anything to even remotely challenge his mother, whom he loved very much. One thing that his mother was uncomfortable with was a line in "Alright Guy" about smoking dope. So Garth called me, told me "Alright Guy" wasn't going to be on the record, and told me why. And he apologized. He did not have to do any of that. He had nothing to be sorry about. He had every right to put any song on his record and to leave any song off. Singers don't have to even communicate with writers. I wrote a Top 20 hit for a singer named Mark Chesnutt, and I've never even met him. Nobody called to tell me he'd recorded it. I heard it on the radio. Garth had given me a once-in-a-lifetime experience of being in the studio with him, Don Was, and all the others. I was grateful, and I told him that.

A week later, there was a check in my mailbox for $10,000, with a note from Garth that said, "Sorry, man."

If you're reading this and thinking, "Well, that was the decent thing to do," I'm telling you that you're wrong. I've been in this thing for twenty years, and this was ten thousand times more than the decent thing to do. This was unheard of. He owed me nothing but paid me $10,000, and apologized for that. The ten grand was on top of the thousands he'd already spent recording the song in a world-class studio with world-class musicians.

So if we're pondering the decent thing to do, the decent thing would have been for me to rip up that check, send his mother a "get well" card, and spend the next few days walking around the neighborhood telling everyone what a swell guy Garth Brooks is.

Instead, I cashed the check and wondered what to name my monkey.

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Here is a link the the whole chapter in his book about it:
https://americansongwriter.com/todd-snider-met-garth-brooks-read-excerpt/

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Here's part of a great story about Garth Brooks from Todd Snider's book. The context is Garth recorded Todd's song "Alright Guy" and had Todd come to the studio when they recorded it and had Todd play guitar and harmonica on the track.

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Word started to get out that Garth Brooks had cut my song, and my friend base doubled pretty quickly, while I started thinking of what I should buy with the money that would come from Garth recording the song. Should I buy something stupid? Isn't that what you do? Maybe an animal or something? Tom T. Hall has peacocks. Should I get one? Or maybe a monkey? I've never trusted monkeys, but maybe I could learn.

Time went by, and Garth's people got all my publishing information, and I kept debating the merits of monkeys versus peacocks. And then Garth's mother got sick, and Garth made a decision that he was not going to do anything to even remotely challenge his mother, whom he loved very much. One thing that his mother was uncomfortable with was a line in "Alright Guy" about smoking dope. So Garth called me, told me "Alright Guy" wasn't going to be on the record, and told me why. And he apologized. He did not have to do any of that. He had nothing to be sorry about. He had every right to put any song on his record and to leave any song off. Singers don't have to even communicate with writers. I wrote a Top 20 hit for a singer named Mark Chesnutt, and I've never even met him. Nobody called to tell me he'd recorded it. I heard it on the radio. Garth had given me a once-in-a-lifetime experience of being in the studio with him, Don Was, and all the others. I was grateful, and I told him that.

A week later, there was a check in my mailbox for $10,000, with a note from Garth that said, "Sorry, man."

If you're reading this and thinking, "Well, that was the decent thing to do," I'm telling you that you're wrong. I've been in this thing for twenty years, and this was ten thousand times more than the decent thing to do. This was unheard of. He owed me nothing but paid me $10,000, and apologized for that. The ten grand was on top of the thousands he'd already spent recording the song in a world-class studio with world-class musicians.

So if we're pondering the decent thing to do, the decent thing would have been for me to rip up that check, send his mother a "get well" card, and spend the next few days walking around the neighborhood telling everyone what a swell guy Garth Brooks is.

Instead, I cashed the check and wondered what to name my monkey.

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Here is a link the the whole chapter in his book about it:
https://americansongwriter.com/todd-snider-met-garth-brooks-read-excerpt/

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Holy ****, dude writes prose like his songs. I can hear him "singing" that.

Beside Todd's music, I really love his live albums and all the funny talking and stories he does between tracks. When a lot of artists do this type of thing it can get a little eye rollie, but with him is gold.

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Beside Todd's music, I really love his live albums and all the funny talking and stories he does between tracks. When a lot of artists do this type of thing it can get a little eye rollie, but with him is gold.

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I quote him at least once a month.

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Here's part of a great story about Garth Brooks from Todd Snider's book. The context is Garth recorded Todd's song "Alright Guy" and had Todd come to the studio when they recorded it and had Todd play guitar and harmonica on the track.

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Word started to get out that Garth Brooks had cut my song, and my friend base doubled pretty quickly, while I started thinking of what I should buy with the money that would come from Garth recording the song. Should I buy something stupid? Isn't that what you do? Maybe an animal or something? Tom T. Hall has peacocks. Should I get one? Or maybe a monkey? I've never trusted monkeys, but maybe I could learn.

