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Amanda Mannen

Writer at Cracked

Writer/editor @Cracked @BryantStreetPub

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  • 4 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

    We know this is a shock to some people, but movies are make-believe. They’re just actors playing pretend, not real nuclear physicists or secret agents or mall cops. By “some people,” of course, we mean renowned directors, who don’t seem to understand that actors can display emotion without being relentlessly harrowed.

  • 5 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

    Movie sets can be tense places. Between Hollywood-size egos, similarly massive budgets at stake and all the ways things can go wrong, tensions are bound to flare. It can lead to anything from strong words to actual fists thrown. Like when…5 George Clooney Choked David O. Russell on the Set of ‘Three Kings’It’s no secret that, in Clooney’s words, Russell is a “miserable f--k” to work with, and he found that out firsthand on the set of Three Kings.

  • 5 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

    Animals can be a big hassle on a movie or TV set, ruining shots, not understanding English, pooping everywhere, etc. But some animals are more professional than the most seasoned actors — and more talented, too. 5 Jed the DogIn 1982’s The Thing, Jed the Dog’s job was a tall order: to act like a dog that’s not a dog. But one of the scariest parts of the movie is how good he was at it.

  • 6 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

    They can dry their tears on all their money, no doubt, but being documented everywhere you go is such torture that it’s the basis of several episodes of Black Mirror. It’s only natural to develop a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the hordes of photographers who follow a celebrity. Many of them just throw punches, but…5 Paris Hilton Wore an Anti-Photography ScarfApparently, 2016 was the year Hilton got sick of getting attention.

  • 6 days ago | cracked.com | Amanda Mannen

    Ever since they melted that witch, moviegoers have gotten more and more desensitized to violence. It’s hard to trace a map from the blood running down the shower drain in Psycho to, well, any randomly selected frame from the entire Saw franchise, because it happens very gradually, but here we are, 65 years later, and nothing short of Hostel shocks us. There is, however, an upper limit on what audiences are willing to stomach in this exercise of shock as cinema.

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Amanda Mannen
Amanda Mannen @Manna_Festo
6 May 25

RT @memechaotic: https://t.co/1GwSmq5sVP

Amanda Mannen
Amanda Mannen @Manna_Festo
6 May 25

RT @booktycoon: Saw an HVAC unit that had “REZNOR” branding and thought “ha-ha, wouldn’t it be funny if Trent Reznor was an HVAC nepo kid w…

Amanda Mannen
Amanda Mannen @Manna_Festo
8 Apr 25

Man, if they were clearly "incognito," PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE THEM. Is this really such an important story that you can't risk getting scooped by having some decency towards some people who are apparently going through it? I would do a Britney

The Cut
The Cut @TheCut

After reportedly calling off their wedding, Sydney Sweeney and Jonathan Davino were seen grabbing an incognito lunch in L.A. https://t.co/EeImIPo3Hz