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1.	A bittersweet RIP to longtime film critic and pop culture icon Roger Ebert. Among Ebert's credentials are all of the following, except:
		Co-host of long-running review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel
		Received Oscar nomination for his screenplay of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
		Recipient of Pulitzer Prize
		Author of The Great Movies and I Hated Hated Hate This Movie books
		*By way of explanation.....* Ebert indeed wrote the screenplay for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; it was most decidedly not nominated for an Oscar

2.	Changing gears completely, and on a happier note, in what must have been a purely scientific endeavor, this woman was voted as having Best Cleavage according to UK's The Sun:
		Jennifer Love Hewitt
		Kim Kardashian
		Sofia Vergara
		Kate Upton

3.	As an April Fools prank, this social media giant announced over the weekend it was ready to "pick a winner", after which it would no longer be accepting new entries:




		*By way of explanation.....* Dig:

4.	Monday saw the perpetual mistake machine, known as _______, tweet that she is pregnant. Several hours later, she confirmed that it was an April Fool's joke (and a not particularly funny or original one at that).
		Amanda Bynes
		Lindsay Lohan
		Rihanna
		Taylor Momsen

5.	In what very well may have been the best Easter ever - at least in the what's-on-television-sense - viewers were treated to the finale of _________________ AND the much-anticipated season premiere of _________________
		The Bible / Sons of Anarchy
		The Walking Dead / Game of Thrones
		Survivor / Boardwalk Empire
		Girls / Justified

6.	Following in A&E's Bates Motel footsteps, NBC premiered its own series featuring Dr. Hannibal Lecter as the main character. The show shares the same name of which cinematic outing by the good doctor?
		Red Dragon
		Silence of the Lambs
		Hannibal
		Trick question...it is named "Lecter"

7.	Hearts in Potter-ville were saddened at the death of Richard Griffiths, well-liked actor who played this reviled character in the Harry Potter films:
		Snape
		Voldemort
		Lucius Malfoy
		Uncle Vernon

8.	In celebrity baby news, congratulations to once-and-future Veronica Mars Kristen Bell, who gave birth to a baby girl given this presidential name:
		Lincoln
		Washington
		Roosevelt
		Cleveland

9.	It looks like Glee will have to film its season finale without this one of its main actors because he/she has voluntarily checked into rehab.
		Matthew Morrison
		Kevin McHale
		Cory Montieth
		Lea Michele

10.	Welcome to the judicial system, _____. This young celebrity is facing criminal prosecution for spitting in the face of the neighbor who complained that he was speeding in the neighborhood.
		Rob Kardashian
		Harry Styles
		Justin Bieber
		One of those guys from the boy band The Wanted

11.	A feud has begun this week between Fox News and this comedian after said funnyman released a Funny or Die video about gun control. He later released a statement about how he REALLY feels saying the news channel is..."a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams...and [it] will be remembered as nothing more than a giant culture fart."
		Jim Carrey
		Louis CK
		Jerry Seinfeld
		Jon Stewart

12.	He's too sexy for YouTube. This R&B singer's new video for a song called Blurred Lines was pulled from YouTube because of copious amounts of nudity.
		Robin Thicke
		Justin Timberlake
		Chris Brown
		R. Kelly
		*By way of explanation.....* Who cares what YouTube says, Thicke said that his wife gave him the 'ok' to shoot the risque video.

13.	Pixar has finally announced the official name of the sequel to Finding Nemo, which is set to be released in 2015. The film will be called "Finding ____".
		Gil
		Dory
		Marlin
		Bruce

14.	Rock-n-Roll stops off in Splitsville with news that which famous guitarist has left the band after a big falling out with the lead singer?
		Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora
		AC/DC's Angus Young
		The Rolling Stone's Keith Richards
		Van Halen's Eddie Van Halen

15.	Sad news from the world of MTV reality shows this week when a member of this show's cast accidentally died of carbon monoxide poisoning along with two other people.
		Real World
		Jersey Shore
		The Hills
		Buckwild