Full Version: 2006 in Review
Well, the year has almost wrapped up and Comedy Central's Last Laugh 2006 inspired me to start this thread.
So for 2006 let's hear your opinions!
Best and/or Worst
Most and/or Least Significant
Nomination for Man of the Year
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Potpourri (Your own category that I might have forgotten)
So for 2006 let's hear your opinions!
Best and/or Worst
- Movie
- TV show
- Book
- Actor/Actress
- Internet Fad/Site
- Person who got their 15 minutes of fame
- Sports team
- Athlete
- Video Game
Most and/or Least Significant
- Politician
- Political Event Domestic
- Political Event International
- News Event
- Business Event
- Sports Event
- Health Event
- Society & Culture Event
- Technology Event
- Science Event
- Military Event
- Law Event
- Entertainment Event
- Offbeat Event
Nomination for Man of the Year
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Potpourri (Your own category that I might have forgotten)
Great idea Psyclist!
Movie of the Year: Borat [not the best, but the most significant]
TV Show of the Year: The OC [again, not the best, but ask anyone aged 18-28 about it...for the record, I think it sucks on a whole new level, but now is not the time to go into just how much it sucks, which again, it does]
Book of the Year: State of Denial, By Bob Woodward
Actor/Actress of the Year: Angelina Jolie, for her work in Darfur, proving that celebrities aren't all useless, just most of them.
Internet/Fad Site of the Year: AmericasDebate.com, the best in online political debate
Person Who Got His/Her 15 Minutes of Fame: Kevin Federline, whoever the hell that is.
Sports Team of the Year: The University of Texas Longhorns, for winning earlier this year's National Championship in stunning fashion
Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods, won two majors and 10 other tournaments, including 6 in a row.
Video Game of the Year: Whatever George Bush is playing, it's has to be pretty good to take his attention from Iraq.
Most/Least Significant Politician: George W. Bush/Mark Foley [mmmmm, significant, how big is my significance?]
Most/Least Significant Political Event (Domestic): The Midterm Elections/Dick Cheney shoots a guy in the face
Most/Least Significant International Political Event: The Iraq War Goes Vietnam/Hugo Chavez calls the President "El Diablo"
Most/Least Significant News Event: See "Most Significant Political Event"/Any Amber Alert
Most Important Business Event: Ken Lay merges with Hell Inc.
Sports Event of the Year: Barry Bonds becomes the first baseball player on steroids to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list
Health Event of the Year: Woman receives successful face transplant
Society/Cultural Event of the Year: The NYC Health Board bans transfat, welcome to the society of Mommy Government
Technological Event of the Year: BMW that parks itself [this is the kinda stuff that we're warned about in Terminator I, II and III]
Science Event of the Year: Woman receives a FACE TRANSPLANT [I think that's worthy of two awards]
Military Event of the Year: The Iraqi Military Campaign
Legal Event of the Year: The Constitution was nearly amended to ban flag burning
Entertainment Event of the Year: Kevin Federline and Brittany Spears form the stupidest couple in the history of humanity
Offbeat Event of the Year: Mark Foley bravely triumphs over alcoholism
Man of the Year: Saddam Hussein, without whom, the war would not be possible
Woman of the Year: Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House
Bonehead of the Year: Donald Rumsfeld, who announced that Iraq wasn't going well...five days ago
CP
Movie of the Year: Borat [not the best, but the most significant]
TV Show of the Year: The OC [again, not the best, but ask anyone aged 18-28 about it...for the record, I think it sucks on a whole new level, but now is not the time to go into just how much it sucks, which again, it does]
Book of the Year: State of Denial, By Bob Woodward
Actor/Actress of the Year: Angelina Jolie, for her work in Darfur, proving that celebrities aren't all useless, just most of them.
Internet/Fad Site of the Year: AmericasDebate.com, the best in online political debate
Person Who Got His/Her 15 Minutes of Fame: Kevin Federline, whoever the hell that is.
