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While the NFL wild card round was underway, Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson set tongues wagging as they vacationed together in which resort location?
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Cannes
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Cancun
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Miami
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Aruba
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American Gladiators returned to the airwaves this week. Which of the following is a name of one of the Gladiators?
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Blade
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Laser
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Blazer
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Militia
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We're only a few days away from a new season of American Idol. Fox is liberally using this band's song Hollywood in promos for the new AI:
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Collective Soul
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OK Go!
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Fountains of Wayne
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Nickelback
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While the Golden Globe awards telecast has been all but canceled, the Critics Choice awards aired this week.
The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men was the big winner at the proceedings, which was broadcast on:
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Bravo
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VH1
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A&E
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FX
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A presidential campaign has sprung up around which character on The Simpsons?
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Homer Simpson
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Ralph Wiggum
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Groundskeeper Willy
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Montgomery Burns
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As British television has inflicted countless blights onto the American public (Coupling, anyone?), the US has returned fire in this cultural combat. A British version of which American TV staple is set to air across the pond?
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Law & Order
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CSI
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Iron Chef America
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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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As this HBO series has begun its fifth and final series, its creator vented thusly against the lack of acclaim the series has won: I don't give a (expletive) if we ever win one of their little trinkets."
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Entourage
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Dexter
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The Wire
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Supermodel Elle Macpherson has called off her relationship with this dufus rock star after he was caught making out with another woman:
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Bryan Adams
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Meatloaf
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Kid Rock
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Ric Ocasek
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America's bellicose tendencies are on display again with the debut of the Dance Wars series. The competing factions will be lead into battle by Dancing With the Stars judges Carrie Ann and:
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Len
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Bruno
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Julian
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Lance
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A series of stamps honoring this legendary screen character have been issued:
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Darth Vader
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Jason Bourne
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Inspector Clouseau
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James Bond
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Depending on which report your read, either one or both of two women you've never heard of named Gemma Arterton and Olga Kurylenko had a good week. Why?
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They are in contention for the presidency of the Screen Actors Guild
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They were named as new "Bond Girls" for the upcoming James Bond movie
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Both were seen at various times in the company of George Clooney
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Both are studio producers who have negotiated independent settlements with the striking screen write
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If you've been following the US Presidential primaries lately, you may have heard that Barak Obama's rise to political power was influenced tangentially by a sex scandal from several years ago involving this actress:
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Jeri Ryan
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Poppy Montgomery
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Angelina Jolie
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Tara Reid
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MTV's latest installment of The Real World wrapped this week. We didn't watch a single episode, and are only dimly aware that this 107th installment in the series was set in the following international city:
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Mexico City
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Kabul
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Tokyo
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Sydney
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According to an eyewitness account, one of our favorite nutjobs "had an insane nervous breakdown that lasted 10 minutes [at LAX Airport]... She was yelling into her cell phone in this deep, rage-filled Poltergeist voice." We're sorry that we missed seeing this performance by:
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Courtney Love
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Star Jones
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Paula Abdul
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Shirley MacLaine
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In one of its 60 episodes to air this week, Deal or No Deal featured an 80's-themed night. This pair, the 23rd and 82nd most culturally relevant entertainment figures of that decade, made an appearance:
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DeborahDebbie Gibson & Corey Feldman
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Tiffany & Corey Haim
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Lisa Bonet & Billy Idol
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Annie Lennox & Andrew McCarthy
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TMI! Only days after groping Posh on stage, which Spice Girl confided to a sea of concert-goers that she had "too much clitoral stimulation" over the Christmas holiday?
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Scary
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Baby
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Ginger
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Sporty
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More Spice news! This week, our girl Becks received which honor?
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She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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She received a People's Choice Award as Favorite Celebrity
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She was named to the top of Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed List
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She appeared simultaneously on the covers of TV Guide, People, The New Yorker and Popular Mechanics
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After issuing denials for weeks, the handlers for which Very Important Actress now confirm that she is, in fact, pregnant?
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Glenn Close
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Jennifer Aniston
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Renee Zellweger
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Nicole Kidman
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Andrew Morton's new biography of Tom Cruise has caused quite a stir. Which of the following is not a claim made in the book?
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Cruise is the #2 man in all of Scientology
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Daughter Suri was 'conceived like Rosemary's baby'
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Cruise has undergone psychological treatments designed to make him forget his marriage to Nicole
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Cruise's next mission is to recruit David Beckham for Scientology
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The People's Choice Awards was held this week. As its audience was down about 50%, we hardly blame you if you don't know that the host of the proceedings was:
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Queen Latifah
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Rosie O'Donnell
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LL Cool J
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Matt Damon
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