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1. Did you ever notice how there are fewer and fewer old-school media giants around, especially now that this man died during the week:
Andy Rooney
Dan Rather
Larry King
Roger Mudd
 
2. Recurrent jail bird Lindsay Lohan reported to the big house on Saturday evening to start her 30-day sentence. How long did her stay end up being?
Just over four hours
She was out in time to catch the last half of Sunday Night Football
Three days - at least it has a '3' in it like '30'
Justice has been served and she is still in jail
 
3. The People's Choice Award nominations roughly reflect the choice of the people, as this film, which has earned the most at the worldwide box office in 2011, leads all flicks with nine nominees:




 
4. Last week we learned the unspectacular name Skyfall for the new Bond film. But this week we learn of the actually spectacular casting of Oscar winner _____ as the villain.
Javier Bardem
Benecio del Toro
Geoffrey Rush
Kevin Spacey
 
5. At the beginning of the week, this guy was slated to produce February's Oscars show. After a series of controversial statements during the week? Not so much.
Ron Howard
Robert Zemeckis
Michael Bay
Brett Ratner
 
6. ...which brought around the swift removal of ________ as Oscars host, so it's back to the drawing board:
Billy Crystal
Eddie Murphy
Chevy Chase
Mike Myers
 
7. Wrapping up his week in New York on a controversial note, Conan O'Brien made news by:
Presiding over a gay wedding
Camping out a night with Occupy Wall Street protesters
Being briefly jailed for indecent exposure after a pants-dropping stunt
Crashing a live taping of Jay Leno's Tonight Show
 
8. Heading off to the Funny Papers in the sky is Bil Keane. The 89 year old cartoonist was famous for creating which of the following?




 
9. There was name calling, hair pulling, oh-no-you-di'n'ts, and kung-fu fighting in a 1:00 am brawl at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which involved this singer:
Katy Perry
Avril Lavigne
Kellie Pickler
Courtney Love
 
10. Let us introduce you to stunning Argentinian model Luisana Lopilato

who, this week, made music personality __________ a very lucky man when she married him.
Rick Astley
Michael Buble
James Blunt
Justin Guarini
 
11. The trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, concluded this week and the jury deliberated only briefly. The Bouncing Ball of Justice rendered the following verdict upon Dr. Murray:
Guilty of first degree murder
Guilty of criminal negligence
Guilty of manslaughter
Not guilty
 
12. If you were hanging around an electronics store this week and got trampled by the hordes rushing to pick up MW3, the latest iteration from this video game franchise, well then....plan better next time.
Halo
Grand Theft Auto
Mario Kart
Call of Duty
 
13. From the safety of a podium and with a spotlight on her, Jennifer Aniston used the Glamour's Women of the Year Awards to jokingly proclaim that she is 'madly in love with ______'.
Justin Theroux
Lisa Kudrow
Chelsea Handler
Herself
 
14. Thanks to a baby announcement this week, which would be a more appropriate title of one of its reality series?
20 Kids and Counting
The Little Couple (and a Little Bundle of Joy)
Four Weddings...and a Baby Shower
Say Yes to the Maternity Dress
By way of explanation.....
That's right, the Duggar family are expecting their 20th child. We are exhausted just from the notion.
 
15. The SLW pours out a 40 (which we had to go out and buy, for the soul purpose of pouring them out, it's not like we keep 40's lying around the office) for this rap star who passed on this week:
Fat Joe
Heavy D
Young MC
50 Cent
 
16. We're frankly surprised that this singer, who, in addition to be immensely talented, has also done a lot of good in the world, hasn't already receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fortunately, that oversight was rectified this week. So hats off to:
Bono
Gloria Estefan
Shakira
Sheryl Crow
 
17. Now Hiring: America's Got Talent is seeking a new on-air personality to fill the void left by the recently announced departure of:
A
B
C
D
 
18. If you want to catch this young celeb in a Marc Jacobs perfume ad, then whatever you do, don't head over the England, as it's been banned in the UK for being too sexy.
Dakota Fanning
Ashley Olson
Mila Kunis
Jennifer Lawrence
 
19. The 2011 CMA Awards, at which Taylor Swift cleaned up, included a performance by this man, promoting his "new country album coming soon!" - though we're having a hard time seeing him in the genre:
Elton John
Lionel Richie
Huey Lewis
Boy George
 
20. All it took was one ill-timed Tweet supporting Penn State' Joe Paterno and this prolific Twitter user has officially handing over micro-blogging duties to his/her management team.
Ashton Kutcher
Demi Moore
Stephen Fry
Lady Gaga
 




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