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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:
Lindsay Lohan
Paula Abdul
Megan Fox
Amanda Seyfried
 
2. Awards season time: First, which movie grabbed the most SAG Award nominations?
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?
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
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
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
Seth Rogen
James Franco
Paul Rudd
 
7. Occupy Wall Street protests temporarily shut down production of which TV show this week?




 
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
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
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
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:




 
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
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?




 
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?
The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
Men in Black III
The Amazing Spider-Man
By way of explanation.....
 
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?
The Knight Falls
The Legend Ends
The Threat Lives
The End is Here
By way of explanation.....
 
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
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
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?
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?
Justin Bieber
Rob Lowe
Courteney Cox
Jon Cryer
 
20. Thank you for the compliment but these babies are all mine. I wish they’d realize you don’t have to be fake to be beautiful! Tweeting thusly, which young celeb sought to put to rest recent speculation that her breasts have not been cosmetically enhanced?
Ashley Greene
Miley Cyrus
Ali Lohan
Kendall Kardashian
 




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