Oct. 2021 Entertainment News Round-Up Super Quiz

Following Alec Baldwin's accidental killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Joel Souza's "Rust" on Oct. 21, 2021, a new petition calls for the creation of Halyna's Law. The law would "ban the use of real firearms on film production sets and create a safe working environment for everyone involved." Actors Olivia Wilde, Holland Taylor, and others have tweeted their support for the petition.

Adele's last album, 25, was released in 2015. The album sold more than 3.5 million copies in the UK, making it the country's 14th best-selling record of all time.

What is Adele 30?

Adele's 2021 "divorce album" is titled 30 - a follow-up to her successful albums 19, 21, and 25. The album was released on Nov. 19, 2021, with the first single, "Easy On Me," streaming on Oct. 15. Within 12 hours, fans had streamed it 12 million times.

What was unique about Adele's 2021 PR campaign?

Adele's team changed her Twitter and Instagram images on Oct. 5, 2021, and uploaded a new music video for the first time since 2016. Her team replaced Adele's old website with a link urging fans to sign up for information, raising speculation that she is about to release her first new music since 2015's "25" album. Over the weekend, the number 30 was projected onto the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Amsterdam's Nemo Museum, and New York's Empire State Building. The logo reportedly appeared in Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, and the UK. Although not officially confirmed as being linked to Adele, the images appear to use the font featured on her previous albums.

Netflix’s “Squid Game” was famously produced in South Korea. The series started streaming on Sept. 17, 2021, and soon became Netflix’s No. 1 show.

What’s going on in the “Squid Game”?

“Squid Game” is a Netflix nine-part series that describes a fictional competition where contestants are forced to play elaborately staged and deadly versions of childhood games for cash prizes. Critics say the show taps South Korea’s worries about expensive housing and scarce jobs.

William Shatner was born on Mar. 22, 1931, which makes him 90 years old in 2021.

Is William Shatner the oldest person in space?

Photo: Blue Origin

William Shatner became the oldest person to travel to space as he joined the four-person crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Oct. 13, 2021. The "Star Trek" actor is flying as a guest of Blue Origin. The company says it has also sold nearly $100 million in tickets to paying customers. Pioneering woman aviator Wally Funk, 82, was the oldest person to reach space when she joined Bezos on the July 2021 flight.

Before becoming NCIS agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Mark Harmon was a medical doctor in the ‘80s medical drama St. Elsewhere and ‘90s Chicago Hope.

Is Mark Harmon leaving NCIS?

Monday’s, Oct. 11, 2021, episode of NCIS was Mark Harmon’s final leading the long-running CBS procedural. He exits the show after 18 years of playing agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, dating back to the character’s introduction to the legal drama JAG in 2003.

Daniel Craig has been portraying James Bond for 15 Years and five movies.

What’s Daniel Craig’s final James Bond Film?

Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007 is coming to a close on “No Time to Die,” which opens in the U.S. on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.  The film suffered a 16-month delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mark Hamilton of the UK band Ash was the youngest performer to headline Glastonbury Festival. He was approximately 20 years and three months old when the group replaced Steve Winwood as the headliner in 1997. Ash frontman Tim Wheeler was 20 years and five months at the time.

Who is the youngest SOLO artist to headline the Glastonbury festival?

Billie Eilish became the youngest solo artist ever to headline the Glastonbury festival when she topped the bill at the 2022 festival, Glastonbury festival. Eilish was the first headliner announced for the 2022 festival after producers canceled the 2020 and 2021 events due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Eilish teased the news on her Instagram account.

How old was Billie Eilish in Glastonbury 2in 022?

Eilish was 20 years and six months old when she headlined the Glastonbury festival on Friday, June 24, 2022.

Jon Kent is the new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. The character was introduced in 2015 as Superboy before being encouraged by his father to become the new Superman.

Is Superman coming out?

DC Comics announced Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, that Jon Kent and his friend Jay would share a kiss in a story published next month. That same-sex relationship continues several behaviors that make Jon Kent a different Superman. Since the new series, Superman: Son of Kal-El, began in July 2021, Jon has combated wildfires caused by climate change and protested the deportation of refugees.

For 80 years, Superman has been fighting for ‘truth, justice, and the American way.’ In 2021 DC Comics decided to give the old motto a new ending.

What’s Superman’s new motto?

On Oct. 16, 2021, DC Comics announced Superman’s new motto, “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow,” removing the “American way” part from the Man of Steel’s mantra. The changes aim to offer a broader, more global vision for the world of the famed superhero.

Coldplay's 2021 album "Music of the Spheres" includes a collaboration with BTS ("My Universe," which has topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart) and with Selena Gomez ("Let Somebody Go").

How Many "Music of the Spheres" songs are titled with an emoji?

Five of the album's 12 songs use emojis as titles: "Music of the Spheres" (stylized as 🪐), "Alien Choir" (stylized as✨), "Human Heart" (stylized as 💓), "Music of the Spheres II" (stylized as 🌎), and "Infinity Sign" (stylized as ∞).

Who produced Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres"?