Sports Team of the Year: The University of Texas Longhorns, for winning earlier this year's National Championship in stunning fashion
Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods, won two majors and 10 other tournaments, including 6 in a row.
Video Game of the Year: Whatever George Bush is playing, it's has to be pretty good to take his attention from Iraq.
Most/Least Significant Politician: George W. Bush/Mark Foley [mmmmm, significant, how big is my significance?]
Most/Least Significant Political Event (Domestic): The Midterm Elections/Dick Cheney shoots a guy in the face
Most/Least Significant International Political Event: The Iraq War Goes Vietnam/Hugo Chavez calls the President "El Diablo"
Most/Least Significant News Event: See "Most Significant Political Event"/Any Amber Alert
Most Important Business Event: Ken Lay merges with Hell Inc.
Sports Event of the Year: Barry Bonds becomes the first baseball player on steroids to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list
Health Event of the Year: Woman receives successful face transplant
Society/Cultural Event of the Year: The NYC Health Board bans transfat, welcome to the society of Mommy Government
Technological Event of the Year: BMW that parks itself [this is the kinda stuff that we're warned about in Terminator I, II and III]
Science Event of the Year: Woman receives a FACE TRANSPLANT [I think that's worthy of two awards]
Military Event of the Year: The Iraqi Military Campaign
Legal Event of the Year: The Constitution was nearly amended to ban flag burning
Entertainment Event of the Year: Kevin Federline and Brittany Spears form the stupidest couple in the history of humanity
Offbeat Event of the Year: Mark Foley bravely triumphs over alcoholism
Man of the Year: Saddam Hussein, without whom, the war would not be possible
Woman of the Year: Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House
Bonehead of the Year: Donald Rumsfeld, who announced that Iraq wasn't going well...five days ago
CP
my pick for best movie of the year is actually a two way tie with two semi-documentaries dealing with race relations in america: borat, for being laugh out loud funny while also being a disturbing portrait of the barely concealed racism of the country; and dave chappelle's block party for being the perfect antidote in showing us at our best as dave chappelle and michele gondry bring busloads of midwesterners to an inner city block party. and the fugees reunite.
worst movie: it's actually from last year but i didn't watch it until this year. as a fan of horror movies i've learned to find pleasure in some pretty unappealing films, but hostel lost me not with it's violence but with it's xenophobia and celebration of frat-boy ignorance.
best tv show of the year: heroes. the sprawling cast of characters made it kind of a slow starter imho, but i like that the show respects the audience and it's gotten pretty exciting lately.
worst tv show: the racially segregated survivor. what a brilliant idea...
best book: profoundly erotic by joe bob briggs. the world's greatest film critic discusses the portrayal of sex through cinema history- actually, he only goes from the sheik to 9 1/2 weeks but is really fascinating. this is a companion piece to his earlier profoundly disturbing, and as in that book he drops the redneck schtick in favor of in depth discussion.
worst book: without being specific or naming something i haven't read, i'd guess one of the endless tomes written by ignorant, mean spirited pundits as an exercise in childish namecalling.
best actor: steve carell in little miss sunshine. i've always liked carell, but in this movie he showed a range i never would have guessed he had.
worst actor: kate bosworth in superman returns. just plain bad.
most significant politician: president bush. with the rubberstamp congress he was the only one wielding any influence, and is pretty much the sole reason voters replaced said congress.
least significant politician: gutless democrats.
most significant political event (domestic): voters throwing the bums out. it's still our country.
most significant political event (international): north korean nukes.
most significant news event: apparently every single right-wing gaybasher in the country is secretly sexually harassing teenage boys or snorting crank off a male prostitute.
most significant health event: hpv vaccine. we can make carvical cancer a thing of the past if the fundies will just get out of the way.
man of the year: mike jones for outing ted haggard.
woman of the year: nancy pelosi.
bonehead of the year: while i can't disagree with cp's pick, i have to say that watching michael richards crash and burn was pretty awe inspiringly stupid.
