2020 Endless Entertainment Lockdown Quiz

That’s right. Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, John Oliver, and many other talents started their career on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Stewart is returning to the host chair, after a long five-year break, in a new Apple TV show planned for 2021. 

Watch Jon Stewart’s 2020 movie, Irresistible, starring Steve Carell!

“Baby Shark,” The wildly popular children’s song, has become the most viewed clip in YouTube’s history.  The nursery rhyme “Baby Shark” gained international fame after a 10-year-old Korean-American singer, Hope Segoine, recorded a version of it in 2016.

Very Nice! The Kazakh tourism board launched a new campaign in October 2020, adopting Borat’s viral catchphrase “Very nice!” as their official slogan. The campaign shows tourists exploring Kazakhstan’s local food, landscapes, markets, and cities, and then say some variation of: “Wow, very nice!”. Watch the ad.

Exactly. Kim Kardashian West celebrated her 40th birthday on a private island. She posted a series of photos from her celebration to Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. ‘After two weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time,’ she wrote in a caption that became an instant meme.

Keep Up With the Kardashians!

Netflix removed Dave Chappelle’s comedy sketch series Chappelle’s Show after the comedian requested them to do so. Chappelle claims he “never got paid” after leaving the ViacomCBS-owned show.

 

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‘They (ViacomCBS) didn’t have to pay me because I signed the contract,’ Chappelle said in a video he posted on Instagram, Nov. 24, 2020. ‘But is that right? Perfectly legal ‘cause I signed the contract. But is that right? I didn’t think so either. That’s why I like working for Netflix. When I found out they were streaming ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ I was furious. I called them and I told them that this makes me feel bad. And you want to know what they did? They agreed that they would take it off their platform just so I could feel better.‘

• Watch Dave Chappelle host SNL!

Exactly! Singer George Michael bought the piano on which John Lennon composed the song Imagine in 2000. His estate lent the famous piano to be displayed at Liverpool’s Strawberry Field.

That’s right! The new Dune film stars Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Jason Momoa, and Oscar Isaac. It includes two parts – the first of which will be in theaters on December 18th, 2020.

Jennifer Lopez won her Razzie Redeemer award for her 2020 movie Hustlers, which she also produced. It also won her a few critics awards this year. The Hollywood actress/singer/dancer and all-around-star was in tears after the 2020 US election was called for Biden and Harris.

“I’m just crying tears of joy. It is an amazing amazing day. God bless everybody.” – @JLo

Jennifer Lopez’s reaction to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being announced at the next President and Vice President. pic.twitter.com/aM6V3xoquv

— The Cruz Show (@TheCruzShow) November 7, 2020

• Watch JLo’s electrifying performance on Hustlers.

Exactly. Hugh Grant, who was a huge Rom-Com star in the ‘90s, and was married to Elizabeth Hurley (but appeared beside her in just one Spanish thriller in the ‘80s), is back starring opposite Nicole Kidman in HBO’s new David E Kelly drama, The Undoing.

Watch The Undoing now.

R.I.P. Alex Trebek, who hosted the American quiz show Jeopardy! for over 30 years. Trebek announced in 2019 that he had advanced pancreatic cancer. He passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020.  On Jeopardy!, contestants famously have to begin their answers with the phrase: ‘Who is’ or ‘What is.’

• Read and Listen: The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life, written and narrated by Alex Trebek.

John Lennon was murdered near his apartment in New York in December 1980, at the age of 40. Had he lived, he would have celebrated 80 on October 9, 2020.

 “GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES” includes 36 tracks hand-picked by Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon, who serve as executive producer and producer on the project. They worked closely with engineer and mixer Paul Hicks to maintain the essence of the songs, which were completely remixed.

True. Johnny Depp lost his libel action in London against the Sun, after the newspaper described him as a “wife-beater.” In his ruling, the judge said he has ‘examined in detail the 14 incidents on which the defendants rely,‘ adding: ‘In those circumstances, parliament has said that a defendant has a complete defense.’

Bad Bunny amassed 8.3bn streams on Spotify in 2020, making him the most streamed artists globally. The Puerto Rican star’s second album YHLQMDLG notched up 3.3 billion streams, followed by The Weeknd’s After Hours and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding. 

• Stream Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG on Amazon Music.

In his new memoir, “Greenlights,” “Dallas Buyers Club” star Matthew McConaughey tells the story of his life through moments he identifies as green, yellow, or red lights — events that caused him to advance, pause or stop.

Get Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (Free on Amazon Audible, $14.99)

Exactly. Mads Mikkelsen is set to replace Johnny Depp in the third installment of the JK Rowling-scripted fantasy series, Fantastic Beasts. Mikkelsen was born in Denmark. His first English speaking role was in the James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). 

• Watch Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter, on Hannibal.

Exactly. Danbury’s City Council voted to rename its sewage plant “The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” following an expletive-filled rant against the city on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in August. Oliver offered to donate $55,000 to local charities if Danbury actually followed through with the idea, which they did.

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