Julia Roberts
This goo was worth a point in October 2025.
publication date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (part of October 2025)
category: 
Movies
clue: She enjoyed runaway success in the 1990s in romantic pairings with hunky heart-throbs Richard Gere, Hugh Grant, Dermot Mulroney, and Woody Allen.
explanation: Roberts acted in Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman with Gere, Notting Hill with Grant, My Best Friend's Wedding with Mulroney, and Everyone Says I Love You with Allen. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and LaVonne Lemler
trivia: Roberts is a distant cousin of original Hulk actor Edward Norton.
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