Time went by, and Garth's people got all my publishing information, and I kept debating the merits of monkeys versus peacocks. And then Garth's mother got sick, and Garth made a decision that he was not going to do anything to even remotely challenge his mother, whom he loved very much. One thing that his mother was uncomfortable with was a line in "Alright Guy" about smoking dope. So Garth called me, told me "Alright Guy" wasn't going to be on the record, and told me why. And he apologized. He did not have to do any of that. He had nothing to be sorry about. He had every right to put any song on his record and to leave any song off. Singers don't have to even communicate with writers. I wrote a Top 20 hit for a singer named Mark Chesnutt, and I've never even met him. Nobody called to tell me he'd recorded it. I heard it on the radio. Garth had given me a once-in-a-lifetime experience of being in the studio with him, Don Was, and all the others. I was grateful, and I told him that.

A week later, there was a check in my mailbox for $10,000, with a note from Garth that said, "Sorry, man."

If you're reading this and thinking, "Well, that was the decent thing to do," I'm telling you that you're wrong. I've been in this thing for twenty years, and this was ten thousand times more than the decent thing to do. This was unheard of. He owed me nothing but paid me $10,000, and apologized for that. The ten grand was on top of the thousands he'd already spent recording the song in a world-class studio with world-class musicians.

So if we're pondering the decent thing to do, the decent thing would have been for me to rip up that check, send his mother a "get well" card, and spend the next few days walking around the neighborhood telling everyone what a swell guy Garth Brooks is.

Instead, I cashed the check and wondered what to name my monkey.

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Here is a link the the whole chapter in his book about it:
https://americansongwriter.com/todd-snider-met-garth-brooks-read-excerpt/

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Holy ****, dude writes prose like his songs. I can hear him "singing" that.

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I love his song Agnostic Preacher's Lament

Back when they were filming Dumplin' Jennifer Aniston had wrapped for the entire film a few days before everyone else. They were set to film a lot of the drag bar scenes which ultimately meant filming all night instead of the day time. The next night after she left a food truck showed up to the location (the dirties bar I have ever been in). It was nothing but fresh ground coffees, espressos, hot chocolate, and cookies. Jenn had paid for the entire thing out of her own pocket as a thank you to the cast and crew. It stayed there all night so you could just walk up and get whatever you wanted, no charge.

She honestly is such a nice and genuine person that cares deeply for people.

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I didn't run in the same circles as (Nico / Rico?) either - they went to Lamar, I was over at Terry. Played tennis in high school and was playing singles and my coach told me "You're playing that Beard kid"

Now - I wasn't a great tennis player by any means, but I was decent enough. I think I beat him that first set 6-1 or 6-2 - he cussed and broke his racquet and just left the court. I was like "WELP, OKAY" and went back to my cooler for my sammich and my coach and told them I won. Little crowbar felt good that day.

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That's about what I'd expect! I went to Lamar my freshman year then Foster when it opened. Your memory is pretty darn good. Rory and Nico. They moved to town when we were in 3rd or 4th grade, so went to school with them for a while.

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Not sure the baseball story is entirely true. My neighbor coached the twins in little league. If Frank created a team, it wasn't in a sanctioned league. Maybe in Pony League. Or a select league.

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It was a select team, The Eliminators. Uniforms looked like something out of Nickelodeon, Purple and Bright Orange. I played a few tournaments with them. I'll never forget it, got ejected from a game by an umpire because I wore my hat backwards as a rally cap one inning. Umpire asked me to turn it around, so I did. Then I flipped it back around the next half inning, not even thinking and the umpire ejected me because a backwards hat was "Disrepectful to the game of baseball". Nevermind this was 1995 and Ken Griffy Jr was al lthe rage and rocked his backwards hat all the time. I thought my dad was going to kill me for getting thrown out, then the umpire explained to him why he threw me out. I then thought my Dad was going to kill the Ump. Good Times.

Hadn't thought about that in a while. Frank Beard had pallets of Tab in their "Barn". Even when I think they had stopped selling it, he still always had it.

I totally believe it.

His next round of touring, he called me Dr Pepper queen.

I got signed shirts and a hat.

Christopher Nolan gets roasted by his Peloton Instructor

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I was on my Peloton. I'm dying. And the instructor started talking about one of my films and said, 'Did anyone see this? That's a couple hours of my life I'll never get back again!'" Nolan told the room full of critics at the event, according to Variety. "When [film critic] Rex Reed takes a **** on your film he doesn't ask you to work out!

