2000's Cultural Trends

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Everywhere you go you are surrounded by all kinds of entertainment, such as music, movies, and even food, but did you know that some of the same trends from the 2000s are still seen today? The 2000s gave us a lot of entertainment and food that we still enjoy to this day and will probably still enjoy in the future. Entertainment of the 2000s was characterized by food trends, popular music genres, new entertainment sources, and fun activities.

The 2000s included a lot of popular food trends. One popular food that people enjoyed was sliders. Sliders became so popular that even finer restaurants would start to serve them (McNamara). Some other foods that people enjoyed snacking on were gut grenades and belly bombs (McNamara). Two other foods, …show more content…

One new type of show that came out was reality TV. Two of the most popular shows that fell into this category were Survivor and American Idol. Survivor was one of the reasons that reality TV got popular (“Defining Decades”). Some people who watched American Idol even claimed that the show was one of the most revolutionary shows to appear in TV history (“Defining Decades”). The 2000s was also a good year for the film industry. One momentous thing that happened in the film industry was that in 2002 the first African American won an oscar for a lead role (“Defining Decades”). Some popular movies were Monster’s Ball, Training Day, and Pirates of the Caribbean (“Defining Decades”). Two famous actors of this decade were Halle Berry and Denzel Washington (“Defining Decades”). Unfortunately, some famous entertainers also died this decade. Some of them were Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, John Ritter, Natasha Richardson, Steve Irwin, and Bernie Mac (“Defining Decades”). In 2005 one of the most popular sites was launched. That site was YouTube. On YouTube people, including celebrities, could use this site to post videos and share them with people. Two years after YouTube was released it became one of the most visited sites, only behind sites such as FaceBook, and Google. (“Defining

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