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'Beetlejuice' at 30: Dick Cavett reveals his 'genius' idea for 'Day-O!' dinner party scene
Though the television personality Dick Cavett was in just a single scene of Tim Burton's 1988 supernatural comedy "Beetlejuice," it turned out to be the most memorable one in the film.
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Mark Hamill's drunk cameo, the hidden nude alien, and other secrets of 'The Last Jedi' deleted scenes
"Star Wars" animation supervisor Stephen Aplin explores the cutting-room floor and fills us on what didn't make the blockbuster movie.
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Secrets of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' biggest scenes, from one major character's return to Luke's huge moment (spoilers!)
Ben Morris of Industrial Light and Magic reveals the practical and digital magic behind the film’s most talked-about moments
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'E.T.' at 35: Older bro Robert MacNaughton tells what 'D&D' at Harrison Ford's, 'Weird Al,' Elvis Costello had to do with it
Robert MacNaughton, who played Michael in "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial," shares inside stories from his accidental audition to the wrenching "Code Blue" scene.
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Turns 25: Behind the Scenes of Its Oscar-Winning Special Effects
How they did it: A chat with visual effects artist Doug Chiang, then starting his ILM career, now a VP and executive creative director at Lucasfilm.
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'Beauty and the Beast' Visual Effects Producer Shares Inside Dish on 'Be Our Guest'
Creating the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (available now on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital HD) required some of Disney’s most labor-intensive digital magic — and Steve Gaub was the man overseeing it all. As Gaub told Yahoo Movies, the “Be Our Guest” number alone took months, the designs for deceptively simple characters like Mrs. Potts went through countless changes, and the Beast’s solo number was almost left on the cutting-room floor for fear that a motion-capture character could
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'Star Wars' Turns 40: Dirty Secrets From Trash Compactor Scene
The making of the 'Star Wars' trash compactor scene, based on recollections from Roger Christian, George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and more