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As a rule, we don't like to waste precious quiz space over the generally useless and overexposed, but the Paris Hilton jail story was too omnipresent for us not to mention. What was the charge that has earned Ms. Hilton a trip to the Big House?
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Tax evasion
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Assaulting an officer of the law
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Driving with a suspended license
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Slander
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Paris's antics over the years might make a little more sense in light of her mother's wacko behavior during Paris's hearing. What is Momma Hilton's first name?
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Amanda
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Kathy
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Sasha
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Brooke
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"Parts that I really want aren't going to me..... Like 'The Other Boleyn Girl' with Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. I don't want to say that there's nothing I love that I can have. But there's still the occasional script that the director doesn't want to see you for. They want that top tier of girls." Elle magazine's June issue quotes this actress, noted more for her looks than acting chops:
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Jessica Alba
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Elisha Cuthbert
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Jessica Biel
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Lacey Chabert
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Collect 'em all! The May 11th issue of Entertainment Weekly bears no less than five different covers, each showing a few cast members of this show:
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Friday Night Lights
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CSI
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Lost
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Heroes
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The producers of Lost this week announced an end-date for the series. So there's now a finite amount of episodes in which they can cram meandering dead-end plot lines and mysterious tidbits they never intend on answering. The show will end at the end of the ___________ season.
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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Speaking of overblown and going nowhere, while NBC this series has not been officially cancelled yet, the sets for the show were reportedly dismantled. The death knell in this case is for:
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Friday Night Lights
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Studio 60
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Medium
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Deal or No Deal
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"I made an error in judgment. We all make mistakes, however this is about accountability." Which reality TV star apologized thusly this week after being arrested on a DUI charge?
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Paula Abdul
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Ty Pennington
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Phil Keoghan
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Tim Gunn
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There were a couple of big sporting events over the weekend. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. had a good day on Saturday. What did he win?
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A horse race
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A car race
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A golf tournament
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A boxing match
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You know else who had a good day on Saturday? Calvin Borel, that's who. What did our man Calvin win?
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A horse race
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A car race
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A golf tournament
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A boxing match
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Just in time for Mother's Day, this performer basically fired his/her mom as his/her manager, though all sides agree (wink, wink) that it was an amicable (nudge, nudge) arrangement:
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Bjork
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Fantasia
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Usher
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Ciara
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USA Today this week ran an interview with John Lehr. You wouldn't recognize the name, but Mr. Lehr is the actor behind this popular advertising icon:
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The Geico Caveman
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The Geico Gecko
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The creepy Burger King
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Erin from Esurance
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The Amazing Race: All Stars concluded this week, and we were generally pleased with the outcome of the race, especially given the three teams vying for the title. The race originally started in Miami. Where did it end?
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Miami
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Las Vegas
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Knoxville
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San Francisco
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During the course of 10 nights, various bands are working their way through their way through the 500 greatest songs of all time, as determined some time ago by Rolling Stone. This event, generating funds for charity, is taking place in a bar in:
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London
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New York
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Atlanta
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Seattle
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After leaving school one course shy, this celeb graduated this week from the university he/she is closely associated with:
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Nick Lachey
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Ashley Judd
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The Rock
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Matthew McConaughey
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Spider-Man 3 was huge at the box office over the weekend, setting the mark for all-time openers. Yet the film opened to more than a good amount of criticism. Which noted filmmaker ravaged the project, saying: "It's a silly movie"?
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George Lucas
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Martin Scorsese
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Stephen Spielberg
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Kevin Smith
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A noticeable uproar occurred this week over a Chicago law firm's billboard, which read "Life is Short....."
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Shoot somebody
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Get a Divorce
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Sue somebody
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We'll Get You Off
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This season, The Office has featured a number of big-shots taking turns behind the camera to direct individual episode. Thursday's episode "Beach Games" was directed by:
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Woody Allen
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Harold Ramis
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James Cameron
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Michel Gondry
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Documentarian Michael Moore finds himself once again in trouble with The Man. The Treasury Department is probing Mr. Moore over a trip, in conjunction with his upcoming film, to which country?
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Canada
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Mexico
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Vietnam
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Cuba
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Young Sebastian Alexander Morgan was born this week, son to the woman who used to play ___________________ on The Facts of Life:
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Tootie
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Blair
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Jo
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Natalie
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The MPAA announced this week that it will consider on-screen depiction of which act in its determination of a film's rating?
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Domestic Violence
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Mental Illness
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Terrorism
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Smoking
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