2,265 source-backed entertainment facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 19 of 23.
“The first time I ever saw a show, I was about 14 years old”
“James McGarry of the Roar drinks a bottle of pickle juice during the round 17 A-League Men match between Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park, on Feb. 14, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.”
“The first Man vs Horse race, held in 1980 in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, confirmed that a man is not faster than a horse...”
“Regardless, the result was a wonderful play that received rave reviews when it premiered in 2017.”
“Reiner filmed the scene for Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness on Nov. 13, 2025, director Jeff Schaffer told Variety.”
“James and Bradley among six uncapped Wales call-ups”
“I’m like the fourth generation now, the fifth on my mothers’ side.”
“Now 80, Midler has three Grammys, two Tonys, three Emmys, four Golden Globes, and a history in the entertainment industry so storied that she genuinely can’t remember it all.”
“Wilde then shot the film sequentially—rare for small films and logistically impossible for larger ones—in just 21 days on a set designed to mimic a labyrinthian San Francisco apartment.”
“Two per cent of British men think they could beat a grizzly bear or a lion in a fight, unarmed.”
“Scott Sio, who has spent four years with Exeter.”
“Perry is 78”
“At 14, she had a short-lived career in community theater.”
“Two young men from the same rooms, the same bandstands, the same late nights.”
“The race is now in its 46th year, with the horses ahead by 40 victories to five...”
“Corniel van Zyl, who stepped up after the loss of Matt Sherratt to Wales on the eve of the 2025-26 season.”
“a later Wheatley is said to have had eight daughters”
“I was cast in [the 1966 film] Hawaii, with Max von Sydow and Julie Andrews, and they brought me to L.A. along with a bunch of other locals.”
“...and about 700 runners competing against 70 horses (and their riders, but obviously the horses do all the work).”
“South African scrum-half Johan Mulder has committed to a third season in the Welsh capital”
“We went from 30 people in the house to hundreds.”
“...the 4,224 feet of ascent the race involved...”
“Liam Wright who has made six appearances for the Wallabies, including captaining the side in the first Test win against Wales in Sydney in 2024.”
“After 22.6 miles of running, there is nothing so delicious as cantering, at last, to a halt.”
“nine-capped Australia centre Lalakai Foketi.”
“...until, 24 years later, the fastest human arrived slightly ahead of the fastest horse (and rider).”
“Ospreys signed a fourth Australian”
“the consolidation of wealth and of business culture in the 1920s saw the Harlem Renaissance”
“impressing during two loan spells in 2025-26.”
“During the conformist 1950s, and the mutation of business culture into corporate culture, the Beats thrived.”
“the 6ft 9in Alex Groves”
“In the late 1960s and 1970s, when the country was racked with backlashes against civil rights, domestic terrorism, a ruinous unpopular war and a manic, criminal president, American counterculture became a global inspiration.”
“signing a new one-year deal.”
“Ironically enough, the last time there was any American counterculture of consequence was the online forum 4chan in the early 2000s.”
“The film, which was written and directed by Bernard Rose, is scheduled for general release in the autumn.”
“600 of the basketball team’s supporters chose a third option”
“The museums had 1.64m visits last year”
“It was the fifth game of the championship finals”
“National Museum Cardiff with 382,784 visits in 2009-10 exceeded its target visitor number by over 80,000 (up 26%)”
“If the Knicks won, it would be their fourth victory against the Spurs in the finals, clinching them the title for the first time in 53 years.”
“National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, with 258,626 visits, also performed strongly (up 20.3%)”
“woke the neighbours up with our screaming at 5am.”
“With 28,052 visits the museum both broke through the 25,000 visitor barrier and recorded a total number of visits which was up 211% compared with 2000-01”
“before the 1.30am tip-off.”
“The company will present six full-length plays, opening with Rupert Goold's production of Romeo and Juliet in November.”
“The bar was packed when I arrived at 11.30pm, half an hour before it would usually close – it was staying open until 5am for the occasion.”
“The RSC's last Roundhouse season featured Shakespeare's history plays”
“I was hit on the head with number 25”
“The RSC's latest London residency follows their successful Histories season, also at the Roundhouse, in 2008.”
