It was a big year for Taylor Swift, for Deadpool & Wolverine, for the singing witches of Wicked, and for the fans who turned out to make them some of the top hits of 2024. The PEOPLE Yearbook re-animates the most memorable moments and stories in the worlds of entertainment, style, royals, sports, and news. This photo-filled keepsake edition touches on the unprecedented U.S. election, the thrill-filled summer Olympics, our global obsession with a tiny Thai hippo named Moo Deng, and the resilience of the British royal family in the face of both King Charles’s and Princess Kate’s cancer diagnoses. Plus, those we lost: saying farewell to Shannen Doherty, Liam Payne, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, Maggie Smith, and more unforgettable legends.
Yearbook 2024 • Memorable Moments of 2024
Moments of the Year 2024 • A YEAR? IT FELT LIKE AN ERA! AN UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION, AN EMOTIONAL OLYMPICS AND SHOCKING ROYAL FAMILY NEWS. PLUS: AFTER 21 MONTHS OF TOURING, A STAR SAYS: WHAT’S NEXT?
Miley Cyrus Finally Gets Her Flowers • AFTER TWO DECADES IN THE BUSINESS, THE FORMER HANNAH MONTANA STAR EARNED HER FIRST TWO GRAMMYS AND ASKED, ‘WHAT TOOK SO LONG?’
Jen and Ben: The End (for Now?) • AFTER TWO YEARS OF MARRIAGE (AND A LOVE STORY THAT DATED BACK TWO DECADES) JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK END THEIR CURRENT CHAPTER
The Barbenheimer Battle • AN OSCAR-NIGHT REMATCH PITTED A-BOMBS VS. LIVING DOLLS
A Princess Gets Personal • UNUSUALLY ABSENT AT THE YEAR’S START, PRINCESS KATE THEN SHARED SHOCKING NEWS: SHE WAS IN TREATMENT FOR CANCER
Beyoncé Leaps Boundaries • FOR HER FIRST AMERICANA ALBUM, ‘I … STUDIED OUR RICH MUSICAL ARCHIVE,’ SAID THE ARTIST, WHO GALLOPED TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS
Shooting Star • AFTER A RECORD-SHATTERING COLLEGE CAREER, CAITLIN CLARK TAKES THE WNBA BY STORM, MINTING NEW FANS OF WOMEN’S HOOPS
Solar Power • AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE INCLUDING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS PAUSED TO VIEW A TOTAL ECLIPSE—TOGETHER
Campus Turmoil Over War in Gaza • U.S. COLLEGES BECAME SITES OF UNREST AS ENCAMPMENTS SPRANG UP AND FIGHTS RAGED
Nicole Kidman Went for Gold • IN A BUSY YEAR—THREE FILMS, THREE TV SERIES!—THE ACTRESS TOOK A PAUSE WITH FAMILY ON A NIGHT IN HER HONOR
Charles & Harry: Separate Lives • IN A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY, A FEW HINTS OF WARMTH WITHIN THE FATHER-SON COLD WAR
The Year That Glen Powell Happened • SORRY, MOM AND DAD, THERE WAS NO STOPPING THE STAR OF TWISTERS
At the Movies • FROM WICKED WITCHES TO ROMAN GLADIATORS TO JACKED-UP SUPERHEROES, FAMILIAR FACES DOMINATED THE THEATERS THIS YEAR
Know the One Where 107 Comics Walk Into the Vatican? • NO JOKE! POPE FRANCIS INVITED FUNNY FOLK FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO HIS PLACE TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMOR IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES
Gypsy Rose: A New Beginning and a Baby • STARTING HER YEAR OUT OF PRISON, BLANCHARD SHARED JOYOUS UPDATES OF LOVE AND A FAMILY
Alec Baldwin: Relief Amid Tragedy • A JUDGE THREW OUT THE RUST ACTOR’S INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CASE
True Crime • THIS YEAR’S BLOTTER HAD SOME BOLDFACE NAMES
An Attempt on the Life of a Presidential Candidate • DONALD TRUMP, THE TARGET OF TWO FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IN THE SPAN OF JUST TWO MONTHS, RECOUNTED HIS BRUSH WITH DEATH AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
A President Ends His Run for Reelection • FOLLOWING A DISASTROUS DEBATE, JOE BIDEN MADE THE REMARKABLE CHOICE TO STOP SEEKING POWER
Céline Dion’s Olympic Triumph • MAKING A MOVING RETURN TO THE STAGE AFTER A LIFE-CHANGING DIAGNOSIS, THE SINGER SHOWED HER METTLE
Simone Biles: The One and Only • DESPITE AN INJURY, SHE DAZZLED PARIS—AND WALKED AWAY WITH MORE CAREER OLYMPIC MEDALS THAN ANY U.S. GYMNAST
Paris Memories •...
