50 Ways Hollywood Can Help You Beat the Blues During This Strange Holiday Season

19. In the spirit of Hollywood's legendary rebel, James Dean (pictured above), tell someone who's been getting on your nerves all year where to stick it.

20. Put aside Christmas shopping for others and be Tori Spelling for a day by splurging on yourself.

21. Take a wild guess what Nicolas Cage is putting in Lisa Marie Presley's Christmas stocking.

22. Come up with names for Jennifer Aniston's baby on "Friends" and e-mail them to nbcshows@nbc.com.

23. Watch Cats & Dogs with the furry friends in your life.

24. See for yourself what the chemistry is like between Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise by going to Vanilla Sky.

25. Be grateful you had nothing to do with Original Sin.

26. Be grateful you weren't one of the Columbia Pictures marketing guys who got busted for writing fake reviews for movie ads.

27. Listen to Billy Bob Thornton's new album, Private Radio, which features a cut in which he sings about a man who wears his sweetie's panties--something Thornton has admitted to doing.

28. Throw a Cate Blanchett film festival made up of Elizabeth, Pushing Tin, The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Gift.

29. If you, like so many other people at holiday time, are without a significant other, console yourself by going to www.tvguidelive.com/celebchef/name_af.html and grabbing Drew Carey's recipe for Apple Coffee Cake.

30. Anticipate the mirth and mayhem of the Swept Away remake, the first movie collaboration between Madonna and her director husband, Guy Ritchie.

31. Buy cotton candy, make popcorn, whip up a few milkshakes and pop in the DVDs of Clueless _and _Legally Blonde for a funny, featherweight double feature.

32. Count the number of actors with highlights, face-lifts, tooth caps, pec implants, waxed chests and fake tans in the holiday movies.

33. Rent Angel Eyes to hear Jennifer Lopez coo in her adorably disarming Bronx accent, "Let's talk about somethin' stooopid."

34. When bored at the office Christmas party, hit the spiked eggnog and speak entirely in movie quotes. For an extra challenge, limit yourself to a certain genre, like Adam Sandler comedies or Jane Austen adaptations.

35. Be grateful you weren't the person who sent Niki Taylor to the hospital by trying to answer your cell phone while driving.

36. Rent My Best Friend's Wedding and fast-forward to the scene where Cameron Diaz massacres "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" karaoke-style.

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