“A trio wearing three-quarter zips tried to enter in the final ten minutes”
“He said: "From work of great emotion, elemental chaos and haunting tragedy, to moments of subversive wit and unabashed clowning, the cast have responded to a repertoire encompassing the broadest scope of human experience."”
“they hadn’t won the series since 1973”
“As well as the six full-length plays, the season also includes family-friendly productions of Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors created especially for children by the Young People's Shakespeare (YPS).”
“In every game of the Finals so far, they were losing by double figures in the first quarter.”
“Vikki Heywood, RSC executive director, said in a statement: "We are delighted to be reinstating our 750 seat 'Roundyard' auditorium inside the central columns of the Roundhouse which was such a sensational space for the Histories."”
“At about 2.30am I heard a shriek”
“This specially-constructed auditorium replicates our temporary theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, The Courtyard Theatre, which is itself a prototype for the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre, due to open in late 2010.”
“They were down by eight with seven minutes to go, then by four with six minutes on the clock.”
“We are delighted to be reinstating our 750 seat 'Roundyard' auditorium inside the central columns of the Roundhouse which was such a sensational space for the Histories.”
“with under four minutes left”
“She took her place on the ballroom on Strictly Come Dancing... In 2008, her profile rose further when she took her place next to Adrian Chiles... She threw herself gamely into the BBC's Sport Relief fund-raising effort... She also made a s…”
“the Knicks had won by four points, it was 20 past four in the morning.”
“His latest project, Shrek Forever After, has just spent the last three weeks at the top of the US box office, beating off competition from the likes of Sex and the City and Prince of Persia.”
“The Knicks reversed the Spurs’ 29-point-lead”
“It ended up taking a full 12 months, averaging 60-70 hours a week to make a short three and half minute animated film.”
“the Knicks were 3-1 games up in the series by Saturday night”
“Shrek Forever After open in the UK on 2 July”
“By half time the score was Knicks 37-42 Spurs.”
“Sony has sold 31 million Jackson albums since his death last June”
“600 of the basketball team’s supporters”
“he was due to perform 50 sell-out dates at London's O2 Arena”
“fifth game of the championship finals”
“Previous strikes have resulted in the closure of some of the city's most popular museums and tourist attractions, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Burrell Collection.”
“fourth victory against the Spurs in the finals”
“After 400 films in 26 years I have the right to be wrong and still be happy”
“first time in 53 years”
“The singer, who has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with the band Genesis, said writing a popular track is "a complete accident".”
“Spurs’ 29-point-lead”
“The award is the second major honour this year for the 59-year-old, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March.”
“1.30am tip-off”
“Paul Simon's Bridge Over Troubled Water was also honoured to commemorate its 40th anniversary.”
“UK Google searches for the Knicks increased by 93 per cent”
“The Royal Festival Hall has received £950,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore and reinstall a grade I listed organ in its main auditorium.”
“the Knicks were 3-1 games up in the series”
“The instrument, which has 7,710 pipes, was installed in the auditorium in 1954 but was removed for renovation work.”
“By half time the score was Knicks 37-42 Spurs”
“The work, which is the final phase of revamp of the building on London's South Bank, will finish by 2013.”
“They were down by eight with seven minutes to go, then by four with six minutes on the clock”
“It will be reinstalled in its original location at the heart of Sir Leslie Martin's concert auditorium in time for the instrument's 60th anniversary celebration in 2014.”
“When the clock finally ticked to zero and the Knicks had won by four points, it was 20 past four in the morning”
“He said a fundraising campaign would be launched in September to appeal for public support.”
“the Brooklyn Nets have the third smallest fanbase”
“with the show going to air next spring”
“the bar was packed when I arrived at 11.30pm, half an hour before it would usually close – it was staying open until 5am for the occasion”
“Filming for the nine-part series is expected to last until the end of the year”
“Tickets for the match itself could be purchased for hundreds of thousands of dollars”
“The series will be shot on a huge set at Belfast's Paint Hall Studio in the Titanic Quarter, as well as various locations throughout Northern Ireland”
“US broadcaster HBO, the company that produced the Sopranos, Sex and the City and Rome, is behind the project”
“Northern Ireland Screen announced that Armagh man Brian Kirk is to direct two episodes of the series”
“men who want a part as an extra should keep growing their hair and their facial hair immediately and be prepared to leave it that way until January 2011”
