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This week's preeminent cultural happening was the 16th iteration of the MTV Movie Awards. Which film won Best Movie?
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300
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Blades of Glory
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Little Miss Sunshine
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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Movie Awards host Sarah Silverman teased the audience with a near-kiss with which actress?
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Jessica Biel
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Jessica Alba
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Jessica Simpson
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Rosie O'Donnell
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Which of the following was not one of the awards handed out?
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Best Kiss
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Best Breakthrough Performance
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Best Product Placement
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Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet
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Friday, June 1st marked the 40th anniversary of what historic rock album?
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Dark Side of the Moon
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Sticky Fingers
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Tommy
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"I hate a lame third sequel ... I wish Beyond Thunderdome didn't exist; I wish there was just Mad Max and The Road Warrior." The director of which horror franchise reasoned thusly that there won't be a third film in the series?
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Hostel
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Alien vs. Predator
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The Grudge
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Are We There Yet?
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We learned that the upcoming season of which science fiction series will be its last?
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Kyle XY
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Battlestar Galactica
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The 4400
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Eureka
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Fans of the show in the previous question, take note: obsessive fandom apparently pays off after all. After a massive Internet campaign, a television network stated this week that this series, having earlier been cancelled, will return in the fall after all:
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Jericho
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Veronica Mars
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Gilmore Girls
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Daybreak
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In a situation eerily similar to the current Bush/Putin spat over US plans to place missile defense in Europe, the stars of which upcoming summer film have reportedly feuding over the size of their character's codpieces?
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Live Free or Die Hard
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Transformers
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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Daddy Day Camp
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In anticipation of its third season premiering next week, this Bravo network reality show aired a competition this week featuring top finishers from its first two seasons:
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Blow Out
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Project Runway
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Top Design
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Top Chef
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Starring former JAG and NYPD Blue stars Catherine Bell and Kim Delaney, "Army Wives" debuted this week, marking the most-watched series premiere for this network:
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Spike
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Lifetime
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Oxygen
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ABC Family
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Which former West Wing actor continued mankind's quest for total hegemony over the skies when he struck a bird with a golf shot in Iowa this week?
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Martin Sheen
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Rob Lowe
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Dule Hill
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Bradley Whitford
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"Knocked Up" was the top draw among new films over the weekend. Which reality TV notable provided an unexpectedly funny cameo in the film?
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Ryan Seacrest
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Howie Mandell
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Simon Cowell
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Jeff Probst
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Reality TV is working its way closer to its goal of having celebrities wrestle larger and progressively more dangerous animals. For now, we will have to settle for Serena Williams, Jewel and William Shatner:
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Training to go into space
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Learning to fly Air Force jets
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Riding with a motorcycle gang
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Racing stock cars
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A refreshing bit of summer programming aired this week in the guise of Creature Comforts, based on the works of the studio behind which animated film series?
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Shrek
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Pixar
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Wallace and Gromit
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Rugrats
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This rap star landed in hot water this week when he had his security team haul a concertgoer on stage, just so the rapper could hurl him off:
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Nelly
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Akon
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TI
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Ludacris
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The career dipstick for this comedian is coming back a little dry, as he has signed on to host "Grand Slam" on Game Show Network:
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Craig Kilborn
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Dennis Miller
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David Spade
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Dave Chappelle
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Having served less than three whole days in Lynwood, Paris Hilton was remanded to serve the rest of her 40-day sentence in home confinement. Why?
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Time off for good behavior
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An unspecified medical reason
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The facility was overcrowded
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She kept threatening to shiv Maxine with a diamond-encrusted nail file
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This week, Sean Connery announced:
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He would not appear in the long-awaited fourth Indiana Jones film
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He will provide a voice for the next Pixar film
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He will be the host for the 2008 Oscars
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That he has no intentions of observing Alex Trebek's restraining order
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People magazine quoted this over-protective father on potential suitors for his offspring: "If anything happens to one of my daughters, I'm coming to you first, and then I'm going to kill all your friends right in front of you, and you'll be last."
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Bruce Willis
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Alec Baldwin
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Tom Selleck
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Will Smith
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America's Got Talent started its sophomore season this week, with the following additions, as new judge and new host, respectively:
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Sharon Osbourne and Jerry Springer
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Gwen Stefani and Chris Rock
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Judge Judy and Michael Richards
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Jay-Z and Jason Alexander
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