Alright, for me, the movie of the year is Emilia Perez. Other good ones: The Zone of Interest, All of Us Strangers, Mother’s Instinct, The Substance, Late Night with the Devil, Wicked.
The events that defined 2023:
🇨🇳 Jan 8th: China opens borders, ending zero-Covid policy
🇺🇸 Jan 23rd: Microsoft invests $10b into OpenAI
🇨🇳 Feb 4th: Chinese “spy balloon” drifts over the Americas
🇷🇺 Feb 21st: Russia suspends participation in nuclear arms reduction treaty
🇺🇸 Mar 10th: SVB collapse and banking turmoil
🇨🇭 Mar 19th: UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2b
🇫🇮 Apr 4th: Finland named 31st NATO member
🇩🇪 Apr 15th: Germany closes nuclear plants
🌍 May 5th: WHO declares end if COVID-19 global emergency
🇬🇧 May 6th: Coronation of King Charles lll
🇺🇸 Jun 18th: Titan submarine goes missing
🇷🇺 Jun 23rd: Wagner Group begins conflict with Russian military
🇺🇸 Aug 8th: Hawaiian wildfires burn 17,000 acres, killing over 100
🌍 Aug 24th: BRICS to add Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, UAE, and Saudi Arabia in 2024
🇩🇰 Sep 1st: Novo Nordisk overtakes LVMH as Europes’s largest company
🇺🇸 Sep 15th: United Auto Workers begin strike
🇮🇱 Oct 7th: Attacks on Israel and start of Israel-Hamas war
🇺🇸 Oct 13th: Microsoft closes acquisition of Activision Blizzard
🇨🇳 Nov 15-17th: Xi Jinping meets Biden in first U.S. visit since 2017
🇺🇸 Nov 17-21st: Sam Altman fired and reinstated as CEO of OpenAI
🌍 Dec 13th: COP28 agrees on transition away from fossil fuels
🇾🇪 Dec 19th: Shipping firms suspend Red Sea activity
Through the chilly cloisters that have witnessed some of the most important moments in British history, the guests come for the #Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla