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1. No sooner had we put last week's edition to bed came word that a certain famous person became engaged. So, congratulations on finding true and everlasting love to:
John Mayer
Britney Spears
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Love Hewitt
 
2. Film fans were treated this week to the first trailer to the Peter Jackson film The Hobbit. One of the images below comes from the Hobbit trailer - the others are from the earlier Lord of the Rings trailers. Which is from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?




By way of explanation.....
In order, the images are from Return of the King, The Two Towers, Fellowship of the Ring and The Hobbit
 
3. Having not been relevant to the music scene for years and years, MTV nevertheless created an Artist of the Year honor, and bestowed the new title upon this person:
Katy Perry
Adele
Pitbull
Bruno Mars
 
4. A movie superhero did some real-life justice seeking when he had a run-in with Chinese guards as he attempted to visit a jailed activist. Who was this (un) masked man, anyway?
Captain America's Chris Evans
Batman's Christian Bale
Thor's Chris Hemsworth
Wolverine's Hugh Jackman
 
5. Pop culture met academia in a weird way when an NYU professor was allegedly fired for giving this celebrity student a D in his "Directing the Actor II" class:
Anne Hathaway
Emile Hirsch
Dakota Fanning
James Franco
By way of explanation.....
The reason for the low grade was apparently a high number of classes missed by Franco
 
6.
Say hello to the beautiful Paula Patton, featured here in a photoshoot for January's GQ. While not a household name...yet...she is appearing in what newly released movie, just in time for Christmas?
Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin
 
7. It’s a laziness. People can’t actually say the whole name? It’s just bizarre.... Why do I have to get stuck with a mangled moniker? Which star lashed out at those who refer to her by her abbreviated name?
Natalie Portman, who hates being called NPort
Scarlett Johansson, who hates being called ScarJo
Jennifer Lopez, who hates being called JLo
Amy Poehler, who hates being alled APo
 
8. For a few moments Monday night, the world was shaken at the news that this superstar had died. If you sat there thinking, this is probably just a hoax, you're right - ________wasn't actually dead, after all.
Charlie Sheen
David Letterman
Meryl Streep
Jon Bon Jovi
 
9. The death hoax referred, of course, to Bon Jovi, and Jon answered the rumors in pretty great fashion, posting this sign on his Facebook page:

Unlimited bowling in heaven, and you don't pay for the shoes
Only mostly dead
Not nearly as hot as I was expecting to be
Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey
By way of explanation.....
 
10. The SLW staff was saddened to hear that two of our favorite stars - and one of the longest lasting celebrity couples - are splitting. Who are going their separate ways after 30 years together?
Rhea Pearlman and Danny DeVito
Annette Bening and Warren Beatty
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard
 
11. The second notable breakup of the week involved Jennifer Elia, whose engagement and relationship ended. Elia's name might not ring a bell, but you've likely heard of her former fiance, who made lots of news in 2011:
Conan O'Brien
Michael Lohan
Simon Cowell
Chaz Bono
 
12. But fear not, fans of celebrity relationships! Internet rumors, which are always to be believed, suggest that this on again/off again pair became engaged at a luxury resort in Wyoming on Monday:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
 
13. This action star almost didn't make it to see the new year, nearly drowning as he filmed scenes for a surfing movie in California:
Gerard Butler
Matt Damon
Jason Statham
Shia LaBeouf
 
14. This week it was revealed that the most watched YouTube video of 2011 primarily featured:
Cats
The Royal Wedding
Chris Brown
Rebecca Black
By way of explanation.....
See the full list here
 
15. Do you remember what American Idol is? Us neither! At any rate, a recent contestant made news this week by announcing plans to leave the music scene for a while as s/he heads off for a two-year stint with a Mormon missionary:
David Archuletta
Adam Lambert
Lacey Brown
Lee Dewhatshisname
 
16. Really making sure we don't forget American Idol. One of its notable contestants was arrested in Finland for assaulting his significant other outside a gay night club. It wasn't Clay Aiken, right? Right??
Right, it was Taylor Hicks.
Right, it was David Archuleta.
Right, it was Adam Lambert.
Wrong.
 
17. Charlize Theron, star of new film Young Adult, urged 30-somethings to stop wearing clothing adorned with this younger-skewing fashion theme - ironically, perhaps, as her character in the film wears it:
Hello Kitty
Team Edward/Team Jacob
Harry Potter
Elmo
 
18. If you had a spare $861K laying around - and face it, who doesn't these days? - then you could have won this screen legend's Oscar at auction this week:
Laurence Olivier
Orson Welles
Katharine Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
 
19. If you asked Santa for another 32 installments of a certain singer's ‘Trapped in the Closet’, then you are in luck. Which singer is planning this unwarranted expansion of his vanity project?
R. Kelly
Sean Combs
Robin Thicke
Usher
 
20. The SLW staff wishes you the best for the holidays. So does a this celebrity, who sent out the following card:

which recalled a 2006 incident in which the inebriated star leaped into a Christmas tree in a London hotel:
Russell Crowe
Andy Dick
Steven Seagal
Kiefer Sutherland
 




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