Twice Upon A Time

Twice Upon A Time

Common sense ought to tell you that making an animated movie is a much lower risk than forking out for a full live-action production. After all, you don't have actors to pay, or expensive locations to book out for overnight filming. All you need to cover is the costs of the animators and the scriptwriters, and you've got yourself a film. Unfortunately, common sense for most people doesn't take into account all the intricacies of making a movie. Look at 'Twice Upon A Time,' for example.

Released in 1983, 'Twice Upon A Time' came from the Ladd Company - the same studio that gave the world' Blade Runner.' 'Twice Upon A Time' was the film that was supposed to save them after a series of poor decisions had left them financially vulnerable, but they gave it such a low budget that they couldn't find a way to pay for much in the way of marketing. Nobody came to see it, because hardly anybody knew it existed. After that failure, the Ladd Company faced up to the inevitable, and folded.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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