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......

One of the more hilarious perks of writing for Phillyist is that we occasionally receive press releases and statements from overworked press flacks trying to make their musician clients look like the second coming of The Beatles. It's rare, however, that we get a press release that actually reduces us to helpless laughter, which is what happened when we got an email from Amy Winehouse's spokesperson announcing that Amy Winehouse was cancelling her US tour......

...You Go, Girl! Well that sure took long enough. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Ew: Of course, she might have tried to do it before this video came out. (Warning: very, very NSFW. Via FleshBot.) ...Bad Ideas: So we know who's not the smart Baldwin. (Via Canada.com.) ...Salt-and-pepper: We think it makes him look distinguished. (Via DListed.) ...Reasons for Eating Disorders: Kirstie Alley really doesn't look that bad, but bloggers are going to......

...Eating Disorder Fun: The Kate Bosworth pic (above) is pretty old, but we just stumbled upon this game, and it rocks, in a really tasteless way. (Flash and Burn, via The Hi-Heeled Hotties.) ...Trendy Adoptions: Madonna has adopted an African child... Or has she? (Via The Superficial.) ...Less Trendy Methods of Coming by a Child: Congrats to Maggie Gyllenhall and Peter Sarsgaard. (Via Pink Is the New Blog.) ...Coming by a Child and Needing......

...Stupid: This isn't a stupid celebrity, so much as a stupid fan. A Kanye West fan showed up at the artist's Birmingham, England show sans ticket and decided that the best way to get into the concert would be by firing at the security guards in his way. (Via E! Online) ...Awesome: Sheryl Crow's prognosis is "excellent" after her breast cancer surgery last week. Ex-fiance Lance Armstrong, himself a cancer survivor, is confident that she......