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tv The A.V. Club’s favorite TV episodes of 2021
By Baraka Kaseko, Danette Chavez, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Gabrielle Sanchez, Shanicka Anderson, Matt Schimkowitz, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd December 17, 2021 | 4:10pm
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film Discussing our favorite movies of 2021
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife December 17, 2021 | 1:00pm
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film On falling in love with The Family Stone
By Caroline Siede December 17, 2021 | 6:00am
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games Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator wants to piss you off
By William Hughes December 17, 2021 | 6:00am
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aux American passwords are extremely hackable, surprising nobody
By Andrew Paul December 16, 2021 | 9:00pm
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film With just two storylines, The Holiday paid tribute to the entire rom-com genre
By Caroline Siede December 16, 2021 | 9:00pm
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music With her two new EPs, Tierra Whack remains unpredictable as ever
By Gabrielle Sanchez December 16, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv This week’s Hawkeye served Yelena Belova a lot better than the end of the Black Widow movie
By Sam Barsanti December 16, 2021 | 12:00pm
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games Cyberpunk 2077, The Outer Worlds, and Mainstream Sci-fi Games' Lack of Imagination
By Kevin Fox Jr. December 16, 2021 | 9:30am
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tv Before opening The Book Of Boba Fett, let’s look at the man beneath the helmet
By Sam Barsanti December 16, 2021 | 6:00am
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film In a different world, Keanu Reeves might have been known to us as "Chuck Spadina"
By Reid McCarter December 15, 2021 | 11:00pm
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music Holiday hip-hop was missing its third king—then came “Christmas In Harlem”
By Clayton Purdom December 15, 2021 | 10:00pm
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music George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" gets an official music video starring pretty much everyone
By Andrew Paul December 15, 2021 | 8:56pm
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games Just a guy reloading various household objects as if they're first-person shooter weapons
By Reid McCarter December 15, 2021 | 8:00pm
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tv The Tampa Bay Times is inviting readers to celebrate Festivus by writing in their complaints
By Reid McCarter December 15, 2021 | 6:00pm
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aux Hawkeye: Kate Bishop is a step backward for the new MCU hero
By Oliver Sava December 15, 2021 | 2:00pm
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aux Please let Snoop Dogg announce everything for the conceivable future
By Andrew Paul December 14, 2021 | 10:15pm
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tv Desus and Mero review a few noteworthy Goop holiday gift guide suggestions
By Reid McCarter December 14, 2021 | 9:00pm
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film Die Hard works because it’s only Christmas-adjacent
By Zack Handlen December 14, 2021 | 9:00pm
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tv Drew Barrymore became Josie Grossie again to interview the stars of Pen15
By Reid McCarter December 14, 2021 | 7:00pm
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aux The punch-happy Ayashimon is some of Shonen Jump’s dumbest, finest material
By Justin Carter December 14, 2021 | 4:00pm
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aux Read this: Creating a conspiracy theory about robot birds to make fun of actual conspiracy theories
By Reid McCarter December 13, 2021 | 11:15pm
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film Squid Game and Annette are among the only surprises in this year’s Golden Globe nominations
By A.A. Dowd, Danette Chavez December 13, 2021 | 9:00pm
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aux The Grinch should have quit after stealing Christmas the first time
By Gwen Ihnat December 13, 2021 | 9:00pm
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film It's time to watch a bunch of Spider-Men die in horrible ways
By Reid McCarter December 13, 2021 | 7:41pm
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tv What the latest Succession finale means for season 4
By Alex McLevy December 13, 2021 | 4:00pm
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games Lucasfilm Games Should Have Picked Someone Besides Quantic Dream For Star Wars Eclipse
By Kevin Fox Jr. December 13, 2021 | 2:15pm
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film Red Rocket's Sean Baker shares his secrets for casting first-time performers
By Katie Rife December 13, 2021 | 12:00pm
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film Is Hook Steven Spielberg’s worst movie, or just his most excessive?
By Jesse Hassenger December 11, 2021 | 6:00am
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music 6 underheard artists you should check out
By Baraka Kaseko, Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Shanicka Anderson, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz December 11, 2021 | 6:00am
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aux Reddit is using the power of annoyance for good by spamming Kellogg's scab worker applications
By Reid McCarter December 10, 2021 | 9:30pm
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aux Modern day pirate marks sixth year in jail for keeping quiet on whereabouts of 500 gold coins
By Reid McCarter December 10, 2021 | 8:00pm
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film Tom Holland remembers being unable to stop laughing at a droid stand-in during Star Wars audition
By Reid McCarter December 10, 2021 | 5:59pm
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music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are back doing what they do, under the radar as usual
By Alex McLevy December 10, 2021 | 2:00pm
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film Looking back on our favorite movies of 2001
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife December 10, 2021 | 1:00pm
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film Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League was the preposterous superhero-movie event of 2021
By Tom Breihan December 10, 2021 | 6:01am
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games What game are you desperate to beat before the end of 2021?
