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== Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (September 8 to 14, 2024) ==
''Prepared with commentary by {{u|Igordebraga}}, {{u|Vestrian24Bio}}, {{u|Hubert555}}, {{u|Benmite}}''.

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In a world where we can't seem to stop arguing about every little thing, even on TV in front of more than 67 million people, it's nice to know the one thing you can't debate about is numbers. You can certainly try (as often does [[Donald Trump|a certain someone]] who didn't make the list - but he [[Trump International Golf Club shooting|probably will]] next week — despite #3's appearance) but at the end of the day, the numbers won't lie. And thankfully, we here at the Top 25 Report won't lie about the numbers—all 25 of them.

For example, you can fight over whether or not a movie or TV show is good or bad, but there's no way to deny viewership, like the 100,000s of views that those on this list got. Saying a name 2 times (#7) or putting a 2 after it (#20) doesn't always mean it's twice as nice, but it at least lets us know that it's a sequel (#9). 9 and 11 are two numbers that, if you're American, usually conjure up one of two feelings when put together: the [[911 (emergency telephone number)|sound of the police]] (''[[Sound of da Police|woop! woop!]]'') or the sound of 2 towers falling (#5). And we're only 50 days from finding out who POTUS number 47 will be (#25), and since #3 on our list has nearly 1/2 of the polling numbers and our #2 is making Trump seem like a real 0, there's a good chance we'll be seeing the 1st female president. 

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| 1 || [[James Earl Jones]] || {{icon|B}} || 3,034,998 || [[File:James Earl Jones Baltimore.jpg|100px]] || One of the most respected African American actors ever, particularly for that booming voice that spoke iconic lines like "[[Darth Vader|No. I am your father.]]", "[[The Lion King|Everything the light touches is our kingdom.]]", "[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Steel isn't strong, boy, flesh is stronger!]]" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYJ3d5LTxy4 This is] [[CNN]]", James Earl Jones had a storied career of nearly seven decades, resulting in him being one of the few who won the [[EGOT]] (albeit with an honorary Oscar). Retired ever since appearing in ''[[Coming 2 America]]'' in 2021, he died on September 9, at the age of 93. 
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| 2 || [[Laura Loomer]] || {{icon|C}} || 1,434,117 || [[File:Laura Loomer (53458947717).jpg|100px]] || [[Donald Trump]]'s supporters are concerned about all the influence he's receiving from this activist and self-proclaimed "pro-white nationalist" and a "proud [[Islamophobe]]", who has already been banned from various platforms for [[hate speech]]. Let's just say [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], who recently received [https://www.comicbasics.com/showrunner-confirms-republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-inspired-firecracker/ a prolonged parody on] ''[[The Boys (TV series)|The Boys]]'', is complaining about Loomer, so even other far-right conspiracy theorists think she goes too far!
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| 3 || [[Kamala Harris]] || {{icon|B}} || 1,284,808 || [[File:V20240718PI-0487 (53893806563).jpg|100px]] || After the Republicans, come the Democrats through the vice-president who is Trump's adversary  in the [[2024 United States presidential election|upcoming election]]. The [[2024 United States presidential debates]] started, providing an opportunity for her to show [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/us/politics/undecided-voters-kamala-harris-donald-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU4.TE85.3pQkJE6acdjc all the undecided voters who only know her by name] why they should go her way.
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| 4 || ''[[The Greatest of All Time]]'' || {{icon|B}} || 1,153,526 || [[File:Tamil Film actor Vijay Celebrating World Environment Day at the U.S. Consulate Chennai 4 (cropped).jpg|100px]] || This [[Kollywood]] [[science fiction action film]] starring [[Vijay (actor)|Thalapathy]] in his [[Vijay filmography|68th film in a lead role]] was released last week. Earlier this year, the actor [[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam#History|announced his political entry]], making this movie his penultimate work ever, thus his fans celebrated it worldwide. The film debuted at the second place at the worldwide box office, behind only #7, on its opening weekend. It also became the second Tamil film to enter the global weekend chart of [[Comscore]], with the other film being [[Vijay (actor)|the same actor's]] [[Leo (2023 Indian film)|previous film]]. The film grossed {{INRConvert|350|c}} worldwide in its opening week, against a budget of {{INR|300-400}} crore, becoming the [[List of Tamil films of 2024|highest-grossing Tamil film of 2024]] and the [[List of Indian films of 2024|fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 2024]]. Thalapathy's [[Thalapathy 69|next and last film]] has now been announced, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQRbh17uZVg the fans are already preparing for the One Last Dance]!
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| 5 || [[September 11 attacks]] || {{icon|GA}} || 1,132,328 || [[File:Glitter Ad With Twin Towers Burning.jpeg|100px]] || 23 years have passed since this tragedy took place in [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|three different]] [[The Pentagon|US]] [[White House|locations]], where many lost their loved ones due to a [[Islamic terrorism|terrorist attack]] masterminded by [[Al-Qaeda]]. For those interested, it also marks 23 years since the release of the [[Glitter (soundtrack)|criminally underrated soundtrack]] from the [[Glitter (film)|famously bad movie]] by this writer's favourite [[Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse|chanteuse]], [[Mariah Carey]]. The picture on the left summarizes all of it.
