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1. The major pop culture event of the week was the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The list of winners from the film awards included each of the following, except for:
Amy Adams
Natalie Portman
Colin Fith
Christian Bale
 
2. Among the TV awards, these two series won for Ensemble in a Drama Series and Ensemble in a Comedy Series, respectively:
Man Men and Glee
The Closer and 30 Rock
Dexter and The Office
Boardwalk Empire and Modern Family
 
3. Network censors had to bleep this winner, who surprised audiences by saying in his/her acceptance speech: "My parents who taught me to work my hardest and never be an a--hole. It's never acceptable."
Natalie Portman
Colin Firth
Christian Bale
Melissa Leo
 
4.
Whatever shade of blue this is, it became out favorite color on Sunday night, as it was worn by this actress and SLW fave at the SAG awards:
Juliana Marguiles
Sarah Shahi
Leighton Meester
Sofia Vergara
 
5. Life Meeting Art, Part 1: The real-life person, who was a portrayed by a SAG Award winner, stopped by SAG Awards and ambushed said actor on stage. Who was it?
The Social Network's Mark Zuckerberg
127 Hours' Aron Ralston
The Fighter's Dicky Eklund
The King's Speech's Queen Elizabeth
 
6. Life Meeting Art, Part 2: The real-life person, who was a fictional incarnation in an Oscar Best Picture nominee, stopped by Saturday Night Live. Who was it?
The Social Network's Mark Zuckerberg
127 Hours' Aron Ralston
The Fighter's Dicky Eklund
The King's Speech's Queen Elizabeth
 
7. Meanwhile, this film's director's win at the Director's Guild Awards confirms the movie's status as Oscar front-runner:
127 Hour's Danny Boyle
The King's Speech's Tom Hooper
The Social Network's David Fincher
Black Swan's Darren Aronofsky
 
8. “Let me tell you something about Sarah Palin, man, she’s good masturbation material. Glasses and all that. Great masturbation material.” Which comic shocked the audience of an NBA telecast with this unexpected statement?
Tracy Morgan
Zach Galifianakis
Jack Black
Chris Rock
 
9. Film composer John Barry passed away this week. You may not know his name but you undoubtedly would recognize his most famous music from what film series?
Star Wars
James Bond
Pink Panther
Batman
 
10. In a Chinese military air drill video broadcast on the state-run television, instead of footage of an actual jet fighter shooting another down, they included what is clearly footage from what action movie?
Top Gun
Iron Eagle
Independence Day
Red Dawn
 
11. Coming into the week, we were dimly aware of the existence of British actor Henry Cavill. As we publish this, our man Hank is much more well known, thanks to the announcement that he was selected to fill what celebrated cinematic role?
Indiana Jones
Jason Bourne
Superman
The Hulk
 
12. In between her Project Runway stints, Heidi Klum has undertaken a new gig hosting a show centered around:
Pets
Restaurants
Kids
Travel
 
13. This actress has left the film New Year's Eve as she attends to her increasingly acrimonious custody dispute:
Halle Berry
Eva Longoria
Courteney Cox
Christina Aguilera
 
14. This It Girl's It-ness was confirmed by her ascension to the top of the AskMen.com Top 99 Most Desirable Women list:
Olivia Wilde
Blake Lively
Cobie Smulders
Mila Kunis
 
15. This week in LiLo: Lindsay Lohan had a rough week, as she was accused of theft from this type of establishment:
A fast food restaurant
A jewlery store
A Best Buy
A pet store
 
16. Which alternative act shocked its audience with the news of its dissolution, stating the band “has officially ended and will make no further records or perform live.”
Phish
Arcade Fire
The White Stripes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
 
17. Which iconic piece of pop culture fashion was donated to the Smithsonian museum this week?
Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit
Heather Locklear's police uniform from T.J. Hooker
Barbara Eden's I Dream of Jeannie outfit
Lynda Carter's bustier from Wonder Woman
 
18. MTV reached into the Way-Back machine this week, announcing that it would bring back to the air this audience favorite:
Beavis and Butthead
Total Request Live
Remote Control
Road Rules
 
19. Which Academy Award winning director is being sued Down Under for child support for a fun baby he had while separated from his wife, Jules?
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Spielberg
Clint Eastwood
Peter Jackson
 
20.
Ryan Reynolds, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal and James Franco were among the roughly 35 young actors and actresses (plus: Robert Duvall!) that this publication crammed onto the cover of its Hollywood Issue:
Entertainment Weekly
Harper's Bazaar
Vanity Fair
People
 




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