Fade In:

The inaugural post. Let's start with a rundown of a few favorites.

Top 10 Films of 2005: (2006 coming soon)
1. Good Night, and Good Luck. (Director: George Clooney)
2. The Best of Youth (Director: Marco Tullio Giordana)
3. Munich (Director: Steven Spielberg)
4. Brokeback Mountain (Director: Ang Lee)
5. Caché (Director: Michael Haneke)
6. Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Director: Steve Box and Nick Park)
7. The New World (Director: Terrence Malick)
8. Grizzly Man (Director: Werner Herzog)
9. The Constant Gardener (Director: Fernando Meirelles)
10. Broken Flowers (Director: Jim Jarmusch)
Other favorites: Howl's Moving Castle, Shopgirl, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, A History of Violence, Mysterious Skin, Match Point, Breakfast on Pluto, The 40-Year Old Virgin, The White Countess, Pride & Prejudice, Me and You and Everyone We Know, In Her Shoes, Winter Solstice, Separate Lies


Top 10 Television Series of 2006:
1. Veronica Mars, UPN/CW
2. The Office, NBC
3. Grey's Anatomy, ABC
4. Arrested Development, FOX
5. How I Met Your Mother, CBS
6. Everwood, WB
7. Weeds, Showtime
8. Friday Night Lights, NBC
9. The Sopranos, HBO
10. Scrubs, NBC


Top 10 Albums of 2006:
1. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
2. Spring Awakening, Original Broadway Cast
3. Rabbit Fur Coat, Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
4. The Drowsy Chaperone, Original Broadway Cast
5. The Eraser, Thom Yorke
6. Alright, Still, Lily Allen
7. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case
8. Show Your Bones, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
9. Loose, Nelly Furtado
10. Sam's Town, The Killers


Top 10 Songs of 2006:
1. Nelly Furtado "Maneater"
2. Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland "SexyBack"
3. The Pipettes "Pull Shapes"
4. Schuyler Fisk and Joshua Radin "Paperweight"
5. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins "Born Secular"
6. Lily Allen "Smile"
7. Beyoncé "Irreplaceable"
8. Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. "My Love"
9. Rihanna "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)"
10. JC Chasez "Until Yesterday"