“He’s having the worst day of his life … over and over..”
Groundhog Day
SBUX
Starbux
Founded in 1999, this festival is held every year at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
Coachella
Even with a monumental marketing campaign, this social media website that launched in 2011 failed to distinguish itself from Facebook and never took off in the same manner. It still exists today, but is mostly used to store photos.
Google+
Mason Rudolph, 10 starts, 2019-2021
Pittsburgh Steelers
Boy in Police Station
Bud Fox
Ricky Vaughn
Charlie Sheen
This tennis great, who won 20 Grand Slam tournament titles, retired this week.
Roger Federer
“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”
The Social Network
HD
The Home Depot
This started as a touring festival focusing on punk rock, alternative rock, and heavy metal acts. Since 2005, it has been held every year in Grant Park in Chicago.
Lollapalooza
This company seemed too good to be true -- because it was. Offering people the chance to watch one movie a day in theaters, for the low price of $9.99 a month, turned out to be an unsustainable business model.
MoviePass
DeShone Kizer, 15 starts, 2017
Cleveland Browns
Scott Hatteberg
Owen Grady
Emmet Brickowski
Chris Pratt
Hurricane Fiona caused this entire island to lose power.
Puerto Rico
“There’s something about your first piece.”
American Pie
KO
Coca Cola
Aside from its two popular US events in Las Vegas and Orlando, this EDM festival has also visited Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the UK.
EDC
Once valued at $9 billion and seemingly poised to revolutionize medicine, this company went out of business in 2018 after the Wall Street Journal exposed that the company’s proprietary blood test didn’t actually work.
Theranos
C.J. Beathard, 12 starts, 2017-2020
San Francisco 49ers
Private James Francis Ryan
Tom Ripley
Linus Caldwell
Matt Damon
About 50 migrants unexpectedly arrived by plane on this summer resort island last week.
Martha's Vineyard
“The longer you wait, the harder it gets.”
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
BA
Boeing
Regarded as the ultimate trend-setter and launcher of careers, this Austin, Texas festival is an annual showcase of music and film.
SXSW
After reaching a $50 billion valuation, this commercial real estate company imploded in 2019. It all went wrong when the company filed an IPO, revealing that is was hemorrhaging money at an unsustainable pace.
WeWork
Tom Savage, nine starts, 2014-17
Houston Texans
Jules Winnfield
Detective PK Highsmith
Agent Neville Flynn
Samuel L. Jackson
Billionaire Yvon Chouinard, founder of this outdoor clothing company, announced that he will give the company away to a set of trusts and nonprofit organizations in an effort to fight climate change.
Patagonia
“The true story of a real fake”
Catch Me If You Can
DAL
Delta Airlines
Originally focused on jam bands and folk rock, this Tennessee festival has expanded to include an impressive array of popular genres.
Bonnaroo
In an ill-conceived of strategy, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced in September 2011 the company's plan to spin off its DVD rental service into a separate company, known as this.
Qwikster
David Blough, five starts, 2019
Detroit Lions
Benjamin Barry
Mickey Haller
Mark Hanna
Matthew McConaughey
Queen Elizabeth II, who died last week, was Britain’s longest-serving monarch. When did she ascend to the throne?
1952