2023. Tonight, were coming to you from times square in the heart of new york city. For so many, this is the place where new years begins and ends. Im tom yum. We fake you for joining us tonight. Were covering the top ten stories from this eventful year. Plus, look at the people in trends which to find the last 12 months. As we look to close the chapter in 2023, we take a look back at the air that was. Heres nbcs joe fryer. How do you define a year like 2023 . Was that the year of the strike . [crowd chanting] or year of the swift . Didnt offer a glimpse of the future with the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence and the Weight Loss Drug ozempic . Or a Blast From The Past . Hi barbie i can with the pink coated resurgence of a classic doll. Was it the year a speaker was booted, or simply a prelude to 2024 . The Campaign Trail lined with pit stops in the courtroom. 2024 you can be defined in so many ways. So much of the world, it was a year headlined by war in the middle east. Major Brea
that is a universal black women we were all born knowing which needs to be done. we will do it. oh, my god! yes. no. yes. hey, girl! are you doing? make up. i m excited to get you to maintain. it s one of the most beautiful venues. all of these women, they re going to be in harlem, harlem. she is a wonderful, sweet person. i m excited to be in her present. who is better than you? nor one of the reasons i love you. i m really excited for nicole. anne she didn t get into this for her fame or to be the face of some movement. she got into this to tell a story. toronto burke, the actual creator of the metoo movement. this is a woman who has suffered so much personal pain, tragedy and turned it into a movement. we have maria taylor, our new colleague. r, our new colleague. i am thrilled to have captain tomika lindsey at the table. we are making history. it s interesting that she will be there along with representative ayanna pressley. the crown act i
comedy about a doll experiencing an existential crisis. warner brothers discovery is behind it, parent company of cnn. on the other hand, you have christopher nolan s oppenheimer . i ll be going to see barbie 100%. i can t wait to see it. it s great for the industry and for audiences that we have two amazing films coming out on the same day. it s a perfect double bill. i think start with barbie, then go straight to oppenheimer . reporter: could a double feature breathe much-needed life back into a movie hit hard by streaming, disappointing post pandemic box office and now actors and writers on strike? this is the best thing that s happened to theaters in a long time, because it s happening
of the house, and he has continued to embrace donald trump, and they have very much a classic symbiotic relationship, and at this point, probably it seems as though mccarthy might need trump even more than the reverse, and that is pretty evident in our reporting about these conversations that they re having. we ll say it a little louder for the people in the back, expungement is not a thing. it s not a thing. it is not a thing. we can go down the procedural rabbit hole if you want, nobody in the control room is. dana, before you go, though. are you going to see barbie tonight? are you heading to the theaters? show the nails. does it look like i m going to see barbie? can you see? right? i m so excited for barbie. i might have to change before inside politics. i may or may not have spilled something while eating in the car on the way here. don t worry, i have other pink dresses here because i was worried about that, and i wanted to make sure you told us that during the
about on the one hand you have director greta gerwig s fantasy comedy about a doll experiencing an existential crisis and has to go to the real twworld to resol it. the company behind it warner brothers discovery, parent company of cnn. it s happening, isn t it? and on the other, you have christopher nolan s biographical thriller for universal about a physicist credited for creating well, you know. i ll be going to see barbie 100%. i can t wait to see it. i think it s great for the industry and audiences that we have two amazing films by amazing filmmakers coming out the same day. it s the perfect double build. i think start your day with barbie, then go to oppenheimer and a barbie chaser. could a double feature about a plastic boll and atomic bomb breathe life back into a movie industry, and now actors and writers on strike.