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According to Moviefone.com
Top Ten Best Movies
The Hangover
Precious
Star Trek
An Education
The Fantasik Mr Fox
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorius Bastards
Up
Up In The Air

Top Ten Worst
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Couples Retreat
White Out
Land Of The Lost
The Ugly Truth
Transformers 2
Old Dogs
All About Steve
Miss March

Dan Seals
Vern Gosdin
Michael Jackson
Walter Cronkite
Senator Ted Kennedy
Farrah Fawcett
Karl Malden
Patrick Swayze
Bea Arthur
Dom DeLuis
Paul Harvey
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Soupy Sales
Ricardo Montalban
Natasha Richardson

President Obama’s inauguration
Miracle on The Hudson
Balloon Boy
Tiger’s Woods and his fall from grace
Swine Flu/H1N1
Susan Boyle
Fort Hood Shootings
The Craiglist Killer
The Health Care Debate
Octomom
South Carolina’s Governor Mark Sanford cheating ways
Entertainment News: Taylor Swift Entertainer of The Year and
Kanye’s interuption of Taylor’s speech
Jon and Kate stuff

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Every decade has its mistakes, but Yahoo News put together a list of the past 10 years foul upsHere’s a review of 10 what-were-they-thinking moments over the last decade

1. Bernie Madoff has been called many names. For one federal regulatory sleuth, he was … “a wonderful storyteller.” For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission received detailed complaints that Madoff’s investment operation was certainly fishy and probably criminal (”Nothing more than a Ponzi Scheme,” a tipster wrote in 2000, eight years before Madoff confessed). SEC examiners found, instead, “a very captivating speaker” who assured them he was not “greedy” and all was OK. An SEC branch’s decision to shelve the probe turned out to be a mistake — one of, oh, several billion blamed on Madoff, who’s now charming fellow inmates in prison.

2. White House flight of fancy, 2003: Advance folks had almost everything right: the golden sunset light, President George W. Bush’s dramatic landing on the carrier deck, the speech. But that giant “Mission Accomplished” sign, with years of mission still ahead, who came up with that? Reporters launched the “bannergate” investigation.

3. White House flight of fancy, 2009: We always thought Air Force One takes a good picture in any setting — but an aide to President Barack Obama thought a few snaps with lower Manhattan as a backdrop would be dramatic. How’s this for drama: panicked office workers, seeing the low-flying 747 shadowed by a fighter plane, streaming out of buildings, phrases like “stupid and alarming” coming from local officials, and pretty much everybody mad about the taxpayer-funded photo op’s price tag: $328,835. The aide was, er, grounded.

4. Aerial ambitiousness also gave us the balloon boy. When a homemade foil-covered balloon supposedly slipped its tether with a 6-year-old inside, we all held our breath — except some heavy-breathing cable anchors. The balloon finally landed — empty — and the kid was found safe at home, hiding, his father said. But why? “You had said that we did this for a show,” the tyke told Dad, a would-be reality TV star, live on CNN. Whoops. Hoax charges followed.

5. Publishing mistake of the decade, coming in 2006: “If I Did It,” O.J. Simpson’s book about how the murders of which he was acquitted might have been carried out. Amid furious protest, the project was aborted, the book was ordered “pulped,” and the publisher acknowledged its “ill-considered project.” And that wasn’t the biggest faux pas of the decade for OJ. No. 1 was going to that Nevada hotel with weapon-toting friends to “reclaim” his sports memorabilia. “It was,” said the sentencing judge, “much more than stupidity.”

6. In 2006, after former Vice President Dick Cheney shot an orange-clad hunting buddy who looked nothing like a quail, the pockmarked victim graciously allowed that accidents happen. How did others react? A Texas Monthly cover threatened: “If you don’t buy this magazine, Dick Cheney will shoot you in the face.” A hockey team held a “Cheney Hunting Vest Night” — “Don’t Shoot, I’m Human,” the vests said. Even Bush joked about his veep’s middle initial: “B. stands for Bull’s Eye.”

7. Looking for guv in all the wrong places. That’s how you might categorize a couple of high-profile statehouse mistakes. South Carolina’s family-values Gov. Mark Sanford missed the Appalachian Trail and ended up in Buenos Aires, with his Argentine “soul mate.” New York’s crime-fighting Gov. Eliot Spitzer turned up far from Albany and as “Client-9″ in a hooker’s black book.

