This is a list of last year’s most blog and Twitter worthy triumphs that happened in the world of sports, film, TV, Internets, cats, basically everything that can be ranked that isn’t music related. Obviously, I can't rank anything that I haven't experienced first hand. For example, I heard that mollys, bitcoins, Nebraska
, The Counselor
, The Wind Rises
, Meryl Streep in August: Osage County
, HBO's Enlightened, Eastbound And Down,
and Boardwalk Empire
, CBS' The Good Wife
, Sundance Channel's Rectify
, BBC America's Broadchurch
and Orphan Black
, Fox's Bob's Burgers
, and Grand Theft Auto V
were all killing it in 2013. But I haven't had time for them, so if they are any good, they will still be absent from this list.
Entries are copy-and-pasted from Wikipedia. Spoiler alert in some of these.
Everything else, 2013.
Pages: #50 - #41 | #40 - 31 | #30 - #21 | #20 - #11 | #10 - #01
#50: Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station, previously known as Fruitvale, is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is Coogler's first feature-length film and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station in Oakland, California.
Trailer | Wikipedia | thestar.com
#49: Game Of Thrones - The Rains Of Castamere
"The Rains of Castamere" is the ninth episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 29th episode of the series. The episode was written by executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by David Nutter. It aired on June 2, 2013.
The episode is centered in the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, one of the most memorable events of the book series commonly named "The Red Wedding".
Trailer | Wikipedia | Grantland
#48: The Purge
The Purge is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco and starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield, Tony Oller, and Arija Bareikis.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Twitch
#47: Jason Collins
Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978) is an American professional basketball center who last played with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Collins attended Stanford University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. He was selected in the first round with the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft.
On April 29, 2013, Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major North American team sport to come out publicly as gay.
Interview | Wikipedia | SI Article
#46: Boston Red Sox
The 2013 Boston Red Sox season was the 113th in the team's history.
The Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 6 games to win the 2013 World Series. Boston is only the second team to win the World Series a year after they finished last in their Division. The other team that completed this feat were the 1991 Twins.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#45: Superbowl XLVII
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2012 season. The Ravens defeated the 49ers by the score of 34–31, handing the 49ers their first Super Bowl loss in franchise history. The game was played on February 3, 2013 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was the tenth Super Bowl to be played in New Orleans, equaling Miami's record of ten in an individual city.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Huffington Post
#44: American Horror Story - Madness Ends
"Madness Ends" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story. The episode, written by executive producer Tim Minear and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, originally aired on January 23, 2013. In the episode, Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) is interviewed about her career, including shutting down Briarcliff, exposing now-Cardinal Howard (Joseph Fiennes), and what happened to patients Jude (Jessica Lange) and Kit (Evan Peters). After the interview, she is confronted by Johnny (Dylan McDermott), who intends to kill her.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Entertainment Weekly
#43: Colin Kaepernick
Colin Rand Kaepernick (born November 3, 1987) is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.
In his first career postseason start, the 49ers won 45–31 against the Green Bay Packers, and he set an NFL single-game record for most rushing yards by a quarterback with 181, breaking Michael Vick's record of 173 in a 2002 regular season game. He also broke the 49ers postseason rushing record, regardless of position. Kaepernick carried the ball 16 times for 181 yards and scrambled five times for 75 yards, including touchdowns of 20 and 56 yards, and collected another 99 yards rushing on zone-read option plays. He also passed for 263 yards and two touchdowns. In total, Kaepernick had 444 yards of total offense with 4 TDs. Kaepernick became the third player after Jay Cutler in 2011 and Otto Graham in both 1954 and 1955 to run for two touchdowns and pass for two others in a playoff game. In the NFC Championship game, the 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28–24 with Kaepernick completing 16 out of 21 passes for 233 yards and one touchdown. The team advanced to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans against the Baltimore Ravens, which the 49ers lost 31-34.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#42: Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, directed and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and John Goodman, and was produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan and Joel Coen. T Bone Burnett was the executive music producer. The film is about one week in the life of a singer who is active in New York's folk music scene in 1961. Although Llewyn Davis is a fictional character, the story was partly inspired by the autobiography of folk singer Dave Van Ronk. Most of the folk songs performed in the film are sung in full and recorded live.
