Popular culture
Set of norms or trends dominant in a society at a given time
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Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Night Call, a Belgian-French film directed by Michiel Blanchart, was set during a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium.
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| June 2024 |
Page 3
The documentary caused a significant spike in Wikipedia page views, becoming the most popular search term with 589,000 page views in a single day and over 800,000 views for the month, compared to the typical 25,000 monthly views.
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| June 17 2024 |
Page 3
Channel Four aired the documentary 'Page Three: The Naked Truth' on the fiftieth anniversary of the Page 3 feature, highlighting stories and updates about women who appeared in the magazine over the years.
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| 2022 | Futurama was announced to be renewed for 20 additional episodes on Hulu. |
| 2022 |
Climate change in popular culture
Midnight Oil released final album Resist, with climate change as a central theme.
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| 2022 |
Climate change in popular culture
An analysis of 250 popular fictional films revealed that only 12.8% depicted climate change existing in their narrative, and merely 9.6% showed characters acknowledging its existence.
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| 2022 |
Albinism in popular culture
Release of video game 'The Quarry' featuring Silas Vorez, a werewolf with albinism known as the 'white wolf'.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Battlefield 2042 video game released, presenting a narrative where climate change triggers global conflicts, including a massive refugee crisis and geopolitical collapse by 2035.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
British soap operas conducted a crossover event featuring climate change references, leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Marina released single 'Purge the Poison' addressing climate change.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Bill Gates published 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster', providing strategies to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Release of 'I Am Greta', a documentary following teenaged climate activist Greta Thunberg's efforts to raise awareness about climate change.
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| 2021 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Station 19 season 4 dealt intensively with Black Lives Matter themes in nearly every episode.
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| September 22 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
A group of prominent American late-night television hosts, including Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon, simultaneously dedicated segments of their shows to discussing climate change, creating a coordinated media awareness effort.
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| August 3 2021 |
Tuzki
The crossover episode 'Lamput meets Tuzki' was released.
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| April 20 2021 |
Tuzki
A crossover between Tuzki and the Indian animated series Lamput was announced.
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| 2020 |
Climate change in popular culture
Doctor Who aired 'Orphan 55' episode, depicting a future Earth devastated by climate change and nuclear warfare.
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| 2020 |
Climate change in popular culture
Multiple climate change-themed music releases: Rina Sawayama's 'XS', Grimes' Miss Anthropocene album, Pearl Jam's 'Retrograde' music video, Sepultura's 'Guardians of Earth', Massive Attack's Eutopia EP, Greg Barnett's The Flat White Album.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Rob Bliss created a short film 'Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town', depicting interactions with racist passersby.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Black Lives Matter street paintings created in multiple cities including Birmingham, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Seattle, Charlotte, Denver, Dallas, and in front of the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Dave Chappelle created a performance special called '8:46' about violence against African Americans.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Street art created in New York City in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, and Elijah McClain, including works like 'Taking the knee', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Color is not a crime', and 'Say their names'.
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| 2020 |
Page 3
Channel 4 produced a documentary 'Page Three: The Naked Truth' to mark 50 years since The Sun first introduced Page 3.
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| June 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Mayor Muriel Bowser orders the creation of a Black Lives Matter street painting in massive yellow letters on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., near the White House, painted by local artists and volunteers.
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| April 24 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
DaBaby releases 'Rockstar' featuring Roddy Ricch as the lead single from his third studio album Blame It on Baby.
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| 2019 |
Climate change in popular culture
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm released, introducing advanced climate change mechanics including carbon emissions, sea level rise, coastal flooding, and increased extreme weather events.
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| 2019 |
Climate change in popular culture
Multiple climate change-themed music releases: Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising album, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Infest the Rats' Nest album, Matthew Burtner's Glacier Music, Lil Dicky's charity single 'Earth', Billie Eilish's 'All the Good Girls Go to Hell'.
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| 2019 |
Climate change in popular culture
Greta Thunberg published 'No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference', a collection of her climate activism speeches.
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| 2019 |
Climate change in popular culture
BBC releases 'Climate Change – The Facts', a documentary presented by David Attenborough exploring climate change issues.
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| April 2019 |
Page 3
The Daily Star became the last print daily to move to a clothed glamour format, effectively ending the Page 3 convention in Britain's mainstream tabloid press.
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| April 26 2019 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Cornel West delivered the Collins Distinguished Speakers' Lecture titled 'What it Means to be Human' at the University of Oregon.
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| 2018 |
Climate change in popular culture
South Park aired 'Time to Get Cereal'/'Nobody Got Cereal?' episodes, revisiting the ManBearPig storyline as an apology for previous climate change skepticism.
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| 2018 |
Climate change in popular culture
Childish Gambino released 'Feels Like Summer', addressing climate change.
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| 2018 |
Kagamine Rin/Len
Feathers Across the Seasons was featured in Miku Symphony 2018–2019, presenting another significant musical representation of the Kagamine characters.
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| 2018 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Publication of 'Ghost Boys' by Jewell Parker Rhodes, a children's novel about a young boy murdered by a police officer, exploring themes of racial violence.
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| 2018 |
Page 3
The Page3.com website was taken offline.
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| July 30 2018 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, a six-episode documentary series, premiered on Paramount Network, documenting the shooting of Trayvon Martin and exploring racial tension in the United States.
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| March 22 2018 |
Tuzki
Six Flags and Riverside Investment Group partnered with Turner to bring Tuzki to upcoming theme parks in China.
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| 2017 | Twin Peaks returned as a limited series on Showtime, ending one of the longest television hiatuses in history. |
| 2017 |
Climate change in popular culture
Pitbull released album Climate Change. OneRepublic released 'Truth to Power', theme song for An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
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| 2017 |
Climate change in popular culture
Release of 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power', a follow-up documentary to Al Gore's original climate change film.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Snoop Dogg releases 'Lavender', a remixed song addressing police brutality in the United States.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Publication of 'I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street' by Matt Taibbi, a book about the death of Eric Garner.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Publication of 'Dear Martin' by Nic Stone, a young adult novel examining race relations during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Publication of 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, a young adult novel inspired by the police shooting of Oscar Grant, which explores racial injustice and police brutality.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Foster the People release 'Loyal Like Sid & Nancy' from their third studio album Sacred Hearts Club.
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| 2017 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Publication of 'I Am Alfonso Jones', the first graphic novel focusing on police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, written by Tony Medina.
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