8. “So, we were watching the boob tube Sunday…” So began an editorial in the Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News, commenting on the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show during which Justin Timberlake tore away part of Janet Jackson’s costume, momentarily exposing her breast in what was later called a “wardrobe malfunction.” Knowing the offense given to millions of live viewers (plus those offended again and again as they cued up the YouTube rerun), Federal Communications Commission smut-busters imposed a fine — but that, too, turned out to be a mistake. Arbitrary and capricious, a federal appeals court ruled.

9. What caused California’s energy crisis back in 2000-2001? Deregulation? Too many hands on the AC switch? What about “creativity” by Enron employees? On Jan. 17, 2001, amid rolling blackouts, a fellow at the energy-trading firm told a power plant worker to “get a little creative” and find a reason to shut down, tightening electricity supply. “OK, so we’re just coming down for some maintenance, like a forced outage type thing?” the worker offered. “I knew I could count on you,” his colleague replied on a tape revealed in a lawsuit. California’s grid eventually stabilized, but Enron itself blinked out — under hefty fines and criminal charges.

10. Finally, it must be acknowledged there were a few mistakes in the entertainment world — and we’re not just talking about “American Idol” auditions. No, at least those didn’t cost $100 million, the amount investors plowed into the 2002 movie “The Adventures of Pluto Nash.” Basically, nobody showed up at the box office. Well, not quite nobody. “I know two or three people that liked this movie,” said the star, Eddie Murphy. Who knew there’d be no audience for a comedy about a nightclub arson on the moon?

Add your own? What about Tiger Woods…what was he thinking?

Yahoo.News

Top Ten List list of celebrity meltdowns: #10 Kanye West, #9 Lindsay Lohan, #8 Morgan Freeman, #7 Mackenzie Phillips, #6 Carrie Prejean, #5 Roman Polanski, #4 Chris Brown, #3 John and Kate, #2 David Letterman and the #1 celeb meltdown: Tiger Woods.

There’s a good chance Charlie Sheen will be back in the dating pool soon. Charlie and his wife Brooke have taken a break from one another after his Christmas day arrest on domestic violence charges.

The TV producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman says what he did was ok since one of Tiger Wood’s mistresses did the same thing.

Speaking of Tiger, his fooling around didn’t just cost him money—stock in the various companies he endorses had dropped 12 billion dollars.

Taylor Swift, whose eight Grammy nominations are second only to Beyoncé’s 10, will be a performer and presenter at 52nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, an inside source tells PEOPLE.

Fox is going yellow for the home stretch of its “Simpsons” 20th anniversary celebration. For the week beginning Jan. 3, graphical elements across Fox properties will turn yellow in honor of Matt Groening’s iconic characters.

Britney Spears hit back at the gossips on Monday, publishing a list of the top 75 most ridiculous or offensive stories written about her in 2009 — including one claiming her family was once so poor they ate squirrels. The list culled mostly from U.S. and British websites, celebrity magazines and newspapers, included various reports of new boyfriends, claims of emotional breakdowns and more. The list is published on her official website Britneyspears.com

December 25: My dearest darling Edward. What a wonderful surprise has just greeted me! That sweet partridge, in that lovely little pear-tree; what an enchanting, romantic, poetic present! Bless you, and thank you. Your deeply loving, Emily.

December 26: Beloved Edward. The two turtle-doves arrived this morning, and are cooing away in the pear-tree as I write. I’m so touched and grateful! With undying love, as always, Emily.

December 27: My darling Edward. You do think of the most original presents! Who ever thought of sending anybody three French hens? Do they eally come all the way from France? It’s a pity we have no chicken coops, but I expect we’ll find some. Anyway, thank you so much; they’re lovely. Your devoted, Emily.

December 28: Dearest Edward. What a surprise! Four calling birds arrived this morning. They are very sweet, even if they do call rather loudly - they make telephoning almost impossible - but I expect they’ll calm down when they get used to their new home. Anyway, I’m very grateful, of course I am. Love from Emily.

