Google's Most Searched Actors, Musicians, Movies, Shows, and More
Google has released its most-searched terms of the year in the U.S., and here's a rundown of the top five in 10 of the categories . . .
1. Most Searched People: Frostbitten NFL playerAntonio Brown, supposed beatdown victimJussie Smollett, drama-loving social media make-up artistJames Charles,Kevin Hart, andR. Kelly.
2. Most Searched Actors: Jussie Smollett, Kevin Hart, college admissions cheatersLori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman (in that order), and sudden Internet sensation Keanu Reeves.
3. Most Searched Athletes: Antonio Brown, baseball superstarBryce Harper, shooting victimDavid Ortiz, retired quarterbackAndrew Luck, and brawlin' Browns defenderMyles Garrett.
4. Most Searched Movies: "Avengers: Endgame","Captain Marvel","Joker","Toy Story 4", and the new"Lion King".
5. Most Searched Musicians: R. Kelly,21 Savage,Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, andA$AP Rocky.
6. Most Searched Songs: "Old Town Road"byLil Nas X. . ."7 Rings"byAriana Grande. . ."Shallow"from"A Star Is Born". . ."Sunflower"byPost Malone, and "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo.
7. Most Searched TV Shows: "Game of Thrones","Stranger Things","When They See Us","Chernobyl", and"The Mandalorian".
8. Most Searched Babies: Baby Yoda,"Baby Shark", the Royal baby, "Kim Kardashian Kanye West baby," and "Cardi B baby."
9. Most Searched Dead People: 20-year-old former Disney Channel starCameron Boyce, rapper Nipsey Hussle, Luke Perry, rich creepJeffrey Epstein, and former L.A. Angels pitcherTyler Skaggs.
10. Most Searched Weddings: Miranda Lambert, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Bieber, the now-divorcing Miley Cyrus, and singer Chiquis Rivera.
Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020
Believe it or not, 2020 is just three weeks away . . . so IMDB (the Internet Movie Database) has put together a list of the 10 most anticipated movies of next year, based on page views for various upcoming movies.
Here they are, along with their expected release dates:
1. Margot Robbie'sDC Comics movie"Birds of Prey", February 7th
Profanity Warning: Harley drops an S-word at the 0:10 mark in the trailer.
2. "Sonic the Hedgehog", February 14th
3. "Top Gun: Maverick", June 26th
4. TheJames Bond movie"No Time to Die", April 8th
5. The Marvel movie"Black Widow", May 1st
6. The live-action"Mulan", March 27th
7. Gal Gadot's DC Comics movie"Wonder Woman 1984", June 5th
8. The sci-fi movie"Dune", December 18th. No word yet on a trailer for it.
9. The prequel to the"Kingsman"series"The King's Man", September 18th
10. "Fast & Furious 9", May 22th. The trailer will be released next month.
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Top 10 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2020
IMDB has (also) put together a list of the 10 most anticipated TV shows of next year, which they did by looking at trends in page views on their site.
Here they are, along with their expected premiere dates when known:
1. Patrick Stewart's"Star Trek: Picard", CBS All Access, January 23rd
2. Marvel's"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", Disney+, late 2020
3. Jude Law and John Malkovich's"The New Pope", HBO, January 13th
4. The spin-off"The Walking Dead: World Beyond", AMC, sometime in 2020
5. The post-apocalyptic thriller"Snowpiercer", TNT, second quarter of 2020
6. Stephen King's"The Stand", CBS All Access, sometime in 2020
7. Stephen King's"The Outsider", HBO, January 12th
Profanity Warning: There's anS-word at the 1:23 mark in thetrailer.
8. "Stargirl", DC Universe's streaming service and the CW, second quarter of 2020
9. TheAl Pacino drama"Hunters", Amazon Prime, sometime in 2020
10. Archie Comics'"Katy Keene", the CW, February 6th
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Entertainers of the Year, and Even More End of the Year List Action
1. "Time" magazine has named Lizzo their Entertainer of the Year. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is their Person of the Year, and the U.S. Women's Soccer team is their Athlete of the Year.
2. "Entertainment Weekly"has a list of their "Entertainers of the Year," and it includes: Awkwafina,Renée Zellweger, Regina King, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Eddie Murphy,Taylor Swift, andBrad Pitt.
3. Billboard.com has released a list of The 100 Best Songs of 2019, and the top three are: "Bad Guy"byBillie Eilish,"Truth Hurts"by Lizzo, and"Sucker"by theJonas Brothers.
4. E! Online has a rundown of pop culture moments that "defined" 2019, and it includes: The photo of the egg beating Kylie Jenner's record on Instagram . . .
Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman getting caught up in the college admissions scandal . . . and Megan Thee Stallion giving us arguably the year's biggest meme with the idea of "Hot Girl Summer."
5. "Rolling Stone"compiled a list of the year's best METAL albums. It's topped by the Slipknot album"We Are Not Your Kind". Korn, Opeth, and Rammstein also made the list.
6. And NPR has put out lists of the Best Albums,Best Songs,Best Rock Albums, and "10 Rap AlbumsThat Raised The Bar(s) in 2019."