Arts & Culture
A box-office and 3D boom led by Avatar, Inception, and Toy Story 3, alongside prestige dramas like The King's Speech and The Social Network and a late-night television upheaval.
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Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman as a fracturing ba...
Kanye West's *My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy* — Hip-Ho...
Kanye West released *My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy* on November 22, a sprawling, orchestral h...
Nobel Prize in Literature 2010
The Swedish Academy awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature to Mario Vargas Llosa for his cart...
The Social Network (2010 film)
*The Social Network* is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and wri...
The King's Speech
Director Tom Hooper's *The King's Speech* premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6...
Jersey Shore Season 2 Premiere
Jersey Shore Season 2 premiered July 29, 2010, becoming MTV's highest-rated episode ever with 5.2...
Inception
Christopher Nolan's science-fiction thriller *Inception* premiered on July 16, 2010, becoming one...
Vuvuzela Phenomenon — 2010 World Cup Sound and Culture
The vuvuzela, a South African plastic horn, became a global cultural phenomenon during the 2010 F...
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3, directed by Lee Unkrich and released on June 18, 2010, grossed $1.067 billion worldw...
Biutiful
*Biutiful* is a 2010 Spanish-language psychological drama directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu...
82nd Academy Awards
At the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker won...
52nd Grammy Awards
The 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010, made history with Beyoncé winning a record six awards...
Avatar: The Highest-Grossing Film and the 3D Cinema Revol...
Released in December 2009 by director James Cameron, *Avatar* dominated global cinema throughout ...
Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show Transition
In September 2004, NBC reached a landmark agreement with Conan O'Brien to succeed Jay Leno as hos...
3D Cinema Revolution and Technology Adoption
Following Avatar's December 2009 release and continued dominance through 2010, 3D cinema underwen...