Seven Pop Cultural References to 9/11

Sept. 7, 2011— -- intro:

Sept. 11, 2001, altered the landscape for millions of Americans, including those in Hollywood. So it should surprise no one that the terror attacks and their aftermath have generated a decade's worth of movie and TV programming, not to mention fodder for 9/11-inspired music, handbags, T-shirts and jewelry.

Here's a list of seven places 9/11 has turned up in pop culture, with more likely to come in the next 10 years, tastefully or otherwise.

quicklist: 1category: Pop Cultural References to 9/11 title: 'Rescue Me'url: text: The FX TV drama (starring Denis Leary) tells the story of a New York firefighter coping with the loss of many of his comrades. It's "the most enduring and often penetrating look at life post-11," the Associated Press wrote of a show that's in its final season after its premiere in 2004.

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quicklist: 2category: Pop Cultural References to 9/11 title: 'Remember' Handbag

url: text: If anyone has license to sell a "Remember Bag" to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it's probably handbag designer Jen Mascali, whose father, New York firefighter Joseph Mascali, was among the dead. Proceeds will be donated to the 9/11 Memorial Fund.

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quicklist: 3category: Pop Cultural References to 9/11 title: 'United 93'

url: text: The 2006 film "United 93" re-created as much as possible the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked on 9/11 and then crashed near Shanksville, Pa., after some of the passengers tried to gain control. The U.S. gross was $31.4 million, some of which went toward the creation of a memorial.

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quicklist: 4category: Pop Cultural References to 9/11 title: 'Where Is the Love?'url: text: Terrorism is among the subjects of this Black Eyed Peas song that was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2004. Rapper Will.i.am, MTV Networks reported on its website in 2004, had some 9/11-related thoughts inside him for a few months that spilled out in the verse, "Overseas we tryin' to stop terrorism/But we still got terrorists here livin'/In the U.S.A., the big CIA, the Bloods and the Crips and the KKK/But if you only have love for your own race/Then you only leave space to discriminate."