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It does not seem that a long time ago we close the Aughts andWelcoming in the 2010s. But in the blink of an eye, we are here, about to enter the 2020s. Of course, there were a lot and difficultControversial moments of the last decade, At the same time on the global and personal scale, but there is nothing like the end of a chapter and the beginning of another to look back on all the reasons why we must be grateful. Innovative technology that has changed our lives, to that've vaccines makes the world a healthier place from, to the revolutionary pop culture asBeyonceandHamiltonCreatorLin-manual Miranda, At long-time sports curses that were broken the years 2010 saw a lot of strengths. Let's take a retrospective look on the 50 things of the last decade that we are grateful.

Fans ofStars wars have been burned before, just mention the name "JAR JAR BINKS"Around any fan of the original trilogy. But when Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 and then announced the franchise will be back in 2015 with some of the original characters and the actors, there were reasons of a new hope, if you want. Faithful to their word, Disney has published theNot a word. Abrams-DIRECTEDthe force awakens In 2015 and most fans were delighted to see the world they liked brought back to the big screen. Since then, theStars wars universe extended to additional movies likeThug andSolo, withothers are in preparation.

It is really the unlikeliest of pairing: Broadway, hip-hop, and the guy on the bill of $ 10. However,HamiltonCreatorLin-manual Miranda managed not only to operate, but to make it amassiveSuccess. From aBiography 818 pages Founder Father, Miranda turned the life and struggles ofAlexander Hamilton In a musical in 2015, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for the Theater in 2016. More impressive, thanks to Miranda, the children who were already having trouble finishing their homework of American history can now rap with eloquent on The origins of the federal government of the United States.

Whether you are an Apple or Android person,smartphones have undeniably changed not only the way we communicate, but also the way we find and process information. Yes, many lament our struggles totelephoneBut in many ways, these devices have made our lives easier. When the last time you really lost in a new city? How long did it take to pay this bet bar onDolly Parton of character name9 to 5? How far is the most remote friend you have sent a text today? While smart phones can be a mixed blessing, they always give us a lot to be grateful.

Speaking of smartphones, these portable devices have revolutionizedvideo games. In 2009, the Finnish company Rovio Entertainment introduced us to a group of angry avian who will not backlight anything to recover their eggs from the green pigs that had stolen them. Yes, we are talkingangry Birds. To date, there were 25 games and spin-offs of the series, 2 films, american and international theme parks, dozens of toys, and a cookbook. Even if you think they are gone overboard, you probably oweangry Birds A debt of gratitude to allow you to kill the time in a waiting room or two over the last ten years.

Yes, she has been around since the 90s, but we must always remember being grateful forBeyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. She welcomed in the 2010s with "Single ladies (put a ring on it) "And made a fallFour other albums within the decade. At that moment, she went on four towers of the world (two with her husband,Jay Z) And won thirteen Grammy Awards (for a great total of twenty-three). In 2016, she pushed the limits with his super Bowl Performance of the half-time "Training"And the subsequent release of the concept albumLemonade. It remains to be seen what Queen Bey will do in the decade to come, but anything, we are grateful to be able to listen and look.

Ten years ago, the term "streaming" probably made you think of water. Now it refers to services that put massive libraries of television programs, movies and other video content directly at hand. Netflix started their on-demand video service in 2007, but it was not until 2013 that they started to release their own original and Hulu and Amazon content are not far behind. physical forms of the media asVideo and DVD cassettes fell at the edge of the roadNow that you can find just about everything you want to watch with the click of a button. All those who have had a unravel of video cassette or zero DVD could not be more grateful.

Sporting events are polarizing as they say in "Take Me Out in Ballgame," if your team does not win, it is a shame. But even people outside Chicago have found reasons to celebrate when the Cubs baseball team broke their 108-year-old defeaties andFinally won the World Series In 2016. Of course, it meant that the Indians of Cleveland had had to go home with his 68-year-old championship drought intact. Nevertheless, five million spectators attended the Cubs Victory Parade, grateful not to be the target of a lot a sports joke.

