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It's Two thousand damn seventeen, so none of us should be shocked at the wacky antics of this singer, but her bizarre performance/performance art on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve certainly had people talking for days:
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Madonna
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Paula Abdul
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Lady Gaga
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Mariah Carey
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In other news from New Year's merriment, someone or someones altered this famous American pop culture symbol to convey a pro-drug message:
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Mount Rushmore
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The Hollywood Sign
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The St. Louis Arch
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The Empire State Building
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Also over the holidays, Serena Williams, who is better at tennis than we are, announced her engagement to one Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of this super-popular internet venture:
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Fans of old-timey television were saddened by the death of M*A*S*H actor William Christopher, who played this character at the 4077th:
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Col. Potter
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Radar
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Father Mulcahy
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Hawkeye
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One of the big names in news during 2016, Megyn Kelly has said I'm Outta Here, leaving Fox News for plum spot at this network:
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In more TV news hijinx, CNN has caught flak for using a chunk of time on New Year's Day to air a documentary about this band - which was basically a commercial for the group, as the band produced the piece:
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Chicago
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The Eagles
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The Who
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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New on the small screen is The New Celebrity Apprentice, hosted by Arnie himself. In lieu of "You're Fired," what does Schwarzenegger use as a tagline to dismiss contestants?
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I'll be back...you won't be
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You’re terminated. Hasta la vista, baby
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You've been Governated
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Get to the chopper
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In an effort to add a dash of credibility (?) to the new Apprentice, serving as one of Arnold's trusted advisers is this familiar face from the reality TV universe:
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Simon Cowell
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Jeff Probst
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Julie Chen
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Tyra Banks
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Meanwhile, if you think sleuthing is cool, then you'll certainly have caught the new season of BBC/PBS's Sherlock, which stars this in-demand Brit as the famous detective Holmes:
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Tom Hardy
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Jude Law
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Tom Hiddleston
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If you're a film who received a screenplay nomination from this week's Writers Guild Award announcement, please step forward. Whoa, not so fast there.....
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Zootopia
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La La Land
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Manchester by the Sea
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Deadpool
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On the small screen side, the list of nominations from the WGA include all of the following popular television shows, except for:
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Stranger Things
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Game of Thrones
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Westworld
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Modern Family
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This former network enjoyed a bit of the Lazarus effect, being resurrected to being a new run on its cable home Thursday night:
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Revenge
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Nashville
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Agent Carter
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Conviction
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