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Waves eroding the tip of the Toronto Islands. A project to keep it from eroding will cost around $14 million, thus reminding us all once again that attempting to combat the effects of Mother Nature is a horribly costly experience, as anybody who has ever bought a jar of Oil of Olay knows full well.

Really not much on in terms of Christmas films this week. The Bloor is showing National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which is about as far away from a Christmas classic as we can imagine without being a film about aliens from another galaxy that have never heard of Christmas) and White Christmas. We’re still happy to recommend Enchanted (we just saw it, and it was absolutely lovely), but for those of you who want to see something specifically related to Christmas, the Revue has come to your rescue with the help of Dion Conflict, who will be showing Christmas Kitsch-A-Roo at 9:30 p.m. If you’re familiar with Dion Conflict’s Hunk-A-Junk screenings, you’ll know what to expect—a variety of utterly bizarre found shorts—but they’re normally excellent fun and the Christmas theme means some really weird stuff is going to show up. Hopefully he’ll be showing the legendary Santa Claus' Punch and Judy, which really has to be seen to be believed.

Doo Doo the clown.

Torontoist isn’t paid by the word, which is why we can allow ourselves long, rambling posts where we complain about the things that annoy us. Sorry, did we say “allow ourselves?” We meant “subject you to”. And here we go again.

Last week, CTV.ca reported on Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte's suspect fundraiser that's taking place at the Drake on January 19th. For those of you unfamiliar with this scandal du jour, or too sick of crooked MPs to read the article we just linked to, or wondering when the hell we're going to get to the pirates already, here are the Cliffs' Notes: Bulte has evidently been playing a key role in reforming copyright laws, and this fundraiser is being hosted by a group of copyright lobbyists from various parts of the entertainment industry. It's your standard slightly fishy conflict-of-interest story that seems to be the unfortunate theme of this year's election.

The good people over at Spacing.ca have directed our attention to arts collective Year Zero One's latest project, which launches tomorrow night in Yonge-Dundas Square and runs throughout August. This month, video artists Manu Luksch and Jillian McDonald will have their one-minute installations broadcast on the 29th and 59th minutes of each hour, respectively. Luksch's features the artist enviably inserted into romantic scenes from Hollywood films with the likes of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Don't miss the rare chance to see art edge out advertising in the usually soulless heart of the downtown core.

So last night, through the vexing snow of a channel we don't get, we heard a perky, entertainment-tonight sorta gal say that Owen Wilson thinks an Oscar will bring him true happiness. Now if this koan is meant to illustrate that Wilson is a serious actor, it falls flat. The critical affirmation of your peers won't make you happy, Owen! You need a summer hit. Will the Wedding Crashers be one? Most likely, which is why we'll direct our opening weekend attention to Murderball, a doc that raised the roof at Hot Docs and Sundance, and is now basking in the glow of wide release. It's about quadraplegic rugby players, and it looks fierce!