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| 6 || [[The Perfect Couple (TV series)|''The Perfect Couple'' (TV series)]] || {{icon|Start}} || 1,010,108 || [[File:Nicole Kidman (41963059290) (cropped).jpg|100px]] || This American [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] series, which is an adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by [[Elin Hilderbrand]] and includes [[Nicole Kidman]] (pictured) in its cast, premiered on [[Netflix]] last week.
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| 7 || ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' || {{icon|B}} || 1,009,928 || [[File:Michael_Keaton_(NYCC_2014)_(cropped).JPG|100px]] || 36 years later, director [[Tim Burton]] and actors [[Michael Keaton]], [[Winona Ryder]] and [[Catherine O'Hara]] returned to a small [[Connecticut]] city being haunted by weird ghosts. Filled with Burton's signature aesthetics and many funny moments, including a musical number featuring [[MacArthur Park (song)|one of the corniest songs ever written]], this movie was warmly received and had an impressive $111 million opening in North America, which was already enough to cover its production budget.
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| 8 || [[Deaths in 2024]] || {{icon|List}} || 999,325 || [[File:Desplanque Farm Cemeter y.JPG|100px]] || Given one of the quotes from #1 (better use this song now than when [[Mufasa: The Lion King|the unnecessary prequel]] arrives):<br>''{{'}}Til we find our place<br>On the path unwinding<br>In the circle<br>The [[circle of life]]''
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| 9 || ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' || {{icon|C}} || 881,184 || [[File:Beetlejuice Port Aventura Park.jpg|100px]] || The death list interrupted, but with three mentions of his name, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWHVvXUw-RU it's showtime]"! Fresh off ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'', in 1988 Tim Burton directed the story of a recently deceased couple trying to scare away two yuppies (and their goth daughter) from their old house, at a certain point bringing in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DbFHHk6UY the hyperactive undead maniac] the movie is named after. [[The Geffen Company]] tried to get a sequel shortly after the movie, with Burton himself thinking about doubling the insanity in ''Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian'', but Betelgeuse and Lydia Deetz only had [[Beetlejuice (TV series)|a cartoon]] and [[Beetlejuice (musical)|a musical adaptation]] before the proper follow-up listed above.
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| 10 || ''[[Rebel Ridge]]'' || {{icon|Start}} || 679,584 || [[File:Don Johnson TIFF 2019.jpg|100px]] || This film, starring [[Aaron Pierre]] as a former [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[Don Johnson]] as the chief of a corrupt police force, was released by [[Netflix]] on September 6 to positive reviews.
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| 11 || [[Chappell Roan]] || {{icon|B}} || 659,137 || [[File:Chappell Roan 08.jpg|100px]] || The Gen Z star became "pop music's next phenomenon" with last year's ''[[The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess]]'', her debut solo album that had [[sleeper hit]] written all over it. At [[2024 MTV Video Music Awards|this week's VMAs ceremony]], the fiery-haired firebrand set ablaze a castle backdrop during a performance of her song "[[Good Luck, Babe!]]", about a flaming homosexual in denial, after setting the internet on fire when she cursed out a photographer on the red carpet for telling her to "shut the fuck up", responding in turn, "''You'' shut the fuck up!". During her speech, the singer dedicated her win to the drag artists who inspire her, as well as the queer and trans people who fuel pop. And even if the brightest stars can burn out the fastest, here's to hoping Chappell has the fuel to keep the fire going; if not for the public, then at least for herself.
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| 12 || [[Eve Hewson]] || {{icon|C}} || 645,398 || [[File:Eve_Hewson_(cropped).png|100px]] || #6 has a big role for the daughter of [[Bono]], who has been acting for over a decade, including other TV\streaming series such as ''[[Behind Her Eyes (British TV series)|Behind Her Eyes]]'', ''[[Bad Sisters]]'' and ''[[The Knick]]'', plus movies with the likes of [[This Must Be the Place (film)|Sean Penn]], [[Bridge of Spies (film)|Tom Hanks]], [[Tesla (2020 film)|Ethan Hawke]] and [[Robin Hood (2018 film)|Jamie Foxx]].
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| 13 || [[Jeffrey Jones]] || {{icon|B}} || 639,317 || [[File:Jeffrey Jones.jpg|100px]] || In #7, while [[Winona Ryder]] and [[Catherine O'Hara]] returned with their characters from #9, the other member of their family (Ryder's father, who in the original had recently married O'Hara) receives a prolated death, depicted through an animated sequence. After all, the filmmakers wouldn't even attempt to bring back his portrayer Jeffrey Jones, who preceded that movie with notable roles in  ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'' (amazing film) and ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' (great film), as he basically ruined his career after becoming a registered [[sex offender]] in 2002, and hasn't worked at all since ''[[Deadwood: The Movie]]'' in 2019.
