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YOU’RE FIRED! FILM THREAT’S TOP 10 MOVIE JOB DISMISSALS

By | June 2004

6. MARILYN MONROE IN “SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE” (1962). Monroe was contractually obligated to star in this fluffy 20th Century Fox comedy…

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YOU’RE FIRED! FILM THREAT’S TOP 10 MOVIE JOB DISMISSALS

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YOU’RE FIRED! FILM THREAT’S TOP 10 MOVIE JOB DISMISSALS

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