Trailer | Wikipedia | AZ Central
#41: This Is The End
This Is the End is a 2013 American comedy film written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their directorial debut, starring an ensemble cast including Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson as fictional versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse. The film was released on June 12, 2013, and was a critical and commercial success.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The New Yorker
#40: 12 Years A Slave
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 British-American historical drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold into slavery. He worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve years before his release. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Dallas Morning News
#39: 30 Rock - Hogcock/Last Lunch
"Last Lunch" is the thirteenth episode of the seventh season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, the 138th overall episode, and the second part of the one-hour series finale. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and written by Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield. The episode originally aired as an hour-long episode, along with "Hogcock!", on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network in the United States on January 31, 2013. Guest stars in this episode include Marceline Hugot, Al Roker, Conan O'Brien and Alice Ripley.
Clip | Wikipedia | AV Club
#38: Psy - Gentleman
"Gentleman" is a K-pop song by South Korean musician Psy released on April 12, 2013 (KST), serving as his 19th single. It is the follow-up to his international hit single "Gangnam Style", which at the time of "Gentleman"'s release had been viewed on YouTube over 1.5 billion times. The first public performance of the song, with its associated dance, was unveiled at 6:30 pm on April 13 at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul. A poster and Twitter message was released containing the main line of the song "I'm a mother f••••• gentleman"; The obscured word was later revealed to be "father".
Music Video | Wikipedia
#37: Room 237
Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about perceived meanings in Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. The film includes footage from The Shining, and other Kubrick films, along with discussions by a number of Kubrick enthusiasts. The film has nine segments, each segment focusing on different elements within the film which "may reveal hidden clues and hint at a bigger thematic oeuvre." The film was produced by Tim Kirk.
The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
The film's distribution rights were acquired by IFC Midnight and was exhibited theatrically and on VOD on March 29, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Toronto Star
#36: Yasiel Puig
Yasiel Puig Valdés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwiɣ]; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Puig defected from Cuba in 2012, and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013.
In 2013, Puig hit .319 in 104 games with 19 home runs and 42 RBI. He was selected by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team" and finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting to fellow Cuban José Fernández.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#35: Trey Burke
Alfonso Clark "Trey" Burke III (born November 12, 1992) is an American professional basketball player with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 9th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft and immediately traded to the Jazz. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. During his sophomore season for the 2012–13 team, he earned National Player of the Year and led his team to the championship game of the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before he declared for the draft.
Highlights | Wikipedia
#34: House Of Cards
House of Cards is an American political drama television series developed and produced by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of a previous BBC miniseries of the same name, which starred Ian Richardson as M.P. and Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Francis Urqhart, (continuing in To Play the King and The Final Cut), and is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs.
Set in present-day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th Congressional District and House Majority Whip who, after getting passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, decides to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him. The series also stars Robin Wright, Kate Mara, and Corey Stoll in lead roles.
Highlights | Wikipedia | USA Today
#33: Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model and singer.
In 2012, Johansson was cast in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, Don Jon. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and had its wide release in September 2013. Don Jon received positive reviews. Johansson's performance was praised by critics; Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "Johansson, fearlessly tackling a role with sharp edges, is dynamite" while Claudia Puig of USA Today stated that she "gives one of her best performances as the bossy, gum-chewing Jersey girl". Also in 2013, Johansson voiced the character Samantha, an intelligent computer operating system, in the Spike Jonze film Her. She replaced Samantha Morton in the role. The film received critical acclaim upon release with Johansson's performance being well-received among critics.
Clip | Wikipedia | Rolling Stone
#32: Hannibal
Hannibal is an American psychological thriller–horror television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris and focuses on the budding relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy.
Clip | Wikipedia | Rolling Stone
#31: Paul George
Paul Clifton Anthony George (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball swingman with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2013, he was selected to play in his first NBA All-Star Game, received the NBA Most Improved Player Award, and was named to All-NBA Third Team and All-Defensive Second Team.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#30: Fast & Furious 6
Fast & Furious 6 (alternatively known as Furious 6 or Fast Six) is a 2013 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sixth installment in the Fast and the Furious film series. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Fast & Furious 6 follows a professional criminal gang led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) who have retired following their successful heist in Fast Five (2011), but remain wanted fugitives. U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) offers to clear the group's criminal records and allow them to return home in exchange for helping him to take down a skilled mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw (Evans) and his second-in-command, Dominic's presumed-dead lover Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez).
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Denver Post
#29: Blue Is The Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 – "The Life of Adèle – Chapters 1 & 2"), also known as Adele: Chapters 1 & 2, is a 2013 French romantic coming of age drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.
Blue Is the Warmest Colour is based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name by Julie Maroh which was published in North America in 2013. The film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Globe And Mail
#28: Rob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford (born May 28, 1969) is a Canadian politician and businessman. He is the sixty-fourth and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to being mayor, Ford was a city councillor. He was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat twice. At first discounted as a potential mayor, Ford was elected mayor in the 2010 mayoral election on a platform of reducing the "gravy train" of government expenses and taxes, and he took office in December 2010.
