Pop Goes the Culture

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Across
  1. 3. The band whose 1999 track All Star achieved permanent internet immortality due to the movie Shrek
  2. 7. The 1999 sci-fi masterpiece that made everyone question reality wear leather trench coats and learn bullet time
  3. 9. The 2010 Christopher Nolan mind-bender that left audiences arguing over whether a spinning top fell over or kept rotating
  4. 11. Lil Nas X record-shattering 2019 country-rap crossover hit that spent a historic 19 weeks at Billboard Number One
  5. 12. The 2009 James Cameron sci-fi epic that pushed 3D technology to its limit and remains the highest grossing film ever
  6. 15. The 2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee mega-hit that shattered global streaming and YouTube viewership records
  7. 18. The California music festival where Beyonce made history with her cultural-phenomenon Beychella performance in 2018
  8. 19. The 2000 historical epic starring Russell Crowe that asked audiences the iconic question Are you not entertained
  9. 21. The modern box-office king who carried major 2020s franchises Dune and Wonka
  10. 23. Jordan Peele 2017 directorial debut that redefined modern horror and introduced The Sunken Place to the lexicon
  11. 24. The 1990s British pop phenomenon that preached Girl Power and demanded you tell them what you really really want
  12. 26. The pop icon who shocked the world at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards by wearing a dress made entirely of raw meat
  13. 28. The pioneer 1999 peer to peer file sharing platform that completely upended the music industry business model
  14. 30. The 1996 Spanish-language dance track by Los del Rio that became a global wedding and school dance staple for decades
  15. 31. The bizarre 2022 A24 multiversal film featuring hot dog hands and googly eyes that went on to sweep the Oscars
Down
  1. 1. The 2023 biographical masterpiece that swept the Oscars and served as the dark half of a massive summer movie meme
  2. 2. The disastrous 1999 music festival revival that ended in literal fires riots and mud-covered chaos
  3. 4. The 2019 Bong Joon-ho thriller that made history as the first-ever foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars
  4. 5. Celine Dion soaring 1997 power ballad that served as the emotional chart-topping anchor for a sinking ship
  5. 6. The 2019 synth-pop smash hit by The Weeknd that became the longest-charting song in Billboard Hot 100 history
  6. 7. The yellow gibberish-speaking sidekicks from Despicable Me who took over global marketing and internet memes
  7. 8. The 2016 musical that was accidentally announced as the Best Picture winner at the Oscars due to an envelope mix-up
  8. 10. The Atlanta rap duo who told the world to shake it like a Polaroid picture in their 2003 anthem Hey Ya
  9. 13. Psy viral 2012 K-pop sensation that became the very first video to hit one billion views on YouTube
  10. 14. The 1997 disaster epic that dominated the global box office and sparked endless debates about whether Jack could fit on the door
  11. 16. The hip-hop mogul who introduced Eminem to the world and changed audio tech forever by launching Beats headphones
  12. 17. The hyper-dedicated stadium-packing fanbase that literally caused seismic activity during the Eras Tour
  13. 20. The cinematic universe juggernaut that spent the 2010s rewriting box office records across a multi-movie Infinity Saga
  14. 22. The 2013 Disney animated powerhouse that cursed parents everywhere to have Let It Go permanently stuck in their heads
  15. 25. The trio of long-haired brothers who scored a massive infectious global number-one hit in 1997 with MMMBop
  16. 27. The historic 2023 box office collision of a bright pink comedy and a dark historical epic
  17. 29. The 2021 global television phenomenon from South Korea that turned innocent childhood games into a deadly survival match