War of the words: A promo spot for the new show Portlandia.

Pick up our Winter 2010 issue to read "Born Here," a comprehensive account of the rise of Palestinian hip hop.

From YouTube user genrocks: "This year's movies have legitimately transformed my idea of what is creatively possible. To commemorate, I've remixed 270 of them into one giant ass video."

Though Banksy is hardly immune to criticism himself—he's been targeted for turning street art into a commodity—the urban vandal has an undeniably keen sense of pop critique. Here, he turns his sharp stencil onto the Simpsons, depicting sweatshop workers churning out animation cels.