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Know Your Pop Culture Bears
From fat bears to chef bears to murderous bears, bears are having a moment.
Since 2014, Fat Bear Week has celebrated the chonky bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park as they prepare for winter in a March Madness style bracket. In 2022, Bear 747 was declared the corpulent champion. Who will win big in 2023?
Cocaine Bear
The plot of this 2023 black comedy is self-explanatory: it’s about bear that eats a load of cocaine, which goes about how you'd expect. The most baffling part of all, however, is that the film (produced by Elizabeth Banks) is based on a true story!Universal PicturesPaddington Bear
After making an appearance at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, Paddington became associated with the monarch's death via marmalade sandwiches at memorials. Imagine reigning 75 years and being remembered for a skit you did with a cartoon bear.The Royal FamilyThe fashion brand grossed us all out this year with an ad campaign featuring children holding teddy bears in bondage gear. The brand apologized, but not before Q-Anon weirdos incorporated the tasteless display into their unhinged conspiracy theories.
In this acclaimed series, Carmy leaves the world of fine dining to run his family’s sandwich shop. It's inspired equal amounts of anxiety (my chef brother assures me kitchens are at least this stressful) and lust, because "I can fix him" is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Apparently they had a really bad season? IDK I just Googled “Bears 2022” and this came up. I don’t know sports, but I appreciate any and all bear news.
The Office last aired about a decade ago, but fans still can’t get enough. Capitalizing on this fact, Build-A-Bear released a line of Office inspired accessories... because this Year of Bears required a teddy dressed as Dwight Schrute.
Dimitry Kokh captured these whimsical images on Kolyuchin Island in Russia. Broke Millennials everywhere are jealous that these bears know the joys of home ownership that elude most of us, but we’re still happy for them.