In recent years have seen films such as television exceed genuine prestigious entertainment. The increase in budgets and production standards have attracted the best writers and actors from the small screen silver screen, and as spectators, we are the ones who benefited. Take the British dramaDownton Abbey, for example. It has become a favorite shortly after its US debut in 2011, captivating the public not with action sequences or special effects, but with the human drama of an aristocratic family in the 1910s and 20s. And if you had to choose a single element of the show to be grateful, we can only assume that you will go withLady Maggie Smith One-Liners as the Countess Dowager OS dry.

It is the simplest of the premises:Do not hang with junk Who does not make you happy. However, the woman who learned that she has become an international sensation for her life philosophy. Japanese Organization ConsultantMarie Kondo publishedThe magic that changes the life of placeait In 2011, and his clothing-based approach, called the Konmari method, asks the treasure cleaner what they have and give everything that does "joy spark. New Kondo Perspective on Cleaning and Organization has helped people around the world live in more conscious andless congested houses.

In a large part of the Western world, the 20th century marked the expansion of civil rights to various historically oppressed groups, including women and racial minorities. We still have long enough way to go when it comes to making a true equality of man a reality, but we took a step further this decade when he came to the marriage. In 2015, the US Supreme Courtjudged that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marriage, as a result of the previous one of many other English-speaking countries. Love is really a cause to celebrate.

This decade may not have brought the hoverboards thatBack to the future We promised, but we took a big step in the future in the 2010s with 3D printing technology. These printers usually create objects by adding layer on the top of the material layer, usually a certain type of plastic material, until the desired shape is obtained. Of course, they can create toys and tools, but these printers can also put to fully customizedMedical implants or prostheses To replace bones and other parts of the body. One day, doctors can even be able to print whole life organs!

Cartoon nerds rejoice he was your decade! Although there was a handful of superheroes over the years, the genre really came to his own during the last decade. Marvel launched the trend, releasing not only individual films for favorite comics like Iron Man, Captain America and Thor, but the creation of aInterconnected cinematographic universe with a room for peopleBlack Panther with his casting all black and the laughter femaleCaptain Marvel, also. And the DC universe had even more success with the Record SmashWonder Woman. Of course, some will say that we have reached too much of a good thing, but we have probably had some great victories of the genus Superhero in the years 2010.

Not all heroes wear capes. Room A:Malala YOUSAFZAI, A militant for the emancipation of women and education in Pakistan at an age where most of us could not think further than the next mission of homework. At age 15, a Taliban member tried to murder him for his work. She survived a bullet in the head and evacuated in Britain for her own safety; his 2013 book,I am a malala, Became a bestseller international, and she became theYounger person to win a Nobel Peace Prizethe next year. His bravery and his refusal to go to the persecution serves as an example of the millions of young people seeking to make a positive change in the world.

You can not understand it, but you use it almost certainly. Just like video content is gone from physical media to streaming services, so that the data and processing power are switched from personal devices to "the cloud". This term is just stenographic for the cloud computing process, in which data storage and computing power are processed not by our individual devices, but by distant servers. Technology has allowed our devices to keep more music and photos and video streams faster. In addition, you no longer have to worry about your deleted backup files or go disappear - and it's ahugeMake yourself in the right direction!

Great works of fantastic literature tend to be described as epic-thinkingthe Lord of the Rings or theEarthsea Series. This decade has seen an addition to the cannon with the authorN.K. Jemisin's booksThe fifth season (2015),The Obelisk Gate (2016), andThe sky of stone (2017), collectively recognized under the name of the trilogy of the broken land. And the fact that Jemisin is an African-American woman - and the only author to win a Hugo prize for the best novelThree years in a row-Just actually more revolutionary.

It is difficult to believe that it is only 10 years that the world has been introduced for the first time toLady Gaga. Although she started playing in 2001, Gaga did not become a household name before leaving her 2009 albumThe monster of glory. Shortly after, she wore aDress made of raw meat to thePrice 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and 16-inch heels to meet President Obama. Although it is toned in fashion in recent years, it continues to reinvent itself: in a decade, it has become an actress, a winner of a price of the academy and an activist. If there is one thing, Gaga is not, it's stagnant.

