Lists, Trailers, And A Cat Who's Not A Rat

Okay, kids, I promised a regular column this week and here it is. Lots going on in the media world. Most of it is wrap-up for the year like this:
 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Abebooks’ Most expensive Sales in 2012</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RKOyZRGXxWA..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RKOyZRGXxWA..." /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br />An inscribed first edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, which sold for more than $46,000, was narrowly beaten by a 1603 celestial atlas ($47,729) on AbeBooks annual list of most expensive sales.<br /><br />Also showcased on the <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBoo... are the most expensive sales in science, mathematics, children's and YA, art, photography, poetry, maps and atlases, ephemera, travel and exploration, medical, science fiction and fantasy, and books written by world leaders.<br /><br />The Most Expensive Sales in 2012:<br />1. Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata, Nova Methodo Delineata, Sereis Laminis Expressa by Johann Bayer ($47,729)<br />2. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming ($46,453)<br />3. Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka ($30,000)<br />4. A Latin Bible from 1491 ($26,200)<br />5. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ($25,000)<br />6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ($25,000)<br />7. A Polyglot Bible from 1599-1602, edited by Elisa Hutter ($25,000)<br />8. Livre d'Heures (Book of Hours) ($24,680)<br />9. Cosmographia by Petrus Apianus ($23,681)<br />10. Les Ruines de les Splus Beaux Monuments de la Grece by Julien David Le Roy ($23,530)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U1hcdwf98rI..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U1hcdwf98rI..." width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">From <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.S</style><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.wordandfilm.com/2012/12/th... and Film</a>: Great Gatsby trailer—don’t know about this one</span> </div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="315" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HJCz3lMa4Xw?... name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HJCz3lMa4Xw?..." type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_4AAUuRA3w..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_4AAUuRA3w..." width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you're tired of lists, skip this one. Best Literary Adaptations of 2012.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>“Literary filmmaking stands out as a particular bright spot," <a href="http://www.wordandfilm.com/2012/12/fr... and Film</a> observed in showcasing its choices for best literary adaptations. Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln are among the works cited.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6qDPAjg_R8..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6qDPAjg_R8..." width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love stories about indie book stores and their loyal customers.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=..., too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="315" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tt_3IPHD4KQ?... name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tt_3IPHD4KQ?..." type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />#  #  #  #<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Did you see this?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MtSWApLrDn4..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MtSWApLrDn4..." width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... cat’s not talking</a>.. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Prison guards caught a cat carrying a mobile phone and a saw trying to walk through prison gates in north-east Brazil, it has emerged. The guards saw the white cat walking towards them with tape wrapped around its back and stomach. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>When they looked closer they saw the cat was also carrying drills, an earphone, a memory card, batteries and a phone charger. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>All 263 detainees in the prison of Arapiraca, a city of 215,000 people in the state of Alagoas, are considered suspects in the plot, which is being investigated by local police. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>"It's tough to find out who's responsible for the action as the cat doesn't speak," a prison official told local paper Estado de S Paulo. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blog..." imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The cat was taken to an animal disease centre to receive medical care. The incident took place on New Year's Day but was first reported by national media on Saturday.</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">#  #  #  # </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From <a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/283530/the-... 10 Grumpiest Living Writers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Look who's Numero Uno:</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l19dKLntmWk..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l19dKLntmWk..." /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bazinga....</div></div></div>