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| 1. | Most likely, years from now, you will tell your children and your children's children where you were the moment you first saw this 80s star's bizarre live TV performance of the song Go 4 It: | ||
| Mindy Cohn | |||
| Lisa Bonet | |||
| Emmanuel Lewis | |||
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Corey Feldman | ||
| 2. | You might say this network did OK at the Emmys - winning Best Comedy, Drama, Lead Actress in a Comedy....and on and on: | ||
| CBS | |||
| PBS | |||
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HBO | ||
| FX | |||
| 3. | In accepting his/her Emmy, this winner's hands were visibly shaking moments before announcing the death of his/her father: | ||
| Rami Malek | |||
| Tatiana Maslany | |||
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Julia Louis Dreyfus | ||
| Jeffrey Tamor | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The actor Richard Dreyfuss had to offer a clarification, later in the week, that it was not he that died. |
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| 4. | Earlier in the Emmy telecast, this politician made a surprisingly funny, self-deprecating appearance as a limo driver: | ||
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Jeb! Bush | ||
| Ted Cruz | |||
| Marco Rubio | |||
| Joe Biden | |||
| 5. | Meanwhile, in other political/pop culture news, a comment emanating from the US presidential race mentioned this popular candy: | ||
| Starbursts | |||
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Skittles | ||
| Reese's Pieces | |||
| Hot Tamales | |||
| 6. | Unless you were eating your way out of mountain of Skittles and totally cut off from the news this week, you know about the Pitt/Jolie divorce. If you believe unsubstantiated, shadowy internet rumors, and we always do, this Oscar winner might very well be the other woman that caused the split: | ||
| Charlize Theron | |||
| Hilary Swank | |||
| Julianne Moore | |||
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Marion Cotillard | ||
| 7. | In other news, literary types mourned the loss of Pulitzer Prize-winning Edward Albee, who was an influential figure in this area: | ||
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Drama | ||
| Journalism | |||
| Children's literature | |||
| Biography | |||
| 8. | Meanwhile, millions of voices cried out in protest as, for a brief while this week, everyone thought that their ___________ might have changed: | ||
| Cable provider | |||
| iTunes password | |||
| Netflix subscription | |||
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Astrological sign | ||
| 9. | In the Rappers Running Afoul of the Tax Code file, we read that this hip-hopper has seen a small groundswell of support in his efforts to recover from a whopping overdue tax bill: | ||
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Nelly | ||
| Sisquo | |||
| Ludacris | |||
| DMX | |||
| 10. | And speaking of rappers.....L.A. Confidential's Oscar-nominated director/Oscar-winning screenwriter Curtis Hanson passes away at age 71. Name the rap-based movie he also directed that got Oscar's attention. | ||
| Hustle and Flow | |||
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8 Mile | ||
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | |||
| Straight Outta Compton | |||
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By way of explanation.....
That's correct...Hanson directed the film that earned Eminem an Oscar. |
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