Before the last weeks of 2014, few people had heard the nameAdnan SyedAnd even less neat if there was a paying phone outside a better purchase in Baltimore in 1999. Then,Serial, a podcast hosted by the journalistSarah Koenig, introduced the country to the facts of Syed's case. Millions downloaded and listened to know if Koenig could discover the proof of Syed's innocence. The following two seasons could never replicate the first buzz in 2014, but the show has managed to get many listeners in the world of podcasts.

Although it's hard for two years, the video gameFortif has a huge impact on more than the world of the game. Even if you have never played, you have probably seen children or teenagers or very flexible FLOSSIN ', that the game popularized. Love it or hate it, there is no denyingFortnitis Stay in power.

For the sake of argument, put aside these last two seasons and talk about the trip, not from the destination. HBOGame Of Thrones we introduced toGeorge R.R. Martin's The fictitious land of Westeros, home to dozens of fearless nobles, their terrible secrets and three dragons precisely. Although almost all the show of the show, from 2011 to 2019, was marked with a controversy, we care about characters and our favorites of our favorites to find a little happiness in a world where no protagonist was in Safety of the ax. The fact that we had to end at all was a big part of the problem.

Anyone who watchedJames Lebron Playing basketball can not deny that it is one of the best, it has ever been. Millions have waited to hear the results of its polarizing decision to leave its hometown team in Cleveland Cavaliers and to join the heat of Miami in 2010. He has won two championships with the heat, then returned to the riders to win one of more. But since 2018, James is a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Although some basketball fans have difficulty passing the prolonged time of James in the spotlight, he feels his own most important achievement isthe school he opened For primary students in difficulty last year. And we can all be grateful for that, right?

NBC gaveMichael SchurShowrunner ofOffice and co-creator ofParks and leisure andBrooklyn new nine, free free to create a half-hour comedy of his choice. What he proposed in 2016 is nothing like another series on television.Good placeBegins with four humans who start their consequences in a kind of secular sky that wears the title of the show, but it is impossible to summarize more than anything without spoiling. The show takes a deep dive in moral philosophy and offers characters that change and develop as their stories are progressing, which is unusual for a comedy show. Now, in his fourth and last season, it's one of the funniest things to hit the television over the last decade.

"Uptown Funk," byMark Ronson FT.Bruno Mars, was almost inevitable since its beginnings in 2014. The song passed14 weeks a topBillboard Hot 100 List in 2015, put it behind onlyMariah Carey And Boyz II man "a sweet day,"Luis Fonsi andDaddy Yankee's"Despacito," and finallyLIL NAS X andBilly Ray Cyrus' "Old-Town Road" for the longest term of the lasting No. 1. But it's almost certainly "funk uptown funk", with its funk-pop rhythm, which will be played by wedding DJs now until the end of Western civilization.

When she publishedHarry Potter and the relics of death In 2007, the last of the seven pounds of the series,J.K. Orifice Swore she was made with the world of Harry Potter and her friends. However, after writing some adult mysteries novels under a different pen name, rowling returned to Hogwarts, writing short stories, the story of the roomHarry Potter and the child cursedand scenarios for twoFantastic beasts Movies, with the potential for more than the line. Although the reactions of the fans to a portion of this expanded material has been mixed, the fictional universe remains as popular and captivating than ever.

When the originalHarry Potter The series ended, many publishers rushed to fill the void in the young adult fiction and, therefore, the genre gave us some of the best new authors and titles of the last decade, likeAngie Thomas's2017 The hatred you give. Although it is intended for adolescents, history deals with some of the heaviest topics in the news over the last decade, namely racism, fusillages of the police and trauma. He stayed overTheNew York Times Bestseller List for 80 weeks and has been adapted to a movie in 2018, showing how strongly it resonates with a wide audience.

In 2015 and 2016, many parts of the world were affected by the Zika virus, a particularly dangerous disease to develop fetuses. The Ebola epidemic of West Africa was more geographically contained, but the disease is so murderer that its mere terrify presence the world. Fortunately, epidemiologists work constantly to create vaccines to prevent the spread of these viruses. Although none has yet been approved for clinical use due to the long review process, compassionate use protocols have seen theRVSV-Zebov used against ebola andSeveral experimental vaccines Used against Zika with promising results.

