Packet 11: Tossup 5

This singer performed “Lay Your Head Down,” a song with lyrics written by Glenn Close, for Rodrigo García’s film Albert Nobbs. This singer, who wrote “Jump in the River” for Married to the Mob, cameoed in Ralph Fiennes’s debut film as the author of that film’s source novel. This singer is the best-known performer of a song covered in Hawaiian for the end credits of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (15[1]-5[3])This singer’s vocals kick in as on-screen text reveals the real-life fate of Gerry Conlon at the end of a 1993 biopic. The backing track of the trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a (*) Nirvana cover by this vocalist on the closing song of In the Name of the Father, (-5[1])“You Made Me the Thief (10[1])Of Your Heart.” In 1992, Joe Pesci said he would have “gave (10[1])[this singer] (10[2])such a smack” (10[1])had he been there (10[1])to witness (10[1])an action that this singer performed while singing a (-5[1])Bob Marley song. For 10 points, name this singer who tore up a picture of Pope (10[1])John Paul II on SNL. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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