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It's off to the great big motorcycle ramp in the sky for the archetypal stunt-man:
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Evel Knievel
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Tony Hawk
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Super Dave Osborne
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Colt Seavers
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The title character of the The Sci-Fi channel re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz, was which member of Dorothy's entourage?
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The Cowardly Lion
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The Scarecrow
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Toto
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The Tin Man
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A poll on AOL named this woman, noted for wearing little in the way of clothing, TV's Sexiest Woman Ever:
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Closing after a brief and unsuccessful run was a Broadway adaptation of this Madonna film:
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Who's That Girl
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Desperately Seeking Susan
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Body of Evidence
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Shanghai Surprise
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In a special that turned out to be only 60% as craptacular was we were expecting, CBS aired "My Night at" which awards show?
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The Oscars
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The Emmys
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The Peoples Choice Awards
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The Grammys
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CBS aired the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Accompanying the relentless waves of cleavage were performances by The Spice Girls, will.i.am and which other artist with a close tie to one of the models?
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Kid Rock
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Sting
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Usher
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Seal
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Speaking of The Spice Girls, the group kicked off their much-ballyhooed reunion tour on Sunday night. What city hosted the concert?
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Vancouver
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London
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Stockholm
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Sydney
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More Spice News! Victoria Beckham this week made these two unusual statements:
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She's never owned a pet and she has never tasted chocolate
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That she always sleeps with her husband in the nude and is 'such a gay man trying to get out'
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She is afraid of the color red and has never voted in her life
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She hates the nickname 'Posh' and she thinks of herself as the brains of the group
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The animated classic Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer has been reworked into a TV commercial currently airing. Which product is being sold?
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Palmolive
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Chevrolet
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Aflac
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Visa
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The incredibly sexily-named director McG will be bringing his patented ADD-pandering style to the next Terminator film. Who is in negotiations to play John Connor this time around?
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Mark Ruffalo
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Christian Bale
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Ryan Gosling
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James Marsden
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Which actress went from defense to offense this week when she was filmed chasing down reckless paparazzi in her car?
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Julia Stiles
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Helen Mirren
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Diane Lane
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Julia Roberts
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We learned that this classic rocker will be performing at the 2008 SuperBowl halftime show:
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Tom Petty
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Bruce Springsteen
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Carlos Santana
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Bob Dylan
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Thursday night's airing of ER was the _______th episode of the show:
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200
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250
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300
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400
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Which of these cable series did not interrupt their hiatuses (hiatii?) with holiday-themed episodes this week?
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The Closer
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Monk
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Battlestar Galactica
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Psych
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Upset over the small tempest which arose over slightly less-than-flattering bikini pics which appeared on the net last week, which actress wrote on her website: "I'm not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image."
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Hillary Duff
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Hayden Panettiere
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
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Chyler Leigh
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Seeking to beat the speculating press to the bunch, which High School Musical star admitted to having a nose job performed recently?
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Ashley Tisdale
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Vanessa Anne Hudgens
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Alyson Reed
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Zac Efron
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Meanwhile, which A-list actress has threatened to sue US Magazine over the publication's claim that she had a nose job?
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Jennifer Aniston
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Scarlett Johansson
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Halle Berry
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Reese Witherspoon
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Katherine Heigl keeps staying vaguely annoying things which makes it harder to focus on how hot she is. What someone strange did she make about her huge summer film Knocked Up?
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She wasn't paid enough
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The film wasn't marketed correctly
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The film was sexist
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Judd Apatow refused to wear pants on the set
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Wednesday's taping of Ellen DeGeneres' talk show saw which of the following occurrences?
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The set caught fire
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Ellen fired her stage manager during a commercial break
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Guest Jenna Bush called her father (you know, the president) on-air during the show
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All of the audience members brought pets to the taping
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Which comedian performed for a staggering 6 hours 12 minutes, breaking his own record from earlier in the year?
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Carrot Top
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Gallagher
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Lewis Black
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Dave Chappelle
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Dakota Fanning, Avril Levigne and Maria Sharapova all appear on Forbes' list of the 20 top-earning stars under the age of 25. Who topped the list?
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LeBron James
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Lindsay Lohan
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Carrie Underwood
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Daniel Radcliffe
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Which daytime star confronted a newspaper staffer, threatening: "Don't look at me like that. Do you know who I am? I'm a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up."
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Montel Williams
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Rachel Ray
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Judge Joe Brown
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Jerry Springer
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Grammy nominations came out Thursday. Record of the Year noms went to Beyonce, Foo Fighters, Justin Timberlake, and this notable songstress (ella, ella, ella):
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Nelly Furtado
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Rhianna
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Fergie
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Shakira
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When Barbara Walters appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to promote her 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007, to which The View panelist did Bill O'Reill refer to as "The Wicked Witch of the East?"
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Walters herself
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck
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Rosie O'Donnell
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Joy Beyhar
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Which figure who received a good bit of bad press in the last year did Walters include on her Fascinating list?
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Amy Winehouse
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Linsday Lohan
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Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlin Upton
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Don Imus
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