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Pop culture week in review

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Answers:

1. This couple was the subject of engagement rumors all through the week:
Drew Barrymore & Jason Segel
Tom Brady & Gisele Bundchen
Cameron Diaz & Paul Sculfor
Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal
 
2. Which comedic actor took the unusual step of having his name legally change to include his wife's last name?
Jay Mohr
David Arquette
Charlie Sheen
Kevin Smith
 
3. A lawsuit filed by Fox movie studio this week may well postpone the release of which early 2009 release?
Dance Flick
Watchmen
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Bride Wars
 
4. Which couple sent this holiday card, showing them embracing their baby, to celeb cite friendsorenemies.com:

?
Gwenyth Paltrow & Chris Martin
Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz
Adam & Jackie Sandler
Amy Poehler & Will Arnett
 
5. UK rag The Mail reports that this couple is living separately after death threats:
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes
Ellen DeGeneres & Portia DeRossi
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon
Beyonce & Jay-Z
 
6. MTV unleased the first episode of The City this week. Few of our readers will admit to watching this, but we know the vast majority actually did. The City follows the adventures of which graduate of The Hills?
Lauren Conrad
Heidi Montag
Whitney Port
Audrina Patridge
 
7. Which star of the sitcom Cheers married Laura Louie, his girlfriend of 20 years, in Maui on Sunday?
The one who played Woody
The one who played Cliff
The one who played Norm
The one who played Sam
 
8. In other nuptial news, actress Zooey Deschanel has gone off and gotten herself engaged to Ben Gibbard. Ben is the main man in which musical act?
Panic! At the Disco
Fallout Boy
Maroon 5
Death Cab for Cutie
 
9. Sean Penn is currently starring in Milk, in which he portrays gay activist Harvey Milk. Which other actor doubts the sincerity of Penn's performance, stating "hes one of the most homophobic people i kno" [sic]?
Ian McKellan
Mickey Rourke
Patrick Stewart
Michael Madsen
 
10. It hurts to trust the wrong person. Just ask this comedian, whose half-brother/business manager made off with lots and lots of money:
Dane Cook
Emo Phillips
Lewis Black
Jeff Dunham
 
11. Fans of this Broadway musical will undoubtedly rejoice to learn that a sequel is in the works and may hit the stage in 2009:
Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Chicago
Rent
 
12. Which cast member of the film The Outsiders was busted for driving 105 mph?
A
B
C
D
 
13. Celebrity X to NYC: I'll totally give you a million bucks if you let me paint the New Year's Eve ball purple to promote my vodka.

NYC to Celebrity X: Uh, no.

Who is Celebrity X?
Will Smith
Andy Dick
Prince
Diddy
 
14. Which former AI standout served as the roving correspondent during Dick Clark's New Years Eve telecast?
Ruben Studdard
Justin Guarini
Kellie Pickler
Fantasia
 
15. Meanwhile, the MTV NYE gig featured the musical stylings of this star:
Miley Cyrus
Ludacris
Lauren Hill
Robin Thicke
 
16. "I want ten children. I love kids. I feel really fortunate to have the teenagers and a two and a half-year-old. It's a great dynamic." Who is aspiring to be in need of a whole fleet of minivans?
Bruce Willis
High Hefner
Tom Cruise
Brad Pitt
 
17. This sitcom star is apparently not as dead as a December 27 Wikipedia article claimed him to be:
Paul Reiser
Neil Patrick Harris
Jim Belushi
Ted Danson
 
18. The Ponzi scheme perpetuated by Bernard Madoff has reportedly taken money from this celeb husband and wife:
Will & Jada Smith
James Brolin & Barbra Steisand
Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
 
19. Let's close out this quiz by considering Famous People at the Beach. Which actor appeared frolicking in the waves thusly?
Hugh Jackman
Daniel Craig
George Clooney
Jack Black
 
20. Finally, this bikini goodness:

was brought to you by which celeb vacationing in Mexico?
Catherine Bell
Cynthia Nixon
Katy Perry
Courntney Cox Arquette
 




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