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Weird Al Yankovic (Robyn von Swank)

Why McCartney told Weird Al no on a song

Nicole Michael
Ziwe and Amanda Warren on "Dickinson" (Apple TV+)

The intersectionality of "Dickinson"

Melanie McFarland
Prince Albert's Angus polled ox, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London (The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

11 odd Victorian Christmas traditions

Keith Johnston - Mental Floss
West Side Story (Twentieth Century Fox/Ramona Rosales)

How gangs changed since West Side Story

David Pyrooz, James Densley, Scott H. Decker - The Conversation
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The Expanse (Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios)

Why Expanse's last season is so short

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper in "Nightmare Alley" (Kerry Hayes/20th Century Studios)

A rapturous & twisty "Nightmare Alley"

Gary M. Kramer
You Mean Everything to Me (Factory 25)

Hypnotic danger in "You Mean Everything"

Gary M. Kramer
Henry Cavill in "The Witcher" (Jay Maidment/HBO Max)

Cavill asked to speak more in "Witcher"

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
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Himesh Patel and Matilda Lawler in "Station Eleven" (Parrish Lewis/HBO Max)

Post-apocalyptic joy in "Station Eleven"

Melanie McFarland
Joey Batey as Jaskier on "The Witcher" (Susie Allnut/Netflix)

Jaskier in “darker place” in Witcher S2

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Chris Noth attends HBO Max's premiere of "And Just Like That" at Museum of Modern Art on December 08, 2021 in New York City (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Chris Noth accused of sexual assault

Alison Stine
Ian McKellen (L) as Gandalf with Elijah Wood as Frodo in "Lord Of The Rings" (Getty Images/New Line/WireImage)

"LOTR"-themed crypto shall not pass

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
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"Ted Lasso – The Missing Christmas Mustache" (Apple TV+)

Watch a "Ted Lasso" stop-motion Xmas

Hanh Nguyen
Zendaya in "Dune" (Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures)

Zendaya promises bigger "Dune Pt 2" role

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Black feminist bell hooks during an interview for her book in 1999 (Margaret Thomas/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Activist bell hooks has died at 69

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

“Hawkeye” is a pandemic fable

Alison Stine
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Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony Pictures/Jay Maidment)

Holland wants to diversify Spider-Man

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Director Sonja Sohn (left) interviewing Salon's D. Watkins (right) in "The Slow Hustle" (HBO)

"The Slow Hustle" of dirty policing

D. Watkins
And Just Like That... (Craig Blankenhorn/HBO)

Beyond 911: What SATC botched big-time

Melanie McFarland
Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna in "Yellowjackets" (Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

The swarming secrets of “Yellowjackets”

Alison Stine
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Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Brian Cox in "Succession" (Graeme Hunter/HBO)

"Succession" finale: Whose coup?

Melanie McFarland
Robbers lying in wait for a train heist (CSA Images/Getty Images)

17 of the most unusual heists in history

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Get Back" (Linda McCartney / Apple Corps Ltd.)

Randomizing album tracks is out of order

Jose V Ruiz-Resto - The Conversation
Issa Rae in "Insecure" (Merie Wallace/HBO)

An "Insecure" come-up recipe to success

Melanie McFarland
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