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# December 25, 2023 | Vol. 202 No. 21 December 25, 2023 |  

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Vol. 202 No. 21

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Issue name

December 25th, 2023 | Vol. 202, No. 21 | Worldwide

Issue date

December 25, 2023

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

BusinessClimateEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsSportsWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Sam Altman

Altman emerged as one of the most powerful executives in the world, the public face and leading prophet of a technological revolution.

### Climate

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### The Kids Who Sued Montana Over Climate Change and Won Say It’s Just the Start

For the young plaintiffs in the landmark environmental case, victory was “a great first step” for climate action.

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Taylor Swift

'It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33'

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Breaking Down Taylor Swift's 2023 Impact By the Numbers

The past year has seen Swift reach new and often unprecedented levels of success, by both traditional and novel measures.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

From 'Poker Face' to 'I'm a Virgo' to 'Succession.'

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Movies of 2023

From 'Past Lives' to 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' see TIME's picks for the best movies of the year.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023

See which novels and short story collections made TIME's list.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

From 'Doppelganger' to 'King,' these are the most impactful nonfiction books published this year.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Alex Newell

Newell spoke to TIME about what it really felt like to win that Tony, their vision for their career as an artist, and their ideal role

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Find Every Easter Egg in TIME’s Taylor Swift Artist Portrait

Jane Perkins created a portrait of Taylor Swift featuring dozens of Easter eggs. Here’s how she created the image—and a list of the hidden items she included. 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Behind the Scenes of TIME’s 2023 Person of the Year Issue

"This issue demonstrates how many shapes influence can take."

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Are So Many Notable Celebrity Couples Breaking Up?

In 2023, we learned that some of the most famous long-term couples like had called it quits.

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump's Indictments Made History in 2023\. His Trials May Do the Same in 2024.

The cases will test the justice and political systems unlike anything the country has ever seen. 

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Biden's Challenge for 2024

Joe Biden heads into 2024 with worse polling than any President since Jimmy Carter at this point in his first term. 

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Lionel Messi

Messi managed to do what once seemed impossible: turning the U.S. into a soccer country.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Nation Builders

The most consequential acts in Israel and Gaza may have been the least noticed, carried out by those whom leaders had failed. Here are their stories. 


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