December 29: Dearest Edward. The mailman has just delivered five most beautiful gold rings, one for each finger, and all fitting perfectly! A really lovely present! Lovelier, in a way, than birds, which do take rather a lot of looking after. The four that arrived yesterday are still making a terrible row, and I’m afraid none of us got much sleep last night. Mother says she wants to use the rings to “wring” their necks. Mother has such a sense of humor. This time she’s only joking, I think, but I do know what she means. Still, I love the rings. Bless you, Emily.

December 30: Dear Edward. Whatever I expected to find when I opened the front door this morning, it certainly wasn’t six socking great geese laying eggs all over the porch. Frankly, I rather hoped that you had stopped sending me birds. We have no room for them, and they’ve already ruined the croquet lawn. I know you meant well, but let’s call a halt, shall we? Love, Emily.

December 31: Edward. I thought I said no more birds. This morning I woke up to find no more than seven swans, all trying to get into our tiny goldfish pond. I’d rather not think what’s happened to the goldfish. The whole house seems to be full of birds, to say nothing of what they leave behind them, so please, please, stop! Your Emily.

January 1: Frankly, I prefer the birds. What am I to do with eight milkmaids? And their cows! Is this some kind of a joke? If so, I’m afraid I don’t find it very amusing. Emily.
January 2: Look here, Edward. This has gone far enough. You say you’re sending me nine ladies dancing.

All I can say is, judging from the way they dance, they’re certainly not ladies. The village just isn’t accustomed to seeing a regiment of shameless viragos, with nothing on but their lipstick, cavorting round the green, and it’s Mother and I who get the blame. If you value our friendship, which I do (less and less), kindly stop this ridiculous behavior at once! Emily.

January 3: As I write this letter, ten disgusting old men are prancing up and down all over what used to be the garden, before the geese and the swans and the cows got at it. And several of them, I have just noticed, are taking inexcusable liberties with the milkmaids. Meanwhile the neighbors are trying to have us evicted. I shall never speak to you again. Emily.

January 4: This is the last straw! You know I detest bagpipes! The place has now become something between a menagerie and a madhouse, and a man from the council has just declared it unfit for habitation. At least Mother has been spared this last outrage; they took her away yesterday afternoon in an ambulance to a home for the bewildered. I hope you’re satisfied.

January 5: Sir, our client, Miss Emily Wilbraham, instructs me to inform you that with the arrival on her premises at 7:30 this morning of the entire percussion section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and several of their friends, she has no course left open to her but to seek an injunction to prevent you importuning her further. I am making arrangements for the return of much assorted livestock. I am, sir, yours faithfully, G. Creep Attorney at law.

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Did you know . . .

• The idea for using electric Christmas lights came from an American named Ralph E. Morris in 1895. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles, which often started fires by falling in the dry Christmas trees.
• The use of a Christmas wreath as a decoration on your front door, mantel or bay window symbolizes a sign of welcome and long life to all who enter.
• Today poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant and are the number one flowering potted plant in the United States. The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in Mexico, where it is also known as the ‘Flower of the Holy Night’. Joel Poinsett first brought it to America in 1829.
• The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531. Real Christmas trees are an all-American product, grown in all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. California, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the top Christmas tree producing states. Oregon is the leading producer of Christmas trees - 8.6 million in 1998. Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones, are also a good source of nutrition. The best selling Christmas trees are Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Fraser fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and white pine. For every real Christmas tree harvested, 2 to 3 seedlings are planted in its place. Each hectare provides the daily oxygen requirements of 45 people.
• Artificial Christmas trees have outsold real ones since 1991.
• Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees. A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the ends bent to depict a shepherd’s crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep them quiet during the services. It wasn’t until about the 20th century that candy canes acquired their red stripes. During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes are made. Candy canes have been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until around 1900 that they were decorated with red stripes and bent into the shape of a cane. They were sometimes handed out during church services to keep the children quiet. One story (almost certainly false) that is often told about the origin of the candy cane is as follows:
• In the late 1800’s a candy maker in Indiana wanted to express the meaning of Christmas through a symbol made of candy. He came up with the idea of bending one of his white candy sticks into the shape of a Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols of Christ’s love and sacrifice through the Candy Cane. First, he used a plain white peppermint stick. The color white symbolizes the purity and sinless nature of Jesus. Next, he added three small stripes to symbolize the pain inflicted upon Jesus before His death on the cross. There are three of them to represent the Holy Trinity. He added a bold stripe to represent the blood Jesus shed for mankind. When looked at with the crook on top, it looks like a shepherd’s staff because Jesus is the shepherd of man. If you turn it upside down, it becomes the letter J symbolizing the first letter in Jesus’ name. The candy maker made these candy canes for Christmas, so everyone would remember what Christmas is all about.
• In 1836, Alabama was the first state in the USA to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
• In 1856, President Franklin Pierce decorates the first White House Christmas tree.
• In 1907, Oklahoma became the last USA state to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
• Snow globes are collected by many and are available with thousands of different scenes.
• Due to the time zones, Santa has 31 hours to deliver gifts? This means that he would have to visit 832 homes each second!
• In 1937, the first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was issued in Austria.
• The biggest selling Christmas single of all time is Bing Crosby’s White Christmas.
• According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.
• After “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original. The four ghosts in Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” were the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and the ghost of Jacob Marley (former partner of Scrooge).
• American billionaire Ross Perot tried to airlift 28 tons of medicine and Christmas gifts to American POW’s in North Vietnam in 1969.
• The first Christmas card was created in England on December 9, 1842. Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company. An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and see 28 eight cards return in their place. More than three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.
• In America in 1822, the postmaster of Washington, DC, complained that he had to add 16 mailmen at Christmas to deal with cards alone. He wanted the number of cards a person could send limited by law. “I don’t know what we’ll do if this keeps on,” he wrote.

