Quiz: This Week in Celebrity History: Oct 29 – Nov 4
This movie’s Oct 31, 1962 premiere answered the question “Whatever happened to ____ ____?"
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? We're not going to spoil it, but it isn't pretty.
By blessing or by CURSE Vanilla Ice was born on Halloween. Do you know his real name?
Rob Van Winkle! We think that's a much better name than Vanilla Ice!
Harry Houdini could escape anything! …except his death on Oct 31, 1926. What did he die of?
Houdini died of a ruptured appendix. As part of his act, after a minute of preperation he would take any punch someone threw at him. A young man didn't give him time to prepare and punched Houdini in the gut repeatedly. The blows rupturing his appendix. Houdini initially refused to see a doctor, and by the time he did, it was too late.
35 years ago this month, Angelina Jolie made her big screen debut in Lookin' to Get Out. It was written by and starred her dad, _______.
Jon Voight! It helps you get the part of Ann-Margret's tiny daughter when your dad wrote and starred in the film.
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Fresh off West Side Story, Natalie Wood starred in another musical that premiered Nov 1, 1962.
Gypsy! This role brought a whole new look and sound for Natalie Wood. She traded in her innocent teen image and dubbed vocals for a more risque role where she did all her own singing.
Happy Birthday Tracee Ellis Ross! Do you know from which Ivy League University she received her theatre degree?
Brown University! She graduated in 1994 with her theatre degree and was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts in 2015!
Birthday girl Jenny McCarthy isn’t the only star in her family. Do you know who her famous cousin is?
Melissa McCarthy! Although rarely seen in public together, the two are very close.
The trial of “The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was full of theatrics by the defendant, starting with this stunt in October 1985.
At his first court appearance for his murder trial, Richard Ramirez drew a pentagram on his hand, flashed it at the cameras in the court room, and yelled "Hail Satan!" This was the first of many theatrics pulled in the court room.
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We hope Matthew McConaughey’s birthday is going “Alright, Alright, Alright.” Was the iconic line scripted or improvised?
The line was improvised! McConaughey wasn't supposed to start shooting Dazed and Confussed till the next day, but they brought him in at the last minute to shoot an improvised scene, and that's where he improvised his iconic line.
Dolph Lundgren is celebrating his birthday this week. Do you know what he did before becoming an actor?
Chemical Engineering! Lundgren was working on his master's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Sydney when he was hired by Grace Jones as a bodyguard. While on the set of the James Bond film A View to a Kill, Jones encouraged him to audition for a small role. The rest is history!
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