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— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) January 4, 2024

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Back when they were filming Dumplin' Jennifer Aniston had wrapped for the entire film a few days before everyone else. They were set to film a lot of the drag bar scenes which ultimately meant filming all night instead of the day time. The next night after she left a food truck showed up to the location (the dirties bar I have ever been in). It was nothing but fresh ground coffees, espressos, hot chocolate, and cookies. Jenn had paid for the entire thing out of her own pocket as a thank you to the cast and crew. It stayed there all night so you could just walk up and get whatever you wanted, no charge.

She honestly is such a nice and genuine person that cares deeply for people.

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This is hilarious story, and usually all the stories about Aniston show her in a good light.

but on the Adam Carolla podcast YESTERDAY (ironically enough) long time guest JAY MOHR was on.

he told a story about how when he was cast for "Picture Perfect" he beat out 6 other guys.

first day he shows up on set, and is standing with Ileana Douglas, he hears the high heels clip clop of Aniston walking into the production studio.

Jen Aniston sees Jay Mohr, and yells "there were SIX guys I screen tested with and they chose the one guy I didn't want!!"

Ileana Douglas turns to Jay Mohr and says: "it's going to be a long summer for you buddy!"

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Back when they were filming Dumplin' Jennifer Aniston had wrapped for the entire film a few days before everyone else. They were set to film a lot of the drag bar scenes which ultimately meant filming all night instead of the day time. The next night after she left a food truck showed up to the location (the dirties bar I have ever been in). It was nothing but fresh ground coffees, espressos, hot chocolate, and cookies. Jenn had paid for the entire thing out of her own pocket as a thank you to the cast and crew. It stayed there all night so you could just walk up and get whatever you wanted, no charge.

She honestly is such a nice and genuine person that cares deeply for people.

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This is hilarious story, and usually all the stories about Aniston show her in a good light.

but on the Adam Carolla podcast YESTERDAY (ironically enough) long time guest JAY MOHR was on.

he told a story about how when he was cast for "Picture Perfect" he beat out 6 other guys.

first day he shows up on set, and is standing with Ileana Douglas, he hears the high heels clip clop of Aniston walking into the production studio.

Jen Aniston sees Jay Mohr, and yells "there were SIX guys I screen tested with and they chose the one guy I didn't want!!"

Ileana Douglas turns to Jay Mohr and says: "it's going to be a long summer for you buddy!"

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They both can be true. People mature and grow.

Jack Palance was the first choice for Curly in City Slickers but he wasn't available at first.
Billy Crystal's second choice was Charles Bronson. He got Bronson on the phone, pitched him the idea, and Bronson said "I don't die in movies." When Crystal wouldn't budge about Curly's fate, Bronson told him to eff off and hung up on him.
Shortly thereafter, Palance became available and the rest is hisory.

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Jack Palance was the first choice for Curly in City Slickers but he wasn't available at first.
Billy Crystal's second choice was Charles Bronson. He got Bronson on the phone, pitched him the idea, and Bronson said "I don't die in movies." When Crystal wouldn't budge about Curly's fate, Bronson told him to eff off and hung up on him.
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Which is odd, because Bronson has definitely died in multiple movies, including The Magnificent Seven and The Mechanic.

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Listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger on Smartless podcast today.

Two stories: One fairly well known, one not.

Arnold really wanted to play Reese in The Terminator and auditioned for it. The studio had already agreed in principle for OJ Simpson to play the T-800.

The studios refused to invest in Arnold as a comedian, so to get "Twins" made, Arnold, Devito, and Ivan Reitman all decided to forgo their salaries for the movies and made a deal to get 37.5% of the film's gross instead - split three ways - so 12.5% each. The movie was thus made for $15 million. It made $110 million domestically and $252 million worldwide, which means Arnold, Devito, and Reitman each made $31.5 million off it. And they also got 12.5% each off the rental deal and VHS sales.

$31.5 million in 1988 dollars is equivalent to $81.8 million in today's money.

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When James Cameron was casting for "True Lies", he wanted Jamie Lee Curtis for the role of Helen Tasker. But Arnold was adamant that Jamie was too pretty to be believable as Helen. James moved on and was considering other actors for the role, until he watched "A Fish Called Wanda". So he called Arnold back, asked him "do you trust me?", and convinced Arnold that Jamie was perfect for Helen. After shooting, Arnold agreed to have Jamie get credit above the movie title.

It worked out well.

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Listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger on Smartless podcast today.

Two stories: One fairly well known, one not.

Arnold really wanted to play Reese in The Terminator and auditioned for it. The studio had already agreed in principle for OJ Simpson to play the T-800.

The studios refused to invest in Arnold as a comedian, so to get "Twins" made, Arnold, Devito, and Ivan Reitman all decided to forgo their salaries for the movies and made a deal to get 37.5% of the film's gross instead - split three ways - so 12.5% each. The movie was thus made for $15 million. It made $110 million domestically and $252 million worldwide, which means Arnold, Devito, and Reitman each made $31.5 million off it. And they also got 12.5% each off the rental deal and VHS sales.

