Tag Archives: 2014 In Review

TIME’s Person Of The Year

Via TIME Magazine: Ebola is a war, and a warning. The global health system is nowhere close to strong enough to keep us safe from infectious disease, and “us” means everyone, not just those in faraway places where this is one threat among many that claim lives every day. The rest of the world can sleep at night because a …

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YouTube Rewind: Turn Down For 2014

“Celebrating the moments, memes, and people that made 2014. Can you spot all the references?”

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iTunes Issues 2014 Year-End Charts

Today iTunes issued its year-end bestsellers chart. Above is this year’s top ten for digital singles. The soundtrack to Disney’s Frozen tops the list for downloaded albums, followed closely by Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Coldplay’s Ghost Stories. The top three downloaded movies: Frozen, The Lego Movie, and The Wolf Of Wall Street. The top three downloaded television shows: Game Of …

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IRELAND: Activist Panti Bliss Honored With Person Of The Year Award

Via Pink News: Irish drag queen activist Panti Bliss has picked up a Person of the Year award. Drag artist Panti Bliss, played by Rory O’Neill, caused controversy in January this year when she labelled Catholic lobbying group the Iona Institute ‘homophobes’ on an Irish talk show, prompting state broadcaster RTE to award a payout of over €85,000 (£70,000) to …

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United States Of Pop 2014

DJ Earworm’s hotly anticipated annual mashup. (Tipped by JMG reader Robbie)

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2014 Word Of The Year: Vape

Via CBS News: Of the many, many words that editors at Oxford Dictionaries review which have newly come into the language lexicon, only one has had enough of an influence in society to make it as 2014’s International Word of the Year. This year it’s “vape.” The Oxford Dictionary defines it as follows: v. Inhale and exhale the vapour produced …

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Michael Sam Is A GQ Man Of The Year

Via the Washington Post: This fall, GQ magazine found room for an athlete on its annual list of celebrities who have left a mark on pop culture. This isn’t any athlete, though. It’s Michael Sam, the first openly gay player taken in the NFL draft last spring. Sam joins “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt, comedian Dave Chappelle, actors …

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