worst movie: it's actually from last year but i didn't watch it until this year. as a fan of horror movies i've learned to find pleasure in some pretty unappealing films, but hostel lost me not with it's violence but with it's xenophobia and celebration of frat-boy ignorance.
best tv show of the year: heroes. the sprawling cast of characters made it kind of a slow starter imho, but i like that the show respects the audience and it's gotten pretty exciting lately.
worst tv show: the racially segregated survivor. what a brilliant idea...
best book: profoundly erotic by joe bob briggs. the world's greatest film critic discusses the portrayal of sex through cinema history- actually, he only goes from the sheik to 9 1/2 weeks but is really fascinating. this is a companion piece to his earlier profoundly disturbing, and as in that book he drops the redneck schtick in favor of in depth discussion.
worst book: without being specific or naming something i haven't read, i'd guess one of the endless tomes written by ignorant, mean spirited pundits as an exercise in childish namecalling.
best actor: steve carell in little miss sunshine. i've always liked carell, but in this movie he showed a range i never would have guessed he had.
worst actor: kate bosworth in superman returns. just plain bad.
most significant politician: president bush. with the rubberstamp congress he was the only one wielding any influence, and is pretty much the sole reason voters replaced said congress.
least significant politician: gutless democrats.
most significant political event (domestic): voters throwing the bums out. it's still our country.
most significant political event (international): north korean nukes.
most significant news event: apparently every single right-wing gaybasher in the country is secretly sexually harassing teenage boys or snorting crank off a male prostitute.
most significant health event: hpv vaccine. we can make carvical cancer a thing of the past if the fundies will just get out of the way.
man of the year: mike jones for outing ted haggard.
woman of the year: nancy pelosi.
bonehead of the year: while i can't disagree with cp's pick, i have to say that watching michael richards crash and burn was pretty awe inspiringly stupid.
Ok, best-then-worst...
Movie: Didn't really see any moves this year.
TV Show: Dexter, The War at Home. I know it's not new, but it continues to be one of the worst shows ever televised.
Album: K-Os with "Atlantis - Hymns for Disco", Anything Emo. Seriously, if you listen to these bands let me know... I can help.
Pop Culture Trend: People buying music from actual musicians. People buying crappy music from actual musicians.
Domestic Politics: Stephane Dion. Reopening SS marriage debate.
International Politics: Hamas wins a popular election. Hamas wins a popular elections. I include this as a "best of" entry more of a phyrric victory. This fiasco clearly clearly demonstrated that a free democracy requires more than a free election; and finally started to put the breaks on the "spreading democracy" agenda which will do untold damage to the world over the coming decades.
Man of the Year: Howard Dean. He didn't win anything for himself, but did yeoman's work for the Democratic Party.
Woman of the Year: Angela Merkel.
Bonehead of the Year: Too many to choose from. I'll keep saying "Bush" until he stops screwing up the planet.
Movie: Didn't really see any moves this year.
TV Show: Dexter, The War at Home. I know it's not new, but it continues to be one of the worst shows ever televised.
Album: K-Os with "Atlantis - Hymns for Disco", Anything Emo. Seriously, if you listen to these bands let me know... I can help.
Pop Culture Trend: People buying music from actual musicians. People buying crappy music from actual musicians.
Domestic Politics: Stephane Dion. Reopening SS marriage debate.
International Politics: Hamas wins a popular election. Hamas wins a popular elections. I include this as a "best of" entry more of a phyrric victory. This fiasco clearly clearly demonstrated that a free democracy requires more than a free election; and finally started to put the breaks on the "spreading democracy" agenda which will do untold damage to the world over the coming decades.
Man of the Year: Howard Dean. He didn't win anything for himself, but did yeoman's work for the Democratic Party.
Woman of the Year: Angela Merkel.
