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1. Answering the demands of possibly dozens of people, Saturday Night Live featured as its host this frequent newsmaker:
Charlie Sheen
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.
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.
 
3. This week Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks popped up in several news stories. Why?
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
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
Terra Nova
The Finder
 
6. Happy 100th Birthday, you wonderfully, delicious piece of Americana. March 6 marked the centennial birthday for what?
Ghiradelli Chocolate
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
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?
Hawaii Five-0
The Mentalist
A Gifted Man
NCIS: Los Angeles
 
9. Building publicity for her return to the small screen, this TV star appears in a new spread in Maxim:
Neve Campbell
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
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
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)
 
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:
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
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
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:
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy
Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito
Annette Bening and Warren Beatty
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas
 




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