During his political career, Ford has been the subject of a number of personal and work-related controversies and legal proceedings, including a conflict of interest trial that nearly removed him from office. In 2013, he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal, which was widely reported in the national and international media. Ford initially denied the allegations, but after a 2013 Toronto Police Service gang investigation led to police discovering a video of Ford, he admitted to all of the incidents, including public drunkenness and illegal drug use. Ford admitted to having used crack cocaine "probably in one of my drunken stupors".
Compilation | Wikipedia | Buzzfeed
#27: Chip Kelly
Charles "Chip" Kelly (born November 25, 1963) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the former head coach at the University of Oregon.
Chip Kelly agreed to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles to become the team's head coach on January 16th, 2013. Although general manager Howie Roseman runs the team's drafts and free agency signings, Kelly has the final say over the 53-man roster. He is one of three current NFL coaches who have either the title or powers of a general manager, along with the New England Patriots' Bill Belichick and the Seattle Seahawks' Pete Carroll.
In his first season, Kelly reversed the Eagles' fortunes of the previous year. Taking over a team that went 4-12 in 2012, Kelly led the Eagles to a 10-6 record and the NFC Eastern Division Championship. They lost in the first round of the playoffs at home to the New Orleans Saints, on a last-second field goal.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#26: Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It tells the story of a rich Manhattan socialite (played by Cate Blanchett) falling into poverty and homelessness. It was released on July 26, 2013 in New York and Los Angeles. The UK release of the film was on September 27.
Blue Jasmine received praise from the critics, particularly for Blanchett's performance; additionally, they compared the film to Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. It was a box office success, earning $94.7 million worldwide against a budget of $18 million. The film has received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award win for Blanchett in the Best Actress – Drama category, a SAG-AFTRA win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama category. Star Cate Blanchett has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of the eponymous Jasmine and Sally Hawkins, who plays Jasmine's sister, Ginger, is up for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Star Tribune
#25: Matthew McCounaughey
Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɒnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming of age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), and went on to appear in films such as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), the legal thriller A Time to Kill (1996), Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997), the science fiction drama Contact (1997), the comedy EDtv (1999) and the war film U-571 (2000).
In 2013 he played Ron Woodroof in the movie Dallas Buyers Club. The film gathered wide critical acclaim and has earned McConaughey many acting awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The role in the film required him to lose 38 pounds. During this time, he recorded a public service announcement in Austin, Texas for the LBJ Presidential Library.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Esquire
#24: Rush
Rush is a 2013 British-German biographical sports drama film centered on the rivalry between race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season. It was written by Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda. The film premiered in London on September 2, 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its UK and US theatrical releases on, respectively, September 13 and 20, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Denver Post
#23: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi. The film is based on the true story of 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, an incident during which merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips was taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean led by Abduwali Muse.
The screenplay was written by Billy Ray, and is based on the 2010 book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca served as producers on the project. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Abdi. It premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival, and was released on October 11, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Dallas Morning News
#22: The Conjuring
The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star as Ed and Lorraine Warren who were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their reports inspired the Amityville Horror. The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), who are experiencing increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island in 1971.
Trailer| Wikipedia | TimeOut London
#21: Frances Ha
Frances Ha is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Gerwig also plays the title role. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2012. Frances Ha was given a theatrical wide release on May 17, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Chicago Sun-Times
#20: Prisoners
Prisoners is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film has an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, with Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. The plot focuses on the abduction of two young girls in Pennsylvania and the search to find them. The film is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Huffington Post
#19: Candy Crush Saga
Candy Crush Saga is a match-three puzzle video game released by the developer King on April 12, 2012 for Facebook, and on November 14, 2012 for smartphones. As of March 2013, Candy Crush Saga surpassed FarmVille 2 as the most popular game on Facebook, with 46 million average monthly users. It is a variation on their browser game Candy Crush. The Daily Mail claims that the high profitability of the game has prompted the UK Office of Fair Trading to push for guidelines on games with exploitative game mechanics. A major expansion to the game was launched in December 2013.
Game Footage | Wikipedia | Grantland
#18: The Americans
The Americans is an American television period drama series created and produced by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg. The series premiered in the United States on January 30, 2013 on the cable network FX and completed its first season on May 1, 2013. The second season will premiere on February 26, 2014.
