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| 1. | The world of music lost the one-of-a-kind voice and artistry of David Bowie, who died at the age of 69 this week. Complete the full title of one of Bowie's most memorable creations: The ____ and ____ of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from ____. | ||
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Rise / Fall / Mars | ||
| Life / Times / Beyond | |||
| Days / Nights / My Mind | |||
| Trials / Tribulations / Heaven | |||
| 2. | The world of film also suffered a substantial loss this week with the death of actor Alan Rickman, who also died at age 69 of cancer. Which of these characters did Rickman NOT immortalize on film? | ||
| Hans Gruber | |||
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Pontius Pilate | ||
| Severus Snape | |||
| The Sheriff of Nottingham | |||
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By way of explanation.....
But David Bowie did portray Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ. |
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| 3. | We also pour one out for another thespian named Angus Scrimm, who died at 89 and is a horror movie icon primarily known for his role as _____ in the ______ films. | ||
| Jason / Friday the 13th | |||
| Leatherface / Texas Chainsaw Massacre | |||
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Tall Man / Phastasm | ||
| Chucky (voice) / Child's Play | |||
| 4. | This late show host gave audiences the gift of Carpool Karaoke with Adele, a singer you may recently have heard of: | ||
| Jimmy Fallon | |||
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James Corden | ||
| Stephen Colbert | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel | |||
| 5. | If you used your show business cred to arrange for a secret meeting for notorious, on-the-run Mexican drug lord, then you have a surprising amount in common with: | ||
| George Clooney | |||
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Sean Penn | ||
| Hugh Jackman | |||
| Harrison Ford | |||
| 6. | Golden Globes were handed out to many people as expected but one TV award that was shocking was ______, which according to the GIF floating around surprised Leonardo DiCaprio just as much as the rest of us. | ||
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Lady Gaga for American Horror Story | ||
| Rob Lowe for The Grinder | |||
| Queen Latifah for Bessie | |||
| Outlander for Best Drama | |||
| 7. | The big Red Carpet story to come out of the wacky Golden Globes was the fact that this actress of a big 2015 movie had her dress purchased - not made - for her from off the rack an Neiman Marcus: | ||
| Trainwreck's Amy Schumer | |||
| Mockingjay's Jennifer Lawrence | |||
| The Force Awaken's Daisy Ridley | |||
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Jurassic World's Bryce Dallas Howard | ||
| 8. | Action dude extraordinaire Jason Statham can add 'fiancée of extraordinarily beautiful woman' to his resume. Who is the transporter now engaged to? | ||
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley | ||
| Anne V | |||
| Kate Upton | |||
| Lily Aldridge | |||
| 9. | Meanwhile, this actress squashed rumors that she was engaged to her well-known NFL boyfriend: | ||
| Blake Lively | |||
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Olivia Munn | ||
| Aubrey Plaza | |||
| Oliva Wilde | |||
| 10. | If your name appeared on a recently published "short list" with the likes of Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and Dave Franco, then you too are in the supposed running for the role of which iconic film character's next outing? | ||
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Han Solo | ||
| Robin Hood | |||
| Wolverine | |||
| Indiana Jones | |||
| 11. | Oscars abound for this film that leads the nomination field with 12 nominations, including Picture, Director, Actor, and Supporting Actor. | ||
| Mad Max: Fury Road | |||
| Spotlight | |||
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The Revenant | ||
| The Big Short | |||
| 12. | As the quality pendulum swings in the other direction, the Razzies nominations were also announced. Believe it or not, three of the four people below follow in Sandra Bullock's footsteps of getting nominated as worst and best in the same year. Which one was not? | ||
| Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl and Jupiter Ascending | |||
| Rooney Mara - Carol and Pan | |||
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Johnny Depp - Black Mass and Mortdecai | ||
| Simon Kinberg - The Martian (producer) and Fantastic Four (writer) | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Sadly, Depp will just have to hope to not win for his role as Mortdecai since the Academy overlooked his Black Mass performance. |
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