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Barrelling into a multiplex near you over the weekend was Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. As it brought in around $60 million in its opening weekend, we were left wondering: Do you know the first names of the two main characters?
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Rick and Owen
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Luke and Owen
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Luke and Deckard
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Rick and Deckard
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Critics, while generally digging the film, seemed rather hung-up on the fact that this actress - actually 20 years younger than Dwayne Johnson - was cast as Hobbs's sister:
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Rebecca Hall
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Vanessa Kirby
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Rebecca Ferguson
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Claire Foy
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RIP Toni Morrison. Leaving behind a terrific pallet of work in her 88 years, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for which work?
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The Bluest Eye
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Precious
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Jazz
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Beloved
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From the wide world of television, we learned this week that the Emmys have announced as its host for the 2019 awards:
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Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
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David Letterman
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Sterling K. Brown
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No one
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Staying on the small screen, the six episode miniseries BH90210 catches up with talent behind all the main characters from the original, ground-breaking series. Missing, for obvious reasons, is actor behind this character:
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Brenda
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David
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Dylan
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Donna
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Meanwhile, the author behind this comic strip creation sold IP rights to Nickelodeon:
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Peanuts
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Garfield
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Dennis the Menace
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Dilbert
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If you saved a child by prying him/her from the child seat of a flipped-over car this week, then you have a surprising amount in common with this Hollywood action star:
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Chuck Norris
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Danny Trejo
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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David Hasselhoff
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Disney's hegemony over all things entertainment continues. This week, it announced a bundle for its upcoming Disney+ service that includes access to ESPN+ and this other major streaming player:
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Netflix
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Amazon
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Hulu
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YouTube
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Using the same options as the previous question, we'll ask you which service signed a deal, reportedly worth upwards of $300 million, with Game of Thrones creators DB Weiss and David Benioff?
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Netflix
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Amazon
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Hulu
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YouTube
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And Major League Baseball is bringing a bit of sports moviedom to live, announcing a 2020 game to be played by the Yankees and Red Sox on the field made famous by this film:
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The Natural
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Major League
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The Sandlot
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Field of Dreams
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