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Who was the big winner at the Billboard Music Awards this week, with an impressive haul of nine honors?
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Eminem
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Carrie Underwood
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Mary J. Blige
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Fergie
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Who mourned the loss of his pet potbelly pig Max, who has gone to the great wallowing pit in the sky?
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Matt Damon
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Adrien Brody
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Kevin James
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George Clooney
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The jacket cover will smell of really stale Teen Spirit: which former 90210 star announced that he/she will write a memoir?
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Tori Spelling
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Shannen Doherty
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Jason Priestley
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Luke Perry
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4.
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Deep Fritz:
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Is a fictitious (we hope) sexual maneuver discussed on this week's episode of Grey's Anatomy
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Defeated its human opponent in the Man vs Machine chess series
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Was the title of the latest episode of Heroes
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Is a new menu addition at Burger King
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If you thought that Oprah would be #1 on the Hollywood Reporter's list of the most powerful list of women in entertainment, you'd be wrong - the top spot belongs to Sony's Amy Pascal. How far down the list is Oprah?
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#2
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#7
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#12
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#15
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Good gravy, it was a bad week for celebrity couples. At least three such couples split. All of the following recently separated, except for which one?
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A former SNL star and a Spice Girl
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A reality TV show star and a former boy band member
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A professional football quarterback and a star of the American Pie movies
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A Friend and a Swinger
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One of the couples that was referenced in the previous question was Eddie Murphy and Melanie "Sporty Spice" Brown. What factor is complicating their split?
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He had signed a prenup
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She is pregnant; while he says he's not the father, she claims he is
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He was caught fooling around with Baby Spice
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The producer of his new film demanded they stop seeing each other
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A famous piece of film clothing sold at auction for somewhere north of $800,000. The garment in question was:
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A dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany's
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A tube of lipstick Molly Ringwald used in The Breakfast Club
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The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
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An evening gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot
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This whacko did a Michael Richards on stage, launching into a racist rant:
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Kathy Griffin
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Carrot Top
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Andy Dick
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Tom Green
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Grammy time! Who did not receive a nomination for Album of the Year?
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Gnarls Barkley
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James Blunt
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Justin Timberlake
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According to reports, Scientology is trying to get its hooks into which female singer?
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Beyonce
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Janet Jackson
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Fergie
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Jennifer Lopez
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The chance that Jessica Simpson would ever be on stage at the Kennedy Center seems awfully remote, and yet she was. Her appearance was a memorable one, but not for reasons that she would have liked, as she forgot the lyrics to a song she was singing. Why was she appearing at the Kennedy Center?
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She was part of a taping for a White House Christmas special
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She was part of a concert benefiting literacy campaigns
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She was in a tribute to Dolly Parton
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She was taking part in a special performance of The Who's Tommy
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Which late night personality signed a contract extension, keeping him with his current network through 2010?
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Jay Leno
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David Letterman
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Craig Ferguson
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The Ghost of Arsenio Hall
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The latest edition of the Victoria's Secret Fashion show that aired on CBS:
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Recorded its smallest audience ever
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Recorded its largest audience ever
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Was interrupted when a streaker ran down the runway
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Was the last to air on that network before moving to the ABC Family network beginning next year
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Erik Estrada, LaToya Jackson, Wee Man and Jack Osbourne have joined a new reality series. What is the premise?
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They have to spend a week as the personal assistants to other celebrities
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They must distribute $10 million to worthy causes
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They have joined the police force of Muncie, Indiana
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They are training to go live on the International Space Station
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