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Tom T. Hall, a Country Music Hall of Fame artist known for such songs as “I LIke Beer,” died today at age 85. He died at home in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his son. No cause of death was given.

A consummate country songwriter, Hall is known for the such classics as “That’s How I Got To Memphis” and “Harper Valley PTA.”

Hall entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008, alongside Emmylou Harris, The Statler Brothers and Ernest Stoneman[/link]. He was a Grand Ole Opry member since 1971.

During his long career, he wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more reaching the Top 10. Rolling Stone included him on its list of 100 Greatest Songwriters, an apt tribute for a man who earned the nickname”The Storyteller,” given him by Tex Ritter.

Born in Olive Hill, Kentucky, Hill got his early start performing in a band that played before movies for a traveling theater.

It's a certified cinema classic and one of the most quotable movies ever. Two years after Reservoir Dogs, video store clerk turned auteur Quentin Tarantino turned out another masterpiece in Pulp Fiction, the 1994 movie that rescued John Travolta from the pop culture waste bin via a now iconic performance, matched in creative and artistic firepower by Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, and of course, Samuel L. Jackson as the soul searching hit man Jules. Pulp Fiction still regularly plays in midnight showings at the writer/director's own New Beverly Cinema. Today we look at 10 things you never knew about Pulp Fiction.

Matt Dillon was almost Butch.

Originally Quentin Tarantino conceived of the "palooka" pugilist played by Bruce Willis as a younger up and coming boxer. He envisioned Matt Dillon in the role. But after the actor reportedly took too long to decide,...

Let’s look back on twenty years’ worth of Pulp Fiction trivia and behind the scenes fun. You never know when they will release a Pulp Fiction Trivial Pursuit game right? Also, there are magnificent spoilers here, so you should probably watch the movie first and slap yourself for taking this long.

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Chronologically speaking, the last scene in the movie sees Butch and Fabienne drive away on a motorcycle. The very first sound heard at the start of the movie is the same motorcycle’s engine.

Whenever Vincent Vega goes to the bathroom, something bad happens: He emerges at Mia Wallace’s house to find her overdosing, comes out at the restaurant to...

"Look at him!" Dierks Bentley laughed, pointing toward Luke Bryan who was passing by with a drink in each hand. "He's got two drinks! No respect for the show!" With a wide grin, Bryan retorted, "I'm trying to get my wife drunk!" When Nashville's A-list gathered for a special People photo before the taping of the 10th Annual Acm Honors, the atmosphere was more family reunion than formal event, and the good-natured barbs flowed as freely as the booze. Once country's wildest child, Acm Honoree Tanya Tucker proved that at 57, she's as rowdy as ever when she pretended to flash...

"Look at him!" Dierks Bentley laughed, pointing toward Luke Bryan who was passing by with a drink in each hand. "He's got two drinks! No respect for the show!" With a wide grin, Bryan retorted, "I'm trying to get my wife drunk!" When Nashville's A-list gathered for a special People photo before the taping of the 10th Annual Acm Honors, the atmosphere was more family reunion than formal event, and the good-natured barbs flowed as freely as the booze. Once country's wildest child, Acm Honoree Tanya Tucker proved that at 57, she's as rowdy as ever when she pretended to flash...

The 10th Annual Acm Honors has finalized its line-up - and you're definitely going to want to tune in! Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry are the last additions to the star-studded list of performers, it was announced Thursday. The artists will join previously announced acts Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Toby Keith, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban and hosts Lady Antebellum. Carrie Underwood's hubby Mike Fisher, Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride and Thomas Rhett have also been added as presenters. Related: Miranda Lambert Releases New Single,...

Let’s look back on twenty years’ worth of Pulp Fiction trivia and behind the scenes fun. You never know when they will release a Pulp Fiction Trivial Pursuit game right? Also, there are magnificent spoilers here, so you should probably watch the movie first and slap yourself for taking this long.

Here is some music to accompany you.

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Chronologically speaking, the last scene in the movie sees Butch and Fabienne drive away on a motorcycle. The very first sound heard at the start of the movie is the same motorcycle’s engine.

Whenever Vincent Vega goes to the bathroom, something bad happens: He emerges at Mia Wallace’s house to find her overdosing, comes out at the restaurant to find a robbery unfolding and is shot dead by Butch after using his bathroom. The moral is…holding it in saves lives?

When Butch shoots Vincent Vega,...

Every once in a while, a movie will feature a line of dialogue or prop that might make you wonder what it has to do with the story; the answer is that sometimes it doesn’t. Occasionally, filmmakers include subtle in-jokes that audiences aren’t particularly supposed to get—at least not on a first viewing.

Perhaps it’s to keep things lively on the set, or maybe it’s done simply to wink at anal-retentive fans with incredible attention spans. Either way, they’re fun little Easter eggs to spot if you’ve got the time for them. There are literally thousands of examples of this, but here are 10 of my favorites (in no apparent order)…

10. Die Hard: With A Vengeance

In Die Hard: With a Vengeance (better known as Die Hard 3), Bruce Willis casually mentions to Samuel L. Jackson that when the force suspended him, he spent his...