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November 30, 2007 > Arts & Entertainment > Counting the best pop culture moments of 2007

Counting the best pop culture moments of 2007

By Nikki Metzgar | Thresher Editorial Staff

The air outside is crisp and cold and it makes me think fondly of the year that is now coming to an end. 2007 is the year I turned 21, the year I first wore a fake mustache, and the year Rachael Ray got bitten by a dog while protecting her pooch Isaboo. A million “Best of 2007” lists have already been published, which I think actually qualifies them as pop culture. So I won’t try and fight it, and instead make my own. Britney, Anna Nicole, and celebrity jail-time did not make the cut, which only serves to underscore what a great year in pop culture 2007 truly was.

The Spice Girls are back: Reunion-tour tickets sell out in seconds, Posh comes to America along with Becks and Scary Spice gets impregnated by Eddie Murphy — who makes her take a paternity test. I really wish I could have afforded a concert ticket. Really really wanna zigazig ah.

Heidi and Spencer of The Hills make a music video: Can you imagine having your fiancee videotape you while you writhe around in the sand to the sound of your own voice coming out of a cheap boom box? Yeah me neither, but that is why we are not Heidi Montag. Surely they could have gotten Brody Jenner to foot the bill so that Spencer would not have to be the lone cameraman. Or they could have given a couple of bucks to the fisherman sitting next to Heidi to move down the shoreline a bit. Celine Dion this girl is not.

Nicole Ritchie gets pregnant: Not everyone is a fan of The Simple Life, but they should be. Nicole Ritchie is hilarious. Now that she’s got a bun in the oven, her rack looks amazing.

I Know Who Killed Me: I probably don’t need to mention it again, but this movie was easily the best I’ve ever seen. Twin Lindsay Lohans, prolonged gratuitous sex scene, robotic arm — I didn’t make that up. See it. Now.

J.K. Rowling announces Dumbledore is gay: As if you hadn’t already thought it. But at New York’s Carnegie Hall Rowling officially outed the world’s most powerful wizard as part of her U.S. book tour in October. Does Hogwarts have a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy? Did Dumbly and Grindelwald have a more-than-friends relationship? My god, the possibilities are endless! Just type “Dumbledore gay” in the Google search bar to get the news on this.

More about Dumbledore: Also this quote from David Yates, director of Harry Potter 5, “[J.K. Rowling] leaned over to me and said, ‘You know Dumbledore’s gay, don’t you, David?’ And I thought ‘Wow that’s pretty cool.’” Cool indeed.

Amy Winehouse pulls Kleenex out of beehive: The beehive on her head, that is. Sure, a lot has gone on this year with Ms. Winehouse, like the bloody domestic battle going on with her husband and all that nasty drug business that may be considered more “relevant” or “significant” news material. But consider this — can and does she store gummy fruit snacks in her hair?

Alanis Morissette covers “My Humps”: In a failed attempt at irony, or perhaps merely at being Fergilicious, Alanis sighs the lyrics — as is her wont — while a guy smacks her ass in slow motion. The effect is altogether creepy and shudder inducing. When she sings, “They give me all these ices,” it sounds like “Icees” and I can’t help but think, “Huh. I would totally be glad if a guy bought me a cherry Icee because of my humps.” Although the greater issue here is why anyone would spend valuable resources on the production of such a music video — instead of Heidi’s, of course.

Nikki Metzgar is a Baker College senior and arts and entertainment editor.

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