| 1. | With IT still raking in big bucks and causing big scares at the box office, Stephen King this week released Sleeping Beauties, a novel he wrote: | ||
| With his nephew | |||
| With his wife | |||
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With his son | ||
| By himself. So forget we said anything | |||
| 2. | Also at the cinema was the Darren Aronofsky film mother! Certainly engendering lots of opinions from those that saw it, the Jennifer Lawrence-led flick earned a rare ________ Cinemascore: | ||
| A+ | |||
| A | |||
| D- | |||
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F | ||
| 3. | From film of a completely different kind, master documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick started an engrossing, 18-hour PBS documentary about this war: | ||
| Gulf War | |||
| American Revolution | |||
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Vietnam War | ||
| US Civil War | |||
| 4. | And for one last movie note: the real-life inspiration behind this notable boxing flick died this week: | ||
| Rocky | |||
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Raging Bull | ||
| Cinderella Man | |||
| The Fighter | |||
| 5. | Switching to the small screen, the Emmys were broadcast Sunday night. Of the three traditional broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC), how many took home an award Sunday evening? | ||
| 0 | |||
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1 | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Only NBC was awarded any hardware. |
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| 6. | And the awards show invited criticism when it invited this deposed Trump administration official on stage during Stephen Colbert's opening: | ||
| Steve Bannon | |||
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Sean Spicer | ||
| Anthony Scaramucci | |||
| Reince Priebus | |||
| 7. | Fear this singer, she'll totally mess you up. Which female music star was labeled the most dangerous on the internet, in terms of likelihood that a search on her name will result in a malware infection: | ||
| Halsey | |||
| Carrie Underwood | |||
| Cher | |||
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Avril Levigne | ||
| 8. | Elsewhere in music, this band had to regretfully cancel a Saturday night cancel in St. Louis, as the city was still rocked by racial protests and turmoil: | ||
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U2 | ||
| Foo Fighters | |||
| Pearl Jam | |||
| Fallout Boy | |||
| 9. | Meanwhile, this singer announced to her fans that her surprisingly-long-lasting marriage to her actor husband has ended: | ||
| Alanis Morissette | |||
| Shakira | |||
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Fergie | ||
| Jessica Simpson | |||
| 10. | And millennials, ask your parents about the significance of this magazine, long-time keystone of American pop culture, which was put up for sale this week: | ||
| TV Guide | |||
| Mad | |||
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Rolling Stone | ||
| National Geographic | |||