12 Stories That Defined 2023

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Home   Saves   Collections Your daily reading list, including the best TV shows and movies to watch this New Year's weekend. 1   Must Read The Gay Pastor, The Conservative Megachurch And The Fight Ripping Apart A Suburb HuffPost Jonathan Cohn Save 2   Rabbit Hole The Year of the Female Creep The New Yorker Katy Waldman Save 3   Quality of Care Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals The New York Times Reed Abelson, Margot Sanger-Katz Save 4   Need to Know The Ultimate Election Year: All the Elections Around the World in 2024 Time Koh Ewe Save 5   Couch Potato Time The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This New Year's Weekend Vulture James Grebey, Savannah Salazar Save 6   'A Real, Live Polyglot' The Remarkable Brain of a Carpet Cleaner Who Speaks 24 Languages The Washington Post Jessica Contrera Save 7   Food for Thought 7 Viral Food Moments of 2023 We're Still Thinking About The Kitchn Emma Taubenfeld Save Year in Review 12 Stories That Defined 2023 2023 brought in a blur of wildfire smoke, labor strikes, and an economy bolstered by pop stars. Let creator Rachel Hislop walk you through the key stories that shaped a year unlike any other. Make the Whole Place Shimmer: America Spends Big for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Amid record-high inflation and the Senate scrambling on the house floor, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift took the reins of economic revival into their own hands by launching groundbreaking world tours. The Swifties and The Hive were united in their zeal as the musical giants embarked on their respective world tours. Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour paid homage to queer ballroom culture while grossing $850 Million, and Taylor paid homage to her 17-year-long discography with the Eras Tour grossing $900 Million. The stadium tours not only brought in impressive amounts but also played pivotal roles in stimulating the global economy as fans traveled, booked hotels and flights, and contributed to the thriving businesses in tour stops worldwide. To stop there would be child's play, so both women led their fan armies to the movie theaters, striking exclusive deals with AMC to release their tour documentaries and generate even more tens of millions in North American ticket sales. And that's not even touching what Swift did for the NFL—and the gossip industry economy—as she debuted her new boyfriend, Kansas City Chief Travis Kelce. The New York Times Maggie Shannon, Jeanna Smialek, Jordyn Holman, DeSean McClinton-Holland Save The Movies Are Back. but We're Still Learning How to Love Going to Theaters Again Los Angeles Times Justin Chang Save Worker Strikes Grip Los Angeles As Nation Faces 'Hot Labor Summer' The Washington Post Erica Werner Save Read more stories in this collection   Take Pocket everywhere You're receiving this email because you subscribed to Pocket. Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences • Privacy Policy • Help Center • Advertise © 2023 Mozilla Corporation, 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105