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Hollywood excess

The off-screen lifestyles of Hollywood's rich and famous can be more lurid than their on-screen antics. Answer our 10 questions about cinematic self-indulgence and find out whether you're Betty Ford or Harrison Ford

Question 1 What earned James Dean the nickname "The Human Ashtray"?
 
  He was never without a spliff
  He was aroused by having cigarettes stubbed out on his bare skin
  He smoked 60 cigarettes a day
  He would swallow the contents of ashtrays at parties
 
Question 2 What was Errol Flynn's renowned party piece?
 
  Pretending to saw one of the guests in half
  Playing the piano with his penis
  Painting an impromptu fresco of a scene from the party
  Engaging in hideous contortions
 
Question 3 Which bad boy, when it was revealed in court during the trial of madam Heidi Fleiss that he'd spent $60,000 on prostitutes, replied: "Kinda mounts up, doesn't it?"?
 
  Rob Lowe
  Brad Pitt
  Christian Slater
  Charlie Sheen
 
Question 4 When director Michael Cimino was shooting the huge flop Heaven's Gate in 1980, how much was the filming alone costing per day?
 
  $100,000
  $450,000
  $200,000
  $50,000
 
Question 5 Which star demanded that a hotel suite in which they were to be photographed was repainted (in peach)?
 
  Laura Dern
  Bruce Willis
  Sylvester Stallone
  Sigourney Weaver
 
Question 6 Which actress, upset that her many suitcases had been stowed on top of each other instead of side by side, demanded - and got - a larger private jet?
 
  Sharon Stone
  Melanie Griffith
  Demi Moore
  Michelle Pfeiffer
 
Question 7 Who once bought 2,615 tickets for a baseball game in the hope that this would increase his chance of catching a home run?
 
  Paul Newman
  Al Pacino
  Charlie Sheen
  Robert Duvall
 
Question 8 Who had the bathroom in their house converted to an exact replica of a tiny airplane bathroom?
 
  Billy Crystal
  Martin Scorsese
  Woody Allen
  Barbara Streisand
 
Question 9 Scientology, whose celebrity followers include Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and John Travolta, was founded by L Ron Hubbard. What was one of Hubbard's central beliefs?
 
  An alien named Gadrok was trapped in the earth's core 100m years ago, but he will escape in the year 2020
  Aliens control Hollywood and films contain coded messages that are beamed to distant worlds
  75m years ago, an alien named Xenu imprisoned enemy aliens inside volcanoes on earth, and then destroyed them
  Giant spacecraft, flown by creatures called Epsilons, are in constant orbit around earth, ready to take believers to a better world
 
Question 10 Why was U-571 star Matthew McConaughey arrested late last year?
 
  Following complaints by neighbours, a policeman found the actor, his then-girlfriend Sandra Bullock and Woody Harrelson screaming with laughter as they watched videos of Mork and Mindy. A large quantity of angel dust was discovered on the nearby kitchen table
  Following complaints of screaming coming from his garden, a policeman found two women in a "state of undress" who claimed the actor had stolen their clothes and shut them out of the house
  Following complaints of loud music emanating from his property, a policeman found the actor nude, playing bongo drums, with various items of stoner paraphernalia about the place
  Following complaints of loud music emanating from his property, a policeman found the actor nude, playing air guitar along to a Metallica CD
 
 


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