I played her in the movie...
Bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins
Meryl Streep
A European legislature: APT IN REALM
Parliament
Though lesser known than Joplin, African American James Scott was one of the great composers in this musical style
Ragtime
The first rap act honored was this reverend-led trio in 2016
Run-DMC
The Straits of Florida connect this body of water to the Atlantic Ocean
the Gulf of Mexico
Good singer Beca, a member of the Barden Bellas who is pitch perfect
Anna Kendrick
An inferred kind of evidence:
I CURST CLAIMANT
Circumstantial
"The Hustle" & ah, ah, ah, ah "Stayin' Alive" were 2 hits helping make up this '70s era
Disco
This singer of "Blue Bayou" has won a slew of Grammys and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2016
Linda Ronstadt
This river flows into Lake Constance, which borders Switzerland, Germany & Austria
the Rhine
Andy Sachs, assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine
Anne Hathaway
A type of horse:
TAN GUMS
Mustang
A 1992 N.Y. Times article asked how did this word "meaning dirt, filth, trash, become synonymous with a musical genre?"
Grunge
He got his lifetime award in 1991; almost 30 years later, his 2020 album "Rough and Rowdy Ways" went to No. 1
Bob Dylan
The Cayman Islands are in this sea
Carribbean Sea
Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump's beloved
Robin Wright
A holiday item:
SEARCH, SET, TRIM
Christmas Tree
Selena was named Female Vocalist of the Year 11 times at the awards named for this style of Latin music
Tejano
This alliterative composer of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" & many more hits was honored in 2008
Burt Bachrach
Named for an Englishman, it connects the Atlantic & the Pacific between Cape Horn & the South Shetland Islands
Drake's Passage
Rachel Watson, the girl on the train
Emily Blunt
A stone home for mummy:
PUSH AS CARGO
a sarcophogus
This composer and musician with the given names William Christopher was known as the Father of the Blues
W. C. Handy
2019 recipients included this 76-year-old Spaniard with many a romantic crossover hit
Julio Iglesias
In French it's known as Le Golfe de Gascogne
the Bay of Biscay