When is 2017 happening

From the launch of the powerful MeToo movement to the debut of Riverdale , gave us a lot to laugh, contemplate, and tweet about — so we compiled just a few of the most influential moments in entertainment from the past year into one handy-dandy list.

Check out our picks and let us know if there's anything else you'd add! We have a feeling big things are in store for the Carter Twins in Pro football player Colin Kaepernick made headlines last year when he began taking a knee during the National Anthem at games to protest police brutality and racial injustices in the United States — but the impact of his protest has reverberated well into His actions made a splash on both sides, with some, including President Trump, decrying his kneeling as "unpatriotic.

Taking a knee became popular form of protest at games and has since turned into a movement of its own. What was Wednesday like before Riverdale?

The CW show, based on the Archie comics, became a massively popular sensation for viewers of all ages, and its dark, mysterious storylines had us all captivated … and obsessively following its stars, like Cole Sprouse and Camila Mendes on social. Rih always kills it at the Met Gala, but her Rei Kawakubo design for the event was on a whole other level. Lord Buckethead doing a dab onstage with the Prime Minister.

Sometimes politics is brilliant. And gracefully offered to lead Brexit negotiations following the election. Bristol student Liam Smith was on a Tinder date with a young woman in September, and the two had decided to go back to his. The woman went for a number two and experienced toilet flushing issues.

Things went dramatically downhill from there and ended with the fire brigade being called. Two days later he got punched in the head and quit. Stacey Dooley investigates: 'After my third husband died, they strapped a suicide bomb to me'. Bipolar disorder: The symptoms - and how to help a friend or family member with the condition. Dating when you have borderline personality disorder: 'I get obsessed really quickly'.

Tomasz Frymorgen 30 December Share this:. Copy this link. The Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment. This, of course, was due to the upcoming referendum on the Eighth Amendment set to be held next year, and the meetings of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment.

An issue that ran throughout the entire year, starting with the whistleblower scandal. What people remember most is how it ended or has it really ended? Source: Dominic Lipinski. The London and Manchester bombings featured heavily here, as people remembered these attacks. The shootings in Las Vegas were also remembered.

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Same-sex marriages are still recognised as being a big event, two years after the referendum. The ongoing health crisis remains in focus for some, particularly the scandals around waiting lists.

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