The album, released Oct. 15, 2021, was produced by Swedish Max Martin, responsible for record-breaking recordings by Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and The Weekend. Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, behind only Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

Peacock's "Unidentified with Demi Lovato" is a four-part series that follows Lovato's exploration of UFOs, as well as their attempt to make contact with alien life. Watch the trailer.

Is Alien a derogatory term?

In a recent interview with Pedestrian.TV, Demi Lovato said, "I think that we have to stop calling them aliens because aliens is a derogatory term for anything," and added, "that's why I like to call them ETs." The term "aliens" has been under debate in recent years, as many deem it derogatory to use toward illegal immigrants.

New York real estate heir Robert Durst, 78, received a sentence of life in prison without a chance of parole Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, for the murder of his best friend Susan Berman in December 2000. Durst was arrested in 2015 following his decision to participate in The Jinx, a documentary that unearthed new evidence and caught him in a stunning confession.

Did Robert Durst serve his sentence?

On Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, just two days after Durst was sentenced, his defense attorney Dick DeGuerin said Durst was admitted to the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. DeGuerin told multiple media outlets that Durst is on a ventilator. The convicted real-estate heir died in a hospital lockup on Jan. 10, 2022, aged 78.

Michael Caine was born on Mar. 14, 1933 - which makes him 88 in 2021.

Is Michael Caine retiring?

In an extended interview with The Guardian’s Xan Brooks, published Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, the veteran actor says: “I can’t walk, let alone run, and I’m more or less done with movies now.” Caine ads “I’ve done 150 movies. I think I’ve done enough.” IMDB actually lists 176 titles under Michael Caine’s actor filmography, including Now You See Me 3, which is yet to be filmed.

Marvel Studios' "Eternals" premiered on Oct. 18, 2021. Directed by the record-breaking Chloe Zhao ("Nomadland"), "Eternals" features the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first deaf character in Lauren Ridloff's Makkari. The movie was released on Nov. 5, 2021, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.

Among the celebrities that Katie Couric sights in her new memoir "Going There", is Prince Harry, who Couric writes that the smell of cigarettes and alcohol seemed to "ooze from every pore" in his body. The two met at a polo match in Brazil during what she describes as his "wild-oats sowing phase."

Who else gets dissed by Couric in Going There?

In her new book, Katie Couric describes how Prince Andrew cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein at a bizarre dinner at his New York mansion, which she calls "Eyes Wide Shut with a twist - creepy chandeliers and body-part art." She recalls a 15-minute date with Michael Jackson, whose hand felt like a "dead fish" when she shook it. She also says she didn't realize the extent to which her former Today co-host, Matt Lauer, committed sexual misconduct at work.

Oscar and Grammy award-winning actor Jamie Foxx, 53, shares his parenting lessons in his new book “Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me” from Grand Central Publishing. Foxx has two daughters, Corinne, now 27, an actor and producer, and 13-year-old Anelise.

Alan Cumming's 2014 best seller's title was Not My Father's Son and focused on his earlier life.

What's in the new Alan Cumming memoir?

The story opens in 1994 as his nearly eight-year marriage to the English actor Hilary Lyon is dissolving and ends with Cumming's second marriage to the American illustrator Grant Shaffer. In between, Cumming comes to terms with his painful childhood, described in his previous memoir.

Did Alan Cumming use Ecstasy?

Cumming described in the book a period in his life when he used Ecstasy, including on the night he won a Tony Award for "Cabaret." According to him, the drug was a form of "self-prescribed anti-anxiety medication... and it worked." Watch Alan Cumming's interview on CBS Mornings.

Questlove is a founding member of The Roots, the Philadelphia hip-hop group that peaked in the 1990s and now serves as the house band for “The Tonight Show.”

What’s the subject of Questlove’s new book?

“Music Is History,” Questlove’s latest book, was written with the novelist and journalist Ben Greenman. It examines why some works of art become a part of the historical record while others fade from view.

Adrien Brody was 29-years-343-days-old when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in 2002's The Pianist, making him the youngest recipient ever to win the award.

Is Adrien Brody in Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch?

Adrien Brody stars alongside Bill Murrey in Wes Anderson's 2021 movie, The French Dispatch. The film is an ode to print journalism, and a tribute to the New Yorker magazine, with the editor portrayed by Bill Murray. Tilda Swinton portrays an art critic, Frances McDormand plays a writer who does a deep-dive into a student revolutionary scene, and Brody plays an art dealer who tries to make an international art star out of a twice-convicted murderer (Benicio Del Toro). Watch the trailer.

In 2021, Brendan Fraser, the former Mummy star, landed the lead role in Darren Aronofsky’s next film, The Whale. Martin Scorsese cast him for a key role in his next movie, Killers of the Flower Moon (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro). He also acted on Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move.

Brendan Fraser and Batgirl

According to industry news site Deadline, Brendan Fraser is joining Warner Bros and DC Films’ Batgirl. Fraser would play the supervillain Firefly in the movie. American singer Leslie Grace (In the Heights) will play Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, aka Batgirl.

Gunther was the Central Perk barista who had a crush on Rachel in Friends. James Michael Tyler, who starred as Gunther in the sitcom, died on Oct. 24, 2021, at the age of 59, from prostate cancer. Tyler appeared in almost 150 episodes of the comedy.