April 2021 Entertainment Round-Up Super Quiz

Anthony Hopkins won the best actor Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday, April 25, 2021. Hopkins, 83, became the oldest ever acting Oscar winner. The honor was previously held by the late Christopher Plummer, 82 when he won for Beginners in 2011.

What role did Hopkins win the Oscar for in 2021?

Anthony Hopkins won for his performance as an elderly man with dementia in "The Father," directed by French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller.

What was Hopkins's previous Oscar win?

Anthony Hopkins won the best actor Oscar in 1994 for his role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent band member until the English musician Atticus Ross officially joined the band in 2016.

Which Oscars have they won?

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won their second Oscar for "Soul" in 2021, a little over a decade after their first win for "The Social Network." They took the prize with Jon Batiste for Best Original Score for their collective work on the Pixar film.

“Your Power,” Billie Eilish’s first music video from her 2021 sophomore album “Happier Than Ever,” features a snake (serpent) slowly constricting her.

What is Billie Eilish exploring in “Your Power”?

The song features the lyrics, “And you swear you didn’t know / You said you thought she was your age / How dare you? / Will you only feel bad if it turns out that they kill your contract?”. Eilish accompanied it with a personal Instagram message: “I feel very vulnerable putting this one out because I hold it so close to my heart. This is about many different situations that we’ve all either witnessed or experienced. I hope this can inspire change.” Watch the video on YouTube.

Small Axe, Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982, won an impressive 15 nominations at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards June 6 ceremony.

What about The Crown?

The Crown is the second most nominated TV show for the 2021 BAFTA TV awards, receiving ten nominations.

Miranda Lambert held onto her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history in Sunday’s April 18, 2021, ceremony. Maren Morris won Female artist of the year.

Any notable performances?

Besides Lambert’s performances, Carrie Underwood performed in the 2021 ACMs with gospel legend CeCe Winans.

Famously a late bloomer, comedian Ricky Gervais turned 60 on June 25, 2021.

What's new?

Ricky Gervais has confirmed the third series of "After Life" started filming on Monday, April 19, 2021. "After Life" 's third and final series hits Netflix by the end of 2021.

Guccio Gucci founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, Italy.

What’s new?

Guccio Gucci’s great-grandchildren are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on the 1995 murder-for-hire of one of Gucci’s grandchildren, Maurizio, and the subsequent trial and conviction of his ex-wife.

What’s Lady Gaga’s role in “The House of Gucci”?

In “The House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, Gaga will portray Patrizia Reggiani, who served 16 years in prison for contracting the murder of ex-husband Maurizio Gucci.

BOP, originally an early modern jazz style, AKA bebop, is now a slang word describing a great song with an excellent beat.

New fact:

Taylor Swift' started releasing some previously unreleased songs as part of her From the Vault collection. On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Swift released Mr. Perfectly Fine, a song she wrote in 2008, assumingly about ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas.

What’s Sophie Turner’s got to do with Taylor Swift?

Actress Sophie Turner (forever Sansa Stark of Game of Thrones fame), now married to the same Joe Jonas, apparently liked the song a lot, as she tweeted a link to it tagging Taylor Swift, saying the tune is “not NOT a bop." Watch & Listen to Mr. Perfectly Fine.

The Problem with Jon Stewart is Jon Stewart's new Apple TV+ series.

When will The Problem with Jon Stewart air?

Legendary former The Daily Show host Jon Stewart will host and executive produce the new current events series, which premieres in the fall of 2021. Each weekly episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart will be an hour-long. The show will also feature a companion podcast series.

Bonus Question: Which current event shows feature former "The Daily Show" correspondents?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore's Wilmore, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee are hosted by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart alumni. Of course, The Daily Show itself continues with Trevor Noah.

Contrary to recent reports, Sylvester Stallone has not joined Donald Trump's private Mar-A-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where the Trumps live since leaving Washington DC. Despite previously visiting Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve in 2016 and those mentioned recent reports, a spokeswoman for Stallone stated on April 15, 2021, that Stallone  "has never been and is not now a member of Mar-a-Lago as has been falsely reported. He was an invited dinner guest at the Club but is not himself a member there."

Bonus Question: Of which Florida club is Sylvester Stallone, a member?

"He is, however, a member of the Breakers Club in Palm Beach," the statement continued (for an unexplained reason).

The Hitman’s Bodyguard was a 2017 box office hit starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek.

What’s new?

The first trailer for "Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard," featuring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel Jackson, and Salma Hayek in the title role, was released on April 13, 2021. Watch it here.

When is “The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" released?

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard premiers on June 16, 2021.

Warwick Davis is the host of Tenable, a UK daytime game show. Davis has been at the helm of ITV’s Tenable since its debut in 2016.

What’s new?

Tenable’s long-time host, Warwick Davis, will be sharing his presenting duties from now on with Coronation Street and Mount Pleasant star Sally Lindsay.

Why is Warwick Davis missing from Tenable?

Davis is to star in an upcoming sequel to Ron Howard’s dark fantasy film Willow, which was announced for Disney Plus last year. As Tenable airs daily, this would pose a scheduling conflict, avoided by sharing the host duties.