George Miller return to theMad Max The universe could have been easily drowned by the couple of restarts, reimaginants and sequelae liberated in cinemas in the years. But whoever saw on the big screen in 2015 knows why it stands out. Since the very look of cinematography, you can not denyFury roadThe place of the post-apocalyptic pantheon of Miller.Tom Hardy has such a powerful screen presence that it hardly needs to talk like the max holder, andCharlize Theron Furiosa is an unstoppable force that leads to a long tracking sequence through the desert. Between the aerial waterfalls, fast-fast edition, and this guy playing an electric guitar to throw flame, observingMad Max: Fury Road is a truly kinematic experience.

Millions of Pokémon Pokémon fans have become reality in 2016 when the Niantic game developer has finally gave them the ability to catch fantastic creatures in real life. Ok, you still can not really find a real snorlax, butPokémon GO Give players the opportunity to go out and "find" exclusive creatures around the world. By using your phone's camera, you can spot the lively characters superimposed on your physical location and use tools in the game to catch them. Although the game has presented technical problems and has led to unforeseen consequences, such as players who hurt themselves while walking without getting attention to where they were going - it offered a new way to play and brought Together a community of fans of Pokémon.

How did we manage the breaks beforeAdele? She launched the decade with his shot album21, which was his age at the time when she recorded it (although it is difficult to believe in the maturity of his voice and his words). After taking time to rest his vocal cords and recover from surgery, she published25 In 2015 and launched another world tour. The people of each age relate to his songs on Heartbreak, sorry and nostalgia, although little could imitate his voices soar. She thought of liberating another album in December 2019, which will give us even more to be grateful for us to come into the 2020s.

Create a lively series that uses children and adults is not easy to exploit. Create one who does it and maintains a100% assessment on rotten tomatoes is almost impossible. However,Rebecca sugar managed to do all this withSteven universeA series of twenty years on a boy who lives with a group of foreigners called the crystal gems that was created in 2013. He managed to be funny without being cynical and edifying without being saccharine. In addition to the convincing characters of the show, it includes positive representations ofLGBTQ characters, an aspect that made the first animated series atWin a Glaad Media Award in 2019.

If you have not heard of Brother Brothers of McElroy - Justin, Brother Brin Travis and Baby Brother Griffin - and their father, Clint, you're probably not a fan of podcasts. The brothers, originating in Western Virginia, started in 2010 by using a silly council podcastMy brother, my brother and me as a way to stay in touch with each other. A special episode of 2014 where they playedDungeons and Dragons With their father ended up turning in a new show,The adventure area, which quickly became a big success. The charming Bante de Mceluroys, the Zany humor and the narrative touch for an ever-fun listening experience.

If there is a hockey name that every American knows, it'sWayne Gretsky. But they should get to knowAlexander OvechkinAlso, because heMay exceed Gretsky in total objectives marked during his career. Ovechkin born of Russia, often called "Ovi" or "brief eight", was a draw at the foreground for the capitals of Washington in 2004 and he quickly became the face of the team. Since then, he has been theMVP of the NHL three times And won almost all the trophies, there finally, finally leading caps to win the Stanley Cup in 2018.

Any real trekkie will tell you thatStar Trek Never really gone, but it came roar to the public consciousness with the restart of the original new screen of the original series. He introduced Kirk, Spock and the rest of theBusiness The crew towards a whole new generation of viewers, and soon CBS also wanted to start a new television series.Star Trek Discovery First in 2017, and this will soon be followed byPicard, an additional exploration ofSir Patrick Stewart's fromThe next generation, as well as a lively series calledLower decks, expected to hit any access to CBS in 2020. With no end of new material in sight, trekkies have a lot to be grateful.

There are a lot of discussions these days about "slacktivism", which is paying lip services to a cause, usually on social media, without really real doing for that. However, with #Metoo, the very act of posting its history of sexual assault or harassment on social mediawas The movement, a way to let other survivors know that they are not alone and a way to tell the world that it is a real and perverse problem. Started by militantTarana Burke and popularized by the actressAlyssa MilanoIn 2018, this hashtag forced us to have difficult conversations on how power and sex intersect.

