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1. He stands on dais holding the Oscar for Best Actor for his stellar performance in "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013) after spending years failing to launch in a welter of very ordinary romantic comedies. Who am I talking about?
2. Winona Ryder's career was on a high with roles in "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) and "Girl, Interrupted" (1999) when her fortunes suddenly took a big hit as she became tabloid fodder for which misdemeanour in 2001?
3. It was only a brief cameo for Drew Barrymore in Wes Craven's "Scream" (1996) but it was enough to cast aside a brace of forgettable roles, set her on the path toward being one of Hollywood's most bankable stars and shatter that picture of eighties innocence she had garnered in which iconic movie from 1982?
4. By the end of the 1960s Marlon Brando was untouchable or, should I say, directors didn't want to touch him. However the vision and determination of which director saw Brando into the lead role of "The Godfather" (1972) and the resurrection of his career?
5. For which 2012 movie did Ben Affleck win an Academy Award for Best Picture and a Golden Globe for Best Director, resurrecting his career and sealing his credibility within the film industry?
6. Playing the role of Tony Danza's daughter on television's "Who's the Boss" she was a star on the rise. Who would have thought that her acting would need to be rescued by a starring role in the television series "Charmed"? Who is this young lady?
7. The portrayals of Tony Manero and Danny Zuko made him a star in the late 1970s. His career, however, was taken south by fifteen years of mostly forgettable roles until he took the role of the iconic hitman Vincent Vega. Who is he?
8. Oscar nominated for his amazing performance in "Chaplin" (1992) which celebrity said of his addictions "I'm allergic to alcohol and narcotics, I break out in handcuffs" before rising above them to become one of the most commercially viable stars of the early 21st century?
9. She was castigated so severely in 1950 for carrying Roberto Rossellini's child that she could not return to Hollywood and spent the next six years in virtual exile working in Europe. Who is this legend, who was the darling of Hollywood during the 1940s?
10. Which character, initially, proved that Sylvester Stallone could act and then re-affirmed that premise after he'd spent many years portraying a string of very ordinary characters?
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