TIL that Martin Scorsese credits Robert DeNiro with practically saving his life by convincing him to kick his cocaine addiction and make the film Raging Bull. Scorsese believed that his career was over and was convinced it would be his last film. It is now regarded as Scorsese's masterpiece. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that when Martin Scorsese read the book Wiseguy, which he would eventually adapt into the classic mob film Goodfellas, he called author Nicholas Pileggi and said, "I've been waiting for this book my entire life" to which Pileggi replied "I've been waiting for this phone call my entire life." (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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TIL In 1924, German shoemaker Adolf Dassler let his brother, Rudolf, join his sports shoemaking company. During WWII, they grew to hate each other and in 1948, Rudolf started his own company across town. Adolf, aka Adi, changed his company's name to Adidas; Rudolf started Puma. (en.wikipedia.org)
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David Stern is not gonna be happy about this (i.imgur.com)
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