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! 10. Jumper - Yeah, I know it stars the whiny Darth Vader, but it's also got Sam "Motherfucking" Jackson, and a screenplay co-written by David Goyer about a war between teleporters and those......

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Ira & Abby - Ira is a brilliant, neurotic Jew with tons of "issues" (hmm... where have we heard of that character before?), and Abby is a free spirit who likes to solve her friends' problems. They meet, fall in love, meet each other's parents, and decide to get married, all in just a few hours. Then, of course, a series of wacky shenanigans make them......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Sure, Wikipedia can be unreliable. But just how reliable is the Encyclopedia Britannica? (Via Jill) The word from Jo Rowling is that she's not necessarily done with Harry after all - a Potter encyclopedia could be in our (admittedly distant, because she needs a break) future (via Jen). For a bit more of the interview quoted in that article, click here.......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Okay, the sound and video editing aren't perfect, and some of the pasted-in visual effects could use some work, but we still knew we had to link to Star Trek vs. Star Wars, because, wtf, it's Star Trek vs. Star Wars!! Finally, the age-old question can be answered! Well, sort of; the Enterprise kind of chickens out and takes off before......

Yesterday, we kept the colons out, but in today's run-down, we've made sure to put them all back in! Surgery, in reverse... Houstonist: Author extraordinaire Margaret Atwood has invented something called the LongPen, with which one can sign autographs from a remote location. Without astral projection. (See image at left.) Austinist: If you don't know who Kinky Friedman is, you should. Even here in Philadelphia. DCist: The West Wing is filming its final episodes in......