Here I didn't do as well going 2 out of 6 for entertainment (only getting the rise of the nobody celebs and Winehouse going to rehab) but did score some successes in Sports. I called the Boston Celtics win, the Chinese Olympics being a big success with hardly any protests, and OJ Simpson going to jail. Well here are 2009s picks:
Entertainment:
1. Britney Spears returns to national promanence and people forget her freak-outs of 2007. There are many stories about how she overcame adversity etc. She meets a member of another band and is married by the end of the year. It doesn't last until the end of 2010.
2. Lindsey Lohan breaks up with Samantha Ronson and goes back to dating guys again. The gay thing was just a phase. Her career continues to flounder and she is known even more for her personal life then her box office successes.
3. Box Office falls off for 2009 as more people take to playing video games and staying in with a DVD then going to the movies. The top 5 movies of 2009 are X-men Origins: Wolverine, Monster vs. Aliens, Night at the Museum 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Twilight 2. Disappointments of 2009: GI Joe, Avatar, Ace Ventura 3, Dragonball, Angels and Demons
4. Jennifer Aniston has a public mid-life crisis and is seen doing strange things in public. The press says she is having trouble giving up Brad Pitt. It is actually her publicist trying to give her more "edge."
5. Hulu.com becomes mainstream and is mentioned more and more in the main stream press. It is sited as the death of cable TV and DVDs at the same time. It becomes the content end around that the cable channels need to free themselves from the grip of the cable company.
Sports:
1. The Major Sports winners are:
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, NBA: LA Lakers, MLB: New York Yankees, College Football: Florida Gators (but Utah is talked about as the "real" national champion,) College Basketball: Pitt Panthers
2. The BCS will be forced to change to an "and 1" system where the National Championship game is picked after the BCS games are finished. There is pressure from the Obama administration to move to a playoff system or they get their nonprofit status pulled by Congress. There are hearings on the future of the BCS system by the end of the year called by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch.
3. Lance Armstrong returns to the Tour De France but is a shadow of his former self. He tries mightily but the younger riders edge him out.
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