Pop Culture Lovers: Prepare To Feel Ancient As We Look At The Biggest Entertainment Anniversaries of 2016
Did you know Maury and The Jerry Springer Show became your guilty pleasures in the same month, 2,392 years ago? Or you first fell in love with Oprah from your couch that was really an ice block back in the Stone Age? How about the fact that Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory debuted when people still churned their own butter?
Maybe not, but that's how it feels.
As we embark on 2016, we find it necessary to tip our hats to some of the greatest moments in pop culture that have very big birthdays this year. You may be shocked. You may feel an overwhelming sense of nostalgic fuzzies. And you will most certainly feel as old as a fossil. Take a look below, and help us wish some of your favorite movies, shows and albums a very happy birthday. Time flies when you're a stan.
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN FILM + TV
March 17: She's the Man
March 24: Hannah Montana
May 19: The Da Vinci Code
May 31: The Hills
June 30: The Devil Wears Prada
July 26: Little Miss Sunshine
Aug 11: Step Up
Sept 26: Heroes
Oct 1: Dexter
Oct 3: Friday Night Lights
Oct 6: The Departed
Oct 11: 30 Rock
Nov 17: Casino Royale
Dec 25: Dreamgirls
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC
April 10: A Girl Like Me by Rihanna
May 9: Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 11: Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera
Sept 4: Bey Day by Beyonce
Sept 12: FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake, Continuum by John Mayer
Sept 13: The Dutchess by Fergie
Oct 24: Taylor Swift by Taylor Swift
Oct 27: Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Nov 21: Kingdom Come by Jay-Z
15 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN FILM + TV
Jan 12: Lizzie McGuire
Jan 26: The Wedding Planner
Feb 16: Super Troopers
March 30: Spy Kids
April 13: Bridget Jones's Diary
April 16: Blow
April 22: Shrek
May 11: A Knight's Tale
May 15: Pearl Harbor
June 1: Moulin Rouge!
June 3: Six Feet Under
June 11: Fear Factor
June 22: The Fast and the Furious
July 13: Legally Blonde
July 22: Wet Hot American Summer
July 29: The Princess Diaries
Sept 15: The Proud Family
Sept 18: Zoolander
Sept 21: Glitter
Oct 2: Scrubs
Oct 16: Smallville
Nov 2: Monster's, Inc.
Nov 6: 24
Nov 14: The Bernie Mac Show, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Dec 7: Ocean's 11
Dec 10: Vanilla Sky
Dec 18: Black Hawk Down
Dec 19: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Dec 21: A Beautiful Mind
15 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC
Jan 16: J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez
Feb 1: Brushfire Fairytales by Jack Johnson
March 13: Discovery by Daft Punk
March 26: Gorillaz by Gorillaz
April 24: All For You by Janet Jackson
May 15: Weezer by Weezer
July 3: White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
Sept 11: The Blueprint by Jay-Z, Glitter by Mariah Carey
October 30: Invincible by Michael Jackson
Nov 5: Britney by Britney Spears
Nov 20: Missundaztood by Pink
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN FILM + TV
Jan 16: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Jan 23: Moesha
Feb 16: Happy Gilmore
March 8: The Birdcage, Fargo
April 12: Fear
May 10: Twister
May 24: Mission: Impossible
June 21: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
June 28: The Nutty Professor
July 2: Independence Day
July 15: Kenan & Kel
July 22: The Daily Show
Aug 2: Matilda
Aug 26: 7th Heaven
Sept 2: Arthur (TV series)
Sept 13: Everybody Loves Raymond
Sept 16: Judge Judy
Sept 20: First Wives Club
Sept 27: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Oct 4: That Thing You Do!
Oct 7: Hey Arnold
Oct 27: Pop-Up Video
Nov 1: Romeo + Juliet
Nov 15: Space Jam, The English Patient
Dec 6: Jerry Maguire
Dec 18: Scream
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC
Feb 13: All Eyez On Me by 2Pac, The Score by The Fugees
March 26: The Coming by Busta Rhymes
April 30: Crash by Dave Matthews Band
May 17: MMMBop by Hanson
June 18: Odelay by Beck
June 25: Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
July 2: It Was Written by Nas
July 23: Tidal by Fiona Apple
July 30: Sublime by Sublime
Aug 27: ATLiens by Outkast, One In A Million by Aaliyah
Sept 24: Pinkerton by Weezer
Nov 12: Hardcore by Lil Kim
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN FILM + TV
Jan 5: Blossom
Feb 13: Silence of the Lambs
March 8: New Jack City
March 31: Clarissa Explains it All
May 24: Thelma & Louise
June 7: City Slickers, Jungle Fever
July 2: Boyz in the Hood
Aug 11: Doug, Rugrats, The Ren & Stimpy Show
Sept 9: Maury
Sept 17: Home Improvement
Sept 30: The Jerry Springer Show
Oct 23: House Party 2
Oct 31: Are You Afraid of the Dark
Nov 13: Beauty and the Beast
Nov 27: My Girl
Dec 11: Hook
Dec 20: Father of the Bride, JFK
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC
May 28: Niggaz4Life by N.W.A.
June 11: Unforgettable…with Love by Natalie Cole
Sept 24: Nevermind by Nirvana
Nov 12: 2Pacalypse Now by 2Pac
Nov 26: Dangerous by Michael Jackson
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN FILM + TV
Feb 28: Pretty in Pink
May 16: Top Gun
June 11: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
June 30: True Blue by Madonna
Aug 8: Stand By Me
Aug 8: She's Gotta Have It
Aug 18: Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Sept 8: The Oprah Winfrey Show
Sept 22: ALF
Dec 19: Little Shop of Horrors
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC
Feb 4: Control by Janet Jackson
May 27: Raising Hell by Run DMC
July 25: The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are by 2 Live Crew
Aug 25: Graceland by Paul Simon
Nov 15: Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys