SUMMER REVIEW 2023

Hip-Hop turns 50 this year. Some consider its birthday to be Aug. 11, 1973. Why?

Under new energy-efficiency rules , shoppers in the United States will no longer be able to purchase (=buy) most ______

Who is Ishowspeed's favorite football player?

This Hollywood strike was due to claims for better pay and fears of a tech-dominated future.

The Hollywood __ union (syndicat) approved a strike for the 1st time in 43 years, stopping the US movie and tv business

Linda Caicedo of Colombia, an 18-year-old woman who plays for Real Madrid, has been the World Cup’s breakout star

Hollywood had the biggest opening press review weekend since the beginning of the pandemics thanks to which two movies?

Why was the Russian mercenary military leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in the news for the second time in late August?

A submersible watercraft went missing with 5 people on board. The group wanted to see the wreckage of which ship?

In June,noxious smoke enveloped much of the eastern U.S.,turning the sky over New York City orange. What was the source?

Elon Musk made one of the most visible changes to Twitter by replacing its widely recognized bird logo with the name ___

Devastating wildfires spread across the ______ island of Maui killing at least 36 people and forcing others to evacuate

In which countries did the 2023 Women’s World Cup (the 32-team festival of soccer) take place?

The Supreme Court rejected _________ at colleges and universities around the nation on June 29

A _____ in eastern India on June 3 was the country’s worst _____ disaster in two decades, killing more than 270 people.

Why was the Russian mercenary military leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in the news in June?

On June 9, four children who had survived a plane crash were found alive after 40 days in _______.

Which career milestone(= tournant, étape majeure) did Taylor Swift reach with the release of “Speak Now” this summer?