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2018

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

A historic summit brought Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un face to face, the Parkland school massacre ignited a youth gun-control movement, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings convulsed Washington, and a global trade war with China began.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Major Events of 2018

3 events
Kim Trump SummitUS MidtermsJamal Khashoggi Murder

Sports Highlights

Champions of 2018

Champions

MLBWorld Series Boston Red Sox win 4-1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers Game 1: Los Angeles 4 at Boston 8 Game 2: Los Angeles 2 at Boston 4 Game 3: Boston 2 at Los Angeles 3 Game 4: Boston 9 at Los Angeles 6 Game 5: Boston 5 at Los Angeles 1
NFLSuper Bowl LII Philadelphia Eagles win 41-33 against the New England Patriots Super Bowl Box Score: Philadelphia.....9 13 7 12 - 41 New England.....3 9 14 7 - 33 (Note: Similar breakdowns can be added for other sports) Popular Songs "God's Plan" - Drake "Shallow" - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper "Thank U, Next" - Ariana Grande "This Is America" - Childish Gambino "I Like It" - Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin Popular Movies Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War A Star is Born Bohemian Rhapsody Crazy Rich Asians Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 90th Academy Awards Best Picture: The Shape of Water Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water Best Actor: Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour Best Actress: Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney - I, Tonya Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "This Is America" - Childish Gambino Song of the Year: "This Is America" - Childish Gambino Album of the Year: Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves Best New Artist: Dua Lipa Nobel Prizes Peace: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Physiology or Medicine: James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. Physics: Arthur Ashkin for optical tweezers and their application to biological systems, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. Chemistry: Frances H. Arnold for the directed evolution of enzymes, George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter for the phage display of peptides and antibodies. Literature: The prize was postponed until 2019 due to a scandal within the Swedish Academy. Economic Sciences: William D. Nordhaus for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis and Paul M. Romer for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis. Pulitzer Prizes Public Service: The New York Times, for reporting on workplace sexual harassment, and The New Yorker, for reporting on Harvey Weinstein's decades of alleged abuse. Breaking News Reporting: Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for its compassionate, clear-eyed coverage of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. Investigative Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post for their reporting on Roy Moore's alleged sexual misconduct. Explanatory Reporting: Staffs of the Arizona Republic and USA Today Network for their reporting on the challenges and consequences of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Local Reporting: The staff of The Cincinnati Enquirer for their narrative of seven days of greater Cincinnati's heroin epidemic. National Reporting: Staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post for their coverage of the investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. election. International Reporting: Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall, and Manuel Mogato of Reuters for reporting on the brutal drug crackdown in the Philippines. Feature Writing: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah for GQ, for a profile on Dylann Roof. Commentary: John Archibald of the Alabama Media Group for columns during the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Criticism: Jerry Saltz of New York Magazine for his art criticism. Editorial Writing: Andie Dominick of The Des Moines Register for examining free-market solutions to Iowa's healthcare challenges. Editorial Cartooning: Jake Halpern, freelance writer, and Michael Sloan, freelance cartoonist, for The New York Times. Breaking News Photography: Photography Staff of Reuters for coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis. Feature Photography: Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress for his photograph from the immediate aftermath of a car attack during a racially charged protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2022