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Metallica sues, chads hang, and Survivors survive: 19 pop culture windows into 2000

We begin our annual turn-back-the clock week by reconstructing 2000 with the pop culture works, figures, and events that defined it. "Stan," the first X-Men movie, J.Lo's Grammys dress, the first season of Survivor, and more.

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Katie Rife,

William Hughes,

Shannon Miller,

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