50 Cent was 'In Da Club'
January 7th 2003

Pops most talked about kiss occurred
28th August 2003
"The kiss seen around the world" touched down during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City, New York.
Madonna, dressed as (for some unknown reason) a groom locked lips with a
recently single Britney and the Dirrty Xtina, both of which were wearing slutty
wedding gowns. The moment was great for so many reasons. Britney and Christina
were performing on stage together for what seemed like the first time, Missy Elliott hopped out two thirds of the way through, and who could forget Justin Timberlake's
face while his former lover lezzed out in front of millions? The only reaction face that
trumps that is Mary J. Blige's look of sheer disgust when Aguilera took the stage.
The greatest show in the world ended…
20th May 2003
Oh Buffster. I love the shit out
of this show and I don't care who knows it. Beneath the "guilty pleasure" or "something that’s shit but you watch cause there’s nothing else on" was
actually a TV show which changed the female protagonist forever. After an
ill-fated attempt at a movie in 1992, Joss Whedon revived his creation and took
it to network television in 1997. Buffy The Vampire Slayer was a tongue in cheek tale
of a 16 year old teenage girl turned vampire hunter – or slayer – who would "combat the forces of darkness" aided by her Watcher, Rupert Giles and gang of
high school friends. Buffy tackled the oh-so dramatic lives of every teenager with fantastical twists. High
school was hell, (the school was literally located above the mouth of hell)
drug abuse, attempted suicide and how dudes can change after hitting that for the
first time. Was it a coincidence that shows such as Alias, Relic Hunter, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood followed in the years to come? Probably not. Buffy the Vampire Slayer has
been named in Time Magazine, Empire, TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly’s best TV shows of all
time. In fact, the 5th season episode 'The Body' is hailed by
many critics as "one of the greatest TV episodes ever televised". I bet you didn't
know THAT.
…and the second greatest show in the world
began
8th August 2003

Him and His Girlfriend – Boo – Wifey – etc
10th October 2002
The single was technically first released in 2002, but it wasn't until the following year that the track made huge waves. The “03 Bonnie & Clyde – Hov
& B” married on 04-04-2008 (Beyoncé
has a fetish for the number ‘4’) and spawned the majestic and REAL
royal baby, Blue Ivy Carter last year. Since then, Jay & Bey have collaborated on a number of tracks including "Upgrade U" "Venus vs. Mars" and of course, "Crazy in Love" (more on that one in a sec). '03 Bonnie & Clyde' also saw a sequel on Jay-Z’s "Magna Carta…Holy Grail" LP this year, appropriately titled
“Part II: On the Run. Oh, and the original was also produced by Kanye West. Imagine
that.
Pixar brought us Finding Nemo
30th May 2003
Often called Pixar's best film
ever made (I disagree, we all know it's Wall-E, with Monster's Inc. coming a
close second) the colourful, innovative masterpiece 'Finding Nemo' hit cinemas in
May ten years ago. Nemo grossed close to 1 billion dollars and holds a 99%
rating on Rotten Tomatoes - which leads me to one question and one question
only. Who is the sick fuck in that 1%? I remember seeing a BBC news report on
TV that the sales of clownfish had also gone through the roof thanks to the
film. I for one am glad they all found a home.
Pixar are also planning a sequel,
and the creatively titled 'Finding Dory' is set to be released in 2015. I could
only imagine what it could be about.
Pharrell Williams was everywhere
All year

Martin Bashir lived with Michael Jackson
3rd February 2003
I have to relate this back to
school once again. During break time while everyone outside was talking about
this ITV1 special, one boy in my class asked me if I "watched Con Air on Channel
5 last night" …what? No. Of course I didn't. Along with everyone else in my
year/school/life apart from him I was watching Living with Michael Jackson.
What a mess of a nightmare this turned out to be. The show obviously
started out as an up close look at what it was like to be the most famous and
talented living musician in the world, but soon took a turn for the
unexpectedly worrying. It was here that Jackson first spoke about sleepovers
taking place in his house with minors on a number of occasions. Weirdly enough
it was Bashir who came under fire from Jackson enthusiasts across the world. Martin was accused of mishandling footage, and editing the feature to make Michael Jackson look...well, you know.
Dixie Chicks were ashamed
10th March 2003
The country sibling trio who had
been famous across the pond since the early nineties spoke these now
immortalised words during a gig in London 2003:
"Just so you know, we're on the
good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed
that the President of the United States is from Texas"

Bey, Blu and Black had a 13 week number one
chart run
All originally released on 18th
May, 6th May and 16th June respectively.

It was this year that Beyoncé’s Crazy
in Love was brought to us. Collaborating once again with Jay-Z the track found
itself at #1 for three weeks in the summer of ’03. It was impossible to run
from the big-band style introduction, as well as the music video, which would
be on any and every channel possible for what felt like 8 times an hour. CIL became a staple in Beyoncé’s discography, and saw herself become the solo
star she’d always wanted to be.
However, 'Crazy in Love' saw itself
sharing the airwaves with another male-female rap-sung collaboration, in the
form of Blu Cantrell & Sean Paul’s incredible "Breathe". Sampled from Dr.
Dre's "What’s The Difference", the track stayed at number one for 4 weeks, and
has stood the test of time as one of the best R&B collaborations of the
last ten years. Yes I'm serious; I love this song that much.
What many thought was the Black
Eyed Peas first single was actually the first from their fourth album. It was
just their first single after recruiting Fergie. The single 'Where is the Love' featuring Justin Timberlake stayed at #1 for five weeks in June and
subsequently became the top selling single of the year. As I said, this was the year that great music was released but for me, let's discount this one. Yeah
it has a nice message and all that, but I never really “got it”. I'm sure that
makes me a horrible person, but whatever.
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