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| 1. | Celebrity death #1 this week came as Gary Coleman passed on. The controversy that followed involved questions of whether or not this person, who took him off life support, had the authority to do so: | ||
| His half-brother | |||
| His estranged father | |||
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His ex-wife | ||
| His step-sister | |||
| 2. | Celebrity death #2 this week came with the demise of Dennis Hopper. Later famous for roles in Speed and Hoosiers, Hopper first came to the public's attention as the director, writer and one of the stars of: | ||
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |||
| The China Syndrome | |||
| Five Easy Pieces | |||
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Easy Rider | ||
| 3. | Following celebrity death #3 this week, 3 of the 4 __________ are now deceased: | ||
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Stars of The Golden Girls | ||
| Original members of The Who | |||
| Original members of The Wiggles | |||
| Primary stars of The Wizard of Oz | |||
| 4. | Topless photos of the lead singer of which band were tweeted this week? | ||
| The Donnas | |||
| Lady Antebellum | |||
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Paramore | ||
| Hole (please oh please oh please let this not be the right answer) | |||
| 5. | Fed up with pre-production delays, the director of this highly-anticipated film said "I'm out of here" and quit the project this week: | ||
| The Hangover 2 | |||
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The Hobbit | ||
| Transformers 3 | |||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows | |||
| 6. | This music star is the executive producer of a cable network series that debuted this week: | ||
| Queen Latifah | |||
| Slash | |||
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Ice Cube | ||
| Eric Clapton | |||
| 7. | Announced this week, Celine Dion has something unique in common with actress Kelly Preston. What is it? | ||
| They were the exact same weight at birth, except Dion's was measured in grams | |||
| Dion admitted to being a Scientologist | |||
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Both are pregnant with twins | ||
| She also appeared topless in the movie Mischief | |||
| 8. | Self-assured (or is it self-absorbed) Miley Cyrus doesn't know or just chooses to ignore the adage 'biting the hand that feeds you.' Which of these nuggets did NOT come from her recent Billboard magazine interview? | ||
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About her influence - "I feel as if I have put in the years listening to others and now I get to be the one making choices for me and my music." | ||
| About her new song - “It means something. I’m not just sitting here trying to sell glitz and glamour…because no one lives that life. A lot of [pop] songs are super shallow, but this music isn’t.” | |||
| About Glee - “Honestly, musicals? I just can’t. What if this was real life and I was just walking down the street on Rodeo Drive and all of a sudden I just burst into song about how much I love shoes?” | |||
| About her genre - “I listen to zero pop music, which is really weird for someone who makes pop music. My 13-year-old self would have beaten up my 17-year-old self because she would be like, ‘You’re a sellout!’” | |||
| 9. | Entertainment Weekly loves them some lists. The latest compilation ranks the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. We can't find any argument with _______ as their number 1 pick. | ||
| Buffy Summers (aka the Vampire Slayer) | |||
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Homer Simpson | ||
| Harry Potter | |||
| Captain Jack Sparrow | |||
| 10. | Complete the pun-tastic name of NBC's new show with a Biggest Loser trainer that started this week: _______ with Jillian. | ||
| Hanging out | |||
| Step it up | |||
| Doing it | |||
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Losing it | ||
| 11. | More bad news for fans of seeing their favorite musicians in concert. First it was Bono's back, then Christina's poor sales, and now a mystery illness has caused ______ to cancel part of his European tour. | ||
| Jimmy Buffett | |||
| Lady Gaga | |||
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John Mayer | ||
| Colbie Caillat | |||
| 12. | Just as Lost's Jorge Garcia was heading to the airport to leave Hawaii, he experienced what personal hardship? | ||
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His dog was hit by a car and died | ||
| His longtime girlfriend decided to stay in Hawaii | |||
| His new fall show didn't get picked up | |||
| That Ben summoned the Smoke Monster to keep him from leaving the island | |||
| 13. | So Jorge didn't expereince a break-up but which of his Lost castmates did break it off with his girlfriend of 12 years? | ||
| Jeff Fahey | |||
| Terry O'Quinn | |||
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Naveen Andrews | ||
| Daniel Dae Kim | |||
| 14. | Which British pin-up model, who commands an army of fans with her superbustiness, made news this week by signing on for a Playboy spread to be published later in the year? | ||
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Kelly Brook | ||
| Keeley Hazell | |||
| Sophie Howard | |||
| Lucy Pinder | |||
| 15. | Attention, earth dwellers! It is widely suspected that which Kardashian is/are pregnant | ||
| Kourtney | |||
| Kim | |||
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Khloe | ||
| Both Kourtney and Khloe | |||
| 16. | Kim wasn't the answer to the previous question. However, the most visible of the Kardashians admitted this week to having this procedure done: | ||
| Liposuction | |||
| Breast enlargement | |||
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Botox | ||
| A tummy tuck | |||
| 17. | Turning to the world of entertainment to solve a eco-political disaster, the US government consulted with this filmmaker on the BP oil slick mess: | ||
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James Cameron | ||
| Michael Bay | |||
| Clint Eastwood | |||
| Wes Craven | |||
| 18. | You probably haven't heard of the indie band Broken Bells but they scored what very, very attractive actress for the new music video? | ||
| Emily Deschanel | |||
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Christina Hendrickson | ||
| Megan Fox | |||
| Blake Lively | |||
| 19. | Radio City Music Hall was the scene of comedy hijinks this week when Conan O'Brien brought his tour to his former hometown. Being New York and all, which famous friend stopped by for a dance-off? | ||
| Will Ferrell | |||
| David Letterman | |||
| Tom Hanks | |||
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Stephen Colbert | ||
| 20. | We said "ummm, okaaaayyy....." when we read that this person, who clearly doesn't understand PR, likened fame to being raped: | ||
| Jessica Simpson | |||
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Kristen Stewart | ||
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | |||
| Kristin Cavallari | |||
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