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Need a little fun while you're at home during the holidays? Apparently, you can now program your Alexa device to respond using the voice of this recognizable actor:
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Jack Nicholson
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Christopher Walken
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Judi Dench
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The Masked Singer transitioned from entertaining oddity in its first season to cultural benchmark in its second. The second season's champion, wearing the Fox costume, was:
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Raven-Simone
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Wayne Brady
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Patti LaBelle
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Chris Daughtry
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In news from more traditional singing competitions, the voice crowned Jake Hoot as its newest champion. If Jake gives a hoot to thank his coach, he should acknowledge:
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John Legend
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Gwen Stefani
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Blake Shelton
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Kelly Clarkson
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New at the box office was the update of holiday slasher film Black Christmas. If you know your holiday movie trivia, you know that the original's director, Bob Clark, also directed this holiday classic:
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A Christmas Story
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Miracle on 34th Street
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Christmas Vacation
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Home Alone
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Fans of this show had waited long enough, dammit, but they can finally watch the full, uncut film Threat Level Midnight, originally broadcast in pieces during the show's original run:
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Community
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30 Rock
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The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
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The Office
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This network got caught up in a hellstorm of negative PR this week, originally pulling ads for wedding service Zola that showed two brides kissing, before finally caving and airing the ad:
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CBS
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Hallmark
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E!
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Lifetime
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We now turn to Avengers on the Small Screen. This week found
the cast member of the year's biggest film hosting Saturday Night Live:
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Chris Evans
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Chris Hemsworth
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Brie Larson
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Scarlett Johansson
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And with Jimmy Kimmel attending the broadcast of ABC's Live in Front of a Studio Audience Wednesday night, this Avengers cast member stepped in behind the desk to act as Kimmel's guest host:
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Chris Evans
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Chris Hemsworth
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Brie Larson
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Scarlett Johansson
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RIP Herman Boone, real-life sports coach whose team was memorialized in this based-on-a-true-story film:
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Miracle
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Remember the Titans
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Hoosiers
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A League of Their Own
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And in closing, we also bid a fond farewell to Danny Aiello who portrayed the tough but sympathetic everyman. Aiello earned his one Oscar nomination for this work:
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Moonstruck
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Do the Right Thing
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Broadway Danny Rose
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Hudson Hawk
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