Recess top 5

The New 007. The newest ex-Special Forces agent to spawn the latest action film franchise, Mr. Transporter 2 shocked critics everywhere by taking the cake at this weekend's box office. After a summer with nary a hit action flick, it was the little film-that-could that captured the nation's eye and secured the future of Transporters 3-7.

An indie rock Technicolor return. The newest singles and videos from last year's most buzzworthy groups—Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand respectivel—-are, of course, splendorously magnificent. Watch as Ben Gibbard and Co. emote sweetly against a subtle guitar kick and nature morphs into musical notes and confronts 18-wheelers while Kapranos and the boys can-can alongside some scandalous models and amid an art-house partay.

America's Next Top Justice. Not since FDR tried to pack the Court has the bench been of so much current-events curiousity. Why not forget fuddy-duddy John Roberts in our time of need—let's turn to another heralded Supreme: Donna Summer. At least she’s no WASP.

Good music=small package. While the new iTunes cell phone with a 100-song capacity is a glorified N-Gage, this year's new stocking stuffer, the iPod Nano, weighing in at 42 grams and fitting up to 1,000 songs on its hard drive, improves on the last great accessory: the iPod Mini.

And it's a good thing. Domestic diva Martha Stewart unshackles herself from the restraints of the Man and prepares to launch her own daytime show (do I hear Mprah?) Monday and her own spinoff of Trump's self-love seminar The Apprentice Sept. 21st. We can even forgive her lame firing catchphrase, “You don't fit in.” Martha, you stony fox, you’re so not fired in recess’ book.