Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know!

Twelve months and ten epochal collapses later, we're nearing 2008 and a fresh calendar year for career (or structural) decimation. Let's count 'em down from 10:

10. Pete Doherty (again)
2007 hasn’t been the best year for Pete Doherty. He was ditched by two models (Kate Moss and Irina Lazareanu), one of whom was his fiancee (Moss). Now he’s commiserating with Amy Winehouse, but that looks like it’s imploding too, as her father recently punched him up... with a guitar. Good year, Pete. You’re still number 10 on my list, brother.

9. Marie Osmond
There isn’t a lot to say about Marie, other than “Why isn’t Donny on Dancing with the Stars, too? I thought they did everything together.” She literally collapsed following her performance of the samba on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. It has been rumored that it was malnutrition, but I think I read that on Perez Hilton and we all know that cream puff is full of Cool Whip.

8. Amy Winehouse
See Doherty, Pete, for your first piece of evidence to her downfall. See also: numerous arrests, a drug-addled, imprisoned husband, out-of-date hairdo, and ‘summer’ teeth. All in all, 2007 has been, eh, not so bad to Amy, but near the end she’s fallen faster than the temperature in Philly.

7. Rosie O’Donnell
Can you challenge a human being with more money than Jehovah to a public brawl and NOT anticipate being decimated? No. I’m not just talking about Bill O’Reilly here; I’m talking about The Donald, too. It must be mentioned that Rosie is exponentially more intelligent than that hack Melissa Hasslebeck. Has she completely articulated a single thought during her tenure on The View? Probably not.

6. New York Mets
The song went from “Meet the Mets” to “(Everyone) Beats the Mets.” They lost twelve of their last seventeen games, starting on September 12th. At that point, they had a seven game lead. What’s more? There was a playoff for the last National League wild-card slot. The Mets were glaringly absent from that, as well. Way to fold like a new shirt, Metropolitans! Thanks for the playoff spot and J-Roll’s MVP.

The Top 5 after the "Kris-Kross'll make ya wanna" 'Jump, Jump'...

5. Anna Nicole Smith
In 2007 Anna spiraled downward to her eventual death, which in and of itself is tragic as she left behind an infant child who was then torn to shreds in a vicious custody battle. Poor Anna’s fall didn’t even stop with her passing; she was dragged through the mud for months to come because of opportunistic plebs who can’t bare their own skin or milk rich billionaires for their own dough. Thoughtless bastards.

4. Owen Wilson
This year, Owen attempted to commit suicide. No one will ever really know why. Was it Kate Hudson? Was it the pressures inherent with being a Hollywood-hunk (those pressures haven’t driven me to attempted suicide…yet)? Who knows. What we all know is that we all love Owen in every film, regardless of what it is. Wes Anderson flicks? Count ‘em. The Big Bounce? Yep. Wedding Crashers? Hilarity at its finest. So, why Owen, why? This hasn’t been the best year for you and now you’re skinny dipping (well, maybe they had on boxers) with Woody Harrelson? He might have mixed the meanest drinks in Boston, but you better watch out for when he goes Larry Flynt on your ass. Literally.

3. Michael Vick
Most athletic quarterback in history + advantageous buffoons who are money hungry = disaster. I think that’s actually the recipe for disaster. Look it up in a Betty Crocker book. I actually wrote about this previously – tangentially anyway. Lebron James is about fifteen fighting roosters away from being in the same position. Watch who you have handling your money, Bron-Bron.

2. Britney Spears
Raise your hand if you HAVEN’T seen Britney’s ‘Britney.’ Oh, shit, EVERYONE has caught a peek at her cha-cha. That’s the first tick. The second tick is that K. Fed actually divorced her. Beyond that, he proved himself more worthy of raising their two children. This is a dude who is all but out-of-the-closet WT, folks. Oh yeah, she shaved her head (and apparently other things), did tons of drugs and partied her face off. I wonder what she’ll get for Mothers’ Day 2008?

Finally, the worst collapse of 2007:

1. I-35 Bridge, Minneapolis
We’ve poked fun the whole way through this column and it’s time to get serious. There are few collapses that can knock Britney Spears from the #1 spot on someone’s “2007 Worst Collapses” list, among those are tragedies where lives are lost. The unfortunate events in Minneapolis this August cost thirteen lives and left many injured. Our thoughts go out to all of those affected by this tragedy.

My apologies for ending this on such a serious note, but keep your eyes peeled for my DBOTY (Douche Bag of the Year) nominees coming next week.