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![]() As Halloween came and went, this star posted an Instagram of her costume, a nod to Britney Spears of yore: |
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| Halsey | |||
| Natalie Portman | |||
| Kristen Bell | |||
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Brie Larson | ||
| 2. | If your waiter at PF Chang's looks a wee bit familiar, it might be because this screen icon has filled out an application to work there: | ||
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Bill Murray | ||
| Matt Damon | |||
| Kevin Bacon | |||
| Robert Downey, Jr. | |||
| 3. | HBO's latest attempt at a new franchise arrived with this week's debut of His Dark Materials, drawing from the books originally written by this sci-fi/fantasy writer: | ||
| Orson Scott Card | |||
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Philip Pullman | ||
| Robert Jordan | |||
| Robert R. McCammon | |||
| 4. | The future is now officially the past, as we are in November 2019, the setting for this futuristic film: | ||
| Total Recall | |||
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Blade Runner | ||
| Back to the Future, Part II | |||
| The Road Warrior | |||
| 5. | RIP Rudy Boesch, ex-Navy SEAL and unlikely reality star who appeared in the very first season of this franchise: | ||
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Survivor | ||
| Top Chef | |||
| Big Brother | |||
| The Amazing Race | |||
| 6. | Meanwhile in Africa, Part 1: This late night host, who you have heard of, took his show on the road to shoot in the country of Ghana, which you may or may not have: | ||
| Jimmy Kimmel | |||
| Stephen Colbert | |||
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Conan O'Brien | ||
| Jimmy Fallon | |||
| 7. | Meanwhile in Africa, Part 2: With movie awards approaching, the Academy disqualified a Nigerian film from the Best International Movie category, because..... | ||
| Nigeria isn't formally recognized by the UN | |||
| The film is animated | |||
| The film is directed by an American | |||
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Too much of the film is in English | ||
| 8. | The internet said "hey there" to Alexandra Grant as she beamed on the arm of him, her famous boyfriend, as they made their first public appearance this week: | ||
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Keanu Reeves | ||
| Zac Effron | |||
| Chris Pine | |||
| Johnny Depp | |||
| 9. | Go ahead and call it a comeback: He's been dead for decades, but apparently this star of the 1950s will appear in a "secondary lead role" in the upcoming film Finding Jack: | ||
| Cary Grant | |||
| Jimmy Stewart | |||
| John Wayne | |||
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James Dean | ||
| 10. | Apparently not so ready to mingle, this Harry Potter franchise star referred to him/herself as "self-partnered," preferring that term over "single:" | ||
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Emma Watson | ||
| Rupert Grint | |||
| Daniel Radcliffe | |||
| Tom Felton | |||