By William Hughes December 10, 2021 | 6:01am
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aux We have two months to ponder the moon "hut" before learning it's just a rock
By Andrew Paul December 9, 2021 | 10:15pm
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tv Homer Simpson racked up $143 million in medical bills over the years
By Andrew Paul December 9, 2021 | 9:00pm
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tv The Office cast members recount Kevin's messy, one-take chili opener
By Andrew Paul December 9, 2021 | 6:46pm
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film Halle Berry discusses making her directorial debut with Bruised and her risk-taking career
By Cameron Scheetz December 9, 2021 | 12:00pm
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aux Behold: The world's largest weed brownie
By Reid McCarter December 8, 2021 | 9:00pm
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film From It’s A Wonderful Life to Lifetime: Tracing our eternal love of holiday films
By Marah Eakin December 8, 2021 | 9:00pm
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tv Stephen Colbert discusses his missed opportunity to play a guy with diarrhea on Sex And The City
By Reid McCarter December 8, 2021 | 8:03pm
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aux This Santa school outside of Detroit is making us feel a lot of feelings
By Andrew Paul December 7, 2021 | 10:30pm
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music King of Halloween Nick Lutsko bids 2021 farewell with a new song and album
By Andrew Paul December 7, 2021 | 9:00pm
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aux A YouTuber has made a nutcracker capable of destroying actual metal nuts
By Reid McCarter December 7, 2021 | 6:00pm
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film A24's all-American hustlers
By Katie Rife December 7, 2021 | 5:28pm
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film C’mon C’mon director Mike Mills on big cities, mosh pits, and working with children
By Matt Schimkowitz December 7, 2021 | 5:00pm
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games The Symbolism and Culture Behind A Memoir Blue
By George Yang December 7, 2021 | 1:15pm
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music The 12 jams of Xmas: 2021’s best new holiday music
By Alex McLevy December 7, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv Graham Norton on Larry Flynt and the joy of a simple roasted potato
By Marah Eakin December 7, 2021 | 6:00am
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tv Read this: Succession’s Jeremy Strong is very committed to Acting with a capital "A"
By Matt Schimkowitz December 7, 2021 | 12:42am
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tv A Charlie Brown Christmas’ soundtrack captures the holiday spirit by not defining it
By Erik Adams December 6, 2021 | 9:00pm
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tv John Oliver encourages snack companies to make tie-in video games instead of more bad tweets
By Reid McCarter December 6, 2021 | 7:45pm
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music Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin wrap up this year's Hanukkah Sessions with a Kiss cover
By Reid McCarter December 6, 2021 | 4:23pm
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tv A flurry of options: Our guide to 2021’s most intriguing holiday movies
By Marah Eakin, Katie Rife, Cameron Scheetz, Matt Schimkowitz, Alex McLevy, Saloni Gajjar, Gwen Ihnat December 6, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv Succession’s Roman has turned from a shallow asshole into a multifaceted one in season 3
By Gabrielle Sanchez December 6, 2021 | 6:00am
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film What pop culture just screams 2001 to you?
By Baraka Kaseko, Gabrielle Sanchez, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Matt Schimkowitz, Katie Rife December 4, 2021 | 6:00am
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tv Please enjoy a long-lost clip of yo-yo master Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser doing his thing on the news
By Reid McCarter December 3, 2021 | 10:30pm
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aux The world has birthed another nightmare robot for us to reckon with before the year ends
By Reid McCarter December 3, 2021 | 9:00pm
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aux Gather ’round for a history lesson about A Christmas Story’s leg lamp
By Reid McCarter December 3, 2021 | 9:00pm
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music A dancing cactus toy that raps in Polish about cocaine withdrawal has been pulled from sale
By Reid McCarter December 3, 2021 | 5:00pm
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games Get Your Star Wars Fix in VR During Disneyland's Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge Pop-Up
By Tara Bennett December 3, 2021 | 4:00pm
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games A Beginner's Guide to Halo Infinite's Multiplayer
By Moises Taveras December 3, 2021 | 12:00pm
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tv After her latest collaborations, Lady Gaga should get her own variety show
By Juan Barquin December 3, 2021 | 12:00pm
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film The best romantic comedy of 2021 doesn't have any romance
By Caroline Siede December 3, 2021 | 6:00am
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games The gorgeous Solar Ash plays a bit like Tony Hawk’s Pro Colossus Killer
By William Hughes December 3, 2021 | 6:00am
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aux Scientists find mammoth tusk preserved at the bottom of the ocean
By Andrew Paul December 2, 2021 | 9:15pm
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music Why Mariah Carey’s Christmas hit will be around forever
By Annie Zaleski December 2, 2021 | 9:00pm
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aux The future of environmentally friendly plastics may come from fish sperm
By Reid McCarter December 2, 2021 | 7:15pm
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aux The world's two top chess players are stuck in stalemate hell
By Andrew Paul December 2, 2021 | 7:00pm
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tv Single All The Way's Michael Urie on Christmas, Instagays, and Jennifer Coolidge
By Marah Eakin December 2, 2021 | 6:00pm
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tv Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch can turn anything into a magical holiday movie
By Cameron Scheetz December 2, 2021 | 4:00pm
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tv Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, and the American family in the golden age of television
By Laura Adamczyk December 2, 2021 | 3:00pm
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games 20 Years of Halo: The Incoherence of Corporate Art
By Jackson Tyler December 2, 2021 | 10:30am
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aux 25 years ago, Tickle Me Elmo's co-creator was suspected of being the Unabomber by the FBI
By Reid McCarter December 1, 2021 | 9:30pm
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film Have a Lethal Gremlins French Connection Christmas: 21 non-holiday holiday movies
By Caroline Siede, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, Becca James, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Emily L. Stephens, William Hughes, Les Chappell, Dennis Perkins, Dan Caffrey December 1, 2021 | 9:00pm
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tv Hawkeye is already teasing a secret villain, but who is really the “man at the top”?
