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1.	A Complex magazine photoshoot captures this young star, who is all but unrecognizable here. Who is it?
		Michelle Trachtenberg
		Lacey Chabert
		Rachel McAdams
		Hilary Duff

2.	So the Oscar nominations came out this week. Even having doubled the number of noms given out to Best Picture, Academy voters couldn't find it in their hearts to give this popular favorite a Best Picture nod:
		Avatar
		The Blind Side
		Star Trek
		Inglourious Basterds

3.	Which two films tied for the most Oscar noms, with 9 apiece?
		Up and Inglourious Basters
		Avatar and The Hurt Locker
		Nine and District 9
		Up in the Air and Crazy Heart

4.	This actress could pull off a most impressive feat in the coming month, as she was nominated for both Best Actress (Academy Awards) and Worst Actress (Razzies):
		Gabourey Sidibe
		Sandra Bullock
		Meryl Streep
		Carey Mulligan

5.	Aside from the Oscar nominations, something momentous happened in the world of film this week. Do you know what it was?
		Major movie theater chains actually reduced ticket prices
		Film critic Roger Ebert announced his retirement
		Avatar passed Titanic to become the highest-grossing film ever
		Blockbuster closed its Blockbuster Online operation

6.	Who won more Grammys on Sunday with 6 awards total?
		Taylor Swift
		Beyonce
		Lady Gaga
		Black Eyed Peas

7.	Meanwhile, Taylor Swift had a mixed bag of a night, as she took home four Grammys, but absolutely butchered a set that she performed with this music industry vet, who Swift considers an idol:
		Sheryl Crowe
		Stevie Nicks
		Reba McEntire
		Wynona Judd

8.	Various stars ranging from Usher to Carrie Underwood to Celine Dion were all on stage together at the Grammys. What was their common purpose?
		To perform a Michael Jackson tribute number
		To serenade Lifetime Achievement winners
		To perform with the reclusive Prince
		To accept the award for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year

9.	The Law of Equilibrium of Celebrity Couples was maintained this week as SLW sweetie-pie Kristen Bell announced her engagement to dufus comedian boyfriend __________........
		Dane Cook
		Dax Shepard
		Mike Birbiglia
		Lewis Black

10.	....just days before this actress called off her long relationship with longtime boyfriend Stuart Townsend:
		Jessica Alba
		Kaley Cuoco
		Cobie Smulders
		Charlize Theron

11.	Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn was arrested in his CT hometown, "highly intoxicated" and apparently trying out a new profession at 78 years old, while brandishing an unlicensed gun. This new career path as a ______ has brought many charges.
		Flasher
		Prostitution solicitor
		Bank robber
		Police officer fighter

12.	MTV's "Jersey Shore" will be back for a second season. What's odd about the premise for Season 2?
		The cast will be filled entirely by thoughtful, chaste, upstanding young people
		The cast members will receive no salary for appearing on the show
		The season premiere will debut in theaters
		It will be set outside of New Jersey

13.	With Tobey Maguire having been sent packing from the franchise, which young actor has been rumored to take over the lead in the Spider-Man reboot?
		The Situation
		Daryl Sabara
		Zac Efron
		Channing Tatum

14.	Who put the "yow" in "yowza" as she turned heads on the red carpet for the premiere of her upcoming movie?
		Jessica Biel
		AnnaLynne McCord
		Kristen Stewart
		Amanda Seyfried

15.	Oh, noes! (Part I): The Twitter-verse will need to find a new whipping girl, as __________ deleted her account this week:
		Mandy Moore
		Tila Tequila
		Jessica Simpson
		Demi Moore

16.	*Oh, noes! (Part II) This novelty band has apparently broken up, just* when they finally learned how to play all of their instruments correctly:**
		Fallout Boy
		OK Go
		Fallen
		Lez Zeppelin

17.	Believing that he was off-camera at the end of an interview with WGN-TV reporter Dean Richards, which famous person called the reporter "a$$hole"?
		Russell Crowe
		Tom Hanks
		Keanu Reeves
		Mel Gibson

18.	In a story that just can't end well, the nine year old (??!?!) sister of which overexposed star is launching a line of lingerie (?!??!) line for kids (!!!)?
		Miley Cyrus
		Megan Fox
		Britney Spears
		Lindsay Lohan

19.	Bill O'Reilly opened up his studio (but probably not his mind) this week when he had which noted liberal TV personality as a guest on his show?
		Alec Baldwin
		Stephen Colbert
		Arianna Huffington
		Jon Stewart

20.	"Hello, kettle. This is the pot. You're black." Which entertainment journalist is badmouthing his/her peers as lowlife, superstar-exploiting bloodsuckers and wants them to stop doing stories about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie breaking up?
		Billy Bush
		Mario Lopez
		Mary Hart
		Ryan Seacrest

21.	Nearly 30 years after the fact, a court has decided that an iconic 80s musical act's biggest hit has a melody copied from a 70-year kids song. Who can it be now?
		Wham!
		Men at Work
		A-Ha
		Adam Ant

22.	We smell a feud a-brewing. Which rock band’s frontman had this to say about Bono? "When I was a working man I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I'm sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done...I do it myself [now], [but] I don't tell everybody I'm doing it [and] I don't tell everybody they should give money.”
		The Rolling Stones
		KISS
		AC/DC
		Red Hot Chili Peppers

23.	"I write a lot of dirty text messages to girls, and you've never seen any of them. Why? Because if a girl brought a dirty text message from me to the newspapers, they'd say 'I don't have an angle here. Someone wants to wear your a** like a hat? Big deal."The above comes from which public figure, explaining why he's not afraid to sext?
		John Mayer
		Jack Black
		Charlie Sheen
		Clint Eastwood

24.	The final season of Lost premiered this week. The Smoke Monster will likely come and eat you if you can't recall that this is the show's _______ season:
		10th
		6th
		4th
		9th

25.	The Toxic Celebrity Containment Act of 2010 already seems to be faltering, as according to reports, this trainwreck is scheduled to compete on the next season of Dancing With the Stars:
		Courtney Love
		Tara Reid
		Joan Collins
		Pamela Anderson