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Events on Monday 31 December 2007 5
2001 – 2007Stony Brook and Later NovelsJoined the MFA programme at Stony Brook Southampton as an instructor. Published The Worst Thing I've Done (2007), her final novel set in the Burgdorf cycle.
2005 – 2007SpamalotCreated the role of King Arthur in the Broadway premiere of Monty Python's Spamalot, earning his third Tony Award nomination. Played the role for three years across Chicago, New York and London.
20072007: Kimi RäikkönenFerrariFinnish driver Räikkönen, the Iceman, won the title in his first season at Ferrari by a single point, after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso imploded in a bitter intra-team feud.
2007Breakthrough with Coffee Prince and White TowerAchieved mainstream popularity with two hit television dramas: the medical drama Behind the White Tower and the romantic comedy Coffee Prince.
2007Netflix streaming launchesVideo-on-demand revolution beginsNetflix launched its video streaming service in 2007, initially alongside DVD rentals. Within a decade it had transformed how the world watches television and film.