Weekly News Quiz: Ratajkowski reveals, Los Angeles cheers, Cartoon havoc

During an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, Sacha Baron Cohen told Colbert Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was the first movie for which he had to wear a bullet-proof vest while filming. Watch the interview.

True.

Top Turkish officials condemned a caricature scorning President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Turkish presidential communications director, Fahrettin Altun, tweeted: “We condemn this most disgusting effort by this publication to spread its cultural racism and hatred.” Just two days earlier, Erdogan called for a boycott of French products.

Judith Sheindlin was a New York family court judge before she became TV’s Judge Judy in 1996. Starting 2021, the 78-year-old tough-talking TV judge is moving her show to Amazon’s IMDbTV ad-supported free streaming platform, available in the US only. US broadcaster CBS will still be showing reruns of the show in the upcoming two years.

Iggy Azalea moved to the United States from Sydney, Australia, at the age of 16. On Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, she posted the first photo of her and her newborn son on Instagram.

Watch Iggy Azalea Live in 2013 on Amazon Prime. 

Correct. David Bowie launched his Ziggy Stardust persona in 1972. The trailer for the new IFC biopic Stardust, depicting Bowie’s career, is out. Take a look.

Watch HBO’s documentary David Bowie: The Last Five Years.

That’s right. Model Emily Ratajkowski published a well-received article about her experiences as a young model in the New York Magazine, September 2020. She then announced her pregnancy with a personal essay published online by Vogue in October 2020. In her more recent essay, Ratajkowski noted, “We won’t know the gender (of her baby) until our child is 18.” It looks like the beginning of a brilliant writing career.

Watch Emily Ratajkowski’s Pregnancy Reveal Video by Lena Dunham.

Watch The Getaway with Emily Ratajkowski and Aaron Paul 

Miles Taylor was a top official at the Department of Homeland Security. He is better known as ‘‘Anonymous’, the writer of a New York Times column, claiming to be part of a group of “like-minded colleagues” intent on bringing down the Trump administration from the inside. Taylor revealed himself to be ‘Anonymous‘ on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020.

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.

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!

That’s right. Netflix released its new George Clooney movie trailer. Clooney both stars and directed the film Midnight Sky, which was released on Netflix on Dec. 23rd, 2020.

• Watch Clooney star opposite Ryan Gosling on The Ides of March.