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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
Gizmo the mogwai hides in a tool box in a scene from the 1984 film "Gremlins" (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

Deck the halls with films of horror

Alison Stine
Sesame Street (Richard Termine/HBO)

15 secrets of "Sesame Street" puppeteers

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
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Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone" (20th Century Fox)

25 fun facts about "Home Alone"

Jennifer M Wood - Mental Floss
Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

The future for "Doctor Who" companions

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming

"The Witcher" gives women their due

Melanie McFarland
Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in "Yellowjackets" (Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

The craving for meat on “Yellowjackets"

Joy Saha, Hanh Nguyen
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