Here are the pop culture picks that the EW staff is thankful for this year.
Marriage Story
Heartbreak what a strange thing to feel thankful for.
The pain is the beauty.

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Hopefully my heart can take round 3.
Olivia Wilde doesnt reinvent the end-of-senior-year story as much as give it a hilarious and distinctly feminist upgrade.
It made my inner Hermione happy, and my outer movie lover happier.

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The titular antihero fromUntitled Goose Gamebrings the energy we need in 2019.
Oh, there’s an old man working in the garden?
Let’s turn on the sprinkler in his face.

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A little boy playing with an airplane?
Nope, it’s the goose’s airplane now.
Climate change will kill us all, folks.

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His arms!).
But more seriously, Im grateful for what he stands for in the perfection that isFleabagseason 2.
The Hot Priest is what so many of us hunger for in a partner.

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But they came back better than ever this February with ShowtimesDesus & Mero.
Hence why Im still addicted: By trying different playthroughs you could make different choices.
Your best friend or marriage partner from one game can become your mortal enemy in the next.

WatchingEvilandThe Good Fight, it truly does feel like no idea is off limits.
Luckily, Kelly Clarkson took it upon herself this fall to bless us with a daily dose ofKellyoke.
Kellyoke was the ray of sunshine we needed in 2019.

Nintendo
I’m also thankful for Driver for letting hisMarriage Storyperformance wreck me.
May the Force be with you and Baby Yoda only.OmarSanchez

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Netflix

Hat Trick

Hogarth

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Koei Tecmo

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Kelly Clarkson sings on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’.Adam Christopher/NBCUniversal

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