Bonehead of the Year: Too many to choose from. I'll keep saying "Bush" until he stops screwing up the planet.
best movie - bond. james bond.
worst movie - not having seen the Dixie Chicks documentary or Rocky Balboa, I'll have to say Little Man. I remember when the Wayans Brothers were funny. A one-joke movie and that joke was unfunny, making it one joke short of a one-joke movie.
best tv show 24, which thankfully will be starting in a few weeks - warming up the TiVo.
worst tv show I feel significantly stupider than I was before I spent 20 minutes watching an episode from season 2 of "Flavor of Love," the reality show with Flavor Flav. Like watching a car wreck in slo-mo. Honorable mention to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and his "special comments."
best book: Prayers for the Assassin, by Robert Ferrigno. Absolutely compelling.
worst book: I have to second Grendel72's comment. The end-aisle displays in bookstores lately seem to be competing shout-fests name calling and hate. That Al Franken is an idiot or Rush Limbaugh is a loudmouthed hypocrite or Ann Coulter is mean shouldn't be enough for a publisher to greenlight a project, but it does seem to sell.
best actor: I haven't seen any compelling performances, but hope that Will Smith lives up to my expectations in The Pursuit of Happiness. He has such a wonderful range and acting with his son should be interesting to watch.
worst actor: Rosie O'Donnell on The View.
Internet Fad/Site: Best - youtube, Worst - Huffington Post
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame - John Mark Karr, Britney Spears' private parts
Sports team: Bearsss
Athlete: Tiger Woods returning to form, Drew Brees approaching Dan Marino's yardage record
most significant politician: John Bolton
least significant politician: Bill Frist
most significant news event: Ongoing genocide in Darfur, and the world doing nothing.
Business Event: Tech companies continue to enable China's censorship, notably Google "don't be evil"
Sports Event: Zinedine Zidane's World Cup headbutt.
Health Event: Chicago City Council bans foie gras, making fat geese safe; New York City Council bans trans-fat, making donuts safe.
Society & Culture Event / Offbeat Event: Mainstreaming of the sex tape as celebrity promotion. See Dustin Diamond, aka "screech" from Saved by the Bell.
Technology Event: Electric cars are finally going to happen, as the market will eat up Tesla Motors' high-performance autos. Can't wait until I can own a real electric car that will blow the doors off a Porche. Also, I wonder if the guy who made that movie "Who killed the electric car" is going to buy one.
Science Event: UN revises global warming-induced ocean rise top-end estimate down from 34 inches to only 17 inches. Midwesterners' plans to own valuable beachfront property in Illinois suddenly not viable.
Military Event: Islamists take over Somalia
Law Event: Grassroots campaigns against eminent-domain abuse, prompted by the Kelo case
man of the year: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Hugo Chavez in a tie
woman of the year: Yes, Nancy Pelosi
bonehead of the year: John Kerry comes to mind, but probably Kofi Annan.
worst movie - not having seen the Dixie Chicks documentary or Rocky Balboa, I'll have to say Little Man. I remember when the Wayans Brothers were funny. A one-joke movie and that joke was unfunny, making it one joke short of a one-joke movie.
best tv show 24, which thankfully will be starting in a few weeks - warming up the TiVo.
worst tv show I feel significantly stupider than I was before I spent 20 minutes watching an episode from season 2 of "Flavor of Love," the reality show with Flavor Flav. Like watching a car wreck in slo-mo. Honorable mention to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and his "special comments."
best book: Prayers for the Assassin, by Robert Ferrigno. Absolutely compelling.
worst book: I have to second Grendel72's comment. The end-aisle displays in bookstores lately seem to be competing shout-fests name calling and hate. That Al Franken is an idiot or Rush Limbaugh is a loudmouthed hypocrite or Ann Coulter is mean shouldn't be enough for a publisher to greenlight a project, but it does seem to sell.
best actor: I haven't seen any compelling performances, but hope that Will Smith lives up to my expectations in The Pursuit of Happiness. He has such a wonderful range and acting with his son should be interesting to watch.
worst actor: Rosie O'Donnell on The View.
