From Seal Team Six to legalizing gay marriage in New York to a royal wedding, see what The Daily Beast is most grateful for this Thanksgiving.
Plus, watch Beast TV's roundup of the 2011 news stories we're most thankful for.
For risking their lives to share their revolution with the world.
For a decade of movie magic.
Dylan Martinez / Reuters
For kicking ass and taking names to defend her husband from a pie thrower… even if he is Rupert Murdoch.
Reuters TV / Reuters
For their extraordinary bravery under fire--not to mention their abs.
AP Photo
For allowing us to have Thanksgiving dinner twice—and giving us an excuse put off the exercise.
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For taking the Jersey Shore cast off America’s hands for a bit.
Fabrizio Giovannozzi / AP Photo
For recognizing the heroic efforts of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Yemeni human-rights activist Tawakkul Karman, and Liberian peace activist (and Beast Books author) Leymah Gbowee, who advocate for democratic reforms, women’s rights, and the release of political prisoners in Liberia.
For being one of the most exciting moments in baseball history.
Matt Slocum / AP Photo
For finally putting an end to their cringeworthy Twitter romance.
Matt Sayles / AP Photo
For outdoing every churchgoing woman on Easter Sunday.
Chris Jackson / Getty Images
For being the only first lady to break it down like Beyoncé.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo
For being wrong about “The Rapture” (twice) and giving us a reason to joke about the end of the world.
For risking their lives in combat photojournalism to shed light on the horrors of war and the darker sides of humanity.
Phil Moore / Getty Images
For protecting the streets and looking good in the process.
Matt Sayles / AP Photo
For breaking our hearts all over again with her book Blue Nights.
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But we forget what it was.
Greg Campbell / AP Photo
For proving that after all these years, Kermie and Piggy still got that lovin’ feeling.
Andrew Macpherson – © The Muppets Studio, LLC
For braving 250 millisieverts of radioactivity (five times the permissible dose) to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
David Guttenfelder / AP Photo
For teaching us what really happened with the golden plates--and showing us a great time.
For bringing us Feminist Ryan Gosling, Tebowing, Disney Face Swaps, and begging the question: Halloween or Williamsburg?
Enough said.
For taking Jon and Kate Gosselin off TV.
Soul Brother / FilmMagic
For setting a civil-rights precedent by legalizing gay marriage.
Monika Graff, EPA / Landov
