THE MADDEN CROWD
John Madden--no, not more football--directed her to the Best Actress Oscar in "Shakespeare in Love"
Gwyneth Paltrow
This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book "Into Orbit" by the Mercury astronauts
A Glitch
Take "us" away from a movie theater job & you end up with this, another pronoun
At 95,000 square miles, it's Mexico's largest state, though it bears the name of a tiny pet
Chihuahua
Serve yourself as much as you want & don't forget dessert at the chain called Hometown this
Buffet
Richard Madden's "Game of Thrones" role as Robb of this unlucky house came to a very ceremonious end at the Red Wedding
House Stark
Mary Mallon was the first person in the U.S. identified as an asymptomatic carrier of this disease
Typhoid
Take "me" away from an old honeyed liquor & you get this, found in the pages of a magazine
Ad
All topping 17,000', Mexico's 3 highest peaks are these, & it's what Popocatepetl signifies
Volcanoes
In 2017 it offered special $200 trips for 2 to Italy along with 8 weeks of unlimited access to its never ending pasta bowl
Olive Garden
Fashion mogul Steve Madden made his name selling iconic these, like the Slinky & the Mary Lou
Shoes
The 3 centuries from 323 to 30 B.C. are called this era, reflecting the spread of Greek culture in Europe & Asia
Hellenistic
Take "I" from a term for any revered person in a particular field & you get this flimflam game
con
Mexico's Baja Peninsula is separated from the nation's mainland by this body of water
Gulf of California
Famous for its sliders, it was voted the chain with the most craveable burgers; Harold & Kumar would agree
White Castle
Gangster Owney Madden owned this 1920s Harlem nightspot; Bob Hoskins played him in the film about the joint
The Cotton Club
The 1952 Egyptian coup has succeeded; time for the group photo with these two future presidents in it
Nasser and Sadat
This adjective for crop-friendly soil is what's left when you drop "we" from the front of an adjective about clothes
arable
Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula
The Yucatán
Serving "good food fast", this southern favorite is known as WaHo for short
Waffle House
"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" Madden brothers Benji & Joel included starting this band
Good Charlotte
Replacing the Qing dynasty, the republic of China was founded on Jan, 1, 1912 with this medical man as president
Sun Yat-sen
Take "she" away from a law enforcement job & you get this snappy sequence on a guitar
A riff
It's the Mexican name for the Rio Grande
The Rio Bravo del Norte
The largest operator of teppanyaki restaurants in the U.S., it celebrated its 50th anniv. in 2014
Benihana