Which movie won a best actress Oscar for Cher?
Moonstruck
Mermaids
Mask
Silkwood
The 1992 Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner film The Bodyguard was almost made in 1975. Which famous female singer was in line for Whitney's role?
Nina Simone
Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Diana Ross
And the Kris Kristofferson role in the 1976 version of A Star is Born was originally offered to Elvis Presley. Why did the King say "No, sir"?
He was too proud to play the role of a rock star on the slide
He disliked co-star Barbra Streisand and refused to work with her
He misheard the film's title and believed it to be about tennis champion Bjorn Borg
Elvis's doctor convinced him that he was too frail to suffer the rigours of a movie shoot
What outlandish role did Mick Jagger play in the 1997 Nazi movie Bent?
Greta, the transvestite host at a gay orgy in old Berlin
Klaus, a gay university professor who finds himself persecuted by the Nazis
Dieter, a high-ranking officer in the Gestapo who keeps pigeons
Hans, a stony-faced guard at the concentration camp
The classic horse's-head-in-the-bed scene from The Godfather is rumoured to be based on the true-life case of a singer who employed some underhand methods in order to be cast in a movie. Name the singer and the movie he subsequently starred in
Cliff Richard in Expresso Bongo
Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity
Dean Martin in Ocean's Eleven
Bing Crosby in The Road to Morocco
Kristin Scott Thomas made her film debut in a rock-star vanity project that was dismissed by critic Leonard Maltin as "a triumph of self-adoration and overall embarrassment". Name the film and the singer she was cast opposite
Hearts of Fire, opposite Bob Dylan
Under the Cherry Moon, opposite Prince
Dangerous Game, opposite Madonna
Freejack, opposite Mick Jagger
In 1985 Madonna unsuccessfully sued to prevent the release of her film debut. Name the film and why she objected to it
Shanghai Surprise, which she attempted to scupper after her acrimonious break-up with husband - and co-star - Sean Penn
A Certain Sacrifice, a low-budget exploitation flick which was made in her pre-fame days and featured the Material Girl as a sexed-up, streetwise teen about town
Vision Quest which intercut a scene in which she sings Crazy For You with shots of a cow giving birth
Desperately Seeking Susan, the credits for which placed her name below that of co-star Rosanna Arquette
Which of these old rockers did NOT appear in the critically panned Spice Girls picture?
Bill Wyman
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Meat Loaf
The Antonia Bird thriller Face handed a supporting slot to a certain star of Britpop. Name the star and the role he played
Damon Albarn playing a nerdish young criminal who likes listening to his Walkman
Richard Ashcroft playing a Notting Hill fishmonger whose shop is a front for an illegal numbers racket
Liam Gallagher playing a slouching night club bouncer with a reckless cocaine habit
Jarvis Cocker playing a foppish gangster who quotes Lorca before bumping off his victims
The rapper sometimes known as Eminem enjoyed a critical welcome for his 'debut' in 8 Mile. But what was the name of his real screen debut?
BMX Bandits, alongside Nicole Kidman
7 Mile, the first film in the series
Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books
Da Hip Hop Witch
Bonus question: Why are S Club no longer known as S Club 7?
The youngest of them turned eight years old
Punters who bought their eponymous debut album kept pestering record shops for the previous six
There are only six of them and it no longer seemed appropriate
They were fed up being quoted as a miscarriage of justice
