Top 10 Albums
Top 10 Animal Stories
- A big victory in the fight against cruelty to farm animals
- White House Pets, Part 1: Electing a new First Pup
- White House Pets, Part 2: President's Dog Bites Man!
- Whales lose Supreme Court case
- Another case of elephant herpes
- Weirdest foreclosure victim: a 44-lb. cat
- World's longest insect
- Monkeys pay for sex
- Monkeys wait tables, too
- Puppycam
Top 10 Awkward Moments
- Bush dances while waiting for McCain
- Greenspan "shocked" to find flaws in his free-market ideology
- Olympic committee's about-face in Beijing
- The View over use of the N word
- Barack almost forgets to ask donors to help with Hillary's campaign debt
- Project Runway contestant tells judges she wasn't aiming for elegance
- Sarah Palin's turkey pardon
- Plaxico's off-the-field injury
- Aerial duo parachute into wrong stadium
- Obama accused of being Obama impersonator
Top 10 Best Business Deals
Top 10 Worst Business Deals
Top 10 Breakups
- Madonna and Guy Ritchie
- Christopher Buckley and The National Review
- Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers
- Dreamworks and Paramount
- Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman
- Jerry Yang and Yahoo! Shareholders
- Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison
- Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri
- Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes
- George Clooney and Sarah Larson
Top 10 Buzzwords
Top 10 Campaign Gaffes
Top 10 Campaign Video Moments
Top 10 Children's Books
- The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman
- Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
- Bats at the Library, Written and illustrated by Brian Lies
- Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
- Oodles of Animals by Lois Ehlert
- Too Many Toys by David Shannon
- The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, pictures by Dan Hanna
- Alphabet by Matthew Van Fleet
- Help Me, Mr Mutt by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
- The Umbrella Queen by Shirin Yim Bridges, illustrations by Taeeun Yoo
Top 10 Crime Stories
Top 10 Editorial Cartoons
Top 10 Election Photos
Top 10 Fashion Faux Pas
- Vogue Editor Looks Silly. In Public.
- Janet From Another Planet
- Christian Puts Too Much Faith in Frills
- Gwyneth in London, Gwyneth in France. We see Gwyneth's...
- When Good Chanel Goes Bad
- Put a Ring on it, or at least an Overcoat.
- Even Suri Couldn't Revive This Look
- Paula, Meet Restraint. Restraint, Paula.
- My Other Outfit is Ridiculous
- No Good Muppet Goes Unpunished
Top 10 Fashion Moments
Top 10 Fiction Books
- 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
- Lush Life by Richard Price
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Anathem by Neal Stephenson
- Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri
- Personal Days by Ed Park
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
Top 10 Financial Collapses
Top 10 Fleeting Celebrities
Top 10 Food Trends
Top 10 Gadgets
Top 10 Green Stories
Top 10 iPhone Apps
Top 10 Late Night Gags
Top 10 Magazine Covers
Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs
Top 10 Movies
Top 10 Movie Performances
- 1. Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz in The Reader
- 2. Viola Davis as Mrs. Muller in Doubt
- 3. Dakota Fanning as Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees
- 4. Kimberly Rivers Roberts as herself in Trouble the Water
- 5. Angelina Jolie as Fox in Wanted
- 1. Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight
- 2. Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD
- 3. Vlad Ivanov as Mr. Bebe in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- 4. Brandon Walters as Nullah in Australia
- 5. Ben Burtt as WALL-E in WALL-E
Top 10 Museum Exhibits
Top 10 News Stories
Top 10 Non-fiction Books
- The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
- The Thief at the End of the World by Joe Jackson
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
- The World Is What It Is by Patrick French
