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TIME’s Top 10 Christmas Specials
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VIDEO: Top 10 Albums of 2012
From Fiona Apple to Killer Mike, TIME music writer Douglas Wolk selects the best albums of the year.
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In the past year, music fans had the privilege to stick it to the man with Pussy Riot, learn to horsey dance with PSY, hear one of the best Dylan covers in a long time—even rediscover a 1969 garage-rock suite. Now we’ve got the …
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Hot Pursuits: 10 Awesome Non-Car Chase Scenes
Movie chases don’t have to be all about cars—TIME looks back at some memorable scenes featuring alternative means of transportation
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Imperfect Weather: 10 Most Memorable Movie Storm Scenes
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, TIME revisits the movies that show nature’s less pleasant side
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Holding Out for a Hero: 10 Great Rescue Movies
With ‘Argo’ out in theaters, TIME celebrates a few of filmdom’s most memorable rescue efforts
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Mountain to Moon: 10 Movie Studio Logos and the Stories Behind Them
As another Oscar season ramps up, TIME uncovers the stories behind some iconic Hollywood logos
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Gross, Point Blank: 10 Most Disgusting Eating Scenes From Movies
From incredible to inedible, TIME presents a 10-course menu of filmdom’s most gut-churning eating scenes
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School of Rock: 10 Supersmart Musicians
As students return to classrooms, TIME looks at an honor roll of rock stars who really made the grade
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Dirty Dancing at 25: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Catskills Classic
Get your trivia-brain out of the corner in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary
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Rings ‘n’ Things: 10 Best Facts About the Olympics in Pop Culture
Tarzan, Cool Runnings and The Simpsons—TIME takes a look at the ways the Olympics have crossed into pop culture
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Art Imitates Life: 10 Movies Altered Due to Real-Life Events
Changes to the upcoming film ‘Gangster Squad’ after the Aurora, Colo., movie-theater shootings were not the first cinematic alterations demanded by actual happenings