One of the three legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown — the Belmont Stakes — is in financial danger of not happening in 2010. The governor and legislature are at a standstill over funding.

Tom Cruise has been hit with a $5 million lawsuit for allegedly hiring imprisoned private investigator Anthony Pellicano to spy on a magazine editor.

Ask Jeeves says that Britney Spears was the most searched for person during the past decade.

Alaina Reed Hall, better known to you as Olivia the photographer on Sesame Street, died on December 17th in Los Angeles after a bout with breast cancer. She was 63.

CBS has the Super Bowl in February. The show they’re going to feature immediately after the game? Maybe you’ve seen the commercials — “Undercover Boss.”

MTV’s “Jersey Shore” show has gotten a little too ethnic for Dell’s comfort zone and they’ve withdrawn as a sponsor.

Brittany Murphy left her estate to her mom. Apparently she drafted her will before her wedding.

Carrie Underwood is getting married! “I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be happier,” her rep tells PEOPLE. ”

University of Alabama researchers say that the nation’s autism rate has gone up by 60% over the past four years. So what’s going on?

It’s not what you eat or drink or even how often you exercise that can determine how long you live. HealthDay News reports that happy and outgoing people, who also know how to manage stress, may live longer than the rest of us.

According to a recent study, cell phones harbor more bacteria than toilet seats.

Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon has died. He gave us “Alien” and “Total Recall,” among others.

Taylor Swift was voted the AP “Entertainer of the Year.”

Anticipating watching a funny video can reduce stress hormones by up to 70%.

Kate Hudson likes to throw parties. Her big holiday event was last Friday and while there were lots of famous guests, no A-Rod.

Director James Cameron is King Of The World this week: His “Avatar” topped the box office followed by “The Princess and the Frog”, “The Blind Side”, “Have you Heard About The Morgans” and “New Moon”.

The fourth time wasn’t the charm for Ivana Trump, who filed for divorce from her most recent husband on Friday. LeAnn Rimes and her husband also filed for divorce this past week.
An out-of-work pharmaceuticals saleswoman is the winner of the CBS reality television show “Survivor: Samoa .”

Van Buren, Ark., resident Natalie White won the $1 million prize Sunday night by outwitting, outplaying and outlasting an oil company owner and a doctor in the final episode.
One of Jon Bon Jovi’s sons was taken to the hospital early this morning. Because of weather conditions in New Jersey, an SUV transported the boy to a local hospital instead of an ambulance.

Brittany Murphy The actress who starred in “Clueless” and “8 Mile” died Sunday after suffering full cardiac arrest, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has confirmed to Access Hollywood. She was 32.

A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim. A similar effort is underway in San Francisco. Cell phones do carry such warnings in some countries, though no U.S. states require them.