Highs & Lows

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris hooked up

Couples

Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog broke up

Peanuts (in small servings) were linked to longevity

Snacks

Processed meats, like bacon, were linked to cancer

Oliver drove Last Week Tonight to impressive ratings

John

Stamos drove under the influence, according to police

Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video spawned hundreds of memes

Jewels

Jem and the Holograms sank at the box office

Adele’s “Hello” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Greetings

Cameron Crowe’s Aloha was called a “hot mess” by critics

Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” dominated radio over the summer

Royalty

Fantasy-sports site DraftKings dealt with insider-trading claims

Carli Lloyd was a standout on the world-champion U.S. team

Soccer

Sepp Blatter was suspended amid a FIFA bribery scandal

Big Bird starred in viral FunnyOrDie clips

Large Things

Big Soda faced plummeting sales in the U.S.

Pratt headlined the smash hit Jurassic World

Chris

Christie polled low in the 2016 race

Serena rose to the top of the tennis world pre–U.S. Open

Williams

Brian was demoted to MSNBC post–fabrication scandal

Lucious Lyon delighted viewers on the Fox hit Empire

Lions

Lionsgate admitted its Gods of Egypt cast was too white

An emoji was named Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year

Communication

Email caused campaign drama for Hillary Clinton

Broadway applauded Alexander Hamilton

U.S. History

Princeton protested Woodrow Wilson

McDonald’s won raves for serving all-day breakfast

Fast Food

Chipotle caught flak for an E. coli outbreak