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| 1. | Unless you were living under a rock this week, you know that this panelist announced she was leaving The View: | ||
| Barbara Walters | |||
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Rosie O'Donnell | ||
| Elisabeth Hasselbeck | |||
| Joy Behar | |||
| 2. | More Rosie! Hosting a luncheon at in New York, Ms. O'Donnell, addressing arch-rival Donald Trump, dropped an f-bomb or two, grabbed her crotch, and exclaimed: | ||
| Ay Caramba! | |||
| Get Bent! | |||
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Eat Me! | ||
| U-G-L-Y! You ain't got no alibi! | |||
| 3. | Hugh Grant was arrested this week, accused of accosting a photographer with this unusual item: | ||
| A pitcher of hot coffee | |||
| A roll of rubber bands | |||
| A cummerbund | |||
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A tub of baked beans | ||
| 4. | Meanwhile, a nation was counseled on its use of toilet paper by this musician: | ||
| Alanis Morissette | |||
| Avril Lavigne | |||
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Sheryl Crow | ||
| Gwen Stefani | |||
| 5. | This rock star, who has a bit of experience in film, was nonetheless an unusual choice as cohost for this week's Ebert & Roeper: | ||
| Sting | |||
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John Mellencamp | ||
| David Bowie | |||
| David Byrne | |||
| 6. | We love it when celebrity meets law enforcement. This person was an unusual participant in a successful sex predator sting: | ||
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Miss America Lauren Nelson | ||
| Katie Couric | |||
| Elisabeth Hasselbeck | |||
| Tina Fey | |||
| 7. | This humorous band announced that they will re-unite during this summer's Live Earth concert: | ||
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Spinal Tap | ||
| They Might Be Giants | |||
| Blink 182 | |||
| Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | |||
| 8. | Which talk show host returned to the set this week following a several-week absence due to surgery? | ||
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Regis Philbin | ||
| Craig Ferguson | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel | |||
| Conan O'Brien | |||
| 9. | The curtain fell on this Broadway musical, as it ceased production after some 2,500 shows: | ||
| The Lion King | |||
| The Phantom of the Opera | |||
| Rent | |||
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The Producers | ||
| 10. | The Apprentice: LA crowned its champion this week. I'd ask the name of the winner, but I can't bother myself enough to care. However, in other Apprentice-related news, we learned: | ||
| Donald Trump has insured his hair for $1 million | |||
| Trump is being sued for sexual harassment by a former contestant | |||
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A former contestant on the show has agreed to pose for Playboy | ||
| Next season's contestant pool will draw exclusively from veterans of The Real World or Road Rules | |||
| 11. | MTV got into the spirit of Earth Day by featuring this notable figure on Sunday night's Pimp My Ride: | ||
| Al Gore | |||
| Ralph Nader | |||
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Arnold Schwarzenegger | ||
| Stephen Hawking | |||
| 12. | Feathers were ruffled this week at NBC as the network saw one of its high-profile stars balking at a contract. Who is playing hard to get? | ||
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Alec Baldwin | ||
| Howie Mandell | |||
| Steve Carell | |||
| Dick Wolf | |||
| 13. | Rest in peace to Bobby "Boris" Pickett. You may not know his name, but you are most likely familiar with this novelty song which he sang: | ||
| Purple People Eater | |||
| King Tut | |||
| Do the Bartman | |||
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The Monster Mash | ||
| 14. | Also passing on this week was this man, a major, though controversial, figure in film for the past several decades: | ||
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Jack Valenti | ||
| Kirk Douglas | |||
| Elia Kazan | |||
| Robert Altman | |||
| 15. | The fair Scarlett Johansson hosted Saturday Night Live this week. She was counterbalanced by this oddball, who was the musical guest: | ||
| Sinead O'Connor | |||
| Fergie | |||
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Bjork | ||
| Weird Al | |||
| 16. | This music mogul spoke out this week against rap music, calling for three particular epithets to be banned [no, don't try to remember what those words are, just focus on the question at hand]: | ||
| Suge Knight | |||
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Russell Simmons | ||
| Clive Davis | |||
| Pharrell Williams | |||
| 17. | Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis was sentenced this week to 35 days in jail. What was the charge? | ||
| Tax evasion | |||
| Public indecency | |||
| Contributing to the delinquency of a minor | |||
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Contempt of court | ||
| 18. | Sanjaya Malakar may have been shooed off the American Idol stage, but the spotlight still follows him. This week, the extension of his 15 minutes included: | ||
| Signing on as Grand Marshal for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade | |||
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Reading the Top 10 list on Letterman | ||
| Throwing out the first pitch at the Red Sox-Yankees game | |||
| Appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone | |||
| 19. | American Idol this week got all charitable and mushy this week, raising $60 million for humanitarian efforts. Wednesday's show featured performances by all of the following except for whom? | ||
| Celine Dion | |||
| Elvis Presley | |||
| Annie Lennox | |||
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Bruce Springsteen | ||
| 20. | The axe fell on this Fox show, cancelled this week after airing less than half a dozen episodes: | ||
| Big Day | |||
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Drive | ||
| The Knights of Prosperity | |||
| The Wedding Bells | |||
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