What's in a (Household) Name?
This not-so-virginal pop star is largely known for their frequent, sometimes controversial stylistic evolutions throughout the decades.
Madonna
This music artist eventually changed their name to a mysterious symbol.
Prince
This notorious font, infamous for revolutionizing the field of graphic design, was used for the title sequence of one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
Papyrus
The demotion of this celestial body in 2006 left people debating for years....
Pluto
In 2010 this long-running series aired its controversial final episode, and fans lost their minds.
Lost
This now-infamous car make and model was used in the flight attempt of O. J. Simpson after the alleged killing of his wife.
Ford Bronco
An alternative to MTV, this television network aimed to appeal to older music listeners and eventually featured the popular series, "Behind the Music."
VH1
The famous nude drawing of Rose Dewitt-Bukater (Kate Winslet) was actually drawn by this higher-ranking member of the film crew.
James Cameron
In the late 80s, the introduction of this medication revolutionized the treatment of depression.
Prozac
In 1995 this international pop music star was murdered by the president of their fan club.
Selena
This vice president supposedly invented the internet.
Al Gore
This circular music format became available to the public in 1980.
Compact Disc (CD)
In Terminator 2, the slow-motion seen in which the T1000 arms himself with a shotgun concealed in a floral arrangement is a visual pun intended to reference this hard rock band.
Guns N' Roses
The eruption of this volcano in 1980 is considered to have been the most disastrous volcanic eruption in the history of the contigiuous United States.
Mt. St. Helens
In 1986 this NASA space shuttle experienced disaster on its ascent towards space while children watched it live on air.
Challenger
Eventually becoming the world's largest social media platform, this website debuted in February of 2004.
Facebook (TheFacebook)
This pop music duo became infamous when it was discovered that they had not recorded their own vocals and in fact, could not actually sing.
Milli Vanilli
James Cameron directed this famous, more action-packed sequel to a beloved horror film from the 70s.
Aliens
Taking nearly a decade to complete, this project that began in the early 90s mapped the entirety of one of the most fundamental aspects of being human.
The Human Genome Project
In the film Neverending Story, Atreyu lost his horse, Artax, in this location.
The Swamps of Sadness
Now a multimedia magnate with a decades-long career, this woman became a household name through her television talk show and, eventually, through the development of her book club in the mid-90s.
Oprah
Napster, Kazaa, and LimeWire were all examples of this type of file-sharing application popularized and then criminalized in the late 90s.
Peer-to-Peer
In this James Cameron film, first contact with an "alien" race comes not from outer space, but below the ocean depths.
The Abyss
The very first test-operation for this powerful device took place on September 10, 2008.
Large Hadron Collider
One of the deadliest school shootings in the US, though not the first, took place at this high school in Littleton, Colorado in 1999.
Columbine