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
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