Let us console one another at this the most joyous, but also, the most disappointing times of the year. The time of Christmas birthdays.

Now, here's the thing: I don't trust Ryan Reynolds as far as I can throw him, and he has a lot more muscles than I do. Reynolds got his first Deadpool movie up and running by basically releasing footage and getting people to talk about it before it was ever a sure thing, so ... what's to say that isn't what is happening here?

Yesterday, we briefly mentioned that Donald Trump's cameo had been cut from the Canadian television broadcast of Home Alone 2 and the predictable meltdown happening over at Fox News. That ranting hasn't stopped; in fact, it's only gotten weirder.

Fandango conducted a 2020 Most Anticipated Movies Survey. The results are in—and they're spectacular.

It's not his fault the narrative went #TeamJess in season two of Gilmore Girls.

We don't want to think about it but we have to ask: how did Palpatine a kid?

When it comes to Star Wars, many of us have reached our limit for the year because of The Rise of Skywalker, but then, in comes the finale of The Mandalorian and says, "B*tch you thought."

The show has plenty of problems, as a variety of think pieces has addressed in recent years. Yet, it also features some unexpectedly progressive moments, for its time, that are worth a rewatch.

How many Sith are there in The Rise of Skywalker?

Francesca Scorsese, it turns out, just might be the hero we need.

We already knew Rose's character was severely underdeveloped, but clocking her actual screentime makes it feel so much worse.

What are the powers you relly don't want?

Ari Behn, an author who was once married to Princess Martha-Louise of Norway, has died by apparent suicide.

Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski has officially become the one Republican willing to state what should be obvious and uncontroversial: that the way Mitch McConnell talks about impeachment is completely f***ed up.

There are people who don't have families, have a toxic family, or are going through the holiday season wearing the loss of someone special in their heart. So, for those people who didn't have a "normal" holiday how did you spend it?

Queer love stories wouldn't just be good for representation, they would make movies better.

The bar for depictions of women journalists is low but you could do a lot worse than A Christmas Prince.

The Romance Writers Association sided against Courtney Milan for calling out racism on Twitter, but romance authors have showing support despite the ruling.

Whose girlhood gets to be seen as universal?

A new Jedi has been named after Riley Howell, who died saving lives in the UNC Charlotte shooting.