T minus 20
The year is 2006.
We head to the hills and learn reality is scripted.
Your Sony cyber-shot uploads 462 blurry regrets.
A Facebook poke makes everything 'complicated'.
And Twitter's like, "Cool story. You've got 140 characters... Go!".
T minus 20, rewind to this week in history 20 years ago with Joe and Mel.
T minus 20
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The week Google became a verb
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When Nelly Furtado got promiscuous
Rewind to 4–10 June 2006…💃 New era, who dis? Nelly Furtado drops Loose and flips her entire brand overnight. Gone is the floaty ‘I’m Like a Bird’ era, in comes full Timbaland-produced main pop girl energy. It’s...
The Hills: the era of scripted reality begins
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Charmed signs off and nothing feels resolved
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Firecrotch – the line got crossed and no one blinked
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