Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is on crutches after he snapped his Achilles tendon while trying to foil a burglary attempt, ABC's San Francisco affiliate reports.
Trebek, 71, also injured his other leg when he...
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Funny or Die was the big winner at Monday night's Webby Awards where it was honored as Webby Film and Person of the Year.
Accepting the award were co-founders Adam McKay and Chris Henchy with Will Ferrell joining via video. Together the group went way beyond the five-word acceptance speech limit with Ferrell adding a haiku.
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The third time proved to be the charm for Sukanya Roy, the 14-year-old eighth-grader from South Abington Township, Pa., who won the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday. Her winning word? Cymotrichous, which means wavy hair. "It felt amazing! I couldn't believe I won," Roy tells TVGuide.com. "I was so excited. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Literally — champions cannot compete again and eighth grade is the last year of eligibility. "But even if I could compete again, I'm not sure I would because ...
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Because social and personal (Happy Valentine's Day!) obligations kept me away from the TV more than usual this week, I'm going to boil down this week's wrap-up to my version of a "Hot Topics" list, with a few odds and ends thrown in for fun.
OF IBM AND MEN: Man your buzzer if you really thought either Ken Jennings or Brad Rutter could topple supercomputer Watson on Jeopardy! in that fascinating three-part exhibition stunt. I got more caught up in seeing what Watson didn't know or how it was misinterpreting clues — including the first Final Jeopardy, which somehow led Watson to...
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Our top moments of the week:
11. Second Most Egg-cellent Entrance: Mocking Lady Gaga's Grammys egg arrival, Conan O'Brien opens his talk show by busting out of an Egg Beaters carton. "That's my entrance with zero cholesterol," he says. Now, dare he wear a condom-inspired outfit as well?
10. Not a Fame Monster Award: But not everyone goes gaga for Lady Gaga. On 60 Minutes, the pop star tries to show...
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