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1.	In anticipation of the Big Game, Honda unveiled its new Super Bowl ad, which features an update of which iconic 1980s movie?




		*By way of explanation.....*

2.	Hollywood did the Screen Actors Guild boogie on Sunday night. This film strengthened its Oscars credentials by taking home two individual awards, along with one for its ensemble cast:





3.	Meanwhile, while Boardwalk Empire cleaned up on the drama side of the TV fence at the SAG Awards, this comedy's cast reigned supreme:
		The Office
		Glee
		The Big Bang Theory
		Modern Family

4.	SLW pours one out for Don Cornelius, dead in an apparent suicide. A good part of our audience may be too young to remember the righteous Mr. Cornelius as the host of which legendary music television show:
		American Bandstand
		Soul Train
		Solid Gold
		Friday Night Videos

5.	An odd feud has taken a humorous turn as The Muppets have put together a video taking this media body, which had some kind of beef with the puppets' 2011 movie, to task:
		60 Minutes
		Headline News
		Fox News
		Meet the Press
		*By way of explanation.....* "Boy, that's gonna be all over the internet"

6.	The X-Factor has shed three of its personalities in a single week. As of this publishing of this SLW, which of these people remain on the show with Simon?
		Steve Jones
		Paula
		LA Reed
		Nicole

7.	For displaying a highly commendable sense of good judgment, SLW applauds ____ for declining to air an episode of _____ for a challenge involving contestants ingesting an animal delicacy that's truly, truly disgusting.
		NBC / Fear Factor
		Bravo / Top Chef Texas
		CBS / Survivor
		TLC / Next Great Baker

8.	This actress has been trying to calm the tempest she created by stating that her being gay is by choice:
		Cynthia Nixon
		Portia de Rossi
		Jodie Foster
		Fiona Shaw

9.	In more serious journalism, AskMen.com has just released their annual Top 99 Most Desirable Women list. This SLW regular, bless her little heart, is at the top of the list:
		Shakira
		Sofia Vergara
		Kate Upton
		Lindsay Lo....hahahaha, we can't even finish typing that without laughing

10.	Something turned 30 this week. What was it?
		Disney World
		The Fox network
		David Letterman's late-night talk show
		The film ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

11.	This retailer seems intent on driving itself out of business, so it has started to run an ad campaign featuring the Three Primary Kardashian Sisters, topless, to promote a line of denim:





12.	As the American political season shifts into high gear, offbeat Republican candidate Ron Paul scored a surprising endorsement from this offbeat celebrity, when said star posted a picture of the Texas Rep on his Facebook page:
		Andy Dick
		Snoop Dogg
		Weird Al
		Alec Baldwin

13.	One Jersey Shore cast member made his/her distaste for New Jersey governor Chris Christie known by declaring the governor would not get their vote for president. Which one of these knuckleheads is oblivious to the fact that Christie isn't running for president?
		The Situation
		JWoww
		DJ Pauly D
		Snooki
		*By way of explanation.....* Oh yeah, there are also reports that Snooki is pregnant.

14.	Talking about offbeat....here's a weird pairing: While George Clooney has gorgeous Stacy Keibler on his arm these days, Clooney's ex Elisabetta Canalis has apparently paired up with this slightly less....glamorous mate:
		Tom Green from The Tom Green Show
		The Situation from Jersey Shore
		Steve-O from Jackass
		Tom Arnold from...who the hell cares

15.	Comic book geeks rejoice: This week marked the announcement of new prequels to what critically acclaimed comic series?
		The Sandman
		Watchmen
		The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
		The Walking Dead

16.	Which Terminator franchise actor experienced the embarrassment of being arrested this week for not being able to pay an $84 taxi bill?
		Terminator's Michael Biehn
		T2: Judgment Day's Edward Furlong
		Terminator: Rise of the Machines' Nick Stahl
		Terminator: Salvation's Sam Worthington

17.	We should have known that it wasn't possible not to know about this actress's....strong feelings about sloths, but only after she had a meltdown about the subject on Ellen's show was this made clear (and wow, was it ever made clear...):
		Megan Fox
		Kristen Bell
		Mila Kunis
		Amy Poehler
		*By way of explanation.....* Making it very clear:

18.	Whether it was salvia-induced or not is unknown but regardless, Miley Cyrus tweeted news of what recent injury: "cracked my ___ bone doing a front flip ... on to the couch. thats like when i tripped over a pillow and broke my arm. #onlyme."
		collar
		jaw
		tail
		breast
		*By way of explanation.....* There has got to be reference to her song "The Climb" that we're missing.

19.	Years ago, Reese Witherspoon starred in a movie called Fear with Mark Wahlberg, in which the latter plays a psycho boyfriend-stalker. Flash forward to this year, when a particular actor has expressed interest in starring in a remake of the movie. When asked about the remake, our girl Reese responded: “Fine, great. That'd be cool. Would he be playing me, or is he playing Mark Wahlberg?” Who is the star who she's bagging on here?
		Michael Cera
		Justin Bieber
		Justin Long
		Zac Effron

20.	Which of these Home Improvement cast members may be spending a bit of time in the big house following this week's arrest for DUI and drug possession?
		A
		B
		C
		D
		*By way of explanation.....* It was the youngest of the Taylor family -- Taran Noah Smith.