The year 2018 is slowly coming to an end, so it makes sense to try to assess it. Although it tested our patience many times, we have to admit that it also brought a lot of good things.
What 18 things that happened in 2018 should we be especially grateful for?
1. The founding of the Time's Up movement
The Time's Up movement was founded by 300 women (including Eva Longoria, Reese Witherspoon and America Ferrera) who work in the Hollywood film, television and theater industries. Their purpose is to offer financial means for legal protection to women who are victims of sexual harassment in the workplace.
2. Laverne Cox on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine
American actress Laverne Cox, who as a transsexual is a big supporter of the LGBT community, appeared on the cover of the February edition of Cosmopolitan South Africa magazine. She made history as the first transsexual to grace the cover of a popular magazine.
3. Drake's music video for God's Plan
The Canadian rapper attracted a lot of attention with the video for his hit song God's Plan. How not, when he made many people happy in it, to whom he distributed almost a million dollars.
4. Parkland Teens
In February, 17 people were killed in a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. After the horrific event, a group of teenage survivors decided to side with the American government and publicly condemn the permit to carry weapons with numerous rallies and protests.
5. Black Panther
Marvel's Black Panther follows T'Challa, who returns to the advanced African nation of Wakanda after his father's death, where he battles an old enemy for the throne. Black Panther is special mainly because it is the first Marvel film with a black hero in the lead role.
6. Jordan Peele won an Oscar
Filmmaker Jordan Peele won the award for best original screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards for the horror film Escape!. Thus, he became the first black screenwriter to do so.
7. Quiet place
John Krasinski directed The Quiet Place starring alongside his real-life spouse (Emily Blunt). A family of four forced to live in pure silence is sure to strike fear into the bones of viewers.
8. Kendrick Lamar with the Pulitzer Prize
American rapper Kendrick Lamar is at the Pulitzer Awards with his album DAMN. celebrated in the music category. This made him the first non-classical or non-jazz musician to receive this prestigious award.
9. The Royal Wedding
When the world needed deliverance from all that was bad, the British royal family came to the rescue. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who are considered a very popular couple, have promised each other eternal fidelity.
10. Fight against plastic pollution
People have finally started to realize that plastic pollution is a pressing global problem. We are glad that more and more companies, such as McDonald's and Starbucks, are deciding to ban plastic straws in their stores.
11. We still have dogs
Regardless of the fact that sometimes everything goes wrong, our four-legged friends are still here, always bringing a smile to our faces.
12. Crazy rich Asians
A New Yorker travels to Singapore with her longtime boyfriend, where she learns that her partner is the scion of an extremely wealthy dynasty. The romantic comedy was a huge success, while also serving as an important milestone for the representation of Asia in American pop culture.
13. Mamma Mia! It's starting again
The second part of the popular musical particularly impressed ABBA fans. It was filmed on the Croatian island of Vis, which became the Greek island of Kalokairi for the purposes of the film.
14. Lebron James opened a school
Lebron James, the best basketball player of the last decade, opened a school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, which will provide 240 third and fourth grade students from poor neighborhoods with a decent education.
15. Shark with six gills
Sharks usually have five gills, but apparently there are exceptions. Oceanographers, explorers and everyone who studies the mysterious oceans definitely deserve a lot of praise for their work.
16. India lifted the ban on homosexual sex
On September 6, India's Supreme Court overturned the country's ban on homosexual sex dating back to colonial times.
17. A star is born
The story is about lovers, played by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Two artistic souls unite both on the musical stage and in life. Lady Gaga enlivened the film with many songs.