We have learned in recent years not to take a public figure that is a truly good person and treat everyone with respect, and in this vein, it is important to be grateful forKeanu Reeves. Tell what you love about his actor, but he is a standing human being who gives great parts of his income to charity anonymously andwill always stop to help a fan in need. TheJohn Wick Series, which had a strong demonstration since its beginnings in 2014, proves that it is still a verifiable movie star and its cameo in 2019Always be my maybe shows that it is more than willing to make fun of its own image.

Tinder has changed the way people meet. Online dating services are around as long as the Internet, but the Tinder application based on the location, launched in 2012, has transformed the process corresponding to a game. Phrases such as "left / right sweeping" have made their way into the popular lexicon and many married couples today met Tinder. While people who are looking for a quick connection can certainly find what they want on the application, in recent years have shown that people are always looking for the same things in the relationships they have always been, andTinder simply facilitates the meeting.

The way people perceive and talk about crime are still changing and the last trend is largely women who are not afraid to say that they are fascinated by a murder, kidnappings and other violent crimes. HostsKaren Kilgadiff andGeorgia Hardstar podcastMy favorite murder, who made his debut in 2016, was two of the main voices of this trend, each discussing a crime (or disaster) per week. They specify that their fascination with murder is not promoting, but rather a curiosity combined with a very real threat of violence that women must live every day.

The first oneMass Effect The match came out in 2007 and received a decent amount of braces. However, it wasMass effect 2, published in 2010, it really set fire to the world of play. Part of the draw was that the decisions taken by anyone who had played the firstMass EffectAffected the scenario of the sequel - and the visuals, the story and the development of the character have all received the praise of the examiners and players. The conclusion of the trilogy, published in 2012, had a controversial end, but it did not stop spin-offs in the form of other games, to tie novels, action figures and fan films.

Most of the archives of the world are broken by small increments, short-distance speed events - one hundredth of a second can separate N ° 1 from No. 2. From time to time, however, we will see an athlete which represents a huge jump ahead of human realization. Sprinter jamaicanUsain bolt is one of these athletes. HeGold with gold In the 100 m and 200m in three consecutive Olympic games. When hebroken the world record For the dash of 100 m, he did more than one-tenth of a second, the greatest margin since the beginning of the electronic time. Even ifRetired Bolt in 2017Its records are likely to stay long.

Korean pop music is in the last decade thatBritish pop was in the 1960s-A global phenomenon. And although the seven-member group (short forBangtan Sonyeondan, or Bangtan Boys) is not the first K-Pop group to hit the world scene, it is the Beatles of the Genre. In fact, in 2019, they became the first group since the Beatles haveThree Albums Top The Billboard Tables in the period of one year.

Featuring a combination of supernatural phenomena, talented child actors and nostalgia of the 80s,Strange things, which was created on Netflix in 2016, is one of the most spoken shows of the Streamer. Although the streaming service rarely publishes the maintenance numbers, it claims that64 million people watched the third season in the first month after its publication. Adults and adolescents relate to the characters who try to understand what is happening in their fictitious city of Hawkins, Indiana, with Walkie-Talkies as his only technological help.

Although the directorTaika Watiti At present only directed a great Hollywood movie, it was a doozy.Thor: Ragnarok, released in 2017, was the highest film of Thor trilogy. Waititi worked even longer in his country of origin of New Zealand, written and directed such favorites of the cults as a television seriesThe flight of conchords (HBO) andWhat we do in the shadows(FX). The fact that he now gets his due to Hollywood is infinitely rewarding his many fans.

As the longest television emission of science fiction in history,Doctor Who has passed as many changes as its title character. Despite the modern awareness of the recent version, the fact remained that the doctor - an extraterrestrial traveler who regenerates in a new body every few a few years - had always been a man for any real reason in history. After a lot of toleaves, the thirteenth regeneration of the doctor was played by the British actressJodie Whittaker. Whittaker, who entered the role in 2018, hasspoken for a long timeDoctor who is female fans, especially girls, who expressed enormous gratitude to take the challenge.

