SOLVED!
[New Yorker] Can you guess The New Yorker Festival participants described by these blind items?
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Which recent Emmy winner credits Anna Karenina, which she read four times in high school, with her decision to take up acting?
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Who, before becoming a renowned author, was a translator of the Bible?
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Which co-creator of a cult horror film series started out working at a show that he describes as “David Letterman for teen-agers?”
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Which four-man rock band has three performers with the same first name?
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Which New Yorker writer, who will join the Festival for a return engagement, is also an award-winning creator of palindromes?
1. Actress:
2. Author:
3. Horror Guy:
4. Rock Band:
5. Writer:
SOLVED!
Source: The New Yorker
1. Actress: Julianna Margulies
2. Author: Karl Ove Knausgaard
3. Horror Guy: Leigh Whannell, the co-creator of “Saw.”
4. Rock Band: Imagine Dragons, which features the vocalist Dan Reynolds, the guitarist Daniel “Wayne” Sermon, the bassist Ben McKee, and the drummer Daniel Platzman.
5. Writer: Roger Angell
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