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Dec 3
2007
03:03 PM ET
What was the year's ultimate pop-culture moment?
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I would have to agree with Britney’s VMA performance but Britney’s had so many “moments” in 2007 it’s hard to choose just one. Who would have thought that she could top shaving her head? She’s been one continuous pop culture moment in 2007. And the scary thing is the year’s not over!
Hello….O.J., of course
I have to completely agree with Cara & Kristi here. When Britney was in & out of rehab & then ULTIMATELY shaved her hair off, it not only finally made people aware just how emotionally in distress the poor lost girl was, but it came at a time, when she had no new music to promote. Her breakdown WAS the reason she was in the news, not because she had a new single to promote. And as many other have said differently, that about sums up the year in general.. the public’s undying hunger for interest in the lives of celebrities AND their rehab stints. This is truly the ULTIMATE moment, because 6 months later, not only does Britney fumble again at the VMAs, but then goes on to score her best charting single “Gimme More” ( Billboard’s Hot 100 #3)in the past few years, mere weeks later! Say what you want, but Britney’s rollercoaster year sums up THE ULTIMATE POP CULTURE moment, if you STILL doubt me, go back & count how many PopWatches were actually about the troubled mother of two!
The “Lost” season finale. A brilliant show reinvents itself and quitely brings everyone together on the same page even the haters who were griping all season about how it’s not good anymore.
The biggest pop culture moment: The writer’s strike.
My favorite pop culture moment(s): Pam’s beach speech/Jim asking Pam out on a date.
Col. Tigh is a cylon.
And on the flip side of that, to everyone commenting on the Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows book, the ULTIMATE momemnt in that regard wasn’t simply the novel, but BEING at some crazy bookstore release party the night it was released at midnight this past summer. Not only did that signify your dedication to actually wanting to be one of the 1st to own the new book, but its also probably going to be the last time any new book causes such a crowd or a stir at ANY book store across the world. I walked into the Borders Books in Center City Philadelphia at 11:30PM on the night of its release & found crowds huddled in lines on ALL three floors of the building waiting for the imminent midnight release. I had to be there to be a part of THAT experience! I won’t see anything like that related to the literary world again in my lifetime. A first & a last experience all at once!
It has to be the WGA strike. It has affected so much of the business in so many ways that not putting it on top would be a disservice to everyone suffering because of it (fans included).
Have to give it to Deathly Hallows. The world stops to read a book — a rare and noteworthy feat.
2007 all comes down to the money.
So I would have to say the 2007 pop culture moment (sponsored by…) would be Tina Fey turning to the camera on 30 Rock and asking Verizon “Can we have our money now?”
Yes, it’s all about the benjamins, baby.
The WGA strike is the big one, but I’m going with standing in a bookstore, waiting with a billion other people to buy The Deathly Hallows ( two copies, no less), and somehow relieved I didn’t die in the stampede.
Though admittedly not as big-scale as the others mentioned, I would say my personal favorite pop-culture revelation this year was the debut of Pushing Daisies. To me, it was one of the best TV episodes ever to air, pure enjoyment, which has continued with every episode. And to see that others feel the same way and that the show has been doing well was a nice follow-up. It felt like a show that was too out of the ordinary to be embraced, but it has been!
Marie Osmond fainting on Dacing with the Stars. Live TV was MADE for stuff like that…
The final showdown between Harry and Voldemort. Albus Dumbledore’s outing. Pam and Jim’s “All right, it’s a date.” The writer’s strike. The Rosie O’Donnell-Elizabeth Hasselbeck split screen. Anything that ever happens on “Nip/Tuck.” Paris Hilton’s interview with Larry King after she left jail (for the second time). Anything Tina Fey says. Britney’s VMA performance. Ellen and her adopted dog debacle.
For me at least. . .it was the whole Kelly Clarkson debacle. It just comes to show how the music industry really is and treats the artist. Im so glad she stood up to them and for what she believed in. My December may not have been a commercial success but it is an amazing album!