Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Best of 2011: The 10 most immersive digital worlds in which to lose yourself
If we truly are living in a golden age of video games, as some critics have asserted, then 2011 provided the best proof yet.  

• Best of 2011: 10 funny acts that said what we needed to hear when nobody else would
• Best of 2011: 9 knocked it out of the park, plus a visual poem
• Best of 2011: Hip-hop assumes a new "Throne," and a hip Decemberists reinvention
• 2011 Ovation Awards: Creede Repertory's LaMee is Denver Post Theater Person of the Year
• 2011 saw an eclectic tour of fresh musical acts stop in Denver

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Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux send joint yule card
Also

Royals cancel ski trip

Where's Viggo been?

 

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Gossip - Bill Husted

Dueling pizza places across Larimer
When a restaurant group announced it was building a wood-fired pizza place right across Larimer Street from the wildly popular Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza, them was fighting words.  

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Moms - Parenting

Happy Holidays!
Mile High Mamas hopes you have the happiest of holidays! The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. -Burton Hillis As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in  

• Santa Claus passes new poll with flying colors
• A musical holiday card for all Mile High Mamas

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Today's Movies

Best of 2011: 9 knocked it out of the park, plus a visual poem
 Movie Top 10s can be penned with an eye for posterity. These are the films that'll endure, trust me.  

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

'11 news: On online, on YouTube, on blogger, on Twitter
The news, or what passes for it, bubbles up from all manner of devices these days, with varying degrees of reliability.  

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Theater - John Moore

2011 Ovation Awards: Creede Repertory's LaMee is Denver Post Theater Person of the Year
How does the Creede Repertory Theatre draw an audience of 47,500 to a town of 400 residents? That's one reason artistic director Maurice LaMee is The Denver Post's 2011 Theater Person of the Year. Find all of our choices for the best in Colorado theater here.  

• Ovation Award winners, 2001-11

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Society - Joanne Davidson

Women of Note step in as saviors of symphony
Other than the keys to Fort Knox, the best present that Santa could have put under the Colorado Symphony's tree today is Women of Note.