2007 Best & Worst series

As the year rushes rapidly to a close, it’s time to sift through the mountainous kilobytes of pop culture detritus that have piled up on our computers and in our brains over the past 12 months.

From disasterous comebacks (Britney, Marie Osmond) to the most overhyped cameos (Keith Richards in “Pirates”), we’ll spend the rest of December taking a look at what worked, what didn’t and what’s best forgotten by New Year’s Day.