Eurekster Swicki

Britney Spears was the most searched for term in 2007 according to Yahoo.

What were people looking for - photos of her head shaved, her sub-par performance at the MTV Video Awards? Are people curious about her latest deposition in her battle for custody of her kids? Maybe, but we haven't gone as far as making a swicki solely dedicated to Britney Spears - we aren't that big of fans. Instead, we have fulfilled our appetite for Britney Spears news in one of our celebrity swickis.

While searching, we remembered why Britney Spears was famous in the first place. She was a singer at one point, right? Go back five years, before the K Fed drama, before the stints in rehab, before the custody battles, and you remember that she sold out shows coasts to coast and that she regularly sold number one albums.

Maybe her latest album, Blackout, didn't debut at number one, but clearly she remains top of mind for internet users, and there probably is some correlation between this phenomenon and the fact that this bland album didn't bomb.

Note to aspiring artists, embarrassing performances in front of live audiences can INCREASE record sales.

Time to start your drinking habit...

Search for the nominees for best male actor on Google, and you'll likely find 50 sites that feed you this list:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises

Worthy list, indeed, yet now we're all craving some juicy tidbits about these actors, movies, and nominations. Therefore, we created a swicki that favors the smaller movie critic sites, helping everyone find fresh perspectives on these nominations. For example, a search for 'Viggo Mortenson Nomination' brought us to a cool Viggo fan site.

This swicki also steered us to some great stories and resources for George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp, and Tommy Lee Jones. How many times was Tommy Lee Jones nominated for best actor? Hint, his role in The Fugitive was as a supporting actor.

Happy searching