100th Issue Quiz
100 story meetings, 100 deadlines and 100 press approvals. It feels as though the first 100 issues of Famous have just flown by. Has it really been more than eight years since Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci stared out from our very first cover? Over those 100 issues we’ve watched as megastars turned into has-beens and nobodies turned into megastars. Such is the way with fickle Hollywood, and we love it.
Now we take you back through the pages of Famous history with our 100th Issue Quiz. Think hard, trust your gut, and test your recall of the past nine years in movies…at least, as Famous saw them.
1. Which film was John Travolta talking about when he told us, “It’s going to be a really wild film, audiences will be amazed. The fan mail and email we’ve received since this film was announced has been extraordinary. I’ve never been involved with a picture that’s had this amount of pre-excitement over it”?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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2. In the wake of September 11th an Arnold Schwarzenegger
movie set for release in October 2001 was delayed because of its
terrorism themes. We had an interview with Schwarzenegger in the
October issue and were forced to slap a disclaimer explaining the delay
across the page, since the magazine was already on press and it was too
late to pull the piece. Name the movie.
a) Collateral Damage
b) End of Days
c) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
3. Which comic book-based trilogy snagged Famous covers all three times? Which trilogy not based on a comic book snagged Famous covers all three times?
4. Fill in the movie title. Ben Affleck told us about one of his films, “____________________ was the Ishtar
of our times because it didn’t work and there was a lot of attention
paid to it. The first time I saw it, I knew that it was a dog.”
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5. Shortly before his 2002 death, which actor told Famous, “You know how it’ll end up, don’t you? After a long career, and a couple of Academy Award nominations, and a couple of Golden Globes, and all the things I’ve done, I’ll just end up being remembered as Dumbledore”?
6. Which recently deceased actor told Famous, “I can’t work with a guy just because he’s a brilliant actor or director. If he’s a prick I can’t just ignore it, I’ll tell him. Or hit ’im.”
7. Who was Dennis Quaid talking about when he told Famous,“I honestly expected people to start calling me Mr. ______________ . I was struggling to find good roles, and it was all the more frustrating because I was married to someone who was getting everything handed to her on a silver platter.”
8. This issue features our second interview with Helen Hunt. The first interview was in December 2000, when she was starring in two big movies — one opposite Tom Hanks, and the other opposite Mel Gibson. Name those flicks.
ANSWERS
1. Battlefield Earth
2. A). Collateral Damage
3. Spider-Man; The Lord of the Rings
4. Gigli
5. Richard Harris
6. Heath Ledger
7. Meg Ryan
8. Cast Away and What Women Want