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Posted on: Friday, December 25, 2009

A few of our favorite things from this decade


TGIF Staff

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Daniel Day-Lewis, left, starred in "There Will Be Blood," one of our fave films of the decade. Top TV sitcom "Arrested Development" featured Jason Bateman, right.

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As this decade comes to a close, we're being bombarded by best-of lists — best albums of the decade, best movies of the decade, best reality shows of the decade, best sitcoms of the decade.

Everyone from Paste Magazine to Entertainment Weekly to Joe Blogger has compiled a list or two of the best of the best in pop culture. And because we love a list as much as anyone, we decided to make our own — only our lists are not best-of lists, they're favorites lists.

Our picks may not be considered the best of anything, but we like them anyway. So there.

Our 5 favorite albums of the decade:

"Kid A," Radiohead

"Return to Cookie Mountain," TV on the Radio

"Funeral," Arcade Fire

"Elephant," The White Stripes

"Back to Black," Amy Winehouse

Our 6 favorite films of the decade (because we couldn't agree on five):

"There Will Be Blood"

"City of God"

"Amelie"

"Pan's Labyrinth"

"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy

"The Departed"

"Twilight" ... just kidding. We meant to say "Kill Bill."

Our 5 favorite TV sitcoms of the decade:

"Arrested Development"

"30 Rock"

"The Office"

"Sex and the City"

"Seinfeld"

Our 5 favorite TV dramas of the decade:

"The Sopranos"

"Six Feet Under"

"Lost"

"The Wire"

"The West Wing"

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Bishop Museum has brought in several traveling exhibits the past few years, but none — not even "Bodies the Exhibition" — has been as well-received as "Dinosaurs Unearthed," on display through Jan. 4.

"In terms of making a comparison with other traveling exhibits, it is the strongest-drawing exhibit in recent years," museum spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said. "This exhibit showcases the largest dinosaurs we've ever had."

Even after the dinosaur exhibit moves on, Dela Cruz sees a lot of reason to visit the historic facility. Traffic has increased since Hawaiian Hall reopened in early August, and two new exhibits and another Planetarium show have also brought in more visitors.