This goo was worth a point in December 2023.

publication date: Monday, December 11, 2023 (part of December 2023)

category: Movies

clue: Here's something true: To begin your acting career with an Oscar nomination is on the edge of perfect, and that's before you record your first verse in a second pop-music career.

explanation: Steinfeld starred in True Grit (for which she was nominated for an Oscar), Begin Again, Pitch Perfect, The Edge of Seventeen, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West


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