| 2006 film that was an Internet phemonenon before it was released | 64 |
| 2006 Cate Blanchett film, and hint to this puzzle's theme | 61 |
| 2006 Beatles mashup album used in a Cirque du Soleil show | 57 |
| 2006 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody "White & ___" | 69 |
| 2005 Wes Craven thriller with hired killer Jackson Rippner | 58 |
| 2005 role for which Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor | 57 |
| 2005 Margaret Peterson Haddix children's thriller | 53 |
| 2005 Jerry Stahl novel about silent film star Arbuckle | 54 |
| 2005 inductee to the National Women's Hall of Fame | 54 |
| 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 68 |
| 2005 Coldplay album with the single "Speed of Sound" | 62 |
| 2005 Christo display in New York City, with "the" | 59 |
| 2005 biography subtitled "The Making of a Terrorist" | 62 |
| 2005 Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Junebug" | 60 |
| 2005 award for Leigh Ann Hester, the first woman to win it since WWII | 69 |
| 2005 "pornification" of a 1998 summer blockbuster | 59 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up to Carrie Underwood | 60 |
| 2004 They Might Be Giants album (with "The") | 54 |
| 2004 presidential also-ran who went out with a scream | 53 |
| 2004 NCAA men's and women's basketball champs | 53 |
| 2004 James Wan horror film that launched a franchise | 52 |
| 2004 film with the tagline "One man saw it coming" | 60 |
| 2004 documentary film title (with ''Me'') | 57 |
| 2004 chart-topper by Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx | 63 |
| 2004 biopic with the tagline "Let's talk about sex" | 65 |
| 2004 Billy Bob Thornton film "to remember" | 52 |
| 2003-2007 drama with an annual "Chrismukkah" episode | 62 |
| 2003 winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | 54 |
| 2003 TV show in which amateurs competed with their feet | 55 |
| 2003 straight-to-video Ione Skye romcom that starts at a laundromat | 67 |
| 2003 spy thriller starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell | 54 |
| 2003 prequel subtitled "When Harry Met Lloyd" | 55 |
| 2003 movie in which Bobby Knight had a cameo appearance as himself | 66 |
| 2003 LL Cool J film, "Deliver Us from ___" | 52 |
| 2003 film with the tagline "Feel the love" | 52 |
| 2003 film that won the Razzie Award for Worst Picture | 53 |
| 2003 film that won the "Razzie grand slam" | 52 |
| 2003 comedy with the tagline "Feel the love" | 54 |
| 2003 comedy whose subtitle is "When Harry Met Lloyd" | 62 |
| 2003 best-selling fantasy novel by teen author Christopher Paolini | 66 |
| 2003 Anthony Swofford Gulf war memoir made into a 2005 film | 59 |
| 2003 animated film shown on Discovery, appropriately? | 53 |
| 2003 animated adventure featuring the voice of Joaquin Phoenix | 62 |
| 2002 Pearl Jam album with the hit "Save You" | 54 |
| 2002 Oscar winner for the song "Lose Yourself" | 56 |
| 2002 Martin Scorsese film with 10 Oscar nominations and no wins | 63 |
| 2002 Mark Kurlansky book subtitled "A World History" | 62 |
| 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks film that starts with a ball game? | 67 |
| 2002 film whose sequel is subtitled "The Meltdown" | 60 |
| 2002 film for which Salma Hayek received an Oscar nomination | 60 |
| 2002 film for which Adrien Brody won a Best Actor Oscar | 55 |
| 2002 film about a musician who survived the Holocaust | 53 |
| 2002 film "Divine Secrets of the ___ Sisterhood" | 58 |
| 2002 Dennis Quaid film about a struggling minor-league pitcher | 62 |
| 2002 Best Actor Tony winner for "Fortune's Fool" | 62 |
| 2002 animated film featuring the voice of Ray Romano | 52 |
| 2002 Alice Sebold best-seller "The Lovely __" | 55 |
| 2002 adaptation of a Graham Greene novel, with "The" | 62 |
| 2002 act that refers to "weapons of mass destruction" | 63 |
| 2001-2 sitcom, or an apt title for this puzzle, with "The" | 68 |
| 2001-'07 sitcom that had a theme song sung by its star | 58 |
| 2001's "Planet of the Apes" and others | 52 |
| 2001's "Ocean's Eleven" and others | 52 |
| 2001 sports autobiography about an Olympic downhill skier | 57 |
| 2001 Oscar nominee for the song "May It Be" | 53 |
| 2001 Oscar nominee for Best Original Song, "May It Be" | 64 |
| 2001 OED addition that cites "The Simpsons" | 53 |
| 2001 honorary doctorate recipient from Liverpool University | 59 |
| 2001 Grammy-winning band for the album "Kid A" | 56 |
| 2001 French film with the tag "She'll change your life" | 69 |
| 2001 film that earned Robert Altman a Best Director Oscar nomination | 68 |
| 2001 film for which Jim Broadbent was named Best Supporting Actor | 65 |
| 2001 Eminem hit from "The Marshall Mathers LP" | 56 |
| 2001 drama whose title is taken from "Green Eggs and Ham" | 67 |
| 2001 Disney film subtitled "The Lost Empire" | 54 |
| 2001 black-and-white film noir starring Billy Bob Thornton | 58 |
| 2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The" | 53 |
| 2001 album with the song "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | 64 |
| 2001 album with the #1 hit "Ain't It Funny" | 57 |
| 2001 album including the song "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | 69 |
| 2001 album featuring "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | 60 |
| 2001 #1 album with the hit "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | 66 |
| 2000s teen drama whose opening theme was "California" | 63 |
| 2000 Supreme Court case hinging on the 14th Amendment | 53 |
| 2000 musical with the song "Fortune Favors the Brave" | 63 |
| 2000 musical with the song "Every Story Is a Love Story" | 66 |
| 2000 movie from Aardman Animation featuring product placement | 61 |
| 2000 Jim Carrey movie "Me, Myself & ___" | 54 |
| 2000 film told largely in reverse chronological order | 53 |
| 2000 Best Supporting Actress for "Pollock" | 52 |
| 2000 and 2004 50m freestyle Olympic gold medalist ___ de Bruijn | 63 |
| 20 cigarettes per unit and 10 units per carton, e.g.? | 53 |
| 19th-century women's rights advocate Elizabeth ___ Stanton | 62 |
| 19th-century English actor who played Hamlet at Drury Lane | 58 |
| 19th-century engineer with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame | 63 |
| 19th-century cycle of poems based on Arthurian legend | 53 |
| 19th-century author whose father founded a utopian community | 60 |
| 19th-century "Divina Commedia" translator Henry Francis ___ | 69 |
| 19th century Dublin mayor known as "The Liberator" | 60 |
| 1999, 2000 and 2001 Best Actor nominee (he won once) | 52 |