1. | Were you one of the many, many, many people who stopped to cheer this week for the 85th birthday of this pop culture icon? | ||
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2. | Just in case you are one of the very, very few people unaware about this, the newest Hunger Games movie opened on Thursday night. The second film in the series mentions in its name: | ||
Earth | |||
Fire | |||
Water | |||
Wind | |||
3. | Fledgling spin-off network FXX inked one of the biggest deals in television history this week, ponying up nearly $1billion for the rights to broadcast this TV series, which you may have heard of: | ||
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4. | Mean words were exchanged and hurt feelings resulted in the clash between the US Postal Service and the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee over the release of stamps bearing the likeness of this fictional character and pop culture icon: | ||
Bridget Jones | |||
Harry Potter | |||
Indiana Jones | |||
Mike Wazowski | |||
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The guys and gals over at Maxim chose to make a big deal of this actress, who plays Bernadette on The Big Bang Theory. Quick, name this actress: |
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Anna Gunn | |||
Coby Smulders | |||
Melissa Rauch | |||
Lyndsy Fonseca | |||
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Here's a screepcap from the terrific, interactive music video for this classic rock song that was released this week: |
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Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone | |||
Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit | |||
Cream's Sunshine of Your Love | |||
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | |||
By way of explanation.....
If you haven't already played around with this, have fun |
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7. | Each of the following ladies make major bank. Only one holds the top spot on Forbes' list of Highest Paid Musicians for 2013. Which one? | ||
Lady Gaga | |||
Katy Perry | |||
Taylor Sift | |||
Madonna | |||
8. | And speaking of Magazines Ranking Things, People's Sexiest Man Alive is a fellow named Adam who appears on this television show: | ||
Person of Interest | |||
Once Upon a Time | |||
The Voice | |||
Parks and Recreation | |||
9. | It seems just last week that Kelly Clarkson had an impromptu wedding on the set of Ellen. Because, it was. Anyhoo, this week your American Idol made the following announcement: | ||
She is retiring from the music industry | |||
She will be a judge in next year's American Idol | |||
She's pregnant | |||
She and her guy are separating | |||
10. | From the Stealth Engagement department, we read that Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, who no one seems to have realized were dating, announced this week that they are getting hitched. You may remember that these crazy kids as alum from these two shows: | ||
Gossip Girl and The O.C. | |||
Gossip Girl and Smallville | |||
Smallville and 90210 | |||
90210 and The O.C. | |||
11. | It's 90 days for this walking advertisement for Bad Idea Jeans, following a rock-throwing incident: | ||
Kanye West | |||
Justin Bieber | |||
Amanda Bynes | |||
Chris Brown | |||
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Kathy Bates' severed head is served up on the cover of Entertainment Weekly in conjunction with a story about this cable series: |
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Top Chef | |||
The Walking dead | |||
Sons of Anarchy | |||
American Horror Story | |||