Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-12-27/Traffic report

| Jimmy Hoffa

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|rowspan=3|Martin Scorsese makes yet another Mafia epic, only this time with a limited theatrical release before it hit Netflix. The movie itself is sandwiched between two of the main characters, the famed labor union leader who mysteriously vanished, Jimmy Hoffa (played by Al Pacino), and the protagonist, a truck driver turned hitman, Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro, who was a guarantee in a Scorsese movie in the old days).

|The Irishman (2019 film)

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| Frank Sheeran

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| The Mandalorian

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| The Star Wars streaming sensation, making all of us foreigners who can't get Disney+ the more jealous that is not possible to legally watch it yet.

| Frozen IICombined views with Frozen 2, as the article got renamed during that week

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| You only see what your eyes want to see / How can life be what you want it to be... Sorry. It's not like I can discuss Elsa and Anna's return, my country only gets this movie in January!

| Richard Jewell

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| The film about how the hero of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing was then vilified by the media only comes out in December, but had its festival premiere and good reviews.

| Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

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| The Crown is back, and so are a lot of British royals to our report. The biggest views aren't for the show's main star, but her deceased younger sister.

| Survivor Series (2019)

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| From crowns to belts, as the latest WWE pantomime was held and had the main card won by Shayna Baszler.

| Elizabeth II

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| Back to the monarchs with the Queen of the United Kingdom (and many more places), now played in The Crown by Oscar winner Olivia Colman.

| Thanksgiving

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| The annual holiday that reunites families for feasting. Hopefully there are very few cases of [https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/933571234255609857 turkeys thrown out windows].

| Jimmy Hoffa

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|rowspan=3| The top three spots this week are dominated by one film, and the two main characters in that film; played by Al Pacino and Robert de Niro respectively. Notable for using CGI technology to both age and de-age the two leads to portray them at different times in their lives, it's also notable for being based almost entirely on the questionable account of one of those two individuals. The one that didn't famously disappear, obviously.

|The Irishman (2019 film)

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| Frank Sheeran

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| The Mandalorian

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| The first ever live-action Star Wars TV series has received mixed reviews so far, but it's a bold experiment and probably the only good reason to sign up for yet another streaming subscription, since it's exclusive to Disney+. Featuring Pedro Pascal in the title role, alongside an eclectic cast that includes Werner Herzog and Carl Weathers, it's now up to episode five with three more to come.

| 2019 Southeast Asian Games

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| The 30th Southeast Asian Games took place from the 30th November to 11th December, in the Philippines, which took over as host last minute (well, in 2015) after Brunei withdrew from the role.

| Richard Jewell

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| This entry's story is one that will make you both sad and angry. A genuine hero whose actions at the Centennial Olympic Park bombing saved lives, he was then hounded by press and law enforcement and treated as a suspect on the flimsiest evidence. What brings him back into the public consciousness this week is the release, on 13th December, of Richard Jewell the film about his story.

| Elizabeth II

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| Like the other royals on this list, it's a little hard to tell how much of the UK Head of State's appearance in Wikipedia's searches is down to her reappearance in Netflix's The Crown (this time played by Olivia Colman), how much is down to the amusing moment when she appeared to tell off her daughter for refusing to meet Donald Trump, and how much is down to her position as mother of the man now best known for coming up with some of the world's least convincing alibis.

| Deaths in 2019

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| It'll never stop being interesting, will it. And, with only a handful more weeks for late additions to this article, perhaps it's more interesting than ever.

| Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

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| Another The Crown-based appearance on the list. Princess Margaret, recast for season 3 along with the rest of the cast, was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. And at least we can be sure she's mainly here due to the popular Netflix show and not for how she dealt with either Donald Trump or Jeffrey Epstein.

| Knives Out (film)

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| After a dark sci-fi actioner and the bleakest Star Wars ever, Rian Johnson went for a lighter route with Knives Out, a comedic murder mystery starring Ana de Armas (pictured) as the caretaker of the victim, Christopher Plummer, among stars such as Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Toni Collette. Following much critical praise to the writing and acting, Knives Out is also keeping itself strong at the box office, with two straight weeks as runner-up to a certain Disney behemoth.

| Juice Wrld

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| Jarad Anthony Higgins, aka Juice WRLD, who last year broke out with "Lucid Dreams", tragically had a fatal seizure at just 21 due to a pill overdose.

| Richard Jewell

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| Clint Eastwood (pictured) is approaching 90, and doesn't seem ready to stop making movies. This time it was a biopic of this security guard who tried to contain the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, which has gathered some criticism for simplification of the events and [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/olivia-wilde-defends-richard-jewell-journalist-portrayal-backlash-1259049 controversial portrayal of a reporter], and opened at 4th place in the box office (behind two sequels and Knives Out).

| Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)

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| Every year, those DC Comics shows on The CW do a massive crossover. And 2019 had one inspired by the first DC event comic, bringing all heroes together to prevent the destruction of the multiverse. The event also had the return of two Supermen, Brandon Routh and Tom Welling (pictured).

| The Mandalorian

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| The first live-action Star Wars TV series, exclusive to Disney+ and thus [https://www.wired.com/story/the-mandalorian-is-set-to-become-2019s-most-pirated-show/ widely pirated], if only to see where that adorable Baby Yoda came from.

| 2019 United Kingdom general election

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| The lack of a Brexit withdrawal agreement led to a snap election, where the Conservative Party again got the majority of Parliament seats.

| Jimmy Hoffa

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| A labor union leader who famously disappeared in 1975, Hoffa had already been the subject of an eponymous biopic starring Jack Nicholson, and now has been portrayed by another acting legend, Al Pacino, in our #8.

| Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

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