- The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
- Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
- Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang
- John Lennon by Philip Norman
- The Magician's Book by Laura Miller
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Top 10 Oddball News Stories
Top 10 Olympic Moments
Top 10 Open Mike Moments
- Jackson Goes "Nuts"
- Obama's "Bitter" Bungle
- Pundits Plunder Palin
- Sue Simmons' Slip-Up
- Joe Scarborough's Inadvertent F-Bomb
- A Sportscaster's Morbid Mentor Question
- Biden's Failed "International Crisis"
- Bill Clinton's Radio Rehash
- Katie Couric's New Hampshire News Reel
- President Bush's "Drunk" Dilemma
Top 10 Outrageous Earmarks
- $2 Million for Children's Wooden Arrow Makers
- $1.9 million for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service
- $1 Million for New York Woodstock Museum
- $192 Million for U.S. Territories' Rum Industries
- $188,000 for the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine
- $98,000 to Develop a Walking Tour of Boydton, Virginia
- $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in Bishop, California
- $583,000 for the Montana World Trade Center
- $460,752 for Beer Ingredient
- $150,000 for "Rat Island"
Top 10 Photos
Top 10 Plays and Musicals
Top 10 Political Lines
Top 10 Quotes
Top 10 Religion Stories
Top 10 Scandals
Top 10 Scientific Discoveries
Top 10 Songs
Top 10 Sports Moments
Top 10 T-shirt Worthy Slogans
Top 10 TV Ads
Top 10 TV Episodes
- Lost, "The Constant"
- The Shield, "Family Meeting"
- The Wire, "Late Editions"
- In Treatment, "Alex — Week Eight"
- Breaking Bad, Pilot
- Battlestar Galactica, "Revelations"
- The Colbert Report, Jan. 22 episode
- 30 Rock, "Cooter"
- Mad Men, "A Night to Remember"
- You Suck at Photoshop, "Distort, Warp and Layer Effects"
Top 10 TV Series
Top 10 Underreported News Stories
- The Pentagon's latest nuclear snafu
- Civil war displaces a million Congolese
- Sri Lankan conflict deadlier this year than Afghanistan
- A victory for mental-health advocates
- Genetically modified meat: coming soon to a grocer near you?
- Southern Baptists decide against pedophilia database
- More Mexican immigrants move home
- A gap in genetic nondiscrimination law
- U. S. ships sand from Kuwait to Idaho
- Venezuela's potty-mouth President
Top 10 Video Games
Top 10 Viral Videos
- Where The Hell Is Matt? (2008)
- Western Spaghetti
- Christian The Lion
- Hamster on a Piano (Eating Popcorn)
- Obama's Loss Traced To Nonvoter
- Super Mario Rescues The Princess
- How To Pretend You Give A Sh*t About The Election
- Star Wars according to a 3 year old
- Spoofs of T.I.'s Whatever You Like music video
- MadTv No Frills Airlines
The Top 10 Everything of 2008
- Top 10 Albums
- Top 10 Animal Stories
- Top 10 Awkward Moments
- Top 10 Best Business Deals
- Top 10 Worst Business Deals
- Top 10 Breakups
- Top 10 Buzzwords
- Top 10 Campaign Gaffes
- Top 10 Campaign Video Moments
- Top 10 Children's Books
- Top 10 Crime Stories
- Top 10 Editorial Cartoons
- Top 10 Election Photos
- Top 10 Fashion Faux Pas
- Top 10 Fashion Moments
- Top 10 Fiction Books
- Top 10 Financial Collapses
- Top 10 Fleeting Celebrities
- Top 10 Food Trends
- Top 10 Gadgets
- Top 10 Green Stories
- Top 10 iPhone Apps
- Top 10 Late Night Gags
- Top 10 Magazine Covers
- Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs
- Top 10 Movies
- Top 10 Movie Performances
- Top 10 Museum Exhibits
- Top 10 News Stories
- Top 10 Non-fiction Books
- Top 10 Oddball News Stories
- Top 10 Olympic Moments
- Top 10 Open Mike Moments
- Top 10 Outrageous Earmarks
- Top 10 Photos
- Top 10 Plays and Musicals
- Top 10 Political Lines
- Top 10 Quotes
- Top 10 Religion Stories
- Top 10 Scandals
- Top 10 Scientific Discoveries
- Top 10 Songs
- Top 10 Sports Moments
- Top 10 T-shirt Worthy Slogans
- Top 10 TV Ads
- Top 10 TV Episodes
- Top 10 TV Series
- Top 10 Underreported News Stories
- Top 10 Video Games
- Top 10 Viral Videos
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