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Dickinson (Apple TV+)

Emily Dickinson: unlikely hero of 2020

Matthew Redmond - The Conversation
Tiny Pretty Things (Netflix)

Netflix's new take on ballet & bulimia

Ashlie D. Stevens
An employee of the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) shows a book with Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 12, 2020 - The library is removing books with traditional Zwarte Piet from the museum to a safe. (RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Netherlands' changing blackface custom

Ayanna Thompson, Coen Heijes - The Conversation

"I wouldn’t be here but for the Beatles"

Nicole Michael
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Bridgerton (Netflix)

"Bridgerton," a holiday boinking binge

Melanie McFarland
Gal Gadot and Chris Pine in "Wonder Woman 1984" (Warner Bros.)

What critics say about "Wonder Woman 2"

Hanh Nguyen
Carey Mulligan in "Promising Young Woman" (Focus Features)

Revenge never tasted so sweetly venomous

Gary M. Kramer
Alice in Borderland (Netflix)

A dystopia more brutal than "The Stand"

Melanie McFarland
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Puritans going to church: (Original Caption) "Thanks be to God for winter time! That bore the Mayflower up, To pour amid New England snows the treasures of its cup, To fold them in its icy arms, those sturdy Pilgrim sires, And weld an iron brotherhood around their Christmas fires." - B.F. Taylor. (Bettman Collection/Getty)

Why Puritans cracked down on Christmas

Peter C. Mancall - The Conversation
George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in "The Midnight Sky" (Netflix)

In space, they can't hear you yawn

Gary M. Kramer
Helena Zengel and Tom Hanks in "News of the World" (Universal Pictures)

Tom Hanks' toothless throwback Western

Gary M. Kramer
Portrait of Canadian musician Joni Mitchell in November 1968 (Jack Robinson/Getty Images)

The solace of Joni Mitchell's "River"

Annie Zaleski
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Inside Jim Bulleit's Indiana ceramics studio (Courtesy of Jim Bulleit)

The return of ceramic Christmas trees

Ashlie D. Stevens
Carey Mulligan stars as Cassandra in director Emerald Fennell’s "Promising Young Woman." (Courtesy Focus Features)

Mulligan on her feminist revenge story

Alli Joseph
John Mulaney on the Leap Day 2020 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Comedian John Mulaney enters rehab

Ashlie D. Stevens
The Ripper (Netflix)

How "The Ripper" fails sex workers

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa in "Monster Hunter" (Sony Pictures)

"Monster Hunter" review

David Ehrlich - Indiewire
Eddie Izzard attending Riverside Studios' "Icons" exhibition (Nicky J Sims/Getty Images)

Eddie Izzard announces she/her pronouns

Ellise Shafer - Variety
Colin Jost on "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC/YouTube)

SNL makes Johansson whitewashing joke

Ryan Lattanzio - Indiewire
Homelander of "The Boys" | Barack Obama (PHoto illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Amazon Studios)

We watch TV how Obama does, not Trump

Melanie McFarland
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Beck Bennett as Mike Pence, and Mikey Day as a healthcare worker during the "Pence Gets The Vaccine" cold open on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

SNL's Mike Pence preps to get vaccinated

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Zodiac Killer's 340 cipher (public domain)

Zodiac Killer's codebreaker speaks out

Ashlie D. Stevens
Barack Obama using headphones while attending the East Asia Summit Plenary Session at the Myanmar International Convention Center (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

Obama’s top songs of 2020: Dylan & more

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone
Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Carrey resigns from playing Biden on SNL

Brian Steinberg - Variety
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