Jamie Lerner

These days, it seems like everyone and their mother has someone to snuggle up to on Valentine’s Day.

The glitz and glam of Hollywood can often distract from the fact that many of our favorite actors may have started out in a grittier business: stand-up comedy.

In 2005, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt changed the cultural landscape when they co-starred in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. This notoriously led to Brad leaving Jennifer Aniston for Angelina in one of the most famous celebrity relationship scandals.

65 years ago on January 29, 1959, Sleeping Beauty became an instant hit. It was the third Disney princess film, and Walt was determined to make it different and better than the previous two (Snow White and Cinderella).

Mean Girls came out in 2004 to an audience who had rarely seen crude humor combined with femininity. But some of the crude jokes and tropes in the film might not hold up to a 2024 audience.

Vulgar and goofy comedy used to be a boys club. Screwball comedies like Dumb and Dumber and Zoolander were all about men and how ridiculous, horny, and goofy they can be.

Christmas is all around us during the holiday season, including on our screens.

Holiday films on Netflix run the gamut from some of the most enjoyable films on the platform to some of the most cringeworthy films we’ve ever seen.