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1.	Let's start with two pieces of wedding news. SLW patron saint Salma Hayek went off and got herself married. We're very envious of one Francois-Henri Pinault, who is a French:
		Peasant
		Actor
		Hockey player
		Billionaire

2.	Also on the love train is Mandy Moore, who is now engaged to which cross-genre music star?
		Ryan Adams
		Benji Madden
		Jason Mraz
		Jack Johnson

3.	Oscar nominee Peter Gabriel has pulled out of performing a the 2009 Academy Awards. Why?
		His performance of the nominated song would be limited to 65 seconds
		He doesn't believe in award shows
		He is being sued for copyright infringement over the song
		To protest US inaction in Dafur

4.	Last week we asked about Miley Cyrus posing mock-Asian style in a photo. As a result, a woman named Lucie J. Kim has sued Cyrus for:
		An apology
		$4 billion
		$100,000
		$1 million

5.	Those wacky intellectuals over at Harvard University bestowed their Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award to which Milk star and in a ceremony that included, among other things, said actor having to "milk" a "gay" cow?
		Sean Penn
		Emile Hirsch
		James Franco
		Josh Brolin

6.	There is one director up for Best Picture that surely hopes the Academy was a bit more enthralled by his film than his own father. Which director's dear old dad admitted to nodding off while watching the nominated film and said that his son's debut is his favorite?
		Danny Boyle
		Ron Howard
		David Fincher
		Stephen Daldry

7.	Tom Cruise gets to return to his "Days of Thunder." For Sunday's Daytona 500, Cruise played what role during NASCAR's opening season race?
		Announcing "Gentlemen, start your engines."
		Performing with Keith Urban
		Waving the checkered flag
		Riding in the pace car

8.	The USA Network officially canceled which series for low ratings?
		Psych
		Burn Notice
		Starter Wife
		In Plain Sight

9.	On the heels of someone paying $35,000 for a kiss from Eva Longoria Parker, another person (presumably) has dropped $37,500 on a fully nude photo of which blonde? (editorial notes: 1)dufus, we're in a depression; 2)dufus, this celeb has been photographed naked frequently)
		Pamela Anderson
		Madonna
		Jenny McCarthy
		Marilyn Monroe

10.	Mike White might not be too familiar of a name but he is the writer of School of Rock and Nacho Libre but more importantly was writer and supervising producer on Freaks and Geeks. He now gets to add which reality show to his resume since he is appearing on its latest season?
		Survivor
		The Amazing Race
		Trading Spaces
		Beauty and the Geek

11.	Like a moth to the flame, this hip hop figure was drawn to yet another police-involved incident (though in this case, said star was on the receiving end of violence):
		Warren G
		P. Diddy
		Suge Knight
		Snoop Dogg

12.	While still a long way off from getting our sequel to Iron Man, we got a glimpse into a casting change. Due to a scheduling conflict, Emily Blunt will reportedly turn over the role of Black Widow. Who is supposedly going to embody this character, shown below?
		Scarlett Johannson
		Kate Beckinsale
		Anne Hathaway
		Uma Thurman

13.	Jackie Chan's latest movie will not be shown in his homeland because the Chinese government have taken issue with what part of the film?
		Criticism of Communism
		Excessive violence
		Explicit language
		Propagandizing US interests

14.	Talk about tenured. Which veteran newsperson is leaving their network home after 41 years?
		Mike Wallace
		Andy Rooney
		Sam Donaldson
		Barbara Walters

15.	We find it hard to believe that it made $450 million in revenue and syndication profits, but the star of this television crime/cop drama is suing the producers for millions.
		Riptide
		Diagnosis Murder
		The Commish
		Nash Bridges

16.	Leaders of a certain religion are being persecuted in Iran. As member of this religion, Rainn Wilson, The Office's paper-peddling beet baron, asked in a CNN editorial that people support congressional action against this treatment. To what religion does Wilson belong?
		Judaism
		Baha'i
		Scientology
		Buddhism

17.	According to an interview in Details, Kanye West is pulling a Joaquin Phoenix, leaving one still-prosperous career for another. Kanye will shun the music world for what career path?
		Politics
		Acting
		Fashion
		Professional football

18.	In an upcoming interview with Time, Kate Winslet has made this startling vow:
		She'll only act in surefire blockbuster films from now on
		She never intends on speaking with Leo DiCaprio again
		She'll never again watch one of her own films
		She'll refrain from doing nude scenes in movies

19.	In this-could-only-happen-to-Tracy-Morgan news, what unlikely appliance started a fire in the 30 Rock's NYC apartment?
		A fish tank
		A Foreman grill
		A chest freezer
		A glowing waterbed

20.	Details of domestic assault charges filed in 2001 against which actor became public this week?
		Jack Black
		Terrence Howard
		Seth Rogen
		Jason Mewes

21.	According to reports, Paris Hilton's ex Benji Madden was seen making out with a certain female singer. Which songbird in question put down such rumors in her blog days later?
		Pink
		Jo Jo
		Kelly Clarkson
		Katy Perry

22.	Dufus German designer Wolfgang Joop has stated that fashion icon Heidi Klum has no place being on a runway, as she is too:
		Ugly
		Heavy
		Old
		Americanized

23.	With remarkably fast turnaround for an animated show, the Christian Bale storm of fury was lampooned on which animated show over the weekend?
		King of the Hill
		Family Guy
		The Simpsons
		South Park

24.	Alec Baldwin appeared as Gary, an additional member of this band, on a Saturday Night Live sketch?
		Jonas Brothers
		The Ramones
		Hanson
		The Chemical Brothers

25.	Which pair of TV costars have ended their off-screen romance?
		True Blood's Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
		Heroes' Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia
		Fringe's Anna Torv and Mark Valley
		Dr. Who's David Tennant and Georgia Moffett