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Tom Cruise, $75 Million

The fourth Mission: Impossible film, Ghost Protocol, earned Tom Cruise upwards of $75 million. The plot is pretty similar to all the other films, featuring Cruise doing all his own stunts as usual. Cruise was filming another film for the series through 2020.

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The More You Know

  • Jon Bon Jovi's birth name is John Bongiovi Jr.
  • Orson Welles directed much of Citizen Kane from a wheelchair, after injuring himself on set.
  • One of David Bowie's eyes was permanently dilated.
  • Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born in a cult, which might help explain why his siblings were named River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer. Their parents were members of Children of God group, which was founded in the 1960s.
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