publication date: Monday, September 15, 2014 (part of Fall 2014)

category: Movies

clue: The sky was the limit for her early career success, then she endured a long desert without a hit in the middle years, and her biggest recent film was heavily pirated.

explanation: Cruz starred in Vanilla Sky, Sahara, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Aaron Shurtleff


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