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1. RIP Adam Goldstein, who died this week at age 36 of as-yet undetermined causes. Goldstein was best known in the pop culture world as:
DJ AM
DJ DC
DJ JD
DJ 49
 
2. The music act _______ is down a _______ this week as brother ____ has apparently quit.
Kings of Leon / Followill / Nathan
Jonas Brothers / Jonas / Joe
Oasis / Gallagher /Noel
Stone Temple Pilots / DeLeo / Dean
 
3. One of W's little girls is all grown and landed a sweet TV gig. Jenna Hager, formerly Jenna Bush, will be a special education correspondent on what morning show?
The Early Show
Good Morning America
Today
Fox and Friends
 
4. Time to match the face to the mate. The Office's John Krasinski announced this week his engagement to which somewhat recognizable brunette actress?
Emily Blunt:

Emmy Rossum:

Zooey Deschanel:

Emily Deschanel:

 
5. You have probably heard all about the one where Disney is buying Marvel for $4 billion. So, which of these superheroes will NOT become a member of the House of Mouse as a result?
Blade
Spawn
Punisher
Daredevil
 
6. Exciting (?) casting news here. Burn Notice is reuniting one of its cast members with a co-star from a very memorable role. Who gets their reunion?
Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly from Cagney and Lacey
Bruce Campbell and Kevin Sorbo from Hercules
Gabrielle Anwar and Chris O'Donnell from Scent of a Woman
Jeffrey Donovan and the cop who arrested him for DUI
 
7. The Sun, the last bastion of journalistic integrity left on the planet, announced this week that the actual father of Michael Jackson's son Blanket was none other than:
Tito Jackson
Lionel Richie
Macaulay Culkin
Corey Feldman. Or Haim. One of the two
 
8. After more than 10 years as the song that spent to longest on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, Leann Rimes' "How do I live" has been dethroned. Which mellow tune now holds the title at 71 weeks and counting?
Jack Johnson's Upside Down
Jason Mraz' I'm Yours
Colbie Caillat' Bubbly
Pink's Sober
 
9. Which long-running PBS show has come to an end after 26 years?
Sesame Street
Electric Company
Reading Rainbow
3-2-1 Contact
 
10.
"I restore myself when I’m alone," a quotation attributed to Marilyn Monroe, reads a new tattoo on the wrist of which public figure?
Mischa Barton
Lindsay Lohan
Maria Sharapova
Kate Beckinsale
 
11. Chris Brown spent the week doing the PR backpedal after he told Larry King in a televised interview:
Faced with the same situation, he would probably strike Rihanna again
He doesn't remember assualting Rihanna
He has considered joining a monastery since the Rihanna incident
The entire Rihanna incident was a publicity stunt the two concocted
 
12. "I'm almost done with The Hills. We’re in the middle of finishing these episodes, and I'll be leaving then." The MTV reality series will be down one of its stars, if she is to be believed. Who spoke thusly?
Heidi Montag
Whitney Port
Lo Bosworth
Audrina Patridge
 
13. While Kate is off scoring legitimate guest appearances, estranged husband Jon Gosselin got to be one the celebrities at a Las Vegas pool party. Who did this classy guy take as his date?
Girlfriend Hailey
Mom
No one
A girl he met at the infamous Chicken Ranch
 
14. But wait, there's more! Jon Gosselin apparently badly mangled a phrase in an interview, whining that Kate called him a:
Lame worm
Lame fish
Lame cat
Lame turtle
 
15. The attention-starved Spencer Pratt has chosen a new moniker. He will be humbly and legally changing his name to "_____ Spencer Pratt."
Sir
Lord
King
_______ *
* Fill in your choice of appropriate profanity that best describes him.
 
16. But wait, there's more! Spence was quoted this week that he'd strongly consider divorce if Heidi:
Became pregnant
Changed religions
Had her implants removed
Dropped from the public eye
 
17. Former Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean has sued pageant officials for her dismissal as Miss California, citing:
Sexual discrimination
Religious discrimination
Ageism
Anti-blonde discrimination
 
18.
Here we see a very young lady all dressed up in "Like a Virgin"-era Madonna garb. Whose daughter is this?
Bruce Willis's
Tom Cruise's
Angelina Jolie's
Madonna's
 
19. Which often-in-the-news actress has been granted a five week leave of absence so that she may work on a movie shoot?
Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl
Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay
The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick
Lost's Evangeline Lilly
 
20. Referring to his/her arch nemesis, who said this week: "He wants to be like Hitler....and he is."
Nicole Kidman said it about Tom Cruise
Megan Fox said it about Michael Bay
Mia Farrow said it about Woody Allen
Ivana Trump said it about Donald Trump
 




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