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MTV announced its Movie Awards nominees this week. Which film garnered the most noms, including Best Movie, Best Comedic Performer and Best Newcomer?
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Superbad
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Transformers
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
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No Country for Old Men
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In one of the stranger intra-network crossovers, this week's episode of CSI was penned by the writers of which other CBS franchise?
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Ghost Whisperer
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Two and a Half Men
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How I Met Your Mother
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Rules of Engagement
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Thursday night also marked the end of this show on NBC, before the program moves to ABC:
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Scrubs
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My Name is Earl
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E.R.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Celeb relationship news was all the rage this week. Mariah Carey got things started by getting hitched completely out of the blue to this smooth dude:
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Usher Raymond
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Nick Cannon
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Jay-Zee Ja-Z Jazy Shawn Corey Carter
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Pharell Williams
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Ryan Reynolds is one. lucky. dog. Mr. Van Wilder himself got engaged this week to this gorgeous starlet:
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Jessica Biel
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Eva Mendes
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Kate Bosworth
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Scarlett Johansson
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Meanwhile, which quasi-respected journalist type disclosed in his/her memoirs a relationship with married US Senator Edward Brooke back in the 1970s?
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Diane Sawyer
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Barbara Walters
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Helen Thomas
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Christiane Amanpour
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The film adaptation of the comic book franchise Iron Man was number one at the box office over the weekend. Which of the Oscar nominees below did not appear in the film?
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Robert Downey, Jr.
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Terrence Howard
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Judi Dench
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Hang on to your joysticks. While Iron Man brought in around $100 million during its opening weekend, sales for Grand Theft Auto IV brought in this impressive amount during its first week:
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$50 million
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$75 million
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$100 million
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$500 million
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Which deceased Saturday Night Live alum is now featured in an exhibit Wisconsin Historical Museum, which, we believe, is located next to a van down by the river?
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John Belushi
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Phil Hartman
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Gilda Radner
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Chris Farley
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Taking time out from both pickin' *and* grinnin', which country music star graduated high school this week?
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Billy Ray Cyrus
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Gretchen Wilson
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Martina McBride
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Kenny Chesney
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Somewhere, Aaron Sorkin is gnashing his teeth. Which Family Guy creator signed a $100 million deal with Fox to become the highest paid wrider/producer on television?
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Joss Whedon
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Seth McFarlane
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Matt Groening
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Larry David
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Let's say you are a certain blonde mink coat worth $11,000. You technically belong to someone named Masha Markova. You were last seen on the body of a certain celeb on the cover of OK! magazine. Who is Masha now suing, on the grounds that you were "temporarily" stolen?
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Lindsay Lohan
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Ashley Olsen
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Kim Kardashian
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Nicole Richie
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Welcome to true love, Dion Phaneuff! You are now dating semi-famous actress Elisha Cuthbert. Of course, you are the third athlete from this sport whom she has dated:
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American football
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Hockey
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Baseball
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Jai-alai
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A certain rap star got his panties in a twist upon learning that Entertainment Weekly gave his concert a B+ grade. "What's a B+ mean? I'm an extremist," he wrote. "It's either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, f**k you and the whole f*****g staff." Who has no need for such middle ground?
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Common
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Ludacris
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Kanye West
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Ol' Dirty Bastard
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Gracing the cover of the current Rolling Stone, along with the headline, "OMG! Do They Totally Hate Each Other?" are four ladies from this show:
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The Hills
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The Real World: Hollywood
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Gossip Girl
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Flavor of Love
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Rumor has it that this person, already fabulously overexposed, is being considered as a replacement for Larry King when the talk show icon retires:
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Regis Philbin
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Carson Daly
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Jeff Probst
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Ryan Seacrest
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Dancing With the Stars celebrated what milestone episode this week?
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25th
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50th
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100th
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200th
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"I wore my Daisy Dukes. All of the guys were so cute. They were like, Thank you for wearing your Daisy Dukes." Thus spoke this star about her recent USO tour, perhaps looking to downplay reports that she spent about $16,000 to fly her hair and makeup team to the Middle East for the tour?
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Angelina Jolie
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Kimberly Stewart
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Reese Witherspoon
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Jessica Simpson
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We can only hope that Isabel Ruby Lieberstein, born to The Office actress shown below, will always remember to refrain from putting the cat in the freezer:
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This current or former host of The View graces the cover of Fitness magazine wearing a bikini:
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Rosie O'Donnell (please God let this not be the right answer)
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Joy Behar (please God let this not be the right answer)
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Star Jones (seriously)
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck
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