One Shining Moment
The Florida Gators, hailing from this city, won the 2025 NCAA Men's Tournament
Gainesville
A special election will be held later this year to replace Sylvester Turner, who passed away in March; Turner, just elected to the House in 2024, previously served as mayor for this city that his district is based out of
Houston
This former SNL cast member voiced Joy in Inside Out 2
Adolescence, Squid Game, The Clubhouse
Netflix
This renowned horror author appeared on the list for Billy Summers
Stephen King
The UConn women's team, led by this star, won the Women's Tournament
Paige Bueckers
Tom Suozzi (D) won a special election in 2024 to fill George Santos's open seat; Suozzi, who had previously represented this Long Island in the House, instead chose to challenge this New York politician in her 2022 primary
Kathy Hochul
This actor, known for his role as Din Djarin, voiced Fink in The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal
Daredevil: Born Again, Skeleton Crew, What If . . .
Disney+
The non-fiction bestseller at the end of 2021 was an NYT project of this name, currently sitting on our coffee table
1619 Project
Louisville's men's team lost in the first round to what team, headed by Ryan Kalkbrenner and Steven Ashworth
Creighton
Pete Ricketts (brother of Cubs principal owner Tom) won a 2024 special election in this state, for which he was previously governor
Nebraska
Auli'i Cravalho has voiced the title character in both movies of this franchise
Moana
The Pitt, Common Side Effects, Paul American
Max
In between wins by Brandi Carlile and George W. Bush on the non-fiction list this former U.S. Representative from Ohio (and Speaker of the House) was #1 for On the House
John Boehner
Shortly after the tournament ended, RJ Luis declared he would enter the transfer portal and leave this school headed by Rick Pitino
St. John's
Vince Fong won a special election in May of 2024 to succeed this U.S. Representative who had resigned; both hailed from Bakersfield
Kevin McCarthy
Jack Black played the main character of Kung Fu Panda 4 while this Internet personality made a cameo as a "panda pig"
Mr Beast
The Studio, Dope Thief, Bad Monkey
Apple TV
This poet published her collection Call Us What We Carry at the end of 2021, after an eventful year that saw her recite poetry at a presidential inauguration
Amanda Gorman
Ex-Louisville superstar Hailey Van Lith led this Texas-based team to the Elite Eight in the Women's Tournament
TCU
Aside from Tom Suozzi, the most recent House seat to flip in a special election was this state's at-large district, which flipped blue after Don Young's passing in 2022
Alaska
The 2022 movie Strange World, despite not doing great rating-wise, boasted an impressive cast of voice actors including this child star of The Day After Tomorrow and inspiration of Taylor Swift's All Too Well
Jake Gyllenhaal
Paramount+
Despite being released in 2020, this book by our 44th president took the top slot on the non-fiction list for the first six weeks of 2021
A Promised Land