Internet Fad/Site: Best - youtube, Worst - Huffington Post
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame - John Mark Karr, Britney Spears' private parts
Sports team: Bearsss
Athlete: Tiger Woods returning to form, Drew Brees approaching Dan Marino's yardage record
most significant politician: John Bolton
least significant politician: Bill Frist
most significant news event: Ongoing genocide in Darfur, and the world doing nothing.
Business Event: Tech companies continue to enable China's censorship, notably Google "don't be evil"
Sports Event: Zinedine Zidane's World Cup headbutt.
Health Event: Chicago City Council bans foie gras, making fat geese safe; New York City Council bans trans-fat, making donuts safe.
Society & Culture Event / Offbeat Event: Mainstreaming of the sex tape as celebrity promotion. See Dustin Diamond, aka "screech" from Saved by the Bell.
Technology Event: Electric cars are finally going to happen, as the market will eat up Tesla Motors' high-performance autos. Can't wait until I can own a real electric car that will blow the doors off a Porche. Also, I wonder if the guy who made that movie "Who killed the electric car" is going to buy one.
Science Event: UN revises global warming-induced ocean rise top-end estimate down from 34 inches to only 17 inches. Midwesterners' plans to own valuable beachfront property in Illinois suddenly not viable.
Military Event: Islamists take over Somalia
Law Event: Grassroots campaigns against eminent-domain abuse, prompted by the Kelo case
man of the year: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Hugo Chavez in a tie
woman of the year: Yes, Nancy Pelosi
bonehead of the year: John Kerry comes to mind, but probably Kofi Annan.
Staying within the narrow boundaries of my own experiences:
Movie
Best: 'The Da Vinci Code' (though 'Walk the Line' comes a close second.)
Worst: 'Demonlover' (though 'Lord of War' & 'King Kong' come a close second)
TV show
Best: 'Lost'
Worst: Any show that features wannabe singers
Book:
Best: 'Enigma' by Robert Harris.
Worst: 'Stand on Zanzibar' by John Brunner.
Actor/Actress
Best: Audrey Tatou
Worst: Can't say I've noticed.
Internet Site
Best: Americas Debate
Worst: There are too many bad sites to nominate one
Video Game
Best: EVE online
Worst: Don't know any other games.
Most and/or Least Significant
Politician
Most significant: Hassan Nasrallah
Least significant: Kofi Annan
Political Event Domestic (in Denmark)
Most significant: The late summer national strikes and public demonstrations by Danish parents against government cut backs, probably paving the way for Denmark's first female Prime Minister
Political Event International
Most significant: The defeat of Israel by Hizb'Allah
News Event
Most significant: In Denmark this would be the 'Cartoon crisis'.
Internationally I'd say it was the Lebanese conflict.
Society & Culture Event
Most significant: World Cup 2006.
Science Event
Most significant: Polar melt down
Military Event
Most significant: The defeat of Israel by Hizb'Allah
Least significant: The French led UN intervention in South Lebanon.
Offbeat Event
Most significant: My daughters first birthday.
Least significant: My 37th birthday
Nomination for Man of the Year
I can't think of a single man who's stood out or been impressive enough to nominate
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Movie
Best: 'The Da Vinci Code' (though 'Walk the Line' comes a close second.)
Worst: 'Demonlover' (though 'Lord of War' & 'King Kong' come a close second)
TV show
Best: 'Lost'
Worst: Any show that features wannabe singers
Book:
Best: 'Enigma' by Robert Harris.
Worst: 'Stand on Zanzibar' by John Brunner.
Actor/Actress
Best: Audrey Tatou
Worst: Can't say I've noticed.
Internet Site
Best: Americas Debate
Worst: There are too many bad sites to nominate one
Video Game
Best: EVE online
Worst: Don't know any other games.
