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It was an extraordinary year for breakout shows and showbiz breakups, for hot business deals and shady business dealings, and for the queens of film and fools of sport.
From head butts to heart-wrenching performances, we rank the best and boldest of 2006 for film, TV, music, sports, news, scandals and more. |
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CORLISS' MOVIES
TIME's Richard Corliss chooses a Kazakh journalist's adventures and a musical about pornography
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SCHICKEL'S MOVIES
Clint Eastwood gets double honors on TIME film critic Richard Schickel's list
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TV SHOWS
From the gritty streets of Baltimore to a lost island, here are the series that reigned supreme
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ALBUMS
The Arctic Monkeys' working-class attitude gives us a dangerously smart rock album
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SONGS
Gnarls Barkley led the way with their "crazy" gross-genre mega-hit
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PODCASTS
Radio documentaries, tech tips and the best of international reporting
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WEB SITES
Where to go green, go earthly, get great jeans and grant a bank-free loan
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COMICS
The best anthologies and debuts in the genre of comics for adults
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BOOKS
From Richard Ford to the Iraq war, what's worth reading in fiction and non-fiction
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VIDEO GAMES
Great graphics don't always make great video games, as we learned in '06
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WEB VIDEOS
The funniest, smartest and most entertaining videos chosen by TIME readers
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DVDs
Dave Chappelle organizes a little get together while Marlon Brando simmers onscreen
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THEATER
Cutting through the Broadway buzz, TIME's Richard Zoglin picks the best plays and musicals of 2006
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KID'S BOOKS
Delightful and educational, these books teach as well as entertain
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SPORTS MOMENTS
What caused the most excitement in football, soccer, cycling and, yes, cricket
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FASHION TRENDS
Wingtips, black nailpolish and other hot trends
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BUZZWORDS
Is Iraq a civil war? What's web 2.0 anyway? Behind the newest words
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BREAKUPS
Why Tom and Sumner split and Britney's classy Dear John letter to K-Fed
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CARTOONS
The best editorial drawings of 2006 that made us both laugh and think
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MEDICINE
The first vaccine for cancer and the growing research into stem cells
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BIZ DEALS
The biggest deals worth billions, from healthcare mergers to European energy takeovers
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SCANDALS
What the Congressman sent young male pages and the author who "lied" to Oprah
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CRIMES
The poisoned Russian ex-spy plus a streak of sad school shootings
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UNDERREPORTED
The most important stories you likely didn't hear about in the media this year
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TIME.COM STORIES
A secret letter from Iraq and a sticky situation for Donald Rumsfeld
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