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Our Favorite Entertainment Gifts of 2008

10. Jen's GQ Cover. Who knew one little tie could cause so much controversy? And its still going! Just this week, she told Barbara Walters on "The View" that she was photoshopped on the cover, and that the only reason she posed nude was because "they got me bombed." She was joking (we think).
9. Britney's Comeback. It was the gift we were all waiting for. Britney returned with a new look, a new album, a hit video, a documentary, a new website, and a little sister who has taken over her baby making so she can get back to work.
8. Michael Phelps' Olympic Victory. The world belonged to the human fish Michael Phelps this summer, so much so a new term for awesomeness in all things was coined: Phelpsian. As in "Jen Aniston's GQ cover is so Phelpsian!"
7. Hot Calendars. Calendars are back bigtime in 2009, with every hot young thing, or cluster of hot young things, putting out their own. Kim Kardashian, Marisa Miller, Sports Illustrated, Victoria's Secret - every month of 2009 will be well-represented by hotness.
6. Tina Fey. Tina '30 Rocked' the house (yeah we said it) this year with her sitcom and Palin impression. What do you have to top it in '09 Ms. Fey? Hmm?
5. Jay-Z and Beyonce Admitting They Were a Couple. One of the best gifts was just hearing them finally confess they were not just together, but actually married. There now, doesn't the truth feel better?
4. Amy Winehouse Getting Real. She swore she'd never go, and even wrote a song about it. But after months careening toward oblivion, it seems the soulful singer is ready to get her life back on track with treatment and some good old r & r. It's a Christmas miracle. We hope it sticks.
3. Cloris Leachman on "DWTS." Brooke Burke, Susan Lucci and Toni Braxton shaking their moneymakers on TV was fine. But 82-year-old Cloris was the headline-stealer
2. Watching Gas Prices Drop. For a while there, they guy who changes the numbers on the gas station signs near our house was basically living on his ladder as prices went up up up. Watching him increase prices several times a day was a perverse kind of entertainment. Now watching him go up that ladder as many times a day to DROP the prices is better than watching HBO.
1. The Return of the Action Hero: James Bond, Indiana Jones, Iron Man, I Am Legend - guys who blow things up ruled. Sequels please!