1. Members only
Welcome, Mischa Barton, to the Hilton-Richie-Lohan club. Initiation starts with shopping and lattes at 11 a.m. Wear heels.
2. Door’s open
Really, someone in Hollywood could make good money teaching a course on how not to look like an extra from “Dawn of the Dead” in your police mug shot.
3. Never happened
The National Film Registry added “Back to the Future” to its archives this year. Separately, all copies of “Back to the Future Part III” were ordered destroyed.
4. Rodent problem
The post office announced new stamps for 2008. One series takes the theme of the Year of the Rat on the Chinese lunar calendar. I had a Rick Salomon punch line in mind here, but it’s been a long year, and my stash is empty.
5. Toy story
The American Film Institute named its “Moments of Significance” of 2007. Shockingly, this wasn’t one of them.
6. Big in ’07
Meanwhile, the release of the iPhone made AFI’s list. Now that was truly a moment of significance. Before the iPhone, there was no complaining about the price of iPhones.
7. Book it
Chicago failed to crack the top 10 of a new survey that ranked the most well-read, literate cities in America. Rrrrrrr! Survey make city angry!
8. Job one
Who else gets the feeling that Jennifer Aniston’s publicist draws half his salary just for being able to come up with new ways to say “My client is not pregnant”?
9. Big hit
Josh Groban’s Christmas album sold 750 million more copies last week, according to Billboard. Apparently the number of Americans hoping to drive their family members insane is higher than anyone would’ve guessed.
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