The 84th Annual Academy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday. In addition to Best Motion Picture of the Year, Achievement in Directing and others, some of the most anticipated awards go to the actors and actresses.
Are you up on your celebrity gossip? Can you guess this true and false trivia about some of the actors and actresses nominated for this year’s honors? (The show will be televised on Sunday, February 26 at 7 eastern on ABC.)
True or False
1. Glenn Close, nominated for Best Actress for her role in “Albert Nobbs,” was considered one of the worst dressed at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California.
2. Melissa McCarthy, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Bridesmaids,” has made an impact as a chubby comedienne and has never wanted to be thin.
3. George Clooney, nominated for Best Actor for his role in “The Descendants,” latest girlfriend is Stacy Keibler. The former pro wrestler thinks it’s funny when Clooney plays pranks on her.
4. Rooney Mara, nominated for Best Actress for her role in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” did not have pleasant things to say about her “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” days.
5. Octavia Spencer, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Help,” was once a roommate of the movie’s director, Tate Taylor.
6. Jonah Hill, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Moneyball,” considers the Kardashian TV shows a “guilty pleasure.”
Answers
1. False – Close, who is 64, was considered striking in black velvet, and was one of the best dressed.
2. False – The 41-year-old “Mike and Molly” star is having an outstanding year, but her size has bothered her at times. “Do I sometimes hope I wake up in the morning and people are like, ‘What’s wrong with her? She looks so emaciated.’ Of course I would love that.”
3. False – Clooney loves to joke, but Keibler doesn’t like it when the 50-year-old actor jokes on her. “We have a rule that he is not allowed to play pranks on me,” said Keibler.
4. True – The 26-year-old actress did not like her character or story line when she appeared as a guest on the show. “It was so awful. So stupid,” the actress said. “[In the episode] me and my boyfriend-although I don’t look old enough to have a boyfriend-went and beat up these fat people, and at the end of the show you find out that I used to be obese and I hate fat people. It’s ridiculous.”
5. True – Spencer, the 39-year-old actress known for her supporting roles in movies such as “Drag Me to Hell,” was once roommates with the director of “The Help.” “Yeah, and our next-door neighbor is the producer, Brunson Green. My relationship with Tate dates back to the summer of 1995, and Brunson I met the winter of 1996. So yeah, it’s a very incestuous group.”
6. False – The 28-year-old “Superbad” actor called the show “disgusting.” “The truth of it is, I have friends who work in TV and the Kardashians get higher ratings than their TV shows. Shows that people actually work hard on; writing, and creating, and trying to tell stories. The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like ‘Mad Men’ is disgusting.”
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