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Olympic dream came true
The 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney contained moments of real drama and delight, particularly the performance of Team GB's gold-winning heptathlete Denise Lewis. -
U2’s Sept. 11 tribute at the Super Bowl in 2002
Five months after 9/11, U2 turned their halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans into a powerful musical memorial; the names of the victims were projected onto a white banner behind the band members as they performed “MLK” and the anthemic, vaguely spiritual “Where the Streets Have No Name.” Yes, watch it now and it may seem schmaltzy or mouth-breathingly earnest but at the time, a little heartfelt, earnest idealism was just what plenty of healing Americans needed. -
Dalene Rovenstine: Lost premiered
Lost premiered with a cast of mostly unknowns who ended up changing the way that I, and much of the world, watch TV even today. The epic show introduced us to smoke monsters, wondrously weird mythology, and the concept that some mysteries are best left unanswered. -
Will Smith’s acceptance speech at the 2005 Kids’ Choice Awards
in the 2005 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice awards and Will smith gave and motivational speech that motivated the masses, and that speech was "There have been millions, and billions, and billions, and gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There’s no new problem you can have…that somebody hasn’t already solved and wrote about it in a book.” -
High School Musical premieres in 2006
the Disney movie called High School musical don't have much else but that -
Wolf Creek
When Wolf Creek was made(only the year) -
Hulu
Hulu brought many good things to the world: episodes of 30 Rock and The Office in their prime, weird ads with aliens. But most of all, it pioneered the idea that watching television is a thing you do on your computer—which is really great if you’re in high school and your parents have a no-TV rule.