Most and/or Least Significant
Politician
Most significant: Hassan Nasrallah
Least significant: Kofi Annan
Political Event Domestic (in Denmark)
Most significant: The late summer national strikes and public demonstrations by Danish parents against government cut backs, probably paving the way for Denmark's first female Prime Minister
Political Event International
Most significant: The defeat of Israel by Hizb'Allah
News Event
Most significant: In Denmark this would be the 'Cartoon crisis'.
Internationally I'd say it was the Lebanese conflict.
Society & Culture Event
Most significant: World Cup 2006.
Science Event
Most significant: Polar melt down
Military Event
Most significant: The defeat of Israel by Hizb'Allah
Least significant: The French led UN intervention in South Lebanon.
Offbeat Event
Most significant: My daughters first birthday.
Least significant: My 37th birthday
Nomination for Man of the Year
I can't think of a single man who's stood out or been impressive enough to nominate
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Uggg, I can't believe I forgot best/worst song, band, and artist!!! 
Best and/or Worst
Most and/or Least Significant
John Stewart got on Crossfire and told them what all news networks need to hear.
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Nancy Pelosi
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Rumsfeld
Potpourri (Your own category that I might have forgotten)
Best Song - Fall Out Boy's Dance, Dance (I'm not emo...it just motivates me to race fast)
Worst Song - Fergalicious
Best Artist/Band - My Chemical Romance (I'm not emo...it just motivates me to race fast)
Worst Artist/Band - Mike Jones
Best and/or Worst
- Movie - Borat /The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- TV show - I think this was a break out year for Colbert Report but I love E!'s The Soup
- Book - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (will finish one day...)
- Actor/Actress - Kiera Knightly
- Internet Fad/Site - www.digg.com / Thankfully the Snakes on a Plane internet Fad is over
- Person who got their 15 minutes of fame - Everyone on YouTube.com
- Sports team - OSU Buckeyes, UT Longhorns!!
- Athlete - Me!
- Video Game - WoW continues to be the best.
Most and/or Least Significant
- Politician - Rumsfeld
- Political Event Domestic - The Midterms
- Political Event International - Hamas elected in Palestine
- News Event - All the political scandels this year.
- Business Event - Ken Lay takes a dirt nap
- Sports Event - Floyd Landis' suspected of doping at the Tour de France
- Health Event - (Least Sig) Bird Flu
- Society & Culture Event - Cartoon crisis
- Technology Event - Net Neutrality becomes an issue
- Science Event - Signs of previously flowing water on Mars
- Military Event - Israel retreats from Lebanon
- Law Event - Trial of Saddam Huessain
- Entertainment Event - /agree with carlito: sex tape as celebrity promotion (this can be good or bad...)
- Offbeat Event -
John Stewart got on Crossfire and told them what all news networks need to hear.
Nomination for Woman of the Year
Nancy Pelosi
Biggest Bonehead of the Year
Rumsfeld
Potpourri (Your own category that I might have forgotten)
Best Song - Fall Out Boy's Dance, Dance (I'm not emo...it just motivates me to race fast)
Worst Song - Fergalicious
Best Artist/Band - My Chemical Romance (I'm not emo...it just motivates me to race fast)
Worst Artist/Band - Mike Jones
QUOTE(psyclist @ Dec 11 2006, 07:31 PM) 
Uggg, I can't believe I forgot best/worst song, band, and artist!!!
best bend and song: tv on the radio, dirtywhirl.worst artist and song: fergie, and calling anything she's done a song is an insult to actual music.
QUOTE(carlitoswhey @ Dec 11 2006, 02:31 PM)
worst book: I have to second Grendel72's comment. The end-aisle displays in bookstores lately seem to be competing shout-fests name calling and hate. That Al Franken is an idiot or Rush Limbaugh is a loudmouthed hypocrite or Ann Coulter is mean shouldn't be enough for a publisher to greenlight a project, but it does seem to sell.
thanks. 
your comment reminds me that i should have clarified that i'm talking about pundits of all political persuasions. your list is a pretty good summary of the most popular of the offenders.
