Titl'ING' the Movie
In the titles of a cinematic "Part 1" & "Part 2", it followed "The Twilight Saga"
Breaking Dawn
1944's "Absent in the Spring" is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott
(Agatha) Christie
3-word phrase meaning to divulge confidential information or secrets
spill the beans
In her hit song "Thank U, Next", she references former flames Pete Davidson & Mac Miller
Ariana Grande
"Tonight Show" hosts:
Paar, Carson, him, Conan, him
Leno
In 1980 it starred Jack Nicholson
The Shining
On Ursula Le Guin's passing, George R.R. Martin called her one of the great writers of these paired genres of the past century
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Scientifically known as Glycine max, this member of the pea family is native to Asia
the soybean
In an open letter about his Alzheimer's, he thanked the American people for giving him the honor of serving as president
Reagan
Rolling Stones Top 40 hits:
"Heart of Stone",
"The Last Time",
this signature song, the band's first No. 1
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
1981 movie about werewolves & the noise they made
The Howling
It's the first name shared by bestselling authors Delinsky, Tuchman & Kingsolver
Barbara
The pope's is white & called a zucchetto
beanie
Some tidying up advice from her: if an object doesn't spark joy, say thank you & goodbye
Marie Kondo
World Series winners since 2016:
the Cubs,
the Astros,
this A.L. team
the Red Sox
In a comedy Jason Segel went to Hawaii so he could be doing this
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
During the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
(Zora Neale) Hurston
In Del Rio, Texas you can find the grave of this notorious frontier judge
Roy Bean
In Luke 17 Jesus healed 10 men with this skin disease but only one thanked him
leprosy
Movie James Bonds:
Roger Moore,
Timothy Dalton,
him
(Pierce) Brosnan
In 1991 Julia Roberts was doing this before faking her own death
Sleeping with the Enemy
At 15 she wrote a satirical "History of England" by "a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian"
Jane Austen
In 2019 Northeastern beat Boston College to win this venerable hockey tourney
The Beanpot
David Finkel's acclaimed follow-up to "The Good Soldiers", about those soldiers returning home, has this 5-word title
Thank You For Your Service
Grisham novels:
"The Client",
"The Chamber",
"The Rainmaker",
this title 12
The Runaway Jury