12-11-2021, 12:18 PM
Last - Anthony Hopkins won the big battle of this set knocking out James Coburn.
Next - The big names keep on coming. Good practice for round 2 which will be much tougher.
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Results:
James Coburn 3 v 7 Anthony Hopkins
Edie Falco 1 v 8 Frances McDormand
Ben Stiller 0 v 9 Ryan Reynolds
Kristen Bell 3 v 7 Brendan Gleeson
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Round 1 - Matches 221 - 224
Olivia Colman - Born on the same date as Christian Bale. They both were nominated for Oscar in 2019 and she won. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469236/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Marilyn Monroe - Was an outstanding player on the Hollygrove Orphanage softball team. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000054/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Toni Collette - Played the mother for both Haley Joel Osment and Abigail Breslin in their Oscar nominated roles (The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006)).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001057/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Robert Shaw - Twice portrayed a villain opposite a hero played by Sean Connery. The first was that of SPECTRE killer Donald Grant in From Russia with Love (1963) opposite Connery as secret agent James Bond 007. The second was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin and Marian (1976) opposite Connery as aging forest archer Robin Hood.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001727/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Ewan McGregor - When filming in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), he kept imitating the noise of the lightsabre during his fights. George Lucas explained many times that this would be added in by the special effects people later on. Ewan said "I keep getting carried away.".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000191/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Stanley Tucci - First introduced to wife-to-be Felicity Blunt at the wedding of her sister Emily Blunt and John Krasinski which was celebrated at George Clooney's estate on Lake Como, Italy (July 2010). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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John C. Reilly - Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for his role as Oliver Hardy in Stan & Ollie (2018). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000604/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_
Vincent Price - Had his own mail-order book club in the 1970s, "Vincent Price Books", specializing in mystery and detective novels.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 57 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 58 arrives.
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Olivia Colman v Marilyn Monroe
Toni Collette v Robert Shaw
Ewan McGregor v Stanley Tucci
John C. Reilly v Vincent Price
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Next - The big names keep on coming. Good practice for round 2 which will be much tougher.
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Results:
James Coburn 3 v 7 Anthony Hopkins
Edie Falco 1 v 8 Frances McDormand
Ben Stiller 0 v 9 Ryan Reynolds
Kristen Bell 3 v 7 Brendan Gleeson
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Round 1 - Matches 221 - 224
Olivia Colman - Born on the same date as Christian Bale. They both were nominated for Oscar in 2019 and she won. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469236/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Marilyn Monroe - Was an outstanding player on the Hollygrove Orphanage softball team. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000054/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Toni Collette - Played the mother for both Haley Joel Osment and Abigail Breslin in their Oscar nominated roles (The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006)).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001057/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Robert Shaw - Twice portrayed a villain opposite a hero played by Sean Connery. The first was that of SPECTRE killer Donald Grant in From Russia with Love (1963) opposite Connery as secret agent James Bond 007. The second was the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin and Marian (1976) opposite Connery as aging forest archer Robin Hood.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001727/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Ewan McGregor - When filming in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), he kept imitating the noise of the lightsabre during his fights. George Lucas explained many times that this would be added in by the special effects people later on. Ewan said "I keep getting carried away.".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000191/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Stanley Tucci - First introduced to wife-to-be Felicity Blunt at the wedding of her sister Emily Blunt and John Krasinski which was celebrated at George Clooney's estate on Lake Como, Italy (July 2010). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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John C. Reilly - Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for his role as Oliver Hardy in Stan & Ollie (2018). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000604/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_
Vincent Price - Had his own mail-order book club in the 1970s, "Vincent Price Books", specializing in mystery and detective novels.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 57 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 58 arrives.
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Olivia Colman v Marilyn Monroe
Toni Collette v Robert Shaw
Ewan McGregor v Stanley Tucci
John C. Reilly v Vincent Price
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