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Rob Lowe is uncredited in the film Tommy Boy because he was contractually obligated to another movie at the time, Steven King's The Stand. The reason he filmed Tommy Boy was due to his friendship with Chris Farley.

Michael Jackson did actually star in the Simpsons episode "Stark Raving Dad" but DIDN'T actually sing any of the songs due to contractual reasons with Sony.

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1. Despite Tobe Hooper being credited as a director for the 1982 film "Poltergeist", Steven Spielberg actually directed most of the movie. He was only credited as a producer due to the contractual clause with Universal Studios forbidding him to direct any film while working on E.T.

2. Due to complicated contractual obligations with the source material, the part of John McClain from Die Hard had to first be offered to Frank Sinatra who was 73 at the time

3. The 700 Club" has desirable time slots reserved on Freeform (formally ABC Family) due to contractual obligations

4. Micheal Jackson guest starred in the Simpson's "Stark Raving Dad", but due to contractual reasons, he was credited as John Jay Smith in the closing credits, and his role in the episode was not officially confirmed until later.

5. Director Michael Cimino, when forced to cut down his film The Sicilian (1987) to less that 120 min due to a contractual obligation, delivered a new version of the film in which all of the action scenes were cut out.

6. While Robert Plant wrote the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's version of Dazed and Confused, he was not credited for it due to contractual obligations.

7. Frank Sinatra was the first to be offered the lead role in Die Hard due to contractual obligations. After he turned it down, the role was then offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger and a host of other action stars before the role of John McClane was offered to Bruce Willis.

8. Micheal Jackson guest starred in the Simpson's "Stark Raving Dad", but due to contractual reasons, he was credited as John Jay Smith in the closing credits, and his role in the episode was not officially confirmed until later.

9. By 1974 John Lennon had been temporarily separated from Yoko Ono for nearly a year. During this time he produced a song for Rolling Stones lead singer, Mick Jagger. Due to contractual reasons the song couldn't be released for more than 30 years. That song's name? "Too Many Cooks"

10. Anthony Newley, lyricist of song The Candyman from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, wanted to re-record it due to the uncommercial performance given by Aubrey Woods in the film. Various attempts at this or redubbing the song were blocked by contractual reasons