It seemed to be a shameless silver graboire: a movie on a toy that was only for selling more toys. But 2014LEGO movie turned out to be a surprisingly intelligent riff on the fantasy of childhood. Without giving spoilers, there is a very good reason to have a Generic Lego man, Gandalf, Batman, Pirates and 1980s, a guy from space (among others) who fight all bad guys together. Each detail of the film, such as the use of human "Pew Pew" sounds for laser pistols, is thoughtful and charming - even adults can really enjoy watching it with children. And thankfully, we had a sequel in 2019.

Children do not watch as much television these days - but they look a lot of YouTube. Over the last decade, the web series phenomenon-a show filmed and released on the Internet, usually on YouTube, has acquired a growing popularity, especially since you do not need a monthly subscription to watch These shows. A number of successful web series, such asBroad city andDrunken story, even has been picked up by networks to become small shows. Since the barriers at the entrance are low, anyone with a phone can do or edit a video - this platform allows people without Hollywood resources to put their creative efforts there.

The best horror - Whether a book, a television show or a film - holds a mirror to society and requires us to look at ourselves, twisted but always recognizable.Jordan Peele's Directorial debut, 2017Go outWas this kind of movie, showing us the horrible secret behind a family of "Gentile" White White when their daughter brings home an African-American boyfriend. Peele, mainly known in front of the film as a comedian, shocked everyone with his skill as a director, his dark sense of humor and his ability to find racial pressure points and probe. And its 2019 follow-up effortWe Shows that we can continue to wait great things from peele.

As things once considered "nerd culture"I entered the general public, the table role-board gameDungeons and Dragons saw a resurgence in popularity. It offers obviously inStrange thingsand actors such asWile Wheaton,diesel wine, andJoe Manganiello are all proud to be players. The fifth edition of the game, released in 2014, rationalized a lot ofD & DMechanics and proved immensely popular. The game can work as a narration method, so a number of podcasts and the web series, in particularcritical role-The groups of players on their adventures of their characters.

Now thatThe tale of the hand of the hand has been transformed into a television series - and some aspects of the book seem more valuable than ever-Margaret Atwood Should be on the reading list of all. His latest book, 2019The willsis a long-standing suite ofTale of the handBut Gilead is not his only dystopic adjustment. His trilogy of MaddaddamOryx and cartridge(2003),The year of the flood(2009), andMaddaddam(2013) -Explores an apocalyptic future where genetic engineering and corporation have a spiral of control. His stories are often dark, but never hopeless - and we have been grateful to have his perspective for the last decade.

Until now, the 21st century could be called "the age of zombies", with dead-living creatures taking contemporary entertainment, fromWorld War Z ToIzombie. But maybe no piece of pop zombie culture has been more widespread thanThe dead who walk, a series of comics that has been transformed into a television show at AMC in 2010. The show is in itstenth Season now, and for a while it was the most watched show on the planet.

Even if you do not know anything about comic books or intellectual property rights, you probably have taken care of the fact that there has been an excess ofSpider Man movies in recent years. Marvel sold the character rights of the character in Sony many years ago and Sony had to continue to make spider films to maintain these rights. However, Sony finally agreed to share the rights with Marvel and Disney in 2015, allowing Spidey to join Avengers for 2016Captain America: Civil War and the marvel movies that followed. In short, that you are aTom HollandFAN OR ONETobey MaguireAdmirer, Spider-Man fans have had more than enough to be grateful for movie versions of their favorite superheroes.

Spider ManActor Holland may not have saved the world when he synchronized the lip and danced in the "umbrella" of Rihanna on the show Battle of the lipIn 2017, but he certainly became an Internet sensation. A trained dancer, the Holland started the performance by a soft shoe for "Singin 'in the rain" ... until the beat has dropped and its suit is released to reveal a corset and fishing nets. What followed, however, was not a goofy trail routine; Between the excellent choreography and the confidence of Holland, the number has become an unexpected sexy performance that made you want to get up and dancing yourself. The clip, which was consulted more than 40 million times, is a complete explosion to look at and, for that, we are grateful.