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This Is So Last Week
2012 Weekly Entertainment, Celebrity and Pop Culture Trivia Quiz.
This week in pop culture: A desirable woman, an unlikely presidential endorsement, a dose of 80s nostalgia cued up for the Super Bowl, and a question of being gay. We hope you were paying attention to the 5th week of 2012.

Also: Don't miss our Groundhog Day movie quiz!
Weekend Forecast
Voldemort, I miss you..
There's not a sure thing this weekend at the box office like last week, where the annual Liam Neeson vs. Something movie was pretty close to a guaranteed hit despite its out-there premise. Instead, we've got two sort of medium-sure things in a close battle for box office supremacy on Super Bowl weekend. We're still waiting for that breakout early year hit, however.
     
Reader Awards
BOP Reader Awards
Now in its 27th year, the BOP Reader Awards is your chance to vote for your favorites in movies, TV, books and gaming.

What books made your loins ache? Which films were worth the full $20 admission price? Which games made the inevitable carpal tunnel totally worth it? Tell us, and see how your choices compare with those of other BOP readers.



 
This Weekend, Watch This
*chomp!*
In which Curt recounts the best conversation he's ever had.
Sole Criterion
Is my hair helmet-y enough?
For the life of me, I could not tell you when I first heard about this week’s Sole Criterion pick.
Book vs. Movie
You wouldn't mind being cuffed by her. Unless you've heard her talk.
Romance novelist Janet Evanovich had hit on the highly commercial idea of mixing contemporary romance with crime suspense genre fiction.
Movie Review: The Grey
I've got your Love Actually right here.
Most thrillers function according to the idea that we want to be the characters, specifically the heroes.
Warrior
Warrior Trivia Quiz
Let's go to war! How well do you know Warrior?
Oscar 2012: Best Song
Let my monkey go.
I am planning on writing a series of articles about my love of the Best Original Song Category during the awards offseason.
2012 Oscar Nominees
2012 Oscar Nominees Trivia Quiz
You've considered pedigrees, entered multiple office Oscar pools and cursed the Academy for not appreciating Ryan Gosling more, but how well do you know the 2012 Oscar Nominees?
Monday Morning QB Pt. 2
GRONK!
Today's update includes Man on a Ledge, the Super Bowl, and a rundown on recent movies.
Make An Argument
Articles with puppy pictures get 75% more clicks.
Companies, apparently, no longer wait for the Big Day to unveil their $3.5 million buys; many of them, now, post teasers of their advertisements online.
Comics Weekly
It's the horror version of Herman's Head.
The comic industry needs your money. Now!
Viking Night
He's styling the latest in 1970s retro chic. Except for the chic part.
Let's play a game. We're going to pretend that the entire entertainment landscape is a wild after dinner party at Charlie Sheen's house.
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

February 3, 2012
Career notes, awards, recent and upcoming movies.

Featured today:

Zach Braff
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Other Updates

Upcoming Releases
Friday, March 9
John Carter of Mars
Friday, March 30
Clash of the Titans 2
Wednesday, April 4
The Three Stooges
Friday, April 13
The Cabin in the Woods

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Trivia
This week's question:

Earth is explained as the same thing as the movie Casablanca except without Nazis in this very different film.

Answer:
Your name*:
See last week's answer and winners here.

*So that we can credit you in the List of People who Got it Right.

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Top 5
Marty Doskins's
Top 5 Singers Who Shouldn't Sing
  1. Any American Idol winner
  2. Céline Dion
  3. Courtney Love
  4. Jimmy Buffett
  5. Britney Spears
This Date in Film History
  1960:

La Dolce Vita premieres in Italy. It is the first on-screen partnership between director Frederico Fellini and actor Marcello Mastroianni. Fellini receives directing and writing Oscar nominations for the film.

2003:

B-movie actress Lana Clarkson (Barbarian Queen, Amazon Women on the Moon) is shot dead. Record producer Phil Spector was eventually charged with her murder.


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