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| 14 || [[Jannik Sinner]] || {{icon|GA}} || 634,905 || [[File:Sinner MCM23 (8) (52883593853) (cropped).jpg|100px]] || In both genders, this year's tennis Grand Slams played on hard courts were won by the same player: after [[Aryna Sabalenka]] got the Australian Open-US Open double, it was time for Italian Jannik Sinner to do the same, overcoming how his adversary [[Taylor Fritz]] had the support of the [[Flushing Meadows]] crowd.
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| 15 || [[Emily Armstrong (musician)]] || {{icon|C}} || 627,871 || [[File:A sea of wounds is enough to cry about (23355459836) (cropped).jpg|100px]] || The lead singer for [[Dead Sara]] was hired for the reformation of a popular [[nu metal]] group (#19).
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| 16 || [[Chad McQueen]] || {{icon|Start}} || 617,225 || [[File:Chad McQueen, October 2016.jpg|100px]] || The son of [[Steve McQueen]], who followed him into both acting (most notably as one of the Cobra Kai in ''[[The Karate Kid]]'') and racecar driving, died at the age of 63. The family lives on through his son [[Steven R. McQueen]].
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| 17 || [[Speak No Evil (2024 film)|''Speak No Evil'' (2024 film)]] || {{icon|Start}} || 581,206 || [[File:James McAvoy (48383644096).jpg|100px]] || #7 is expected to have another big weekend at the box office, and the presumed runner-up is this American remake of [[Speak No Evil (2022 film)|a Danish thriller]], where a seemingly affable British family (whose patriarch is [[James McAvoy]], pictured) brings some Americans to visit their country house, while hiding some dark secrets and motivations.
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| 18 || ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'' || {{icon|B}} || 575,240 || [[File:Deadpool & Wolverine panel by Gage Skidmore.jpg|100px]] || [[Ryan Reynolds]] and [[Hugh Jackman]] teamed up for what is not only the third [[Deadpool]] movie and the fourth [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] one, but the first [[X-Men]]-centered movie of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. Its impact is reflected on $1.3 billion in the worldwide box office (ranking in the 25 highest-grossing movies ever) and the fact that it's still present on  this list nearly two months after release.
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| 19 || [[Linkin Park]] || {{icon|GA}} || 548,279 || [[File:LinkinParkenvivo2013.jpg|100px]] || Originally disabanded under tragic situations in 2017, this group decided to reunite with #15 replacing the deceased #22. Heated debates emerged, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-09-26/Traffic_report|and another editor has written about it.]]
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| 20 || ''[[Stree 2]]'' || {{icon|C}} || 522,715 || [[File:Tamannaah Bhatia at the Aaj Ki Raat launch event (cropped).jpg|100px]] || This [[Bollywood]] [[comedy horror film]] and the fifth installment in the [[Maddock Supernatural Universe]] released 4 weeks ago continues its theatrical run as the [[List of Hindi films of 2024|highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024]].
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| 21 || [[Dave Grohl]] || {{icon|B}} || 521,207 || [[File:Dave Grohl.jpg|100px]] || A musician I want to discuss for a change! The rock star who evolved from [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] drummer to [[Foo Fighters]] frontman is here for his announcement that he fathered a daughter from an affair, adding that "I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness".
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| 22 || [[Chester Bennington]] || {{icon|B}} || 489,193 || [[File:Chester Bennington 2011 (suran2007) 5 - Flickr.jpg|100px]] || #19 originally ended after the suicide of one of their singers.
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| 23 || [[Tyreek Hill]] || {{icon|B }} || 459,730 || [[File:Tyreek Hill 2019.jpg|100px]] || The [[2024 NFL season]] started, and the first gameday for the [[Miami Dolphins]] was quite an experience for their wide receiver: he was detained for a minor traffic violation just outside [[Hard Rock Stadium]], even being handcuffed, but managed to be released and actually enter the arena to help the team win the game.
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| 24 || [[Liev Schreiber]] || {{icon|C}} || 456,713 || [[File:Liev Schreiber by Gage Skidmore 2 (cropped).jpg|100px]] || One of #6's main actors who has had a prolific career, including being [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]] in ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', [[List_of_Scream_(film_series)_characters#Cotton_Weary|a wrongfully imprisoned man]] in the first three ''[[Scream (film series)|Scream]]'' movies, and the title character of the show ''[[Ray Donovan]]''. 
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| 25 || [[2024 United States presidential election]] || {{icon|C}} || 453,075 || [[File:United States Presidents Attends New York City 9 11 Ceremony.jpg|100px]] || #3 certainly solidified her chances as America's future president, after last week's presidential debate, throughout which [[Donald Trump|her rival]] talked about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5qoaj3YndQ immigrants in Ohio abducting and eating dogs and cats], as well as [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h57fAAKGFq8 transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison].
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