This is a long list. 
I'm going to have to do it in a couple of parts...
Movie
Best: Hmmn... probably V for Vendetta or The Queen - or Babel - or The Departed - or Cars - or Borat - or The Notorious Bettie Page - or Brick - or Thank You for Smoking -
Worst: No question: All the King's Men (even worse than Basic Instinct 2)
TV show
Best: 30 Rock and/or Heroes
Worst: Tucker (Carlson may not be as offensive as Bill O'Reilly or Larry Kudlow or Tony Blankley, but he's more infuriatingly idiotic)
Book
Best Fiction: Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day (with a pulpy nod to Max Brooks' World War Z)
Best Non-fiction: Redemption by Nicholas Lehmann and The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Worst Fiction: Christopher Paolini's Eldest (with honorable mention to Stephen King's Cell)
Worst Non-fiction: Confessions of an Heiress by Anne Coulter tied with Godless by Paris Hilton (or do I mean that the other way around?)
Actor/Actress
Best Actor: Aaron Eckhart in Thank You for Smoking (runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio in Departed)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen (runner-up: Gretchen Mol in The Notorious Bettie Page)
Worst Actor: Larry the Cable Guy in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (runner-up: Jude Law in All the King's Men)
Worst Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch (runner-up: Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
Internet Fad/Site
Best: YouTube (with Crooks and Liars a close second)
Worst: Facebook (with MySpace a close second)
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame
Best: Nicole Narain
Worst: Kevin "Fed-Ex" Federline
Sports team
Best: Penn State Nittany Lions (can't help it, I'm an alumnus)
Worst: Well, the Tennessee Volunteers, obviously
Athlete
Best: Brady Quinn (who cares if he's any good, he's hot)
Worst: Jesse Palmer - unless OJ Simpson still counts
Video Game
Best PC Game: The Sims 2 expansion packs
Best Console Game: Shadow of the Colossus
Worst PC Game: Left Behind: Eternal Forces
Worst Console Game: Superman Returns
That's as much as I can manage for now.
I'm going to have to do it in a couple of parts... Movie
Best: Hmmn... probably V for Vendetta or The Queen - or Babel - or The Departed - or Cars - or Borat - or The Notorious Bettie Page - or Brick - or Thank You for Smoking -
Worst: No question: All the King's Men (even worse than Basic Instinct 2)
TV show
Best: 30 Rock and/or Heroes
Worst: Tucker (Carlson may not be as offensive as Bill O'Reilly or Larry Kudlow or Tony Blankley, but he's more infuriatingly idiotic)
Book
Best Fiction: Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day (with a pulpy nod to Max Brooks' World War Z)
Best Non-fiction: Redemption by Nicholas Lehmann and The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Worst Fiction: Christopher Paolini's Eldest (with honorable mention to Stephen King's Cell)
Worst Non-fiction: Confessions of an Heiress by Anne Coulter tied with Godless by Paris Hilton (or do I mean that the other way around?)
Actor/Actress
Best Actor: Aaron Eckhart in Thank You for Smoking (runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio in Departed)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen (runner-up: Gretchen Mol in The Notorious Bettie Page)
Worst Actor: Larry the Cable Guy in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (runner-up: Jude Law in All the King's Men)
Worst Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch (runner-up: Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
Internet Fad/Site
Best: YouTube (with Crooks and Liars a close second)
Worst: Facebook (with MySpace a close second)
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame
Best: Nicole Narain
Worst: Kevin "Fed-Ex" Federline
Sports team
Best: Penn State Nittany Lions (can't help it, I'm an alumnus)
Worst: Well, the Tennessee Volunteers, obviously
Athlete
Best: Brady Quinn (who cares if he's any good, he's hot)
Worst: Jesse Palmer - unless OJ Simpson still counts
Video Game
Best PC Game: The Sims 2 expansion packs
Best Console Game: Shadow of the Colossus
Worst PC Game: Left Behind: Eternal Forces
Worst Console Game: Superman Returns
That's as much as I can manage for now.
