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more about #yearinreview more comments → ArtfulSlinger: This post is the reason I love Gawker so much. more » Athensjail: So rock is dead. Pop is dead. Rap is dead. Are you motherfuckers ready to POLKA?!?! more » uninspired: I think a second aspect of reduced revenues is because the quality of mainstream music is declining....or maybe I'm just getting old. more » Colander: Enh, people aren't that into 'paying for stuff' they feel isn't fairly priced, when they can avoid it. This trend will get worse and worse, like Kurt ... more » shroōdur: Great video. Someone please push this fork into my forehead. more » Btwbfdimho: Happy 2009! My in-laws are sendin'me to rehab, so Btw et al may be off for a while, and even a little bit longer. more » TruthAndTheory: Add Charles Barkley to "career that ended." more » MincnglyWhrdL'mer: just wanted to post a 'chaser' to that B photo - greetings, all, from the big empty of In-Ko-Pah, where it was sunny and warmish today. more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: Have you seen the video of Kathy Griffin and the Coop talking and then their mikes are left on and she tells him to "knock the dicks out of his mouth"... more » OrneryBabe: That post was wonderful, Pareene. Happy New Year, everyone. No resolutions for me this year. I mean, I'll just break them, so why bother? more » Hydroceph: a dead cat in my freezer! oooooh, so you're one of those, are you? more » Mediahohoho: I'm breaking my New Year's resolution as I type. Oh well. Sucks to be you. more » Weegee's bored: 'morning, fellow survivors, and a Happy New Year to all those I missed saying it too last night. more » Wrapitup: Boobies and dongs for everybody! more » Wrapitup: Yay! Don't forget to go streaking! more » -
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Celebrate Our Winners! The 2008 Top 10 of Top 10 Lists, Part II
Believe it or not, there are five critics whose year-end Top 10 lists are even more mystifying, patience-testing and all-around terrible than those five awarded here yesterday. And the Listys go to... More » -
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Critics Gone Wild: The Top 10 of Top 10 Lists of 2008, Part I
The Top 10 mania that grips year-end film culture provides some of the most vulgar oversimplifications, abstractions, nonsense, critical self-regard and hype known to man. We've read the worst so you don't have to. More » -
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Lil Wayne Fails To Save Music Industry
Young millionaire Lil Wayne sacrificed his own body to sell 2.9 million albums last year, but surprisingly the record industry continued going straight to hell in 2008, if "numbers" are to be believed: More » -
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2008: Thank God That's Over
For this, our final post of 2008, join Defamer in recalling the heroes, history and other Earth-shattering phenomena that raised the bar for years of pop culture to come. More » -
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2008 Defamer Editors' Choice
As we wind down another year of mind-boggling Hollywood highs and lows, we thought we'd crack open the 2008 archives and bring you some of our personal favorites. Our choices after the jump:
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The Year That Carved a Backwards B On Our Hearts
Here is your year-end recap of "The Year in Politics," as half-remembered by a tired drunk, on New Year's Eve. We didn't make it a "list" or give it an "angle." More » -
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Defamer's Most-Viewed Stories of 2008
Whether you're a handsome benefactor or simply a curious reader, our list of the biggest, most-viewed stories Defamer published this year has something for everyone. Mysteries! Nudity! Hasselbeck! Won't you take a look? More » -
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Gawker's Top Ten Posts of 2008
Oh what a year it was! We had some big, boffo posts, primarily about monsters (Cruise, Palin, O'Reilly and Montauk). Yay for riches. Enjoy! More » -
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The Worst Moments of the Panic of '08
Everyone wants a neat explanation of the panic that destroyed the economy and put the government in charge of Wall Street. Good luck with that! Here's a look back on the year money forgot. More » -
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The Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2008
While film critics' Top 10 lists pile up around the Web, our own review of 2008 must start where any true movie interest starts: The posters. -
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Defamer's 2008 Video Hall of Shame
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mostly worst. As 2008—the shittiest year on human record—winds down, we've collected for you some of its most shameful moments, caught on video. -
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The 10 Craziest Defamer Feuds of the Year
It's that time of year, when a young website's thoughts turn to listicles! Please come on an incredible journey with us as we recount the most insane, star-on-star fights Hollywood had to offer in 2008: -
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The Best (and Worst) Sex Scandals of 2008
Amid 2008's many sex scandals, it was a miracle there was any time left to monitor an epochal presidential election. There were many genuine, dirty affairs — and some duds inevitably got overhyped.
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Our Ten Favorite Comments of 2008
These are the funniest, or timeliest, or wittiest comments we could find this year. There was a long, long list to cull from, so really you should all consider yourself winners. Especially ten of you.
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Top Ten Worst Media Moments of 2008
The media screwed up many, many times in 2008. As in other years! The ten finest episodes, listed for you below. Merry Christmas, from the media: More »






