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Actor John Travolta dancing with actress Karen Gorney in the movie "Saturday Night Fever" (Getty Images/Bettmann)

"Saturday Night Fever's" legacy at 45

Aaron Aradillas
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., and Cecily Strong as Kimberly Guilfoyle during the “Trump NFT” Cold Open on Saturday Night Live, December 17, 2022 (Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" jabs at Trump's NFTs in cold open

Kelly McClure
Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Vera-Ellen and children pose for picture in a scene from the film 'White Christmas', 1954. (Paramount/Getty Images)

Our plucky Christmas fundraising fantasy

Alison Stine
Mallori Johnson as Dana in "Kindred" (Tina Rowden/FX)

The long road to adapting Octavia Butler

Alison Stine
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Francesco Zecca, Paolo Camilli, Bruno Gouery, Haley Lu Richardson, Leo Woodall, Tom Hollander and Jennifer Coolidge from "The White Lotus" (Courtesy of HBO)

Can you afford "The White Lotus" hotels?

Joy Saha
The cast of the film "The Menu" (Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures/Eric Zachanowich)

The Menu and the horror of restaurants

Mark Jancovich - The Conversation
Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Courtesy of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Courtesy of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex)

Even if Harry & Meghan "win," they lose

Melanie McFarland
Tuk (Trinity Bliss) in "Avatar: The Way Of Water." (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

Avatar 2 is clichéd Free Willy in Space

Oli Mould - The Conversation
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Taylor Swift (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Lights, camera, Taylor Swift!

Alison Stine
Bardo (Netflix)

Surrender to Netflix's surreal "Bardo"

Gary M. Kramer
Paul McCartney, in Studio 2 Abbey Road (Photo courtesy of Disney/Mary McCartney)

The McCartneys and Abbey Road

Kenneth Womack
D Watkins (Photo illustration by Salon)

2022: A year of unpredictable losses

D. Watkins
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Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. (Courtesy of Prince Harry and Meghan/Netflix)

11 big bombshells from "Harry & Meghan"

Joy Saha
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay and Rose McIver as Samantha on "Ghosts" (Bertrand Calmeau/CBS)

McIver on poking fun at Christmas movies

Melanie McFarland
Salon's Favorite Books of 2022 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Harper Collins/Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster/Stanford University Press)

Salon's favorite books of 2022

Erin Keane, Troy Farah, Matthew Rozsa, Ashlie D. Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Amanda Marcotte, D. Watkins, Kelly McClure, Alison Stine, Hanh Nguyen, Andrew O'Hehir, Chauncey DeVega
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Howard Stern (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Stern is over "whiny" Harry and Meghan

Joy Saha
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Grant Wahl with a world cup replica trophy, in recognition of their achievement of covering 8 or more FIFA World Cups, during an AIPS / FIFA Journalist on the Podium ceremony at the Main Media Centre on November 29, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Brendan Moran/FIFA/Getty Images)

Grant Wahl cause of death debunks rumors

Alison Stine
Katherine Heigl (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Katherine Heigl: "I know my value"

Alli Joseph
Will Smith at the premiere of Apple Original Films' "Emancipation" held at Regency Village Theatre on November 30, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Will Smith's bizarre PR trauma platform

Melanie McFarland
Violent Night (Universal Studios)

Bad Santas, ranked from naughty to vice

Alison Stine
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Mallori Johnson as Dana in "Kindred" (Tina Rowden/FX)

Kindred honors Octavia Butler's classic

Melanie McFarland
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How popular widower rom-coms fail us

Lauren Hakimi
Ana de Armas in "Blonde," Harry Styles in "My Policeman" and Tom Hanks in "Elvis" (PHoto illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amazon Studios/Netflix)

The worst film performances of 2022

Gary M. Kramer
Will Sharpe as Ethan Spiller, Aubrey Plaza as Harper Spiller, Meghann Fahy as Daphne Sullivan, Theo James as Cameron Sullivan (Courtesy of HBO)

"The White Lotus": Fools in love

Kelly McClure
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