'Friday Night Lights' Stacey Oristano shares her 10 favorite things of 2010

By April MacIntyre Dec 28, 2010, 5:10 GMT

Born in Arlington, Texas, Stacey started her acting career on stage, however made the move to television seamlessly landing her big break on the first season of "Friday Night Lights" as Mindy Collette in 2006.

The time is nigh for compiling all our end of year "best of" lists.

While Monsters & Critics editors are hashing over the stand-out television performances for the last year, we took time out to ask pretty actress Stacey Oristano, star of the critically acclaimed "Friday Night Lights," what her top ten list was for 2010.

Stacey starred on "Friday Night Lights" airing on NBC and DirecTV 101. 

Born in Arlington, Texas, Stacey started her acting career on stage, however made the move to television seamlessly landing her big break on the first season of "Friday Night Lights" as Mindy Collette in 2006. 

Today, Stacey continues to star as Mindy, the stripper with a heart of gold on season 4 of the series.  Season 5 is currently airing on DirecTV and will air on NBC in 2011.

In addition to acting, Stacey is also an avid musician and loves to chat about her music as well.

Here's Stacey's top ten:
   
1. TV Shows of 2010:

Friday Night Lights?!!! Community, Modern Family, The Walking Dead, The Big C, Archer...Criminal Minds is gonna rock in January, Adrianne Palicki is in the episode on the 19th and I'm in the one on the 26th... FNL representin'.  Wait... Criminal Minds is always good, it's going on my list! 

2. Movies of 2010:

Tangled, Easy A, Waiting For Superman, Winter's Bone, Black Swan, Kick Ass.

3. TV Actor of 2010:

Okay it started in 2009, but he just keeps jumping out as the funniest person on TV to me, the more I watch....Donald Glover in Community is my favorite Actor of 2010! (I figured I couldn't vote for Kyle Chandler right, that would be a little to close to home.)

4. Holiday Party of 2010:

I told Derek Phillips (Billy Riggins on Friday Night Lights) it was an "Ugly Sweater Xmas Party" it wasn't. He, and only he, came dressed like this....

5. Stupidest Drinking Game of 2010 (yup, we tried it!):

Case Race
Drink as much beer as you can handle in one hour. After which there is a one hour waiting period to not puke, pass out, and only pee once.

6. Product of 2010:

Apple iPad!!!

7. Album of 2010:

Ray LaMontagne's "God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise"

8. Book from 2010:

A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

9. Best Repeal of 2010:

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell! It is a small but historic marker for where I hope our country is heading.

10. Favorite Quote from 2010:

(The late David Foster Wallace from a pseudo-biography of his road trip that came out this year):
"I have this unbelievably like five-year-old's belief that art is just absolutely magic. And that good art can do things that nothing else in the solar system can do. And that the good stuff will survive, and get read, and that in the great winnowing process, the shit will sink and the good stuff will rise."

Here's hoping David... Happy New Year!!!