The Year in Pop. Watch. The phrase guilty pleasure has long outlived its usefulness. If you really like a song or a movie or a TV show, no matter how cheesy the conventional wisdom says it is, you should feel free to say so without guilt, and to defend your appreciation vigorously. Thats one reason why I and, judging by the number of comments, you as well enjoy reading Mandi Bierlys Pop. Watch Confessional columns. Nightmare on Elm Street Community Watch Tin Sign Aquarius Horror Nightmare on Elm Street Signs Keep away punks and hooligans with uncle Freddys watchful gaze Mashable is a global, multiplatform media and entertainment company. If 90 minutes of rally documentary isnt your thing, watch the few minutes on the Safari rally which starts at 3033. After the brief intro, it cuts to a music. They get at how important entertainment really is in our lives, and they open the emotional floodgates for readers by reminding you of things youd forgotten you loved. It was this sort of writing passionate discussion of things individual writers cared deeply about that marked the best of Pop. Watch for me in 2. Whether or not you shared Michael Slezaks enthusiasm for Fergie, or his appalled feelings over The Bachelor, you had to enjoy his writing about those subjects, maybe more than the subjects themselves. Cheap Tom Sawyer Movie. Same for Annie Barrett on The O. C. and reality TV, or Adam Vary on American Idol tapings and Transformers toys, or Simon Vozick Levinson on hip hop, or Chris Willman on country music and Bruce Springsteen, or Marc Bernardin on sci fi, or Whitney Pastorek on music festivals and indie film, or Ken Tucker on Friday Night Lights, and too many others to name. NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planets new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a. The wildly creative and prolific builder of bonkers racecars for the 24 Hours of Lemons races, Speedycop, had a bit of a tragedy early this morning when his. Now in its 47th season, Sesame Street is one of televisions most iconic programsand its not just for kids. Were big fans of the Street, and to prove it, here. Sesame Street Cookie Monster Police Officer Puppet Gund Sesame Street Puppets Everybody loves Cookie Monster, and now you can bring home your very own plush. Watch full Over the Hedge online full HD. Cartoon movies Over the Hedge online for free in HD. While scavenging for food, RJ the raccoon enters the cave of Vincent the b. The Letter of the Day is a Sesame Street segment introduced in 2002, hosted by Cookie Monster. Looking back on my own writing this year, I found myself writing far too many obituaries we lost too many talented people in 2. I also found they led to some of my most passionate, and most warmly received items. Credit here properly belongs to those who inspired me. I also got worked up writing about such issues as free expression, the hijacking of pop culture for partisan political purposes, and the war on film critics, all of which are, of course, linked. That these continue to be issues of contention saddens me, and itspartly our fault as critics and journalists for not doing a better jobof explaining what the stakes are. Thats why I am so grateful to havebeen part of Pop. Watch in 2. 00. 7, to have a forum to raise such issues andstart a conversation. So while I want to thank all the writers,editors, photo mavens, tech wizards, interns, and celebrity guest bloggerswho helped put together Pop. Watch in 2. 00. 7, I especially want to thankyou, the readers, for your lively, intelligent, and civil commentary. We posted nearly 2,5. That kind of response is incrediblygratifying to us, whether or not you agreed with what we wrote, becausewe relish our ongoing conversation with you. Hope youll continue tocomment as fervently in 2. Look forward to hearing from you.