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SNL Host Kristen Wiig during the Monologue on Saturday, May 9, 2020 (NBC)

Oh joy! Kristen Wiig comes home to "SNL"

Melanie McFarland
Gerard Butler and Morean Baccarin in "Greenland" (STX Films)

"Greenland": a realistic disaster movie

David Ehrlich - Indiewire
Modern Persuasion (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

"Modern Persuasion" review

Guy Lodge - Variety
Judy Ho in "House of Ho" (HBO Max)

More than just a Vietnamese Kardashian

Hanh Nguyen
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John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in "Tenet" (Warner Bros.)

Nolan glad Tenet isn't part of HBO shift

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (Marvel Studios)

Guardians of the Galaxy = Space Force?

Natalie Oganesyan - Variety
Kaley Cuoco in "The Flight Attendant" Season 1 finale (Colin Hutton/HBO Max)

The Hitchcockian "Flight Attendant" end

Danielle Turchiano - Variety
(Getty/Sean Gallup)

Barack Obama’s favorite films of 2020

Jude Dry - Indiewire
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Mona Lisa's eyes | QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dan Brown turned my folks into QAnoners

Adam Lewental
Chadwick Boseman as Levee, Colman Domingo as Cutler, Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Michael Potts as Slow Drag and Glynn Turman as Toledo, in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (David Lee/NETFLIX)

The glory of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Melanie McFarland
Paul McCartney (Photo by Mary McCartney)

Swift moved album release for McCartney

Claire Shaffer - Rolling Stone
Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian in the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" (Francois Duhamel/Lucasfilm Ltd.)

"Mando" star hopes to appear in spinoffs

Tyler Hersko - Indiewire
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George Clooney (Getty/Joe Scarnici)

Clooney: Tom Cruise "didn't overreact"

Jude Dry - Indiewire
The Stand (Robert Falconer/CBS)

Another disappointing "The Stand" reboot

Melanie McFarland
Former J.Crew president Jenna Lyons is the subject of "Stylish with Jenna Lyons," a new HBO Max original series (Photograph by Squire Fox / HBO Max)

Lyons on her "Stylish" life post-J. Crew

Alli Joseph
Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman & Ewan McGregor in "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Lucasfilm)

Lucas defends Star Wars prequel dialogue

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
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Jessie T. Usher and Antony Starr in "The Boys" (Jasper Savage/Amazon Studios)

"The Boys" cast reacts to Obama praise

Tyler Hersko - Indiewire
Gal Gadot in HBO Max's "Wonder Woman 1984" (HBO Max/Warner Bros.)

HBO Max joins Roku in time for holidays

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Small Axe (Amazon Studios)

Amazon's Education finds joy in struggle

Melanie McFarland
Infinite Race (ESPN)

The fetishization of the ultramarathon

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Lovie Simone in "Selah and the Spades," Carrie Coon in "The Nest," Orion Lee in "First Cow" (Amazon, IFC Films, A24)

6 great film performances you missed

Gary M. Kramer
Actor Tom Cruise talking and making selfie with his fans during a pause on the set of the film Mission Impossible 7 in Piazza Venezia, just in front of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). Rome (Italy), November 29, 2020 (Samantha Zucchi/Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Cruise rips crew for COVID safety fails

Ellise Shafer - Variety
Dave Chappelle (Netflix)

Chappelle pulling his show off HBO Max

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (New Line Cinema)

Jackson didn't write his fave LOTR scene

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
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