1997 Legacy: The Ellen “Puppy Episode” Buzz
Why was Ellen DeGeneres the talk of the night? Because she turned a sitcom coming-out story into the biggest cultural moment of the decade, even… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Ellen “Puppy Episode” Buzz
1997 Archive: The David Hyde Pierce Perfection
Why was he nominated (again)? For playing Niles Crane with such precision that actual psychiatrists started taking notes. Part of the 34 Emmy Awards Jokes:… Read More »1997 Archive: The David Hyde Pierce Perfection
1997 Legacy: The Men in Black Cool
Why did Will Smith become the biggest star on Earth? Because he proved that you can make a summer blockbuster look like a music video… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Men in Black Cool
1997 Archive: The Anaconda Snake
Why Jennifer Lopez? For proving that no matter how much you can act, you’ll always be upstaged by a giant animatronic snake that looks like… Read More »1997 Archive: The Anaconda Snake
1997 Vintage: The 1997 Final Industry Vibe
Why a peak? Because it was the year Hollywood felt “too big to fail”—from the 11 Oscars for Titanic to the realization that digital effects… Read More »1997 Vintage: The 1997 Final Industry Vibe
1997 Classic: The Puff Daddy “I’ll Be Missing You” Tribute
Why the Sting sample? For the song that stayed at #1 forever, reminding us that every breath we take, Puffy is probably filming a high-budget… Read More »1997 Classic: The Puff Daddy “I’ll Be Missing You” Tribute
1997 Vintage: The Mariah Carey “Butterfly” Transformation
Why the emancipation? For the album where Mariah finally left the “Vision of Love” behind and started hanging out with rappers in a mansion. Part… Read More »1997 Vintage: The Mariah Carey “Butterfly” Transformation
1997 Classic: The Harry Potter Arrival
The absolute silence in the back of the classroom because the nerdy kid got a copy of a new British book about a wizard school… Read More »1997 Classic: The Harry Potter Arrival
1997 Archive: The Butterfly Clip Cluster
The girls who looked like they had an entire plastic insect ecosystem living in their hair to keep their bangs out of their eyes. Part… Read More »1997 Archive: The Butterfly Clip Cluster
1997 Classic: The Cellular Flip-Phone Fumble
Attempting to answer a brand-new, pocket-sized mobile telephone and accidentally hanging up on a family member three times because the buttons are smaller than a… Read More »1997 Classic: The Cellular Flip-Phone Fumble