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Which pop culture figure won a Creative Arts Emmy this week for a much ballyhooed appearance on Saturday Night Live?
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Peyton Manning
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Justin Timberlake
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Alec Baldwin
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Dane Cook
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All was not well at the Creative Arts Emmys, as which blathering idiot said in an acceptance speech: "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus"?
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Kathy Griffin
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Gene Simmons
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Andy Dick
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Carson Daly
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We learned that the 2008 Oscars will be hosted, to our great relief, by which former host?
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Jon Stewart
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Steve Martin
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Billy Crystal
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This old-school science fiction/fantasy writer passed away this week at age 88:
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Philip K. Dick
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Ursula K. Leguin
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Ray Bradbury
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Madeleine L'Engle
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The MTV Video Awards were held over the weekend. Video of the Year went to which female performer?
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Fergie
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Rihanna
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Nelly Furtado
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Amy Winehouse
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Highlight of the VMA's, part I: Who offered up an unrequested and unwelcome defense of Britney's disastrous performance?
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Kevin Federline
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Sean Combs
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Kanye West
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Christina Aguillera
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Highlight of the VMA's, part II: Which two rivals, summoning all the testosterone they could, got into a bitchy little slapfight during Alicia Key's performance?
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Kanye West & 50 Cent
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Tommy Lee & Kid Rock
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Ricky Martin & Enrique Iglesias
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That one guy from Fallout Boy & that other guy from Fallout Boy
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Tangential to the VMA's #1: Shia LaBeouf announced during the awards that the title to the upcoming Indiana Jones film would be Indiana Jones and the:
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Secret of Treasure Lake
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Forgotten Doorway
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Missing Keyhole
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Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Tangential to the VMA's #2: Upon receiving an award, Justin Timberlake appealed to MTV to "Play more damn videos." In response, the network announced plans to air the Broadway debut of this film-to-stage project on September 29th:
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Clueless
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Knocked Up
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Legally Blonde
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Step Up
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A *former* cast member of this show is featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly's fall TV preview issue:
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Grey's Anatomy
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CSI
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Heroes
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Criminal Minds
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The impending Sex and the City movie added which recent Oscar winner to its cast?
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Jennifer Hudson
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Forest Whitaker
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Halle Berry
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Hilary Swank
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China is currently hosting the Women's World Cup. To coincide, Nike is running an ad depicting Jim Mike, PR manager for the US team. Which prime-time actor plays Jim Mike?
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Ethan Suplee
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Rainn Wilson
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Charlie Sheen
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Hugh Laurie
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Georgetown Law School seeks to make learning fun and relevant again. The Washington, DC institution is featuring a class on legal matters raised by this current TV show:
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24
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Without a Trace
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CSI: Miami
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The Unit
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Events surrounding a kidnapping case have forced the delay of the UK release of Gone Baby Gone, the directorial debut from which actor?
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Pierce Brosnan
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Matt Damon
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Sean Penn
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Ben Affleck
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Watch out ladies, Laguna Beach prettyboy Stephen Colletti is on the loose again, now that his relationship with the following Heroes cast member has ended:
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Legendary rockers Led Zeppelin this week announced that they would reunite:
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For a worldwide tour
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As an opening act on Spinal Tap's tour
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For a single show
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For a tour but with no North American stops
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Seeking to drift further from her sweetie-pie image, Mandy Moore, in an interview with Perez Hilton, did which of the following?
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Talked about smoking pot
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Danced against and briefly licked a stripper pole
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Revealed she had a DUI recently
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Would not rule out a lesbian relationship
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Actress Jane Wyman passed away this week. The Oscar winner was best known as first wife to US President _________ and star of the prime-time soap ___________.
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Lyndon Johnson / Dallas
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Ronald Reagan / Falcon Crest
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Jimmy Carter / Dynasty
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Richard Nixon / Melrose Place
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While it's Fashion Week in New York, which city has hosted an important film festival during the last week?
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Munich
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Cannes
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London
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Toronto
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Finally this week: which celeb was photographed carrying a semi-translucent shopping bag which contained a...er.... personal appliance called - and we are not making this up - the Purple Penetrator?
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Courtney Love
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Madonna
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Paris Hilton
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Tara Reid
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