70 Pictures That Perfectly Capture The Complete Chaos And Weirdness Of 2002

    Cole and Dylan Sprouse were only 10 years old — let THAT sink in.

    1. Scarlett Johansson with her boyfriend, Jack Antonoff — yes, that Jack Antonoff.

    scarjo and jack at a fashion show

    2. One of the last pictures of Nick and Jessica before they would break up. They *almost* look happy.

    nick and jess are wearing matching yellow outfits

    3. Paris Hilton *casually* showing off her bedazzled flip phone.

    paris has a pink bedazzled flip phone

    4. Kristen Stewart on the red carpet for the movie The Panic Room, which I totally forgot she was in.

    kristen in all black on a red carpet

    5. Avril Lavigne in the iconic "Gettin' Lucky in Kentucky" Urban Outfitters graphic tee.

    avril in a green shirt

    6. Lenny Kravitz and his daughter you might have heard of named Zoë.

    lenny and zoe at a fashion week show

    7. Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair casually chatting after a little Juicy Couture shopping excursion.

    selma and reese are sitting and chatting with a juicy bag on their chair

    8. Shane West and Mandy Moore trying to serve face at the Walk to Remember premiere.

    mandy and shane are pursing their lips

    9. Ryan Gosling and Sandra Bullock when they were in love or something like that.

    ryan and sandy and a glass of wine

    10. All-American couple Pam and Kid Rock eating at an All-American eating establishment: Hooters.

    pam and kid are sipping sodas

    11. B2K and "He Loves U Not" singers, Dream.

    b2k and dream are sitting on a couch together

    12. Jessica Biel in a B2K sandwich.

    jessica biel presenting an award with b2k

    13. Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy as a couple.

    ashton and brittany are dancing

    14. Ryan Seacrest and the other original Idol host they fired, Brian Dunkleman.

    ryan and brian in pin stripe suits hosting idol

    15. Jack Osbourne being hounded by MTV spring breakers.

    jack is at a pool with women hanging off him

    16. Fat Joe clenching Ashanti.

    fat joe and ashanti on mtv spring break

    17. Mandy Moore using the latest technology to document her life.

    mandy moore with a mini camera

    18. Kelly Clarkson with her iconic chunky highlights.

    kelly has chunky highlights at the vmas

    19. Just, like, this HUGE crowd of people taking over Times Square during TRL.

    a crowd of people take over times square

    20. Britney Spears giving an ode to leather daddies.

    britney in black leather dress

    21. Betty White in a sensible pantsuit.

    betty white is wearing a white pantsuit

    22. Paris Hilton in the lowest low-rise pants I've ever seen.

    paris' pants are very very low

    23. Lindsay Lohan in the fashion accessory of the year: a very long, thin scarf with zero functionality.

    lindsay has a thin black scarf

    24. Lindsay was a big advocate of the *useless* scarf trend.

    lindsay is wearing a track suit and sandals and long thin scarf

    25. Beyoncé driving the Shaguar.

    beyonce is driving a union jack car

    26. Jay-Z and Beyoncé in a denim on denim matching set.

    jay and bey have denim on denim outfits

    27. Just, like, this picture of a guy putting movies back in a Blockbuster.

    a man putting movies back in a blockbuster

    28. If these aisles could talk...

    the aisles of blockbuster

    29. The Sprouse twins when they were practically infants.

    the sprouse twins giving a thumbs up

    30. The Sprouse twins dressed as Kiss for some reason.

    the sprouse twins are dressed as kiss rockers

    31. Kelly Osbourne and Diddy being forced to take a picture together.

    kelly and diddy at a fashion show

    32. Samantha Mumba proudly showing off her two flip phones.

    samantha mumba with 2 flip phones

    33. Prince William kissing Claudia Schiffer.

    william and claudia going in for a kiss

    34. Prince William was *the* #1 crush of the time.

    prince william at a polo match

    35. Ben and Jen in the midst of a passionate makeout.

    ben and jen eating each other's faces

    36. She was really up in there.

    jen is fiercly making out with ben

    37. The Baja Men with Steve Irwin.

    the two groups are at the kids choice awards

    38. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. and a rubber band ball.

    freddie is holding the ball

    39. The one girl from t.A.T.u. grabbing the other girl from t.A.T.u.'s boobs.

    they are grabbing each others chest

    40. The other girl from t.A.T.u. grabbing the one girl from t.A.T.u.'s boobs.

    the other girl grabbing boobs

    41. They were really, really into this faux lesbian fantasy.

    the one girl from tatu with her hands down the other girls pants

    42. Original besties Lalaine and Hilary doing manual labor.

    lalain and hilary shoveling

    43. Hilary Duff at the Crossroads premiere in WWF-inspired jeans.

    hilary has string up jeans

    44. Some children going up to the Rock with shirts that say "U Bring The Ass!"

    kids and the rock and their weird shirts

    45. The Rock in a large white suit perfect for a retirement party at a local community center.

    the suit is white

    46. The Rock and Verne Troyer doing that Rock eyebrow thing he always used to do.

    the rock is lifting one eyebrow up

    47. The guys from BBMak showing off their original Karen haircuts.

    the long in the front and chunky in the back haircut

    48. 3/5 of NSYNC after getting dressed in the dark.

    justin, chris, and jc in unmatching outfits

    49. JC can't even see, like...

    a closeup of JC in his bucket hat

    50. Kelly Clarkson modeling her post-9/11 American flag couture.

    kelly has an american flag handprint shirt on

    51. Brad and Jen looking somewhat like wax figures.

    brad and jen at the golden globes

    52. Brad and Jen channeling their inner Pam and Kid Rock.

    brad and jen looking like kid rock and pam anderson

    53. Mary-Kate and Ashley in matching outfits at the Goldmember premiere.

    mk and a in blousy tops that somewhat match

    54. Mary-Kate and Ashley at the opening of their "fashion and entertainment store."

    mk and a are outside their store

    55. Justin Timberlake in a fuzzy fedora and Avril-inspired saggy tie with Nelly and his little Band-Aid.

    nelly and justin pretending to be friends

    56. A fashion accessory I'm actually pretty sure will never come back.

    nelly with his band aid sticker

    57. Jimmy Fallon with his Enrique Iglesias mole.

    jimmy impersonating enrique iglesias at the vma

    58. Jennifer Lopez awkwardly applauding Rudy Giuliani.

    jlo is behind rudy at the vmas

    59. Christina Aguilera wearing a large clown tie unironically.

    xtina has a large clown tie

    60. Christina Aguilera wearing a crochet onesie.

    xtina is at the mtv euro awards

    61. JC Chasez advertising a website that was around for probably a month or two.

    jc wearing a only artist dot com shirt

    62. Forgotten couple Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova.

    enrique and anna at the vmas hugging it out

    63. Season 1 of American Idol.

    kelly justin and the judges of american idol

    64. Real World: Las Vegas cast members.

    8 strangers from las vegas at the vmas

    65. The "bad" girls of 2002.

    Pink, Lisa Marie Presley and Avril Lavigne

    66. Britney Spears having a dance-off with Chris Kattan on SNL.

    britney in between chris kattan and justin timberlake

    67. Just, like, this face Britney's making.

    britney looks surprised

    68. Britney Spears pretending to laugh at something Jon Voight is saying on the Crossroads red carpet.

    britney is fake laughing

    69. Britney and Justin at a basketball game.

    britney is surprised by something justin is saying

    70. And last but not least, this picture that perfectly captures the essence of Jamie Lynn Spears.

    JLS is twirling her hair