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for her starring role in the 2000 legal drama Erin Brockovich .
    Second-billed in Satisfaction : Liam Neeson. He played a nightclub owner and Bateman’s love interest. The Irish actor claims he only took the role because he’d just completed a much darker film called Suspect in which he played a deaf mute accused of murder. After that, Neeson reportedly wanted to spend some time in the sun and be around pretty girls. He claims he’s never actually seen Satisfaction …and never plans to.
     
A Sack to Remember
    Who owns Davy Crockett’s pouch?

All Together Now
    Only three music artists have sold more than 100 million albums twice—first as part of a band, and then again as a solo act. Two of them are Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Who is the third?

Who Said No
    Who begged Pete Townshend to let him take over as drummer of the Who after Keith Moon died?
     
A Sack to Remember
    Phil Collins. The British rocker and former Genesis drummer is obsessed with the Alamo; according to some accounts, he believes he was actually there in a past life. Collins owns one of the world’s most extensive collections of Alamo memorabilia, including the pouch in which Davy Crockett kept his musket balls. Several tabloids have reported that a psychic once told the singer he’s the reincarnation of messenger John W. Smith, who played a part in the 1836 battle for Texas independence. But Collins’s lifelong fascination with the Alamo is more than just tabloid fodder; he’s a respected Alamo historian who tours Texas giving lectures on the subject.
All Together Now
    Phil Collins. He sold 159 million albums as a member of Genesis, and another 155 million albums as a solo act. He’s also won seven Grammy awards and an Academy Award for the song “You’ll Be in My Heart” from Disney’s Tarzan .
Who Said No
    Phil Collins. He was a big fan of the Who (more than Genesis, it turned out). In the mid-1970s, Collins told Who frontman Pete Townshend, “If you ever need a drummer, I’m there. I’ll leave Genesis in a moment.” After Moon died of a drug overdose in 1978, Collins asked again. Townshend turned him down and chose former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones instead.
     
A Scar Is Born
    How did Tina Fey get her scar?

The Blue Lagoon ? Really?
    What heavyweight movie star was originally slated to star in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Arthur (1981), Night Shift (1982), and Three Amigos (1986)?

     
A Scar Is Born
    If you didn’t know that Tina Fey has a scar on her face, it’s because the star of TV’s 30 Rock has spent most of her on-screen career trying to hide it—either with makeup or by making sure she’s filmed from her right side only. She got the scar when she was five years old. Fey was playing in her front yard in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, when a stranger walked up and cut the left side of her face with a knife. Then he ran away. At first, Fey thought it was a red pen mark. It wasn’t. Little else is known about the incident—Fey herself never talks about it in public. (Her husband, Jeff Richmond, however, spilled the beans to Vanity Fair in 2008.)
The Blue Lagoon ? Really?
    John Belushi. His death by drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 33 sent shock waves throughout the entertainment industry that lasted for years. He was cast in or attached to a dozen film roles, so all the projects had to be either scrapped or postponed after his sudden demise. The biggest movie: Ghostbusters , in which Belushi was scheduled to play the lead. (The part ultimately went to Bill Murray, but Richard Pryor was also considered.) And yes, before he died, Belushi was considered for the lead role in The Blue Lagoon , but the film’s producers realized that the serious tone they were looking for might be jeopardized by the portly Belushi swimming around in a loincloth with Brooke Shields.
     
Quack-Up
    What famous 20th-century explorer’s last name translates to “wild duck” in English?

Upstairs, Downstairs
    Who is the tallest actor to