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How Well Do You Know: 2/27/15-3/5/15
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Dresses - yes, not one, but two - made pop culture news this week. For some ungodly reason, everyone lost their you-know-what bickering over whether a dress was:
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Black and green or blue and gold
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Gold and black or white and blue
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White and gold or blue and black
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Blue and red or yellow and green
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Meanwhile, the dress of many, many, many pearls worn to the Oscars by this actress went missing:
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Lupita Nyong'o
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Jennifer Lawrence
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Zoe Saldana
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Cate Blanchett
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Trekkies and the entertainment world as a whole mourned the death of Leonard Nimoy this week. Nimoy left an indelible mark on pop culture with his portrayal of Spock, who died in this Star Trek movie:
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The Wrath of Khan
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The Voyage Home
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The Motion Picture
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The Search for Spock
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Nimoy's influence extended beyond Star Trek. He also directed this popular 1980s screen comedy:
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Christmas Vacation
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Back to School
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Three Men and a Baby
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Crocodile Dundee
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For the first time since before the vast majority of our audience was born, a US late night talk show host broadcast from Cuba. This was that man:
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Jimmy Fallon
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Jon Stewart
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David Letterman
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Conan O'Brien
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If you were among the 4,500 nutsos who dove into frigid Lake Michigan during a benefit for Special Olympics this week, you were in the company of this music star who also took the plunge:
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Taylor Swift
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Lady Gaga
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Kelly Clarkson
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Carly Rae Jepsen
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In the role s/he was born to play, this reality show star has been cast the President of the United States in the upcoming third installment of the mighty Sharknado franchise:
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Big Brother's Julie Chen
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X Factor's Simon Cowell
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Survivor's Jeff Probst
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Shark Tank's Mark Cuban
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Obviously needing to log more hours in Flight Simulator on his PC, this Hollywood actor crashed the private plane he piloted on Friday:
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Bruce Willis
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Harrison Ford
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Jason Statham
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Liam Neeson
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Meanwhile, insisting s/he isn't retiring, this country superstar announced a "farewell tour" this week:
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Alan Jackson
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Shania Twain
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Faith Hill
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Vince Gill
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Still basking in the glow from its 40th anniversary spectacular, Saturday Night Live returned to the air with this recently in-the-news movie star taking up hosting duties:
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American Sniper's Bradley Cooper
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Jupiter Ascending's Mila Kunis
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Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson
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Birdman's Michael Keaton
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