JUNE 23, 2016

Full News Archive

• Headline: The Healing: A Dramatic Reunion. Impact: The gathering of friends for brutal honesty at a funeral set off an unprecedented trend where every subsequent death resulted in a Netflix special, leading to a reality show about grief that took the world by storm. Because who doesn’t want to be entertained while mourning?. Fact: Funerals have evolved into social media events where people post about their grief using hashtags like #NotSoFuneral..
• Headline: Colvin & Earle: Resilience on Tour. Impact: Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle's reunion tour inadvertently started a trend of aging rock stars teaming up, which eventually led to the creation of a 'Rock Elderly' program that granted discounts to fans who could remember the lyrics to songs from the 90s.. Fact: Steve Earle's seven broken marriages led to him being the unofficial spokesperson for 'How Not to Do Relationships 101'..
• Headline: Leaving the Pediatrician? Not at 26. Impact: Young adults staying on their parents' insurance became a phenomenon that led to a future where adults lived in their childhood homes until they were 40, creating a new sub-genre of reality TV called 'The Grown-Up Basement'.. Fact: The average age for leaving home has increased so much that parents are now offering loyalty programs for their adult children—'Stay one more year, get a free laundry service!'.
• Headline: Hendrix and Handel Slept Here: A Museum’s Strange Bedfellows. Impact: The merge of Hendrix and Handel in a museum attracted so much attention that it triggered an arts renaissance where artists from totally different genres collaborated, resulting in the bizarre creation of 'classical rock' operas.. Fact: Jimi Hendrix once famously said that if he had a time machine, he'd go back and jam with Handel. Turns out, that was just a really ambitious dream of a rock star..