Special Edition - YEAR in review (Jan, 1st - Dec. 31st)

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is GREAT to be back writing a week in review, and this review starts the dawn of, not just a new season of Tyler's Week In Review, but a new decade! We are about to enter a new decade of entertainment, of sports, of politics, of all sorts of surprises and shocks! So let's get this Year in review edition underway!

Entertainment

Lets start this off with none other than Jon and Kate! Yes, you've heard their name in Jon and Kate plus 8. A show about a husband and wife with 8 kids SOUNDED like a good idea at first, but by the end of the year, secrets started coming out. Jon got caught with another woman (but who can blame him, I mean really.) then arguments and all sorts of other stuff that I really don't care about helped this story to be on this list.

How bout the Kanye West and Taylor Swift story? That was interesting right? You're right, it wasn't really at all, but it was a shock. I was actually watching the VMA's when this happened and I wasn't for sure if it was staged or not, but the look on Taylor Swift's face said it all. If you haven't heard about this story or saw it, do you own a TV or read the news? Well I'll tell you it anyway. Taylor Swift had just won a VMA for best female video for "You Belong With Me" (I think) beating Beyonce's "Single Ladies". Well Kanye couldn't stand either her winning, or him not being nominated for it because he ran up on stage and took the mic from Taylor and said "Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best music videos of all time." then shrugged and left. Taylor looked like she was about to cry and was speechless. The crowd cheered and booed Kanye and Beyonce looked almost as shocked as Taylor. But in feel-good ending, Beyonce won the VMA for Video of the Year and instead of using her speech time herself, she brought Taylor out and had her finish hers.

A lot of news on talk shows this year. One of the biggest was Oprah saying she was leaving her show! But before she left she said "Now everyone look under your chairs, you all have chances of being the new talk show host!" and everyone cheered and was fine. Just kidding, but it was really a shock.

Another shocker was David Letterman. At a taping of a show, he admitted to having sexual affairs with female workers of the staff! Then he admitted that he wrote a fake 2 Million dollar check after someone threatened to reveal it all! Craig Ferguson, I hope you're ready to step up to prime-time.

Oprah wasn't the only people leaving their show either. Jay Leno decided to call it quits on the Tonight show, but was soon back on NBC with the Jay Leno Show. Paula Abdul also said she was leaving American Idol! It just won't be the same without your wackiness Paula.

And some movie called New Moon opened up, I guess that was suppose to be a big deal or something. Something about sparkly vampires and love stories.

A huge story that happened this year was the switch to Digital TV. Yes, almost the entire old people population had to put away their rabbit ears and go get a converter box if they wanted to keep watching their Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune.

Now to the sad news. There were a lot of shocking deaths in the entertainment world this year. Let their souls rest in peace. Here is a few

RIP -
Micheal Jackson
Heath Ledger
Farrah Fawcett
Patrick Swayze
John Hughes
Walter Cronkite
Natasha Richardson
Billy Mays
Ted Kennedy

News

Instead of Politics, I have decided to just put it all in one category and just have it be "News". So here are some of the top New's stories of 2009,

I remember when this story was just breaking. I am talking about flight 1549 that crash landed in to the Hudson river after taking off from La-Guardia airport. When I first saw it, I was shocked. I was asking my self, "How in the world did this happen, How is it still floating? Do those passengers have insurance for their stuff?". The biggest surprise was that NO ONE died! Then Captain Sulley was an American hero for a few months.

Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty and got a measly 150 year sentence. Mark Sanford went on a hiking trip on the Appalachian trail and somehow ended up in Argentina with a woman. Weird right?

As most of you know, the economy wasn't the best this year. Lots of companies go bankrupt (including The Big 3). But never fear, Obama came back and signed a stimulus bill and gave all the banks and companies lots of money to get them out of Bankruptcy. It's not like we have a national dept of 12 trillion or anything.

A lot of controversy over in Iran about their elections and, hey..wait. Why do we care?

The biggest story of the year without a doubt is...Tiger Woods! Just kidding. It's actually Barack Obama. Obama became the first black president in the history of presidents! And what has he done as president? He got a Nobel Peace prize (even while running two wars and sending more troops into Afghanistan), Had a few beers, tried to get Chicago the Olympic bid, signed a $787 billion stimulus package, signed a health care bill that said it will reduce cost of health care and give it to people who don't have it, and won't increase national dept (suuuurrreee)


News Stories important but I didn't feel like writing about them.

Swine Flu!

Drivers Ed : Featuring Tiger Woods.

It's a bird, It's a plane. No, it's the Balloon Boy!

Sports

One of the bigger stories in the sports world this year was the return of Michael Vick. The once great scrambling QB that was jailed for 18 months for the dog fighting returned to the NFL. Many weren't to sure that any team would take a chance on Vick but then Philadelphia decided to take the chance and signed him to a 1 year deal. He didn't play much at all but many critics deemed his return as a success. Cleveland was going to sign him but their mascot threatened to resign if they did.

Tiger woods wasn't the only person losing his endorsement deals this year. Michael Phelps, who in the 2008 Olympics won 8 gold medals, was caught smoking from a bong. He was suspended from competition by the USA team for 3 months and lost his endorsement deal with Kellogg. Obviously Michael thought something else was "Grrrreat!" other than Frosted Flakes.

A story that caught the media's attention in golf NOT concerning Tiger Woods was Tom Watson. Watson, 59, was playing in the British Open and was not considered a big contender due to his age. But as play went on, people were thinking that Tom Watson would actually win the whole thing, being the oldest to ever win a major championship. But fate was only on his side for a while as Stewart Cink came back and beat him in a 4 hole playoff. You might not be able to teach an old dog new tricks but an old dog can go back to old tricks and almost write history.

Brett Favre finally retired from the NFL February for the second time in his career. People finally thought the Favre sage was over, but like the first time he retired, he came back. But before that he made a great news story that lasted all summer. It's easier to make a timeline.

Feb.11 - Favre retires
May- Asks to be released from the Jets "reserved/retired" list, which would allow him to sign with any team.
Next 2 months - Speculation of whether or not he will come back
July 28 - Told the Vikings he will stay retired
Aug. 18 - Signed with the Vikings

So far the decision has been a great one, he is having a great season and has the Vikings a Superbowl contender.

The major story in the Baseball league was Alex Rodriguez admitting he took steroids from 2001-2003. But really now-a-days, it isn't surprising when a player admits he took steroids. Baseball has turned from America's past time to America's most drugged up league

Superbowl Champions - Pittsburg Steelers
World Series Champions - New York Yankees
NBA Champions - L.A. Lakers
NCAA Basketball Champions - North Carolina Tarheels
NCAA Women's Basketball Champions - Connecticut
NCAA Football Champions - Florida
NCAA Baseball Champions - LSU
NHL Champions - Pittsburg Penguins
NASCAR - Jimme Johnson
MLS (Soccer) Champions - Real Salt Lake
WNBA - Phoenix Mercury




That's all folks! Have a happy New Year!

I'm back!

Ok, so it's been a few months since I've written anything. But I promise, Tyler's Week In Review will be making a comeback, Monday, December 28th, with "Tyler's YEAR in review". So come back then and check it out. Also, I have started a new blog. Don't you wonder about my life? Do you want to know what I have experienced or just random things I want to talk about? Well even if you don't, if you like this blog, you should go check out "Rough Draft #195"