Year in pop culture highlights 2006 overview
A retrospective chronicle notes how fact blurred with fiction across media in 2006. It covers Dick Clark’s stroke recovery, Frey on Oprah, Cheney’s hunting accident, Brokeback jokes, United 93, Suri Cruise, Shiloh Jolie Pitt, Mel Gibson, Colbert and Stewart, Snakes on a Plane, Couric, YouTube, Google buying YouTube, Britney Spears headlines, Kramer’s scandal, Borat outcomes, Murdoch PR, Mary Cheney’s pregnancy, and Clark’s New Year arrival marking a year of media buzz and public discussions.
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Jocelyn Novege
Jon Stewart
Stewart
Colbert
Comedy Central
Borat
Dick Clark
Times Square
James Frey
Winfrey
Frey
Paul Greengrass
United 93
FAA
Suri Cruise
Suri
Vanity Fair
Jesus
Sean Preston
Kevin Federline
Buddy Paris Hilton
Britney
Yahoo
Michael Richards
Cosmo Kramer
David Letterman
Kramer
Sacha Baron Cohen
Cohen
Pamela Anderson
America
Smagine
Mary Cheney
YouTube War Mirrors 2006's Turbulent Year
A year in review of 2006 shows how YouTube captured politics war and culture. The piece cites Iraq’s four-year war Brent’s rise and fall and George Allen’s campaign misstep alongside Lebanon Israel Hezbollah and the 2006 elections. It notes YouTube as a defining lens for both events and public sentiment.
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Traq
Israel
Hezbollah
George Allen
George W. Bush
Mel Gibson
Michael Richards
Iraq
Bush
James A. Baker II
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense
Saddam Hussein
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
U.S
Vietnam
CNN
House
Senate
YouTube
Virginia
James Webb
Allen
Webb
Superdome
Perfect Strangers
Atlantic
New York
New York Yankees
Manhattan
Lebanon
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CBS Evening News
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