: Major New Year’s Eve festivals like Forever Midnight in Los Angeles and the Swara Prambanan concert at Indonesia's Prambanan Temple demonstrated the massive profitability of live shows compared to digital streaming.

– As the world stood on the precipice of a new year, the entertainment industry pulled out all the stops. From historic box office milestones and shocking celebrity announcements to viral TikTok resets and the final, fiery discourse of the year, here is your complete breakdown of the content that dominated the final hours of 2024.

For those avoiding parties, theaters are open. The landscape on 24 12 31 features two major films battling for the "New Year’s Eve crown."

The annual broadcast war between and CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” reached a fever pitch this year.

: AI-generated imagery and art began appearing in unexpected places, including a new gift shop at Disneyland, sparking debate among fans about the value of handcrafted versus AI-generated design [21].