1. Bruno Mars' debut single, "Just the Way You Are"...
2. ...and the Far East Movement's "Like a G6" were the No. 1 songs in the country:
3. "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons was one of the No. 1 alternative songs in the country:
4. Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being was among the No. 1 albums in the country:
5. Taylor Swift released her third album, Speak Now:
6. Rihanna released the music video for "Only Girl in the World":
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7. And Katy Perry dropped her music video for "Firework":
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8. Ben Harper filed for divorce from Laura Dern after five years of marriage:
9. David Arquette announced on The Howard Stern Show that he and Courteney Cox had separated after 11 years of marriage:
10. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley announced they had broken up:
11. Rumors began to circulate that Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal were dating:
12. It was reported that Tom Hardy had signed up to costar in the upcoming Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, but who he was playing was still under wraps:
13. Hilary Duff released her debut YA novel, Elixir:
14. Jonas aired its last episode on the Disney Channel:
15. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills made its debut on Bravo:
16. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic made its debut and would soon unknowingly start the bronies fandom:
17. The Walking Dead made its spooky debut on Halloween night:
18. We got our first look at Scream 4 with the teaser trailer for it:
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19. The Social Network and Paranormal Activity 2 were both released into theaters:
20. President Barack Obama shot a "It Gets Better" video for the It Gets Better Project:
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21. Finally, Instagram launched and soon we would all be taking photos of our food and adding weird filters and borders to them:
