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1.	The past came back to haunt this popular singer when footage of him/her making VERY unsavory anti-American lyrics:
		P!nk
		Rain
		Ke$ha
		Psy

2.	This lady had a pretty good week. She topped Ask Men's list of the 99 Most Desirable Women, and received a both a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Actress:
		Jessica Chastain
		Jennifer Lawrence
		Scarlett Johansson
		Anne Hathaway

3.	Speaking of the Golden Globes, this perennial favorite was shut out of the TV series nominations:
		Modern Family
		Breaking Bad
		Mad Men
		The Big Bang Theory

4.	And the Screen Actors guild nominated each of the following for Best Ensemble Cast, except for:
		Argo
		Lincoln
		Les Miserables
		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

5.	In a story we swear we are not making up, Taylor Swift has somehow gotten herself romantically linked with the creator of this popular comic strip:





6.	RIP Ravi Shankar, sitar guru notable for his influence on classic rock band ______________ and somewhat estranged father of more modern music star ___________:
		The Byrds / Madonna
		The Yardbirds / Shelia E.
		Led Zeppelin / Pink
		The Beatles / Nora Jones

7.	A sad farewell also to underappreciated Latina music star Jenni Rivera. All too few people knew about Rivera until her death this week via:
		Plane crash
		Boat sinking
		Avalanche
		Building collapse

8.	Happy 20th Anniversary to the Syfy Channel. For two decades, you have given us cheese-tastic horror films. Which of these is NOT a title of said masterpieces?
		Croctopus
		Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
		Ice Spiders
		Jersey Shore Shark Attack
		*By way of explanation.....* The octopus hybrid film you were probably thinking of was Sharktopus.

9.	"Have you been drinking tonight?" "Yeah, I'm pretty drunk." This young actress frankly admitted to being intoxicated during an appearance on Letterman's talk show:
		Alice Eve
		Amy Adams
		Ashley Greene
		Amanda Seyfried
		*By way of explanation.....* Dig:

10.	In an interview this week, this star of the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey admitted that he has been battling prostate cancer for six or seven years.
		Andy Serkis
		Martin Freeman
		Ian McKellan
		Hugo Weaving

11.	The ridiculousness that is Lindsay Lohan's life continues to bloom. Which of these is the reason why her probation was revoked this week?
		Lying to police following a car crash earlier this year
		Stealing a designer handbag in New York
		Getting into a fight with a One Direction fan who made advances to LiLo's new man, Harry Styles
		Indecent exposure...sorry that was just how we felt after watching "Liz & Dick."

12.	At the red carpet premiere of Les Miserables, _______ gave an accidental premiere of her...umm...nether regions...when she exited her car because she didn't wear underwear.
		Amanda Seyfried
		Penelope Cruz
		Jessica Chastain
		Anne Hathaway

13.	Citizens, calm yourselves! Authorities have foiled a plot to murder (!) and castrate (!!!!) this often-in-the-news male celebrity:
		Justin Bieber
		Robert Pattinson
		Daniel Radcliffe
		Joaquin Phoenix

14.	"He's giving everyone s* the whole time, and he's a big pain in the a." Jon Stewart has taken the unusual step of banning this big-name actor from appearing on The Daily Show again after the hot-shot was extremely rude to the production staff:
		Hugh Laurie
		Hugh Jackman
		Hugh Grant
		Kiefer Sutherland

15.	Acts ranging from The Who to Chris Martin, Bon Jovi to Bruce Springsteen turned out to perform at the 12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief, yet is was an odd appearance by this offbeat star, wearing some kind of leather-skirt-type-thing that generated the most discussion:
		Kid Rock
		Eddie Vedder
		Kanye West
		Jay Z