Emma Stone applies to ‘Jeopardy’ every year but ‘I’ve never gotten on the show’

True story: I did NOT know that Emma Stone had started producing her own films. She executive produced Cruella (which I loved sooo much) and she’s an executive producer on The Curse. Not only that, she’s a producer on Poor Things, the Yorgos Lanthimos film which will likely earn Emma her fourth acting Oscar nomination. If Poor Things gets nominated for Best Picture, she’ll also be nominated as a producer. Anyway, Emma recently chatted with Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast and the biggest news is that Emma still applies to be a contestant on Jeopardy every year. Not Celebrity Jeopardy. The real Jeopardy.

Emma Stone has a dream, and not one you’d expect. The “Poor Things” star, coming off a Golden Globe win this week, tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that she wants to be a contestant on the classic game show “Jeopardy” — and no, not the “Celebrity” edition.

“I apply every June,” she says. “I don’t want to go on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy.’ I want to earn my stripes. You can only take the test once a year with your email address, and I’ve never gotten on the show. I watch it every single night and I mark down how many answers I get right. I swear, I could go on ‘Jeopardy.’”

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Stone could be the second woman nominated for producing and acting in the same year following Frances McDormand for “Nomadland” (2020), who won both. In addition, she could be the second actress to receive Oscar nods for three comedic performances (pending how you define certain performances) following Meryl Streep (“Adaptation,” “Julie and Julia” and “Florence Foster Jenkins”).

[From Variety]

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When Alex Trebek was alive, I was a regular Jeopardy watcher. I recently watched an episode with Ken Jennings hosting and he was fine, if a little dry and rushed, but the show definitely lost some magic. But yeah, I have moments where I’m like “oh, I would kill it on Jeopardy,” especially when the categories are like “pop culture” or “‘90s music” or “American literature.” Then the opera and science categories come up and I forget about applying. It’s really cool that Emma applies though – do you think that Jeopardy producers might give her a shot now that she’s talked about it during the awards season? It would be great for the show if they approved her application and just let her compete like a regular contestant. I honestly bet she would do well, just as long as there aren’t too many physics or opera categories.

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