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The Most Dubious Moments of 2010

Well, it’s time to harden our hearts and say good-bye to 2010. It’s been real. But as we prepare to meet the arcane temptress otherwise known as the new year, we figured we’d give one last hat-tip to a few of the city’s more... celebrated moments. We’ll let you decide what that word means.

JANUARY 1

The Clermont Lounge Dodges a Bullet

On the eve of 2010, we learned that the Clermont Motor Hotel was deemed unfit for human habitation. Needless to say, you saw that one coming. But in an act of diplomatic salvation, the city decided to leave the infamous lounge intact. We’re still trying to figure out if that’s a good thing.

JANUARY 13

An Unlikely Star Is Born

American Idol. Season 9 auditions. A 62-year-old man hailing from East Atlanta stormed the set and brought a single tear of joy to the collective eye of the universe. We’re talking, of course, about the hit single “Pants on the Ground.” Because nothing says viral like ground-pants.

MARCH 5

Roethlisberger’s Bathroom Hijinks

About an hour outside of Atlanta proper lies the sleepy town of Milledgeville. Home of sprawling antebellum mansions, the belle-rich campus of Georgia College... and a very infamous bathroom. Which happens to be where Ben Roethlisberger was allegedly engaging in a few unlawful shenanigans with a local college girl. We think sketchy is the word you’re looking for.

MAY 17

Atlanta Goes Little Hollywood... Kind Of

Aniston. Wilde. Reynolds. Bateman. You may not have expected to see them breaking bread at Two Urban Licks or popping champagne at Bottle Bar, but if the new multimillion-dollar studio now being built in Lakewood is any indication, things are just getting started. Good thing you just re-upped your headshots.

OCTOBER 13

T.I.’s Good Deed of the Day

Straight out of the only-in-Atlanta archives, consider this a shining example of the calming, healing powers of... rap stars. After hearing about a suicidal man perched atop a 22-story building in Midtown, T.I. rushed to the scene and somehow managed to talk him down. Next up: Lady Gaga rescues a kitten from a tree.