From the Best Picture mix-up at the Oscars to the #MeToo movement to a much-anticipated royal engagement, 2017 has been an emotional roller coaster for the entertainment world.
Pop culture fans cheered for the celebrity baby boom of 2017, including the announcement that Prince William and Princess Kate were expecting their third child, and were captivated by the trials of Bill Cosby and Taylor Swift this summer.
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And yet, there moments of great sadness too, including the unspeakable acts of violence that were perpetrated at Ariana Grande's Manchester, England, concert in May, and at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in October.
Many will remember 2017 for being the year that countless women came forward with their stories of sexual misconduct at the hands of some of Hollywood's most powerful men.
“We’re at a point in time when women need to send a clear message that this is over,” actress Gwyneth Paltrow told The New York Times in October. “This way of treating women ends now.”
Re-live all the ups and downs of 2017 in pop culture:
PHOTO: Warren Beatty holds the card for the Best Picture Oscar awarded to 'Moonlight,' after announcing by mistake that 'La La Land' was winner, Feb.26, 2017, in Hollywood, Calif. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters )
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1. Best Picture mix-up at the Oscars
The biggest night in Hollywood ended with a gaffe that will be remembered for decades: "La La Land" was announced as Best Picture, before it was revealed that "Moonlight" actually won the award. "Even in my dreams, this could not be true. But to hell with dreams," said "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins at the time. In the days that followed, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm that tallies the Oscar votes, said that one of its accountants handed the wrong envelope to presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
PHOTO: Emergency services personnel speak to people outside Manchester Arena after reports of an explosion at the venue during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, May 22, 2017. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
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2. The bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester and subsequent One Love Manchester concert
After a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured more than 100 others at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, on May 22, the singer knew she had to do something to support the community. In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, Grande and her manager, Scooter Braun, organized a benefit concert featuring Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and others, which benefited the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund -- an organization founded by the Manchester City Council in conjunction with the British Red Cross to provide aid victims of the attack and their families.
“My heart, prayers and condolences are with the victims of the Manchester Attack and their loved ones. There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you are feeling or to make this better. However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way," Grande wrote in a statement posted to social media on May 26. “Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.”
PHOTO: Fans leave flowers on Tom Petty's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after the announcement of his death, Oct. 2, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images )
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3. The shocking deaths of beloved stars, including many musicians
In 2017, music fans bid farewell to performers from many different genres including Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Tom Petty, Gregg Allman, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington and Glen Campbell. Other stars who died in 2017 included actors Mary Tyler Moore, Bill Paxton and Adam West; comedians Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles and Dick Gregory; and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
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