By Sam Barsanti December 1, 2021 | 8:00pm
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tv Nicholas Braun talks about being asked for Succession spoilers, is then asked for Succession spoilers
By Reid McCarter December 1, 2021 | 7:00pm
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film Kodi Smit-McPhee on The Power Of The Dog and living in your truth
By Marah Eakin December 1, 2021 | 6:00pm
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film Great news, abandoned children: The house from Home Alone has just gone up on Airbnb
By Reid McCarter December 1, 2021 | 6:00pm
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film The 10 best films streaming on Netflix in December
By Katie Rife December 1, 2021 | 5:45pm
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tv What was it like to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire back in 2001?
By Marah Eakin December 1, 2021 | 4:00pm
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aux The History Of Science Fiction utterly fails to live up to its title
By M.L. Kejera December 1, 2021 | 3:00pm
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tv The cast of The Great plays "Great Or Not Great?"
By Marah Eakin December 1, 2021 | 3:00pm
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tv The 10 best episodes about sex in Sex And The City
By Danette Chavez, Saloni Gajjar, Gwen Ihnat, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez December 1, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Beebo Saves Christmas is the strangest holiday offering since the Star Wars: Holiday Special
By Sam Barsanti December 1, 2021 | 12:00pm
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film 20 years on, a self-proclaimed Enid looks back at Ghost World
By Katie Rife December 1, 2021 | 6:00am
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aux Local news tries to convince us that Massachusetts' "elf town" was created by a child, not actual elves
By Reid McCarter November 30, 2021 | 10:30pm
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film Chris Miller lightens the mood with a '60s sci-fi film poster for The Omicron Variant
By Andrew Paul November 30, 2021 | 10:05pm
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film 2021 Gotham Awards: The A.V. Club’s exclusive portrait studio from the big night
By Shanicka Anderson November 30, 2021 | 9:10pm
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film Jennifer Coolidge on why she's always attracted gay fans
By Marah Eakin November 30, 2021 | 6:00pm
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music The 61 people and Oasis cover band who were snowed into a pub have now been freed
By Reid McCarter November 30, 2021 | 5:55pm
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tv Inside the 2021 Gotham Awards: Kristen Stewart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Squid Game win big
By Saloni Gajjar November 30, 2021 | 5:17pm
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aux Giphy’s top 10 GIFs of 2021 reveal a tired, sad nation that still loves Baby Yoda
By Andrew Paul November 30, 2021 | 4:20pm
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tv The 10 most outrageous moments from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
By Dennis Perkins November 30, 2021 | 4:00pm
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film Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk
By Marah Eakin November 30, 2021 | 4:00pm
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aux Wonder Woman Black & Gold closes with strong stories and even stronger art
By Caitlin Rosberg November 30, 2021 | 2:00pm
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film 20 years later, comedy has finally caught up to Freddy Got Fingered
By Matt Schimkowitz November 30, 2021 | 12:00pm
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aux Year in review: The biggest newsmakers of 2021
By Shanicka Anderson, Gabrielle Sanchez, Tatiana Tenreyro, Matt Schimkowitz, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes November 30, 2021 | 6:00am
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aux Revisit The Witch with the film buff podcast Homies Of Horror
By Marnie Shure, Jose Nateras, Dan Jakes November 29, 2021 | 6:00pm
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aux Woody, a talking, doe-eyed mall Christmas tree, has returned after 15 years of hibernation
By Reid McCarter November 29, 2021 | 5:10pm
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film Benedict Cumberbatch on buffalo chaps and stomping around The Power Of The Dog set
By Marah Eakin November 29, 2021 | 5:00pm
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books All the best stories, trivia, and tidbits from Mel Brooks’ memoir, All About Me!
By Rien Fertel November 29, 2021 | 4:00pm
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tv Trixie Mattel, Vanessa Williams, and Michelle Visage share their most embarrassing on-stage flops
By Cameron Scheetz November 29, 2021 | 2:00pm
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tv Hitting below the belt: Succession’s heated volley of sexualized insults
By Laura Adamczyk November 29, 2021 | 12:00pm
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games 2001 was the year of the PlayStation 2
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti November 29, 2021 | 6:00am
