| 1. | Get out your fingers and all of your toes. Now, count to 500 - that's the number of episodes that have aired for the following show as of this week: | ||
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| 2. | Our short national nightmare is over, as this late-night host returned to his show, ending a brief, unexplained absence that caused panic among his followers: | ||
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Stephen Colbert | ||
| Jon Stewart | |||
| Jay Leno | |||
| David Letterman | |||
| 3. | Congratulations, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. You're a comic book-based sequel opening on a four-day holiday weekend, so you must have been the number one film at the box office, right? Right? | ||
| Wrong, it finished second behind This Means War. | |||
| Wrong, it finished third behind Safe House and This Means War. | |||
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Wrong, it finished fourth behind Safe House, The Vow and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. | ||
| Right | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Four-day totals: Safe House - $27.5 mil; The Vow - $26.6 mil; Journey 2 - $25.9 mil; AND Ghost Rider 2 - $25.5 mil |
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| 4. | Leading up to this weekend's Oscar ceremony, the producers released a painfully unfunny video of Oscar winner ______ being taught proper statue holding techniques by Mike Myers. | ||
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Kevin Kline | ||
| Meryl Streep | |||
| Hilary Swank | |||
| Martin Scorsese | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Judge for yourself if Mike Myers is devolving into Robin Williams: |
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| 5. | With the announcement of ________ as host, it appears that Saturday Night Live is heading to the 'trainwreck' well for hosting options. | ||
| Charlie Sheen | |||
| Courtney Love | |||
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Lindsay Lohan | ||
| Andy Dick | |||
| 6. | The Amazing Race was notable pop culturally and news-wise this week for all the reasons, except: | ||
| Sunday's premiere marked their 20th season | |||
| This season features a team of Big Brother castmates (one of which won that show) | |||
| A producer was reportedly killed in Uganda while scouting locations | |||
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Phil Keoghan announced that this is his last season as host | ||
| 7. | Kids grow up so fast. Join us in saying Happy 18th Birthday to ______, who hit the age milestone on Thursday, Feb. 23. | ||
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Dakota Fanning | ||
| Miley Cyrus | |||
| Justin Bieber | |||
| Nick Jonas...or is it Kevin or Joe...whoever the youngest one is | |||
| 8. | The babymaking rumor mill was in full force this week, when which star of the Charlie's Angels films was seen carrying what look like sonogram photos? (Hint: The lady in question also celebrated a birthday on Wednesday.) | ||
| Cameron Diaz | |||
| Lucy Liu | |||
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Drew Barrymore | ||
| Demi Moore | |||
| 9. | Causing a minor stir, which 40-something star of a network show appears nude on the latest issue of Shape magazine...albeit with strategically placed legs and arms? | ||
| Julianne Marguiles | |||
| Ellen Pompeo | |||
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Kate Walsh | ||
| Courteney Cox | |||
| 10. | Got an extra $80 million lying around? Then you may have a shot at this famous painting, expected to bring in quite a haul as it goes up for auction. | ||
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