This was really more a great play than a great TV show — Mike Nichols' six-hour adaptation of the Tony Kushner AIDS epic didn't add to Kushner's masterpiece so much as preserve it. But that was good enough. An outstanding cast — from Al Pacino and Meryl Streep down to the unknowns — captured the anger, hope and generosity of this sprawling play of ideas. (HBO)
Epic times call for epic art, and nothing moved us more than The Return of the King. Other things we loved: Louis Vuitton, William Boyd and BBC's The Office And to the Atlanta group OutKast, we say "Stank you very much!"