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Topic: Conclave

John Malkovich in "The New Pope" (Gianni Fiorito/HBO)

Blessed be the memes and "The New Pope"

Melanie McFarland

Ralph Fiennes of "Conclave," Adrien Brody of "The Brutalist," and Demi Moore of The Substance (Photo illustration by Salon/A24/Focus Features/MUBI)

Salon's infallible Oscar predictions

Coleman Spilde, Russell Root

Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini and John Lithgow as Cardinal Tremblay in "Conclave" (Photo illustration by Salon/Focus Features/Getty Images)

"Conclave" is "Mean Girls" with priests

Melanie McFarland

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