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Legendary actress Betty White during portrait session on March 29, 2011 at the Museum of Radio and TV in Los Angeles, California. White talked about her career and her new book called "If You Ask Me". (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

Remembering Betty White, dead at 99

Melanie McFarland
Shioli Kutsuna in “Invasion" (Apple TV+)

6 Apple shows to watch on New Year's Eve

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Joe Rogan, Nicki Minaj and Aaron Rodgers (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Calling out the saddest sacks of 2021

Melanie McFarland
Hamish Linklater in "Midnight Mass" (Netflix)

Midnight Mass & the best horror of 2021

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in "House of Gucci" (MGM/UA)

The worst film performances of 2021

Gary M. Kramer
James Stewart, as George Bailey, points at Lionel Barrymore in a scene from "It's a Wonderful Life" (Getty Images/Bettman)

The harm of "It's a Wonderful Life"

Emily Anne Strong
Keanu Reeves as Neo/Thomas Anderson in “The Matrix Resurrection" (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

No "Matrix Resurrections" sequel planned

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Bruce Lee in a scene from "Enter The Dragon," 1973. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

10 amazing facts about Bruce Lee

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
Jockey (Sony Pictures Classics)

Clifton Collins Jr. talks "Jockey"

Gary M. Kramer
Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Starlets reclaimed their lives in 2021

Alison Stine
Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

Hawkeye's alternate post-credits scene

Daniel Roman - Winter is Coming
Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures)

Tom Holland insists the MCU is "cinema"

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Boba Fett in "The Book of Boba Fett" (Lucasfilm Ltd. / Disney+)

Boba Fett designer's Disney critique

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Lee You-mi in "Squid Game" | Danielle Pinnock as Alberta in "Ghosts" | Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack in "Reservation Dogs" | Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty in "Yellowjackets" (Photo illustration by Salon/Noh Juhan/Netflix/CBS/Ryan Redcorn/FX/Colin Bentley/SHOWTIME)

10 breakout TV performances of the year

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Alison Stine, Joy Saha
A screengrab from The View (ABC)

"The View" has an anti-vaxxer problem

Sarah Burris - Raw Story
Joan Didion (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Joan Didion's timeless political writing

David Masciotra
Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus in "Hacks," Demi Lovato, and Dua Saleh as Cal in "Sex Education" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix/Sam Taylor/HBO Max/Anne Marie Fox)

2021 was a very nonbinary year

Alison Stine
Elle Fanning as Catherine in "The Great" (Gareth Gatrell/Hulu)

GRRM praises "bawdy" series "The Great"

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Yvonne Orji and Issa Rae in "Insecure" (Merie Wallace/HBO)

Savor the confident "Insecure" finale

Melanie McFarland
Rutherford Falls, Wandavision, Only Murders in the Building and Underground Railroad (Photo illustration by Salon/Marvel Studios/Disney+/Colleen Hayes/Peacock/Hulu/Atsushi Nishijima/Prime Video)

TV stars who delivered greatness in 2021

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Alison Stine
Denzel Washington in "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (Apple)

Denzel commands in Coen's bold "Macbeth"

Gary M. Kramer
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Honoree Jennifer Aniston accepts the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award onstage at The Hollywood Reporter 2021 Power 100 Women in Entertainment on December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter)

Why Jennifer Aniston turned down "SNL"

Natalie Zamora - Hidden Remote
James Joyce and Stan Lee (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Culture war: How left and right united

Doug Neiss
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