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While running for president, Barack Obama's commitment to working out daily made headlines. Looks like his influence is rubbing off since our nation's capital was named fittest city.

Not usually thought of a health-conscious place, Washington DC, took the top ranking by the American College of Sports Medicine in their second annual American Fitness Index (AFI). Cities are ranked by a number of individual factors and local health resources. The percentage of residents who smoke or who are overweight, are factored into the index along with statistics on regular physical activity and number of servings of fruits and veggies eaten daily. These personal details are counted up alongside information on the number of parks, farmers markets, primary healthcare providers, and crime rates of the region. DC came out on top with Minneapolis-St. Paul ranking number two — take that Anna Wintour. Denver, Boston, and San Francisco rounded out the top five. See if your city ranked in the top 50 when you read more

• Like so many movies these days, The Crow is getting "reinvented." — ComingSoon
• And the Terminator will be back . . . again, in a fifth installment of the franchise. — Variety
• Advocates for the blind are scolding Saturday Night Live for its depiction of New York Gov. David Paterson. — TV Guide
• The American Film Institute's list of the 10 outstanding movies of 2008 include Iron Man and The Dark Knight, while the top 10 TV shows of the year were Breaking Bad and In Treatment, among others. — Reuters
• The season premiere of Flight of The Conchords is online this week at FunnyOrDie.com. — TV Week
• There's a sequel to the 1996 movie The Phantom in the works. — The AP
• My Boys will be back in March and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns will premiere in January. — The Futon Critic
• A second season of Real Housewives of Atlanta is on the way. — Entertainment Weekly

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• A 30-minute live acoustic set by John Legend — aboard a Delta flight — will be the prize of a Grammys sweepstakes, Billboard reports.
• Sci Fi Wire is reporting that Jericho has shot two endings this time, just in case it's canceled again.
• ComingSoon has news that Jennifer Hudson will join the cast of the drama Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys.
• NBC is auctioning off items from its shows to benefit the United Way, including one of Pam Beesley's cardigans from The Office; details are at The Futon Critic.
• Mark Wahlberg will star in an untitled drama about international drug dealer Jon Roberts, whose life was chronicled in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, writes Variety.
• Jerry Seinfeld has sent Seinfeld DVDs to New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning after a TV station in Green Bay pulled the show — Manning's favorite — off the air because his team is playing the rival Packers, the New York Post reports.
• Nashville Star will air on NBC this summer, along with a second season of American Gladiators, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
• Instead of another 100 movies list, AFI will present 10 top 10 lists for different movie genres this summer, writes Zap2it.

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• HBO has renewed "Tell Me You Love Me" and picked up pilots about a medical research facility and a biker gang, Zap2it reports.
• Warner Bros. has bought a Todd Phillips script titled Hangover all about "three pals who lose the groom at his Vegas bachelor party, 40 hours before the wedding," writes Variety.
• Yahoo Music has news that the Sex Pistols may not be able to swear during their upcoming reunion tour.
• "30 Rock" is getting more big-name guest stars, USA Today reports, including Al Gore, David Schwimmer, Steve Buscemi and Meredith Vieira.
• The release date for The Kite Runner has been pushed to December as families fear possible backlash against the film's child actors, reports E! Online.
• Variety reports that Warren Beatty will be awarded this year's Lifetime Achievement award from AFI.
• Comedy Central has picked up a pop-culture debate series with Lewis Black as the moderator, and the Futon Critic has the details.
• A show written and directed by Tim Robbins might be coming to Showtime, writes the Hollywood Reporter.

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Gwen was recently at MTV when she stopped by TRL to promote her new album. Are you interested in hanging out in the MTV studios for New Year's Eve in NYC? Well, here's your chance to join Gwen, Ciara, AFI and Three 6 Mafia for the big bash. MTV will hook up 5 lucky people to join them for NYE. If you win they'll fly you and a friend to NYC, you'll get to stay in a cool hotel, get outfitted with a brand new look and they'll even give you some spending money. Just click here to enter to win. Good luck to all!

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• Borat, Dreamgirls, and United 93 land on AFI's somewhat puzzling Top 10 list for 2006 — Associated Press
• Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima tops the year-end list from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association — Variety
• Lacking a critical darling this year, hip-hop gets left out of the major Grammy nominations — LA Times
• This season of CBS's "The Amazing Race" is decided by an EZ-Pass — Zap2It
• Indie rockers the Decemberists challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar duel, and "The Colbert Report" host accepts — Pitchfork
• Sahara author Clive Cussler is suing over what he considers to be a woeful big-screen version of his book — Los Angeles Times
• Prince is tapped to play the Superbowl halftime show - PopSugar

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