All The Art & Pop Culture That Helped Us Survive 2020 – NowThis

These TV shows, video games, albums, and movies helped us get through a really, really, really hard year.By NowThis

Published on 12/24/2020 at 8:22 PM

An Arizona Cardinals fan dressed as The Mandalorian cheers during the NFL game against the Buffalo Bills at State Farm Stadium on November 15, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. | Getty Images

An Arizona Cardinals fan dressed as The Mandalorian cheers during the NFL game against the Buffalo Bills at State Farm Stadium on November 15, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. | Getty Images

As 2020 wraps up, were looking back at the year in pop culture and the art that kept us going through tough times. We hope it gives you some ideas for how to spend your downtime the rest of the year and some motivation to maybe stay offline and not send that bad tweet

Versha Sharma, Senior Correspondent and Writer, @versharma

If scary movies are your thing, check out NowThis Nerds series How To Kill, where our hosts break down how cinemassmartest evil villainscan be destroyed (and where we give justice to the underrated classic Halloween H20: 20 Years Later).

Matt McDonough, Executive Producer

Heres the takeaway:Women made incredible music in 2020. Except for Rihanna, who has beenholding out on us since 2016. Maybe she wants us to work, work, work, work, work, work for new music (Im sorry).

Ashleigh Carter, Multiplatform Writer, @AshweeCarter

The COVID-19 pandemic hassupercharged the video game market like never before. Between April and June of 2020, video game revenues reached $11.6 billion, a 30% increase from the same period the year prior, according to the NPD Groupstrade report. And that wasbeforeNovembers extremely lucrative next-gen launch. In comparison, global cinema revenuehas fallen 65%from 2019, shrinking from $11.4 billion to $3.9 billion.

Charlie Lopresto, Senior Writer, @moosethemark

Darren Aronofsky, the director of Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream,calledthe Pepe doca wonderful portrait of a brilliant artist.Claire Ensslin, Director and Video EditorThis newsletter was edited by Natalie Daher & Versha Sharma and copy edited by Luria Freeman & Shayna Posses.

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