5. Genius is Complicated- 2010 could have been the year that Kanye West spent repenting for his sins against Taylor Swift, and in fact, it started out that way. But crazy can only hide for so long and as soon as Kanye West discovered Twitter the old Kanye was back. Even if I wasn't a fan, which I am, I would have subscribed to his Twitter feed to find out what Kanye was going to ramble about on any given day. He didn't hold back and quickly the repentance tour was over. That is exactly how I like my Kanye West!! His crazy talk would have been entertaining enough, but Kanye also reminded us how he became well known in the first place--his talent. It started for me during his performances on SNL this past fall. He performed in front of a white backdrop and at that moment he went beyond being a rapper or musician for me. He became an artist. Then he one upped those performances by releasing his next album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which was easily his strongest and most consistent collection of music yet. The past few years showed that Kanye West could be knocked off his self made pedestal, but 2010 proved that he could step right back up better than ever.
6. Don't Mess With A Renaissance Man-How did James Franco follow up his banner 2008 in which he has critically acclaimed roles in the films Pineapple Express and Milk? He decided to take on a "say what?" storyline on General Hospital. It wasn't a move that a movie star would make, but it has become increasingly apparent that James Franco has no interest in being a movie star. He has shown interest in being a soap opera actor, a novelist, an exhibited artist, a short film writer and director, and of course a graduate stident enrolled in several different programs sometimes concurrently. Luckily in 2010 he still wanted to be in the movies, and this year he gave two of the best performances of his career in 127 Hours and Howl. Both roles showed the type of risks he is willing to take as an actor. 127 Hours is likely to get Franco his first Academy award nomination. With all that going on in 2010, one might wonder if James Franco was..well....stressed. But he maintains his affable stoneresque personality off screen in interviews which makes me wonder if even that is a just another piece of performance artist. With James Franco we may never know. He will keep us guessing what will come next.
Number 7 and 8 will be a movie that was the stuff of dreams and a pop star who combined music, fashion and performance art.
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