A shocking blunder at the Academy Awards this year led to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong winner for best picture. "Moonlight" was the winner, while "La La Land" was originally announced.Britain's Prince Harry and American actor Meghan Markle announced their engagement in November. They will marry next May in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Harry told reporters that he knew Markle was "the one" from "the very first time we met."Hollywood was thrown into turmoil this year when dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment or assault against mogul Harvey Weinstein. Through a spokeswoman, Weinstein has repeatedly denied "any allegations of non-consensual sex." Other Hollywood and media elite caught in the aftermath include Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, Russell Simmons, Jeffrey Tambor, Sen. Al Franken, Louis C.K., Steven Seagal, Brett Ratner, Dustin Hoffman, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Spacey, Mark Halperin, former President George H.W. Bush, Oliver Stone and Ben Affleck.Pepsi had to pull an ad featuring Kendall Jenner after it was criticized for trying to appropriate the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the end of the commercial, Jenner grabs an ice cold Pepsi and gives to a police officer.In May, Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell committed suicide in his hotel room in Detroit after a long battle with depression and substance abuse.Comedian Kathy Griffin endured intense criticism after she posed for photos holding a facsimile of President Donald Trump's head. Trump, Chelsea Clinton and Mitt Romney were among who slammed her. She apologized shortly after, but said in August that she is done saying sorry for the photo shoot.In May, nearly two dozen people were killed and over 500 were injured in a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. The bomb was detonated as people left the concert. Grande later held a benefit and tribute to the victims that was attended by more than 50,000 people.The high-profile case accusing Bill Cosby of aggravated indecent assault ended in a mistrial in June after a Pennsylvania jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision. The outcome leaves one of America's most recognized entertainers as well as his accusers without vindication, but prosecutors immediately announced they will retry the case.On Oct. 1, 58 country music fans were gunned down at a festival in Las Vegas. The shooter, Stephen Paddock, had made a sniper's nest out of a suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. More than 500 people were also injured. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.O.J. Simpson was released from prison in October after serving nine years for kidnapping and armed robbery. The former football star and actor was also tried in the 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. Simpson was acquitted in that case in 1995, but was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages in the wrongful death suit filed by the victims' families.Rocker Tom Petty died in November after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. He was 66. With his nasally voice and chiming guitar, Petty and his longtime band, the Heartbreakers, churned out an instantly recognizable brand of sturdy, heartland rock that made them a classic-radio staple for decades. Petty, along with the band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.Singer Selena Gomez in September had a kidney transplant because of her battle with lupus. Her best friend, actress Francia Raisa, donated the kidney. "I feel incredibly lucky," Gomez said in her speech after winning the Billboard "Woman of the Year" award. "Honestly, I couldn't be more grateful for the position I've been given in my career from seven to fourteen until now."The entertainment world was set on fire when Beyonce and Jay-Z's twins were born in June. The world got it's first look at Sir and Rumi in November.In August, Taylor swift won a lawsuit against former radio DJ David Mueller, according to the New York Daily News. She alleged that he had groped her at a meet-and-greet. A jury required Mueller to pay Swift $1 million.Hugh Hefner -- the silk-robed Casanova whose Playboy men's magazine popularized the term "centerfold," glamorized an urbane bachelor lifestyle and helped spur the sexual revolution of the 1960s died at the age of 91 in September. Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 with $600 of his own money and built the magazine into a multimillion-dollar entertainment empire that at its 1970s peak included TV shows, a jazz festival and a string of Playboy Clubs whose cocktail waitresses wore bunny ears and cottontails.Actor Bill Paxton, who starred in such notable movies as "Aliens," "Apollo 13" and "Twister," as well as the hit HBO series "Big Love," died in February from complications following heart surgery. He was 61.Actress Mary Tyler Moore died in January form cardiopulmonary arrest due to pneumonia. She was 80. Moore was famous for roles on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." She was also nominated for Academy Award for best actress for 1980's "Ordinary People."
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A shocking blunder at the Academy Awards this year led to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong winner for best picture. "Moonlight" was the winner, while "La La Land" was originally announced.