Best and/or Worst
Movie......Best: Little Miss Sunshine. Worst: The Wicker Man. Disappointing: The Fountain
TV show.....Best:The Office (American version) Worst: American Idol
Book......Have not read any 2006 books. Best I have read that was recent? 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus Worst: 100 people that are ruining America by B. Goldberg.
Actor/Actress.....Best: Sacha Baron Cohen...Worst: Scarlett in Black Dahlia
Internet Fad/Site....Best or most checked: Huffington Blog...:Worst: Daily Kos
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame......Dustin Diamond, Kramer or Ned Lamont
Sports team...Best: Chicago Bears....Worst: Chicago Cubs
Athlete.....Best: Dwayne Wade....Worst: Floyd Landis
Video Game..... Best: Godfather...Worst: Superman game.
Most and/or Least Significant
Politician......Most: Barak Obama....still. Least: Bill Frist
Political Event Domestic....Most: Election with Dems keeping all incumbants. Least: Nicole Ritchie's weight
Political Event International....[b]Most:[/b] N. Korea detonating atomic weapon. Least: Saddam's conviction
Sports Event: Most: Floyd Landis cheating his way to a Tour win. Least: Steelers being a 6th seed.
Society & Culture Event: Most: Banning of payed internet poker gambling. Least: The CMA's.
[b]Military Event: Most: Getting rid of old squinty eyes. Least: Our annual Christmas dinner at drill 10 days ago
Entertainment Event: Most: The Borat movie making all that money w/small release: Least:Pam and Kid's wedding
Nomination for Man of the Year: George W Bush for being such a cancer that he eliminated Republican hegemony in DC, making the US political system more stable and curbing the mounting fears of traditional allies.
Nomination for Woman of the Year: Angela Merkel....cannot think of a more successful/notable newcomer for 06.
Biggest Bonehead of the Year: Karl Rove and the bring out the base strategy.
Movie......Best: Little Miss Sunshine. Worst: The Wicker Man. Disappointing: The Fountain
TV show.....Best:The Office (American version) Worst: American Idol
Book......Have not read any 2006 books. Best I have read that was recent? 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus Worst: 100 people that are ruining America by B. Goldberg.
Actor/Actress.....Best: Sacha Baron Cohen...Worst: Scarlett in Black Dahlia
Internet Fad/Site....Best or most checked: Huffington Blog...:Worst: Daily Kos
Person who got their 15 minutes of fame......Dustin Diamond, Kramer or Ned Lamont
Sports team...Best: Chicago Bears....Worst: Chicago Cubs
Athlete.....Best: Dwayne Wade....Worst: Floyd Landis
Video Game..... Best: Godfather...Worst: Superman game.
Most and/or Least Significant
Politician......Most: Barak Obama....still. Least: Bill Frist
Political Event Domestic....Most: Election with Dems keeping all incumbants. Least: Nicole Ritchie's weight
Political Event International....[b]Most:[/b] N. Korea detonating atomic weapon. Least: Saddam's conviction
Sports Event: Most: Floyd Landis cheating his way to a Tour win. Least: Steelers being a 6th seed.
Society & Culture Event: Most: Banning of payed internet poker gambling. Least: The CMA's.
[b]Military Event: Most: Getting rid of old squinty eyes. Least: Our annual Christmas dinner at drill 10 days ago
Entertainment Event: Most: The Borat movie making all that money w/small release: Least:Pam and Kid's wedding
Nomination for Man of the Year: George W Bush for being such a cancer that he eliminated Republican hegemony in DC, making the US political system more stable and curbing the mounting fears of traditional allies.
Nomination for Woman of the Year: Angela Merkel....cannot think of a more successful/notable newcomer for 06.
Biggest Bonehead of the Year: Karl Rove and the bring out the base strategy.
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