Best Film: The Dark Knight Count me in with the masses of big-budget film lovers and comic book nerds that are gaga for Christopher Nolan's latest adaptation of the Batman mythos. Count me in the minority of those that think Heath Ledger shouldn’t be adorned as an all-time cult hero for his performance. It was awesome, but it was barely better than Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/ Two Face, if at all. The only difference is that (dodging bullets already) Eckhart didn't have to overdose to get his credit. Well, maybe that isn't entirely true since I'm the only one giving it.

Worst Death: Paul Newman You'd think it was Ledger, for sure; he went far too young and left behind a little girl, but on the mass scope of "big deaths" he doesn't come close to comparing. Roy Scheider, Tim Russert, George Carlin and Bo Diddley dwarf the loss of the talented actor we just can't quit. Newman was a man's man. You want a man crush? Who doesn't have one on Newman? A brilliant actor, great philanthropist, and humanitarian, Newman's contributions to your daily life are far more significant. None of us covered our salads in anything but tears late in 2008.

Best Album: The Gaslight Anthem- The '59 Sound If you haven't jumped on this bandwagon, get on now and hate all the "posers" next year. Gaslight, from New Jersey, combine the best of Bruce Springsteen's Jersey grit with the modern-day radio sensibilities of any number of emo rockers to make what will no doubt, be a can't miss combo in 2009.

Worst everything of 2008: Republicans Hey, I'm no politician or political strategist, but you've got the worst president in memory, a horribly out-of-touch nominee to succeed him and he selects an idiot Alaskan to join him? Seriously? At least Tina Fey cashed in big time, and thus Alec Baldwin keeps working.

Best sporting event: The Major League Baseball season Forget all the delays because the season is too long and they finish the summer sport in weather that's like 20 degrees and snowing. This was great because screw the big teams! The Tampa Bay Rays beat out both the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox just to win its division. Then they beat Chicago (boo) and the Red Sox again! Unfortunately, it was all for the right to have a weak National League team cherry pick the championship like the St. Louis Cardinals did a couple years ago, but what can you do?

Worst trend in pop/Internet culture: Fail Easily stealing the crown from pwned is "fail" (or "epic fail" for those things really bad). This is attached to everything you see from album reviews to people falling in youtube videos. It's just not funny. It would be passable if just a few internet geeks used it, but it's spreading to other avenues of pop culture like the plague.

Here's hoping 2009 isn't an epic fail!

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