$31.5 million in 1988 dollars is equivalent to $81.8 million in today's money.

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When James Cameron was casting for "True Lies", he wanted Jamie Lee Curtis for the role of Helen Tasker. But Arnold was adamant that Jamie was too pretty to be believable as Helen. James moved on and was considering other actors for the role, until he watched "A Fish Called Wanda". So he called Arnold back, asked him "do you trust me?", and convinced Arnold that Jamie was perfect for Helen. After shooting, Arnold agreed to have Jamie get credit above the movie title.

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A Fish Called Wanda never gets enough credit as one of the best comedies of the 20th century. I need to get my **** together and finally get the TPE Rewatchables thread going this year so we can celebrate it.

It's funny. I saw it in the theatre and loved it. And never saw it again.

But I loved it.

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It's funny. I saw it in the theatre and loved it. And never saw it again.

But I loved it.

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Kevin Kline ranting about if it wasn't for the US the UK would be the "smallest ****ing province in the German empire" is my favorite.

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My neighbor was crew on Marine 1 for a while. Said Barbara Bush was one of nicest people he's ever met. Always referred to the crew as her boys. Hello boys, how are my boys doing, etc. Often offered the crew the food and drinks set out for her and 41. Also said the crew and WH staff had code words for what kind of mood Hillary was in.

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After the dedication of Bush presidential library we hung out with a secret service agent at the Chicken. He told us the time air traffic was delayed at LAX due to Bill Clinton getting a haircut on air force one, he was actually getting a BJ from Sharon Stone

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1993/05/21/clinton-haircut-brings-air-traffic-to-a-halt/

I had a BIL that passed away a few years back that was a filmmaker in Austin that passed this story along to me, he had done some small documentaries himself but he had a production company that would be hired to film for others and he was hired to film some kind of charity event announcement at a school. Ricky Williams was one of the celebrities that was to speak on the stage where there was a bunch of elementary school kids and other dignitaries. Ricky was taken into the classroom where the teacher in her early 20s was introduced to him and they were supposed to do some kind of rehearsal on the speech they were giving. When the time for their cue came about teacher and Ricky don't show on the stage. My BIL sends a helper to get them and he walks in the classroom and he sees the teacher bent over a desk and Ricky letting her have it.

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Listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger on Smartless podcast today.

Two stories: One fairly well known, one not.

Arnold really wanted to play Reese in The Terminator and auditioned for it. The studio had already agreed in principle for OJ Simpson to play the T-800.

The studios refused to invest in Arnold as a comedian, so to get "Twins" made, Arnold, Devito, and Ivan Reitman all decided to forgo their salaries for the movies and made a deal to get 37.5% of the film's gross instead - split three ways - so 12.5% each. The movie was thus made for $15 million. It made $110 million domestically and $252 million worldwide, which means Arnold, Devito, and Reitman each made $31.5 million off it. And they also got 12.5% each off the rental deal and VHS sales.

$31.5 million in 1988 dollars is equivalent to $81.8 million in today's money.

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the interesting thing about Arnold, is that at least according to him

he was ALREADY a millionaire before he made his first movie in Hollywood. He claims he took his money from Mr. Olympia and invested it in real estate

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Listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger on Smartless podcast today.

Two stories: One fairly well known, one not.

Arnold really wanted to play Reese in The Terminator and auditioned for it. The studio had already agreed in principle for OJ Simpson to play the T-800.

The studios refused to invest in Arnold as a comedian, so to get "Twins" made, Arnold, Devito, and Ivan Reitman all decided to forgo their salaries for the movies and made a deal to get 37.5% of the film's gross instead - split three ways - so 12.5% each. The movie was thus made for $15 million. It made $110 million domestically and $252 million worldwide, which means Arnold, Devito, and Reitman each made $31.5 million off it. And they also got 12.5% each off the rental deal and VHS sales.

$31.5 million in 1988 dollars is equivalent to $81.8 million in today's money.

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the interesting thing about Arnold, is that at least according to him

he was ALREADY a millionaire before he made his first movie in Hollywood. He claims he took his money from Mr. Olympia and invested it in real estate

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He was really fascinating on Smartless, especially since those guys' politics are obviously 180 degrees from his, but they were really engaging with each other. Listened to the whole thing while I was cleaning out my garage.

Tom Wilson played Biff in BACK TO THE FUTURE and was fed up of fans asking the same questions so wrote a very funny song about it.pic.twitter.com/DAsJeE6H7n

— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) January 8, 2024