Like the previous report, we start with the 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis, which escalated after a drone strike killed an Iranian general. Readers also sought more about the country that has been at odds with the United States since the revolution of 1979.
Twenty years after American Beauty, director Sam Mendes is again an awards frontrunner, as he followed two James Bond movies with a World War I epic that even managed to top the box office in its wide release.
Like Led Zeppelin and The Who, Rush had the drummer as the most acclaimed musician and the first member to die. In this case, Neil Peart, who died at the age 67 of a brain cancer, a few years after health issues forced him to retire.
Widely perceived as one of the nicest people in Hollywood, Tom Hanks won a prize recognizing his career at the Golden Globes (#10), where he was up for Best Supporting Actor playing another nice guy, Mr. Rogers
India has a sad trend of acid attacks on women, with this survivor's activism against them now being depicted on the Bollywood release Chhapaak, where Agarwal is played by Deepika Padukone.
Seeing a plane destroyed in Iran (#23) reminded everyone of the controversial shootdown of an Iranian airliner on the way to Dubai by an American cruiser back in 1988.
Says something about the state of the world that recent international affairs led to people checking on this article, that we hope remains hypotethical.
As expected, Episode IX of Star Wars broke a billion dollars worldwide, the sixth Disney release to do so this year, even if it had an even more polarizing response than The Last Jedi.
The footage that could prove if this deceased pedophile financier was murdered has been deleted by a "clerical error". In the meantime, Ricky Gervais (#21) used him for a joke in the Golden Globes (#10) ("After Life is a show about a man who wants to kill himself 'cause his wife dies of cancer and it's still more fun than this. Spoiler alert, season two is on the way so in the end he obviously didn't kill himself. Just like Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know he's your friend but I don't care.").
Her Majesty was forced onto the spotlight once one of her grandchildren and his wife (#25) decided to resign from royal family duties, forcing her to release a first-person statement on family matters.
The acclaimed dark comedy by South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho already won the Palme d'Or, and now was chosen as the best foreign film at the Golden Globes, with Bong noting in his speech that Americans can discover some amazing movies if they stop discarding things with subtitles.
Showing how the Persian Gulf crisis has been tense and at times unbelievable, this airliner was shot down shortly after taking off in Tehran... by Iranian forces, who shot a missile by accident, something that hasn't sit well with lots of people.
After Brexit came "Megxit", where along with husband Harry, the former actress decided to resign from British Royal Family duties. Outcry ensued, and something says the reaction wouldn't be as bad if Kate was the one who did so.