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The coolest movie opening this week is Be Kind Rewind, which is a treasure trove of Things White People Like, as it stars Jack Black and his black friend played by Mos Def, and is directed by Michel Gondry, and has lots of irony, seeing as how it is about a couple of people who erase all the videotapes in their video store and then make their own mocking versions of the movies they erased. In all seriousness, though, it looks pretty funny, so possibly people who are not white will like it as well!

Blame Indiana Jones, but when Torontoist was younger, we wanted to be an archaeologist when we grew up. Although our math grades weren't up to snuff, the yearning to dig for ancient treasure has never gone away. So most mornings, you'll find us peering through a chain link fence at the corner of Adelelaide and Simcoe, watching real archaeologists sifting through rubble and delicately dusting off old marbles and broken plates with little brushes. It's not quite the Ark of the Covenant, but these little relics help us 21st century types piece together a picture of early 19th century Toronto life.

You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.

General Idea's AIDS sculpture, newly unveiled at the corner of Queen's Park and Bloor, is used to graffiti, and the public's writings on the nine-foot-tall statue ("use protection ♥," "fuck homophobia," and "it can happen to you" are some of the messages on it right now) make it all the more powerful. Yesterday afternoon, a new message appeared on the statue's previously untouched base: "Stephen Harper, You Shame Us!!"

Well, we’ve already mentioned the Australian Film Festival today, but, of course, there’s still space for our little round up of cinema’s new releases and indie and rep film for the week.

Vous pouvez aussi visionner quelques oeuvres artistiques, dont [murmur], une exposition interventionniste publique et audio située aux abords du marché Kensington à Toronto. L'exposition permet aussi aux gens de se connecter aux lieux dans lesquels ils opèrent leur vie quotidienne.

Not to be left out of our collective goodwill, athletes across the world have rushed help with aid to the tsunami-devastated regions of southern Asia. Following the lead of many tennis and soccer stars, the “Biggest Private Donation Ever” was submitted by F1 champion Michael Schumacher during a German telethon Tuesday evening. The Ferrari driver has pledged US$10 million to his country’s world-leading effort.

With the year coming to an end, Torontoist takes a look back at the sporting highs and lows of the past 12 months. Here's the best, the worst, and of course, Vince Carter at his wimpiest in 2004.

While the mayor listened to Toronto on Sunday, another mayor listened to his constituents and made changes to his town's mobile home parks. Strangely, Mayor David Miller of TO, and Mayor David Miller of Elkhart (pop. 52,000), Indiana are grappling with many of the same problems. Mayor Miller of Toronto has introduced green bin recycling that will reduce garbage pick-up to every other week. Mayor Miller of Elkhart has decided to "reduce curb-side recycling pickup to every other week." Both mayors are against litter, and for budget balancing (TO had a budget shortfall of less than $100 mil this year, Elkhart is $1.3 million over budget) . And though Elkhart trumps TO by calling itself "The City With A Heart," our local MDM has infinitely better hair. For real.

In what some are calling the worst sports brawl of all time, Indiana Pacers forward and fledging rap star Ron Artest charged the stands to fight with a fan in an NBA game last Friday night. In Auburn Hills, Mich., the Pacers were under a minute away from beating the Detroit Pistons when the Pistons' Ben Wallace took exception to a hard Artest foul. Wallace and Artest exchanged shoves, and moments later tempers were cooled - until a fan threw beer on Artest. The 250-pound athlete raced into the crowd and started throwing haymakers. With the help of Indiana's Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal, Artest successfully dummied the fan and several others. When the players returned to the court, Artest was confronted by a short, overweight Pistons fan. Artest proceeded to drop a bomb on the fan's face, causing an ensuing melee. Rumours in Detroit suggest that a police officer was assaulted by either O'Neal or Jackson, which means they might be playing ball for the state soon.

And if the film piques your Kinsey curiosity, visit the Kinsey Institute, where you can read and see more of the man himself, and less of Liam Neeson dressed up as the man himself.