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1. Natalie Portman rose to fame for her roles in three "Star Wars" movies, but she won her first Oscar and her first Golden Globe for her performance in what 2010 movie?
2. Liam Neeson was nominated for an Academy Award for his leading role in this 1993 movie of the Holocaust. Although Neeson did not win his category, the movie took seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Can you name the film?
3. Clint Eastwood played bounty hunter Tommy Nowak chasing a woman across the country in this action/adventure/comedy, generally regarded as not one of his best movies despite a cast that included noted actors like Bernadette Peters, Geoffrey Lewis and Mike Farrell. What lackluster Eastwood movie was released in May 1989?
4. Although Helen Hunt has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, it was not for this movie, which nevertheless was a huge box-office success. Co-starring Bill Paxton, what action/adventure thriller featured Hunt more or less calmly reporting, "Cow-'nother cow," in the midst of chaos?
5. Morgan Freeman portrayed an evil military man in this adaptation of a Stephen King novel replete with much bloody horror. The story involved four grown men who have been friends since childhood and share telepathic ability. On an annual hunting trip into the woods they encounter a threat that must be stopped if the world is to survive. Can you name the movie?
6. Marilyn Monroe played Chèrie, a café singer in this 1956 comedy-drama about a cowboy who falls for her character and kidnaps her, intending to bring her home to Montana to marry her. What was the movie?
7. John Wayne had many famous female co-stars in his long career, but in only one movie was he lucky enough to share the spotlight with Katharine Hepburn. Can you name the sequel to "True Grit", in which the protagonist is on the hunt for nefarious bandits and stolen explosives, hindered by the company of an uppity woman?
8. Greg Kinnear has graced a number of hit movies with his presence in substantial roles- "As Good As It Gets" and "Little Miss Sunshine", to name a couple. In which 1998 film did he portray Meg Ryan's slowly-fading love interest as she battles to save her small business, in the face of competition from a huge chain enterprise?
9. Brooke Shields' early career was marked by her playing sensual/sexualized parts in several movies. Which of them, a tale of young innocence and forbidden love in Paradise, was filmed in Fiji when she was just 14?
10. Johnny Depp has played a wide variety of characters since his acting career took off in the 1980s, but can you tell me, matey, for which series of swashbuckling adventure films has he enjoyed the greatest commercial success?
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