Who's in
Downton Abbey: Audiences across America have gone gaga for this class-conscious British import. Be warned: You will want a full staff of servants and a posh arranged marriage by the time you're through.
Taylor Swift: Most likely as a result of her turn in the star-studded Valentine's Day, T-Swift recently landed a starring role in Tom Hooper's adaptation of Les Miserables. We can only hope that "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" will make the soundtrack.
Benedict Cumberbatch: PBS's superb Sherlock has catapulted this endearingly awkward actor onto the scene, and his wonderful work in both War Horse and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy hints at a fantastic future in film as well.
Tom Cruise: Cruise's latest Mission Impossible film is almost good enough to make us forget about his manic medicine-bashing and couch-jumping antics ... almost.
Who's out
Martin Scorsese: Somehow Hugo, Marty's latest embarrassment of an adventure film, has managed to nab its A-list director a Golden Globe. Here's to hoping that the Oscars don't make the same mistake.
Adele: Just when we thought we had seen the last of the British belter's overplayed album, 21, yet another single has rocked the airwaves. In all fairness, "Set Fire to the Rain" hasn't become quite as obnoxious as "Rolling in the Deep"... yet.
Work it: In record-breaking time, ABC has canceled this cross-dressing comedy which, to its credit, managed to be both criminally unfunny and brutally offensive in the pilot alone.
Joyful Noise: As if the awful acting skills of Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton weren't enough to sink a film, this joyless nightmare of a movie offers up one of the most sickeningly sweet soundtracks in cinematic history.
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