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This young star was named to headline a film based on the American Girl franchise:
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Abigail Breslin
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Anne Hathaway
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Emma Bolger
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Paris Hilton
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VH1 continues to milk its Celebreality cow for all it's worth. This week, the network launched Charm School, featuring rejects from its Flavor of Love series as they learn how to stick a pinky out while drinking tea. Which funnywoman hosts the show?
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Queen Latifah
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Wanda Sykes
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Kirstie Alley
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Mo'nique
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Polish up your glass slippers, ladies, as we learned this week that this yummy slice of royalty pie is back on the market, following his split with Kate Middleton:
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Prince Charles
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Prince William
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Prince Harry
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Prince Frederic Von Anhalt
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My pal Moxie has this concept of "tangental irony." I have no idea what the hell this means, but he insists that it applies to this TV show winning at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards:
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Grey's Anatomy
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Two and a Half Men
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The Office
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Heroes
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Conflicting reports surfaced as to whether or not Gilby Clarke quit this group, which was the subject of a reality television show.
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INXS
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Supernova
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Daisy Kane
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FISTRawdog Savage Animal Damnocracy
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In an informal poll of So Last Week editors, this actor was not in the top 50 candidates for the role, yet was nonetheless named as the star of the new big screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk:
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Eric Bana
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Giovanni Ribisi
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Edward Norton
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Charlie Sheen
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REESE'S REVENGE! screamed a recent edition of In Touch Weekly. The fetching young actress is shown on the cover standing next to which male star?
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Ryan Phillippe
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Jake Gyllenhaal
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Tobey Maguire
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Hayden Christensen
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Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards went to this artist for the song Before He Cheats:
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Carrie Underwood
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Martina McBride
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Tim McGraw
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Rascal Flatts
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Writer's block is a bitch. Hitting bookstores this week, The Children of Hurin is a "new" novel by this author, published 34 years after death, and completed by son Christopher:
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C.S. Lewis
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Norman Mailer
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J.D. Salinger
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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EA sports announced its posterboy for the cover of Madden 2008 this week. Congratulations and enjoy rehab to:
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LaDainian Tomlinson
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Daunte Culpepper
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Vince Young
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Reggie Bush
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A certain celebrity committed an "obscene act" when he kissed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in public while in India. Bad idea there, Mr.:
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Richard Gere
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Kelsey Grammer
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Brad Pitt
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Matthew McConaughey
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As their current season trudges along, producers of Survivor announced this week that the next edition will film in this controversial land:
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Venezuela
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China
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Syria
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Detroit
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Who proclaimed that he is "as big as Elvis" (at least in fame, if not in girth)?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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John Travolta
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Jude Law
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Paul McCartney
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An anagram for the first names of the two eliminated from Dancing With the Stars and American Idol this week is:
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Payola hello
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A lacy jays end
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All hail pi
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Oh Hanks jail
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Speaking of Dancing with the Stars, the TV Guide Channel announced that it has sacked Joan Rivers as host of its Red Carpet coverage, and replaced her with this DWTS veteran:
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Kenny Mayne
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Stacy Keibler
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Harry Hamlin
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Lisa Rinna
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A poorly-timed roll of the eyes got this reality TV bigshot in hot, hot water this week:
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Simon Cowell
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Jeff Probst
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Howie Mandell
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Phil Keoghan
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This comic performed for an astounding six hours at LA's Laugh Factory on Sunday night:
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Lewis Black
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John Stewart
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Dave Chappelle
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Carrot Top
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"I've found my double, my twin, with my new girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood. She's 19 and certainly that's very young, but that's not a problem for me. She likes the same things as me." Which unlikely public figure gushed so this week about his soulmate?
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Fred Durst
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Marilyn Manson
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Rob Zombie
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Ricky Martin
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Halle Berry, Sienna Miller and Kate Beckinsale were all mentioned this week as possible stars for a new movie based on what sci-fi character?
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Princess Leia
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Barbarella
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The Bionic Woman
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Captain Janeway
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Remember one hit wonder Right Said Fred? Neither do we! Anyway, lead singer Richard Fairbrass is said to be eyeing a run for mayor of this world capital:
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London
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Stockholm
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Berlin
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Washington
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