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According to the title of a new reality show on CW network, what is the occupation of a man who "Wants a Wife?"
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Farmer
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Fireman
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Systems Analyst
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Bank Teller
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The purpose of Paula Abdul is to flip out and amuse people with her nuttiness. Consider this week's version of American Idol, when she:
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Asked for a "bathroom break" during the live telecast
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Pretended she was stroking a kitten for the entire length of the show
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Critiqued two songs that a contestant had sung; in reality, he had only sung one
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Proposed a consumption tax as opposed to the current US income tax
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A host of 26 women resplendent in Princess Leia gold bikinis were featured in what broadcast?
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The View
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Deal or No Deal
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Ghost Whisperer
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The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
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TV Guide features this actor on its cover, and declares him "The Sexiest Man on TV:"
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Boston Legal's James Spader
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Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey
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Lost's Matthew Fox
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House's Hugh Laurie
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Magic guy David Blaine set a record this week by:
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Maintaining 15 boomerangs in the air at the same time
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Swallowing 16 knives
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Holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes
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Juggling 18 kittens at the same time
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Embattled baseball pitcher Roger Clemens made the news again this week, as we learned that he had a long-term relationship with which country singer, going back to when she was 15 years old?
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Mindy McCready
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LeAnn Rimes
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Shania Twain
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Faith Hill
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From the world of rock: what signature music item was recovered a few days after it went missing from a California music festival?
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Avril Levigne's necktie
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Pink Floyd's pink elephant
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Socks worn by Red Hot Chili Peppers on their....feet
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Spinal Tap's less-than-regulation-size Stonehenge backdrop
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Checking the scorecard, we see that it's The Man: 1, Wesley Snipes: 0. What sentence did Mr. Willy Mays Hayes himself get for his inadequate tax payment?
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Suspended sentence
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Six months
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1500 hour community service
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Three years
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In other troubling legal news, which entertainer-turned-politician owes $70,000 in back taxes:
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Jesse
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Fred Thompson
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Al Franken
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Miley Cyrus and her handlers were all twitter-pated this week. What was the subject of their distress?
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She was beat out for a prime movie roll by Vanessa Ann Hudgens
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A Vanity Fair photoshoot depicted her sans shirt
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Paparazzi hounded her during a family vacation
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She was denied a performance spot on the American Idol season finale
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What notable non-American director has been named to head the two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit?
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Sam Mendes
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Guillermo del Toro
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Roberto Benigni
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David Cronenberg
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Charlie Sheen might be falling back onto old, bad habits. New reports suggest that he has recently been revisiting which vice?
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Using an escort service
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Drug use
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Dating Denise Richards
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Attending dogfights
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The Rock of Love franchise has apparently had enough of Brett Michaels. The next installment of the show will ditch the Poison frontman for this rocker, who has been the subject of unflattering news reports lately?
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Richie Sambora
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Pete Doherty
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Scott Weiland
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Paul McCartney
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In another story from the intersection of rock and amour: now available for our viewing is - yep, you guessed it - a sex tape featuring which long-deceased music star:
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Jimi Hendrix
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Keith Moon
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Buddy Holly
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Jim Morrison
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Which star of a TV crime drama has been busted for possession of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and expired Flintstones Chewables?
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Numb3rs' Rob Morrow
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CSI's Gary Dourdan
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Cold Case's Rob Morrow
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Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay
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Dancing with the Stars featured a performance by which hard rock act?
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Def Leppard
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Korn
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Rage Against the Machine
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Linkin Park
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Tom Cruise made the news in a variety of ways this week. While we read that wife Katie was reportedly sent to __________, we also were treated to tales of ______, several years Tom's senior, dating him decades ago.
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an African good-will tour / Barbara Walters
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"Mommy school" / Barbara Streisand
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"Scientology boot camp" / Cher
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A "deprogramming therapist" / Diane Lane
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Several higher education institutions in Florida have reportedly denied admission to this figure, fearing that her ties to reality TV shows would decrease the quality of campus life:
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Brooke Hogan
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Lauren Conrad
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Kim Kardashian
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Kelly Osbourne
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Life imitated art (well, film) this week as:
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Jason Statham, who played a robber in The Bank Job, was arrested for robbing a bank
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Amy Poehler, who played a surrogate in Baby Mama, is pregnant
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Kevin Spacey, who played a gambling guru in 21, was arrested for counting cards in Vegas
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Simon Pegg, who played an aspiring marathoner in Run Fatboy Run, completed a London marathon
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A slew of new photos suggest that comely Jennifer Aniston is now romantically linked to which man, himself no stranger to the celeb dating scene?
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Chace Crawford
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John Mayer
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Jason Wahler
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Tony Romo
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