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It's Top 10 season, when critics across the country announce their lists of the year's best in popular entertainment.

To celebrate a year's worth of movies, video games, music and late night TV, the Tribune asked readers to weigh in. In totally unscientific polls of our online readers, you offered your opinions of hot popular culture trends.

We asked what was the most memorable movie scene of 2010, from these six choices:

• Aron Ralston amputating his own arm in "127 Hours."

• The "nude" scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1."

• The hallway fight in "Inception."

• The final fight between Scott Pilgrim and Gideon in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."

• Bella, Edward and Jacob in the tent in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

• The toys bracing for the end in the incinerator in "Toy Story 3."

Utah moviegoers showed off their sentimental sides, with more than 42 percent of online readers selecting the toys facing meltdown in "Toy Story 3."

The second most memory-worthy scene is from the mind-bending dream-world caper "Inception," earning more than 26 percent of votes; the Utah-filmed scene of climber Aron Ralston engineering his amputation won nearly 18 percent. The Internet hype over the "nude" scene in the latest Harry Potter didn't score very high in Utah voters' hearts, earning memorable nods from less than 4 percent of local voters.

In the video game world, we asked you to name the year's most addictive video game:

• "Angry Birds" (iPhone, iPod, iPad)?

• "Call of Duty: Black Ops" (Xbox, PS3, Wii, PC)?

• "Farmville" (PC)?

• "Halo Reach" (Xbox)?

• "Madden 2011" (Xbox, PS3, Wii)?

No surprise: Utah gamers claimed the iGame "Angry Birds" topped the addictive list, earning nearly 35 percent of online votes. Next up was "Call of Duty: Black Ops," with 20 percent of the vote, followed by "Farmville," "Halo Reach" and "Madden 2011."

Agree? Disagree? Scroll down the left-hand column at http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment to see results of movie scenes and video game polls.

In pop music, we asked you to crown 2010's most overplayed hit:

• Katy Perry's "California Gurls"?

• Ke$ha's "TiK ToK"?

• Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now"?

• Rihanna's "Rude Boy"?

• Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It"?

• Train's "Hey Soul Sister"?

Running neck-and-neck for playlist retirement from Utah voters were Train's "Hey Soul Sister," which won more than 25 percent of the vote, and Perry's perky "California Gurls" with an estimated 22 percent.

Next up was Ke$ha's "TiK ToK," earning nods from more than 18 percent of annoyed voters, while 13 percent of voters chose Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" and 12 percent voted for Rihanna's "Rude Boy." Least overplayed? Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It," which earned just under 9 percent of Trib readers' votes.

In voting on their favorite late-night TV talk-show host, Utahns followed national trends; nearly 30 percent of online voters selected Jay Leno as the top choice, followed closely by Conan O'Brien at nearly 24 percent and David Letterman at 23 percent. Craig Ferguson won the hearts of 13 percent of Utah TV watchers, followed by the younger generation's hosts, Jimmy Fallon at 7 percent and Jimmy Kimmel earning some 3 percent.

Agree? Disagree? Scroll down the left-hand column at http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle to see results of pop music and TV host polls.

The Salt Lake Tribune