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. with their unsuspecting children (Holly Taylor and Keidrich Sellati), and their neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI Counter-Intelligence agent. The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Jennings', sometimes incorporating real-life events into the narrative. The show's creator has described the series as being ultimately about a marriage.
Trailer | Wikipedia | HitFix
#17: Emily Ratajkowski
Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski (born June 7, 1991) is a British-born American model and actress. She rose to prominence after her controversial appearance in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" music video.
"Blurred Lines" Music Video (NSFW) | Wikipedia | Esquire
#16: Masters Of Sex
Masters of Sex is an American television drama series on Showtime. It was developed by Michelle Ashford and based on Thomas Maier's biography Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love. The series tells the story of Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson and was picked up for a first season consisting of 12 episodes, and premiered September 29, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | Grantland
#15: Girls - On All Fours
Hannah's publisher puts major pressure on her, causing her relapsed OCD to spiral out of control. Hannah sticks a Q-tip too far down her ear and has to go to the hospital. Natalia is upset when Adam is forceful and degrading in bed. Marnie makes a small start for her passion to sing. Marnie and Charlie have sex. Shoshanna and Ray rekindle.
Trailer | Marnie covering Kanye West's "Stronger" | IMDB | AV Club
#14: Before Midnight
Before Midnight is a 2013 American romantic drama film and the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). Like its predecessors, the film was directed by Richard Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Co-written by Linklater, Hawke and Delpy, the film picks up the story in Before Sunset nine years on when Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy) spend a summer vacation together in Greece.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Seattle Times
#13: Vine
Vine is a mobile app owned by Twitter that enables its users to create and post short looping video clips. Video clips created with Vine have a maximum clip length of seven seconds and can be shared to Vine's social network, or to other services such as Twitter - which aquired the app in October 2012 - and Facebook. and can be shared or embedded on social networking services such as Twitter (which acquired the app in October 2012) and Facebook.
Best Vines of 2013 | Wikipedia | The Daily Dot
#12: Stephen Curry
Wardell Stephen "Steph" Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Curry, who is known for his scoring ability, plays as a guard and is listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 185 lb (84 kg).
Golden State went 47–35, earning the sixth seed in the 2013 NBA Playoffs and a matchup with the Denver Nuggets in the first round. This was the first playoff series for Curry and many of his teammates. In Game 2 of the 2013 NBA Playoffs first round matchup with the Denver Nuggets, Curry recorded 30 points and 13 assists as the Warriors beat the Nuggets 131-117 and broke Denver's franchise-best 24-game home winning streak. In Game 3 of the same series, Curry recorded 29 points and 11 assists to help rally the Warriors to a 110-108 victory against the Nuggets. Golden State would eventually close out Denver in Game 6 and advance to the semifinals against the Spurs, who had advanced with a sweep of the Lakers.
Curry recorded 44 points and 11 assists in Game 1 of the series against San Antonio. The Warriors blew a 16-point lead late in the 4th to the Spurs in a heartbreaking 2-OT loss and trailed 1-0. Golden State was able to take games 2 and 4, but the Spurs won the series and eliminated the Warriors in Game 6 on the Warriors' home floor.
On November 4, 2013, Curry recorded his second career triple-double with 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in a 110-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. One month later, on December 9, 2013, Curry also recorded his fourth game with forty or more points while playing against the Charlotte Bobcats. Specifically, Curry totaled 43 points, 9 assists, and 6 rebounds. On January 23, Curry was selected as a starter for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game, his first selection for the game. He finished first in the Western Conference's All-Star balloting among backcourt players, and second overall to Kevin Durant.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Grantland
#11: Top Of The Lake
Top of the Lake is a 2013 television miniseries written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, and directed by Campion and Garth Davis. It marks Campion's first work for television since An Angel at My Table in 1990. Filmed and set in New Zealand, the drama series follows a detective (Elisabeth Moss) investigating the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl. Top of the Lake was co-produced by BBC Two in the UK, UKTV in Australia/NZ, and Sundance Channel in the United States.
Trailer | Wikipedia | HitFix
#10: Spring Breakers
Spring Breakers is a 2012 American comedy drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine. Starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine, the film follows four college-aged girls on their spring break and subsequent descent into use of drugs, crimes, and violence.
