5.

Die Hard

4.

National Lampoon

3.

Trading Places

2.

A Christmas Story

1.

Elf

I’ve already watched Elf this year! The 24 hour A Christmas Story marathon on TBS starts Christmas Eve at 8/7C. I’ll catch that atleast once. I couldn’t find listings for the rest of my top 5, which is a shame. Check out TV Guide’s holiday calendar to see if your favs are playing this season.

Happy Holidays!

Fall Premieres
Tis that time of year… September means new TV shows! The CW is getting it started this week. The new 90210 premieres as well as returning hits One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl and Americas Next Top Model.

Nerdcore
Beefy has a new CD out on Amazon.com, Rolling Doubles. Check out Disconnect, the track featuring the awesome YTCracker! He also has a song about Tilt. Aaah, Nerdcore…how I <3 thee.

The Truman Show Delusion
Have you ever thought that you were the star of a reality show? That everything happening around you was part of the series? Apparently, this is becoming common among the paranoid.

Hulu Competitor
TheWB.com wants to pull you away from Hulu. Besides the popular WB shows you can stream, they have an original series to entice you. Sorority Forever was created by Big Fantastic, the guys behind PromQueen and Foreign Body.

Facebook the Movie
Aaron Sorkin is writing a movie about Mark Zuckerberg and his social networking site Facebook. To begin his research, Sorkin reached out through his Facebook profile, created by his researcher.

Dancing With The Stars on ABC
Entertainment Weekly has an awesome article showcasing the top DWTS dances of all times including Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke’s “Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy” which sealed their fate as winners of season 2 and my favorite performance of all time…Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough’s Samba to “I Like to Movie It” from season 4. You can also get this season’s video extras at the show’s homepage.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Are you ready for the final Harry Potter movie? No one is. So they will string it out as long as they can. The incredible Helena Bonham Carter is rumored to be involved with the production.

Yahoo! Video Awards
Is your favorite webseries nominated for a Yahoo! award? You better get over there fast and find out.  *Update: You were not fast enough!  The winners were announced today.

Ninja Killer Tomatoes
Ask a Ninja is taking a big step into traditional media with their next project, the remake of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”.

Scott Pilgrim’s Little Life
I want to see Michael Cera defeating seven ex-boyfriends to win the girl of his dreams and I’ll pretend it’s me. Or…Mr. Wright can cast me as the actual girl!

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog
A superhero musical on the web from Joss Whedon!

When I realized awards season was gonna be affected by this writer’s strike I had a mild heart attack. I love turning television and movies into a competition. I spend most of my time being moved by, frustrated with, sucked into, transported to, falling in love with and hating these alternate realities that are created for us and they should be judged. I especially love to critique my fellow actors. I worked hard to get into the Screen Actors Guild (and by hard I mean spent 3 days as a body double on the series Boomtown) and I take my role as voter seriously. One year I was even on the nominating committee…it was one of the best years of my life.

Yippee kay ya, everyone got dressed up, hit the red carpet and announced the best actors without any picket line chaos. The Sopranos swept their categories: best dramatic actor, actress and ensemble. I have no opinion on this. I’ve never seen an episode. I know, I know…I’ll get it on DVD one of these days…stop yelling at me. Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin won for 30 Rock, which I strongly agree with!!! However, The Office won for comedic ensemble. I would have been happier if 30 Rock had taken ensemble but I do like The Office, so I’m okay with that. Javier Bardem won for his role as the creepy, psychopathic killer in No Country for Old Men, which also won for best cast in a movie. A full list of winners is here.

The highlight of the evening for me was Daniel Day-Lewis’ acceptance speech. He said, for as long as he could remember, the thing that gave him a sense of wonderment and renewal was the work of other actors. Those words spoke to my heart. DDL mentioned, for him in particular, being affected and motivated by the work of Heath Ledger, even bringing up specific examples of Heath’s onscreen moments that touched him. I can’t imagine a greater tribute than that. It’s a shame Heath didn’t get to hear it.

Let’s all cross our fingers for a kick-ass Oscar telecast!