Round 7: Tossup 3

Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. This woman allegedly used judo to beat up a paparazzo outside a theatre after watching I am Curious (Yellow). The 1999 film This Side of Paradise was the result of Peter Beard’s suggestion that this woman’s children learn about cinema from Jonas Mekas. In a film based on a Wendy Macleod play, footage of this woman holding roses is shown during a morbid “game” involving two incestuous twins. In The House of Yes, Parker Posey plays a psycho obsessed with this woman. Mica Levi featured glissandos (15[1])throughout their score for a film about (15[1])this woman, in which a Catholic priest was John (*) Hurt’s final role. This woman was the most famous non-actor client of Hollywood fashion designer Oleg Cassini. A 2016 film about this woman switches to grainy monochrome to re-enact a hit Valentine’s Day TV documentary in which this woman hosts a tour of the White House. For 10 points, Pablo Larraín cast Natalie Portman as what woman in the biopic Jackie? ■END■

ANSWER: Jackie Kennedy [or Jacqueline Kennedy; or Jacqueline Onassis; or Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis; accept Kennedy after “Jackie” is read, but prompt before]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-212100%100%0%95.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%80%10%96.40
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-213100%67%0%104.00