"Blood Diamond" **1/2 (out of four): Important but flawed indictment of "conflict diamonds" is a bit too self-righteous when it should let the facts speak for themselves.

The folks at DeBeers aren’t going to be very happy about “Blood Diamond”, director Edward Zwick’s indictment of the diamond industry, but they can take comfort in one thing: at least it’s not a very good movie. It’s a shame since all the pieces seem to be in place for an exposé of so-called “conflict diamonds” (stones that are sold to finance wars): a talented cast and a director with a penchant for political grandstanding. But Mr. Zwick’s film, from a screenplay by Charles Leavitt, is so sure of itself that it rarely rises above a “message movie”.

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You may recall we had a little contest about a week ago, with an Elmo TMX going to the first person who answered 10 questions correctly.

Well, congrats go out to Steve P. from San Francisco, who got back to us within nanoseconds with ten correct answers. Actually, we had about thirty responses, almost all of which got back to us within five minutes. So if there's a lesson to be learned, it's that if you're looking for lots of participation, don't go the "first correct response" route.

...a couple notes to the participants. John is the original SNL cast member, Jim is the one living off ABC residuals. There's no "J" in Henry Mancini. And who's Pamela Stephenson?

Also, what do people like about YesBut...comedy, comedy, comedy. Apparently, we make people laugh. (and note to Rich...people miss the comic reviews)

Finally, the correct answers were...

This looks like a little slice of peanut butter & banana cream heaven?

Or maybe you could try a little of this for dinner.

Sad thing is, I've been wanting one of those bowls for a while now.

- Colbert's Truthiness is word of the year, narrowly beating scrumtralescent and cooter.
- For all our female readers who've dreamed of getting into Leo's pants...Merry Christmas.
- Ten Fucking Years is back at the Daily Show. This week's episode...people love their guns.
- Art Basel closes today. If you're there, pick up one of the Jeff Koons skateboards for me.
- And in this time of good will towards men, I give you...Republicans having a good laugh.