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Paris, Britney Among Time's Most Shamed of the Year

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Forget the Golden Globe nominations, I have the list you really want: Time's Top 10 Awkward Moments of 2007! Among the political embarrassments, you'll find Paris Hilton at No. 2 (wailing for her mother as she's hauled off to prison); Alec Baldwin at No. 3 ( for calling his daughter a thoughtless pig); David Hasselhoff at No. 4 (soused in the shower); Britney at No. 6 (for her Night of the Living Dead routine at the VMAs); Rosie O'Donnell vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck at No. 7; Fox at No. 8 for setting free speech back decades by censoring Sally Field at the Emmys; and of course, Miss Teen South Carolina at No. 9, working up a sweat discussing the Iraq and such.

Did the editors miss your favorite moment? As bad as Fox's Emmy edit of was, I thought Ryan Seacrest dressed as a Tudor was worse. — Ben Katner


Posted by TV Guide News
Dec 13, 2007 9:19 AM
What was number 1?
Posted by Cindy
Dec 13, 2007 9:25 AM
1. Adding Insult to Introduction

College presidents generally don't slam their guest speakers, but when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepted an invitation to speak at Columbia University, critics excoriated the school for giving a dictator such a lofty platform. But instead of rescinding the invite, Columbia president Lee Bollinger introduced Ahmadinejad by noting that Mahmoud resembles a "petty and cruel dictator" and that his denial of the Holocaust is "ridiculous." Bollinger's remarks outraged chancellors of Iranian universities, one of whom said, "Insult, in a scholarly atmosphere, to the president of a country...is deeply shameful." Many in the U.S. agreed.
Posted by Susan Marvin
Dec 13, 2007 9:57 AM
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