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2016 was a year of surprises: President-elect Donald Trump, Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, the end of Angelina and Brad (or was that one inevitable?).
We were hacked by the Russians, panicked by Zika and horrified by shootings across the country. After the November election, adult Californians could smoke marijuana --legally. We said goodbye to Kobe and Vin, binge-watched, rocked out to "Old-Chella" and signed up for the Tesla 3.
Beyoncé - and "Hamilton" ruled.
So, yes, it was a big year. And we'd like to suggest that you take some time to recall the biggest stories of 2016--if only to prepare for the cacophony that undoubtedly will erupt in 2017
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While wave after wave of pop sensations have risen, crested and washed up in her wake, success has given Beyoncé the freedom to make her career her own.
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In January, she rocked, and shocked, the Super Bowl with the militant grace of new single “Formation.” In April, she debuted her new album "Lemonade" with an hour-long concept film on HBO, which she then dropped on Tidal. Her “Formation” tour sold out, and in December, she became the year’s top Grammy nominee, preparing to enter the ultimate sing-off with Adele. Throughout the year, she proved that the most powerful women are the ones who write their own story .
Presidential campaign as reality TV
Crowded with contentious candidates, the Republican debates raised the television profile, and profitability of politics in 2015 and continued into the new year as a ratings bonanza. Consider:
-- Megyn Kelly became a breakout star, turning her accusations of harassment by Donald Trump after an early showdown into a TV special and a memoir .
-- Increasingly, debate moderators drew more criticism than the candidates.
-- The release of an "Access Hollywood" tape on which Trump obscenely boasted about his ability to kiss women and grope their genitals with impunity because he is a celebrity left Billy Bush out of a job and “Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett under siege but in the end had no effect on the campaign.
-- In an election night that will go down in history, Trump’s surprising victory left TV anchors and late night hosts literally dumbstruck .
Winter came, and it was good
While George R.R. Martin continued working on his long-awaited sixth book in the series, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” roared on (Season 6 concluded in June), racking up record audiences and breaking Emmy records . The only question is, how will any show hope to replace it?
The Return of O.J. Simpson
The trial of the last century was revived in February with Ryan Murphy’s star-studded FX series “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” which enthralled audiences, critics and, later in the year, Emmy voters and gave new meaning to the term “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.”
Months later, Ezra Edelman’s amazingly ambitious documentary “O.J.: Made in America” debuted in theaters before moving to ABC and ESPN, making it the first television docu-series with real Oscar hopes. Meanwhile, the man himself remains just another number in the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada.
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