1. | Answering the demands of possibly dozens of people, Saturday Night Live featured as its host this frequent newsmaker: | ||
Charlie Sheen | |||
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Lindsay Lohan | ||
Kim Kardashian | |||
Mel Gibson | |||
2. | SLW pours one out for Ralph McQuarrie. Who? He's the concept artist responsible for bringing to life the look, characters and world of this phenomenally huge film franchise. | ||
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Star Wars | ||
Alien | |||
Harry Potter | |||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |||
By way of explanation.....
For example, McQuarrie brought to life how Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, and Boba Fett would look plus envisioning Tatooine, Hoth, Dagobah, and Cloud City. |
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3. | This week Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks popped up in several news stories. Why? | ||
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Both were denying that newly circulated nude photos were real. | ||
They have both been cast in the Hunger Games sequel. | |||
Munn is joining Mad Men, thus causing Hendricks to quit the show immediately. | |||
It was confirmed that they were the ones to put Sean Young under citizen's arrest at the Oscar party. | |||
4. | Ashton Kutcher had to unload his $10.8 million mansion. The buyer? This young star, who is apparently rich or something: | ||
Miley Cyrus | |||
Taylor Swift | |||
Taylor Lautner | |||
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Justin Bieber | ||
5. | Sorry, fans of Fox's _____ but your new favorite show that premiered last year is now extinct. | ||
The New Girl | |||
Person of Interest | |||
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Terra Nova | ||
The Finder | |||
6. | Happy 100th Birthday, you wonderfully, delicious piece of Americana. March 6 marked the centennial birthday for what? | ||
Ghiradelli Chocolate | |||
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Oreos | ||
Cheese Whiz | |||
Pringles | |||
7. | Holy matrimony debate! Which two 80s sitcom siblings are now at odds over an interview in which one sibling labels gay marriage as "unnatural" and "destructive"? | ||
Michael J. Fox and Justine Bateman | |||
Malcolm Jamal Warner and Lisa Bonet | |||
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Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold | ||
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen | |||
8. | The show must go on. Which CBS show will have at least one episode this season without its male lead (who has the initials AO) while he seeks treatment for painkiller addiction? | ||
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Hawaii Five-0 | ||
The Mentalist | |||
A Gifted Man | |||
NCIS: Los Angeles | |||
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Building publicity for her return to the small screen, this TV star appears in a new spread in Maxim:![]() |
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Neve Campbell | |||
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Jennifer Love Hewitt | ||
Amanda Bynes | |||
Jenni Garth | |||
10. | One of the women mentioned in the previous question might be in trouble with the law, as she sped off before the officer who had stopped her finished writing his ticket. Who is it? | ||
Neve Campbell | |||
Jennifer Love Hewitt | |||
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Amanda Bynes | ||
Jenni Garth | |||
11. | CNN asked a "dozen professional TV watchers" to name the most influential series ever. The top spot in the poll was taken by this 1980s show: | ||
Cheers | |||
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Hill Street Blues | ||
St. Elsewhere | |||
The Cosby Show | |||
By way of explanation.....
The rest of the top 10: I Love Lucy, The Sopranos, The Tonight Show, All in the Family, Survivor, The Cosby Show, 60 Minutes, Friends and The Today Show/American Idol (tie) |
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12. | The SLW staff are not being offered $25 million to stay in their current positions. The same cannot be said of this TV host, who is close to inking such a deal: | ||
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Matt Lauer | ||
Ellen Degeneres | |||
David Letterman | |||
Carson Daly | |||
13. | In less favorable media news, this figure issued a 100% totally sincere and contrite apology for publicly calling a college student a "slut". | ||
Anderson Cooper | |||
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Rush Limbaugh | ||
Howard Stern | |||
Bill Maher | |||
14. | During the week in which she announced the gender of her will-it-be-born already baby (girl!), Jessica Simpson made news by: | ||
Releasing her first single in 10 years | |||
Publishing her autobiography | |||
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Appearing nude on the cover of Elle | ||
Being announced as a new judge for X-Factor | |||
15. | We close by noting that this Hollywood husband/wife pair were each awarded a star on the Walk of Fame this week: | ||
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Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy | ||
Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito | |||
Annette Bening and Warren Beatty | |||
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas | |||