Quiz: This Week in Celebrity History: Dec 3 – 9
Do you remember what role made birthday girl Marisa Tomei an Oscar winner?
Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny! She won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. At the time, there was a lot of controversy and a conspiracy theory that Jack Palance said the wrong name when she won. She was up against heavy hitters like Vanessa Redgrave and Miranda Richardson, but if you've seen the movie, you'd agree that her performance was incredible.
70 years ago, Marlon Brando starred in this career defining role on Broadway.
Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire! Before he was a hit on screen, he was a hit on Broadway! The famous play was adapted to the screen 3 years later, and he returned to the role of Stanley along with others from the original cast.
Happy birthday Tyra Banks! Do you know how old she was when she started modeling?
Tyra Banks was 15 when she broke into the modeling scene. Becoming one of the biggest super models in the world, she broke barriers by being the first black woman featured on the cover of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has also built an empire with America's Next Top Model among her many ventures.
25 years ago, Selena had her first hit, Como La Flor. Do you know what that translates to?
Como La Flor - Like the flower! This was Selena's first commercial hit, but it was actually her third album. Selena began performing when she was 9 at her father's restaurant and recorded her first LP when she was 13. Como La Flor came out when Selena was 21, and she was able to enjoy that success for almost 3 years before she was tragically gunned down by Yolanda Salvidar in 1995.
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35 years ago, this Meryl Streep movie broke our hearts. She went on to win her second Oscar for her role.
Sophie's Choice, the tragic story of a mother who must make the choice no parent should ever have too. Streep won her first Oscar 2 years earlier for her role in Kramer vs. Kramer, another drama featuring her as a mother.
Stan Lee lost his wife earlier this year. This week would've been their ____ wedding anniversary.
70th!! For Stan and Joan, it was love at first sight! He knocked on her door looking for her roommate, but when she answered, he literally saw the girl he had been dreaming about his entire life. He confessed his love to her on the spot, and they were quickly married. That's true love right there!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered this week, but in different years. Do you know which came first?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! It was released in 1964, and A Charlie Brown Christmas was released the next year in 1965.
Birthday girl Nicki Minaj isn't just a rapper, she's also an actress! Do you know what her first movie was?
Ice Age: Continental Drift! She voiced Steffie, one of the "cool kid" mammoths. Minaj has been in three movies so far, and was in drama in high school, but spends most of her time being the best-selling female rapper of all time.
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This week in 1942, Bing Crosby’s song “White Christmas” was #1. Which of these artists has NOT covered the song.
Brad Paisley has never covered White Christmas! I'm sure he's sung it at some point in his life, but it definitely didn't appear on his Christmas album Brad Paisley Christmas.
Dec 9, 1967, Jim Morrison became the first and only rock star to be arrested on stage. Do you know what for?
He was charged with all three! Following an earlier conflict with officers back stage, Morrison launched a tirade of abuse at officers on stage, and they weren't having it. He was promptly arrested during the show, causing the audience to riot, which is where the "inciting a riot" charge came from. All charges were eventually dropped.
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