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Adam Scott Shares His 10 Favorite Things From 2010

As you may have noticed around these parts, the end of the calendar year brings a plethora of Top-10 lists from an assortment of categories. But why should Movieline’s staff have all the fun? Let’s hear from Adam Scott, whose Parks and Recreation returns to NBC on Jan. 20th and who wrote in to share his own favorite things from the last year in pop culture. Take it away, Adam.

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Director Blake Edwards Dies at 88

Seems like this sad year of Hollywood deaths isn’t going down without a fight: Acclaimed director Blake Edwards passed away this morning at age 88, with wife Julie Andrews and his children by his side. Edwards was a force, with 46 television and film critics to his name, including such classics as Breakfast at Tiffany’s , The Pink Panther , Days of Wine and Roses , 10 and Victor Victoria (the latter two which both featured Andrews). Just recently , Andrews dropped out of a PBS New Year’s celebration because of her husband’s health problems. [ Variety ]

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VIDEO: Low-Wage Hollywood Has a Champion in Paul Greengrass

Every production assistant, intern, receptionist, runner and/or other member of Hollywood’s aspirational poor can rejoice today as Bourne franchise and United 93 director Paul Greengrass held forth on the biggest unresolved scourge afflicting the film industry today. No, not piracy. No, not the Golden Globes . Greengrass has it out for the exploiters who are “raping and pillaging young people” for the sake of a few budget savings here or there. Bold!

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Winona Ryder Probably Won’t Be Seeing The Beaver

About that time Winona Ryder met Mel Gibson: “I remember, like, fifteen years ago, I was at one of those big Hollywood parties. And he was really drunk. I was with my friend, who’s gay. He made a really horrible gay joke. And somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about ‘oven dodgers,’ but I didn’t get it. I’d never heard that before. It was just this weird, weird moment. I was like, ‘He’s anti-Semitic and he’s homophobic.’ No one believed me!” Oven dodgers ? Good lord, Mel. [ GQ ]

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