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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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Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! perform on stage in London, 1984. (Photo by Phil Dent/Redferns/Getty Images)

The soulful revenge of "Last Christmas"

Annie Zaleski
Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

T. Swift & the history of breakup songs

Anthony Howe - The Conversation
Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, and Timothée Chalamet as Yul in "Don't Look Up" (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

In Don't Look Up, comedy dies on impact

Gary M. Kramer
Chevy Chase hides behind the tree in a scene from the film "Christmas Vacation" 1989. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

41 facts about "Christmas Vacation"

Jennifer M Wood, Mark Mancini
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The first look at the Red Ajah woven into "The Wheel of Time" main titles (Imaginary Forces/Prime Video)

Magic woven into "Wheel of Time" titles

Hanh Nguyen
Freya Allan as Ciri in "The Witcher" (Susie Allnut/Netflix)

How "The Witcher" kids show would work

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
A Christmas pickle hangs on a Christmas tree in New York, 2016 (Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Origin of the Christmas pickle ornament

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Elf on the Shelf on a skateboard (Alison Stine)

Making peace with the Elf on the Shelf

Alison Stine
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Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred in "The Wheel of Time" (Jan Thijs/Amazon/Sony Pictures)

The Wheel of Time's Moiraine problem

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Author Joan Didion (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Iconic journalist Joan Didion has died

Alison Stine
Patricia Cornwell and Jamie Lee Curtis attend Live Talks Los Angeles at Moss Theatre at New Roads School on October 30, 2015 in Santa Monica, California. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Patricia Cornwell's big Scarpetta return

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan in "The Tender Bar" (Amazon Studios)

The gooey center of Clooney's Tender Bar

Gary M. Kramer
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KEANU REEVES as Neo/Thomas Anderson and CARRIE-ANNE MOSS as Trinity in “THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS” (Murray Close/Warner Bros. Pictures)

"Matrix Resurrections" busts the binary

Melanie McFarland
Rhys Ifans as Rasputin in "The King's Man" (Peter Mountain/20th Century Fox)

Rasputin is delightful in "King's Man"

Gary M. Kramer
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, The Pizza Dog, Clayton English as Grills, Robert Walker Branchaud as Orville, Adelle Drahos as Missy, and Adetinpo Thomas as Wendy "HAWKEYE" (Photo by Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios)

The heroes of "Hawkeye" dress like us

Alison Stine
Dolly Parton attends a press conference before a performance celebrating her 50-year anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry at The Grand Ole Opry on October 12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Why Dolly refused medal of freedom twice

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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Music streaming app Napster (Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

20 important moments in internet history

Todd Gilchrist - Mental Floss
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in "Being the Ricardos" (Amazon Studios)

"Being the Ricardos" is mostly watchable

Gary M. Kramer
Jennifer Aniston on "The Morning Show" (Apple TV+)

Aniston on "nasty" no kids comments

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving face each other in a scene from The Wachowski's 1999 movie "The Matrix" (Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Where to stream all the "Matrix" movies

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
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