| 1. | If you managed to lose a purse containing $10,000 in cash during the week, well then, you have a surprising amount in common with this pop culture newsmonger: | ||
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Lindsay Lohan | ||
| Paula Abdul | |||
| Megan Fox | |||
| Amanda Seyfried | |||
| 2. | Awards season time: First, which movie grabbed the most SAG Award nominations? | ||
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The Help | ||
| The Descendants | |||
| Moneyball | |||
| J. Edgar | |||
| 3. | Off to the small screen: Which TV series snagged the most SAG Award nominations for its television cast? | ||
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Modern Family | ||
| 30 Rock | |||
| Games of Thrones | |||
| Dexter | |||
| 4. | A day after the SAG noms came the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. This person got a Globe nod for both acting and directing: | ||
| Woody Allen | |||
| Owen Wilson | |||
| Angelina Jolie | |||
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George Clooney | ||
| 5. | The Hollywood Foreign Press loves themselves women who make people laugh. The list of Best Actress, Comedy (Television) nominees include all of the following, except for: | ||
| Zooey Deschanel for New Girl | |||
| Tina Fey for 30 Rock | |||
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Jenna Fischer for The Office | ||
| Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation | |||
| 6. | If you love the Judd Apatow players, then you will want to watch this year's Independent Spirit Awards with ______ serving as host. | ||
| Jason Segal | |||
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Seth Rogen | ||
| James Franco | |||
| Paul Rudd | |||
| 7. | Occupy Wall Street protests temporarily shut down production of which TV show this week? | ||
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| 8. | Congratulations, ______! Billboard has declared you the No. 1 artist of 2011. Thanks to selling 4.8 million copies of your current album and having the biggest single of the year. | ||
| Bruno Mars | |||
| Taylor Swift | |||
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Adele | ||
| Katy Perry | |||
| 9. | Katy Perry hosted SNL, and fortunately/unfortunately limited her contributions to acting (or "acting"). Fortunately/unfortunately, this woman supplied the musical talent for the evening, introducing the audience to her rather unique brand of dancing: | ||
| Missy Elliot | |||
| Rihanna | |||
| Christina Perri | |||
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Robyn | ||
| 10. | SLW thinks Mens Health magazine may have overstated the hotness of which Brad Pitt lover, by naming her the Hottest Woman of ALL Time? | ||
| Angelina Jolie | |||
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Jennifer Aniston | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | |||
| Juliette Lewis | |||
| 11. | NBC found itself with a hole in its primetime schedule, so it went somewhat retro and brought back this competition-themed show into its lineup: | ||
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| 12. | America's Got Talent gets its replacement for judge Piers Morgan from right here in the U.S. of A. Which highly recognizable entertainment figure will be joining the show? | ||
| Oprah Winfrey | |||
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Howard Stern | ||
| Donald Trump | |||
| Regis Philbin | |||
| 13. | Securing post-having-a-baby employment, Jessica Simpson has signed $3 million deal with what weight loss company? | ||
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| 14. |
If you are stoked about next summer's slate of movies, then you were delighted this week with the release of two high profile teaser posters. What film's poster features this image?
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| The Dark Knight Rises | |||
| Prometheus | |||
| Men in Black III | |||
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The Amazing Spider-Man | ||
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| 15. |
You probably didn't pick The Dark Knight Rises because you know this is its new poster. But do you know what tagline we have sneakily obscured?
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| The Knight Falls | |||
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The Legend Ends | ||
| The Threat Lives | |||
| The End is Here | |||
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| 16. | The FCC broke character and actually did something helpful this week - something that may have an effect on how you watch television. What was it? | ||
| Changed the hours at which prime time starts | |||
| Allowed the creation of another broadcast network | |||
| Eased limitations for the amount of sex and violence that can be shown on prime time programs | |||
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Regulated the volume level for commercials | ||
| 17. | Hardware store Lowes was one of a number of sponsors who caused controversy when they pulled their ads from a cable reality show about: | ||
| Child beauty pageants | |||
| Sarah Palin | |||
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Muslim Americans | ||
| Real Housewives | |||
| 18. |
We end with a trio of celebrity/Twitter items: Demanding that she be not be ignored, which female swore to post a topless picture of herself if and when she reaches 300K followers? |
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Adrianne Curry | ||
| Rumer Willis | |||
| Paris Hilton | |||
| Pippa Middleton | |||
| 19. | Next, Charlie Sheen's cellphone went kablooey when he accidentally publicly tweeted his phone number while trying to send a private message to a certain star. Who was Chuck trying to contact? | ||
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Justin Bieber | ||
| Rob Lowe | |||
| Courteney Cox | |||
| Jon Cryer | |||
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| Ashley Greene | |||
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Miley Cyrus | ||
| Ali Lohan | |||
| Kendall Kardashian | |||