The film grossed $31 million worldwide and had an estimate budget of $5 million. It received positive reviews from film critics, some calling it a cult classic. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Trailer | Wikipedia | The Globe And Mail
#09: Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). A five-time league MVP, he played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons from 1998 to 2011. He is a son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an elder brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
On the opening game of the 2013 NFL season, Manning became one of only six players in NFL history to throw seven touchdowns in a game. He did so against the defending Super Bowl XLVII champions, the Baltimore Ravens. He also added to this feat by not throwing an interception, tying Y. A. Tittle as one of the only two players to have a 7:0 touchdown to interception ratio in a single game (although Nick Foles would later match that feat in week 9 of the same season). Against the Oakland Raiders in week three, Manning broke the record for most touchdown passes in the first three games of a season after throwing 12, passing Tom Brady's record in 2011. In Week 5, Manning threw his first interception of the season, in a win against the Dallas Cowboys. He was intercepted by Morris Claiborne. In Week 16 against the Houston Texans, Manning broke Brady's record for most touchdown passes in a season with 51 on a 25 yard touchdown pass to Julius Thomas, he finished the regular season with 55 touchdown passes, in addition to throwing for a league record 5,477 yards.
Highlights | Wikipedia | Sports Illustrated
#08: Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and recording artist. The daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, she held minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood.
In August 2013, Cyrus was the subject of widespread media attention and public scrutiny following a controversial performance and duet with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. The performance began with Cyrus performing "We Can't Stop" in teddy bear-themed attire. Following this, Thicke entered the stage singing "Blurred Lines" alternatively with Cyrus, who stripped down to a skin-colored, latex two-piece outfit. Cyrus subsequently touched Thicke's crotch area with a giant foam finger and twerked against his crotch. An article published in The Hollywood Reporter described the performance as "crass" and "reminiscent of a bad acid trip". Media attention of the performance largely overshadowed the attention that was given to other major events of the night, such as the reunion of 'N Sync and performances by Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Cyrus' performance was described by XXL critic B. J. Steiner as a "trainwreck in the classic sense of the word as the audience reaction seemed to be a mix of confusion, dismay and horror in a cocktail of embarrassment", while the BBC said she stole the show with a "raunchy performance". The performance also became the most tweeted about event in history, with Twitter users generating 360,000 tweets about the event per minute; breaking the previous record held by Beyoncé's Super Bowl XLVII halftime show performance six months earlier. News and social media sites featured numerous articles about parental concerns with the performance's impact on children. Cyrus' performance was reported to contribute towards the dehumanization of black women by mimicking "ratchet culture" and using them as living props, swatting one on the backside. Reacting to the controversy, Cyrus stated about her critics: "They’re overthinking it. You’re thinking about it more than I thought about it when I did it."
VMA 2013 | Wikipedia | Grantland
#07: Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan that was first released on Netflix on July 11, 2013. The series revolves around Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a bisexual woman, engaged to a man, living in New York City, who is sentenced to 15 months in a women's federal prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money to her former girlfriend who is an international drug smuggler. The offense occurred ten years prior to the start of the series, and in that time Chapman had moved on to a quiet law-abiding life among New York's upper middle class.
Trailer | Wikipedia | AV Club
#06: Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Billed as "the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man", the film dramatizes the decade-long manhunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. This search eventually leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan, and the military raid on it that resulted in his death in May 2011.
The film stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Édgar Ramírez and James Gandolfini. It was produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and was independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures. The film had its premiere in Los Angeles, California on December 19, 2012 and had its wide release on January 11, 2013.
Trailer | Wikipedia | CNN
#05: The Wolf Of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Jordan Belfort's memoir of the same name. It was released on December 25, 2013. The screenplay was written by Terence Winter, and the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, a New York stockbroker who runs a firm that engages in securities fraud and corruption on Wall Street in the 1990s.
Trailer | Wikipedia | New Yorker
#04: Gravity
Gravity is a 2013 British-American 3D science-fiction thriller and space drama film. Directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón, the film stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts involved in the mid-orbit destruction of a Space Shuttle and their attempt to return to Earth.
Trailer | Wikipedia | New Yorker
#03: 2013 NBA Finals
The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20.
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#02: Her
Her is a 2013 American science fiction romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Samantha. The film centers on a man who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system (OS) with a female voice and personality. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 2013.
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#01: Breaking Bad - Season 5 (Part II)
The fifth and final season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad premiered on July 15, 2012, and concluded on September 29, 2013 on AMC in the United States and Canada. The 16-episode season is split into two parts, each containing eight episodes. The first part of the season was broadcast from July 15 to September 2, 2012, and aired on Sundays at 10:00 pm ET. The second part was broadcast from August 11 to September 29, 2013, aired on Sundays at 9:00 pm. It debuted in the UK and Ireland on Netflix, showing one day after the episodes aired in the U.S. and Canada.
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