March 2022 Entertainment News Super Quiz

In a photo shoot for the March issue cover of British Vogue, Naomi Campbell, 51, appears with her baby daughter. Campbell announced the arrival of her daughter on Instagram in May 2021 and confirmed to the magazine that she was not adopted.

Pictured is The Basket of Flowers Egg – one of 57 surviving jeweled eggs created by the jewelry firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, during the rule of the Russian Empire. Emperor Nicholas II gave the Basket of Flowers Egg to his wife, Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, on Easter Day, Apr. 1, 1901. British Consort Queen Mary acquired the Egg in 1933.

Was The Basket of Flowers Egg stolen?

Oh no. But a replica of the famed Fabergé egg was one of £150,000 worth of items taken during an overnight raid on Netflix’s The Crown production site near Doncaster in Feb. 2022. The multi-award-winning show is currently shooting its fifth season and will air at the end of 2022.

Krypto the Superdog is Superman’s pet dog. The canine character has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films, including his own 2005 Cartoon Network series and as a live-action character on The CW’s Smallville. Dwayne Johnson voices Krypto the Superdog in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets, released on May 20, 2022. Watch its hilarious Batman (dog) trailer to find the Batdog’s name. 

The Bolshoi Theatre is located in Moscow, Russia.

Did the Bolshoi Theatre’s music director resign over the war in Ukraine?

The Bolshoi Theatre’s music director and principal conductor, Tugan Sokhiev, announced his resignation on March 6, 2022. He has also left his equivalent position at France’s Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, saying he decided to resign after “being forced to face the impossible option of choosing between my beloved Russian and beloved French musicians.” Sokhiev did not say whether he backs Russia’s actions in Ukraine but stated, “I have never supported, and I will always be against any conflicts in any shape and form.”

Directed by Domee Shi, Turning Red is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a woman – with an almost entirely female crew. The film’s protagonist, 13-year-old Meilin Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), is a Chinese-Canadian eighth-grader in the throes of puberty. The film was released on March 11, 2022.

Who was the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio?

Brenda Chapman, co-director of Pixar’s Brave (2012), became the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio in 1998 when she helmed DreamWorks Animation’s The Prince of Egypt.

Pamela Anderson portrayed Roxie Hart between April 12-June 5, 2022, in the Broadway production musical “Chicago” at the New York Ambassador Theatre. Dozens of women have played the heroine of “Chicago” since the show opened in 1996, including Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Lisa Rinna, and Ashlee Simpson. Renée Zellweger famously portrayed the character in Chicago’s 2002 Oscar-winning film adaptation.

Arthur – the longest-running children’s animated series on American television – ended its 25 years and more than 250 episodes run on PBS on Feb. 21, 2022. The series’s final episode provides viewers a glimpse of what Arthur and his friends grow up to be. The Arthur characters will live on in a new podcast, games, and digital shorts, while reruns of the series will continue on PBS Kids.

Jimmy Kimmel was the host of the 2018 Oscars – which have gone hostless ever since Kevin Hart dropped out of the 2019 ceremony, refusing to apologize for jokes considered homophobic.

Who’s hosting the 2022 Oscars?

Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes will host the 2022 Academy Awards, Variety reported on Feb. 14, 2022. The academy officially announced the hosts on Feb. 15’s “Good Morning America.” The 94th Academy Awards is on Mar. 27, 2022.

Patrick Stewart is Professor X, AKA Charles Xavier, on Marvel’s X-Men movie series. Stewart is returning to the role he presumably left when the character died in 2017’s “Logan.” Marvel Studios released its first official trailer for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” during the Super Bowl on Feb. 13, 2022. In the video, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is put on trial, with Stewart as Charles Xavier leading the court. Watch the trailer.

William Hurt won the best-actor Oscar for the 1985 film “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” “Children of a Lesser God” and “Broadcast News” earned him best-actor Oscar nominations in 1983 and 1984, meaning he was nominated for the award in three consecutive years. Hurt died at his home in Portland, Oregon, on March 13, 2022. He was 71.