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Everything entering the public domain this year besides Steamboat Willie

Mickey Mouse grabbed the spotlight, but plenty of other notable works and characters are shedding copyrights in 2024

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Last-minute pop culture holiday gift ideas for procrastinators

It's not too late to snag fandom merch from Star Wars, Marvel, Barbie, and more, from retailers like BoxLunch, Forever 21, Target, and Hot Topic

Sabina Graves

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The biggest winners and losers of summer 2023

From the highs of Barbenheimer to the lows of The Idol, here's everything that worked and everything that didn't this summer

Mary Kate Carr,

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Fall 2023 preview: 14 burning questions about big TV shows, buzzy films—and the strikes

Will more movies be delayed? Can The Marvels save Marvel? How much reality TV is too much? We've got some pressing questions

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Maksim Chmerkovskiy on So You Think You Can Dance and meeting John Travolta

Scott Foley didn't know he was the killer in Scream 3

Wendell Pierce on why Elsbeth is unique for our times and why Treme is underrated

Joey Graziadei has some advice for the next Bachelor

Cheryl Hines would be interested in returning to Suburgatory

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Best Of

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The art of the "Under Pressure" needle drop

From Scrubs to Smash to Grosse Point Blank, The A.V. Club evaluates whether these films and TV series really earned their Queen-David Bowie moment

Mary Kate Carr,

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The best movies to watch right now on Max

Let's check out some of the great films—from The Color Purple to The Flash to Dune (the good version)—Max has to offer

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The best comics of 2020

From the shiny hardwood floor of a basketball court to the far reaches of space, this year’s best comics took readers to all sorts of distant lands. Granted, “distant” gained a new meaning when people were expected to stay in their homes as much as…

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10 last-minute gift ideas that are all books you can buy the day before Christmas

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Laura M. Browning,

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For Our Consideration

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For Our Consideration

A tail of two kitties: Wronged internet creators are taking control of their memes with NFTs

In 2004, 17-year-old Steve Ibsen took photos of his cat Kayla and realized that if he animated the images, he could make it look like his cat was dancing. In one take, he recorded a song to accompany the animation: “Cat! / I’m a kitty cat! / And I…

Amanda Silberling

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For Our Consideration

Shock and “nah”: The A.V. Club’s biggest Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Despite some shutdown-related schedule shuffling, the nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday morning with the help of virtual presenters Taraji P. Henson and Sarah Jessica Parker. Netflix is far out in front in…

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Memory Wipe

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That time King Of The Hill visited my hometown

The animated comedy (now set for a reboot on Hulu) took a rose-colored detour to Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1999

Gabrielle Sanchez

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10 years after the original Gossip Girl's finale, what's the show’s legacy?

Hint: It’s something the HBO Max reboot can’t recapture

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With "Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo,” South Park gave a Hanukkah gift to holiday outcasts

Thanks to “The Lonely Jew On Christmas,” South Park spoke to viewers who didn't celebrate December 25th—but lived through it anyway

Matt Schimkowitz

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To Do List

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AVQ&A: What’s your pop-culture New Year’s resolution for 2023?

The A.V. Club team shares the movies, TV shows, games, and books they’re planning to consume in the coming year

Mary Kate Carr,

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