REVIEW

Hollywood star Brad Pitt is the top money-maker for 2011, according to a new poll. The Moneyball star was voted the winner in Quigley Publishing Company's 80th Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors.

Two old friends catch up at Ulysses' Folk House on Stone Street in Lower Manhattan.

When we look back on how college athletics fared in 2011, we will remember it much more for the disgraces - Jerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine on the top of that list - than some of the good stories - UConn's Kemba Walker and BYU's Jimmer Fredette.

2011 was a great year to be an American corporation, as corporate profits rose and taxes fell.

They can make in a month what the average worker earns in a lifetime. Many go about in private jets, employ multiple secretaries and glad-hand dignitaries and world leaders. Perched at the top of major corporations around the world, the chief executive officer blazes trails, inspires awe and commands attention. But under such immense scrutiny, when the CEO slips, the rest of the world takes notice.

A U.S. appeals court agreed to resolve a dispute among institutional investors over whether Bank of America Corp's $8.5 billion mortgage debt settlement should be sent back to a New York state court for approval.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected calls for a review of the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections.

The performance turned in by Thomas Horn, who plans 10-year-old Oskar Schell is an Oscar-worthy effort. Schell, who was chosen for the role despite no previous acting experience other than winning $30,000 at the age of 12 on the Jeopardy! Kids Week program, reminds us that children so often has the same difficulty navigating themselves and the troubled world around them that we all do.

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Don, the protagonist, is the villain and hero, to be precise. Don’s characterization portrays a juxtaposition of both good and the evil. He kills his enemies but is portrayed to have a kind heart for women.

Oskar Schell is on a quest. The boy has found a key belonging to his father, who perished in the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. The key was in a small envelope on which the word Black was written and Oskar believes, if he can just find the lock to which the key belongs, he will discover a secret message from his dead dad.

The year began with a shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and 14, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, injured, and it ended with the last troops coming home from Iraq. It began with Congress deadlocked over spending and taxes and ended with Congress, well, deadlocked over spending and taxes.

Gold extended its record bull run in 2011 for an 11th year as confidence in the world's financial leaders and their stewardship of fiat currencies plummeted.

The incredible events of 2011 will likely influence global history for decades to come.

It's been a while since Bollywood dished out a slick, fast-paced action film. Wait, am I kidding? Bollywood doesn't do fast-paced action films anymore; we just turn to Hollywood to get our share of those. So, kudos to Farhan Akhtar for attempting it - not once but twice.

After six months of notable decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ended 2011 setting the stage for a blockbuster session in 2012.

A Year in review of crime in the city.

American multinational aerospace and Defense Corporation, Boeing has announced that they are still reviewing their operations in Wichita thereby refuelling speculations of a possible closure of the plant.

This year was a turning point in the history of Silicon Alley. Investments flooded into many young companies, and Mayor Bloomberg and Cornell University bet big on the future of New York technology.

No doubt 2011 was a major year for technology in part because it touched everyone differently. Following are some of the highlights and lowlights of the year:

Sino-Forest , a China-focused forestry company accused of fraud, said it received notices of default from its noteholders and set up a committee to look at options for the company that could include its sale.