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1 Newcomer Nikki Blonsky plays dance queen Tracy Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray. Who got her big break playing the character in director John Waters’ 1988 original version?

2 Don Cheadle plays real-life ex-con-turned-radio-personality Petey Greene Jr. in this month’s Talk to Me. Which 2004 movie, in which he also played a real-life character, earned Cheadle his only Oscar nomination?

3 The Simpsons Movie follows a long line of popular animated TV shows that have been turned into feature films. Which of the following series did not get the movie treatment — Beavis & Butthead, South Park, Ren & Stimpy?

4 Most of the voices for The Simpsons Movie are being provided by the same actors who work on the animated TV show. Who voices Bart in both the movie and series — Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright,
Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith or Karl Wiedergott?

5 Which star of I Know Who Killed Me released the single “Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)”
in 2005?

6 Daniel Radcliffe, who once again plays Harry Potter in this month’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, made headlines earlier this year when he took on an erotic role in which famous Peter Shaffer play?

7 No Reservations stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as a career-minded chef who suddenly becomes guardian to her young niece after her sister dies in an accident. That niece is played by a girl who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards. Name her.

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