For the first time since 2015, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson reunited, though sadly, it was to say goodbye to their former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne at his funeral.

On a brighter note, Sabrina Carpenter’s A Nonsense Christmas debuts on Netflix on Dec. 6. The special includes duets with Chappell Roan, Tyla, Shania Twain, and Kali Uchis. We’ll be taking next week off for Thanksgiving, but enjoy her Christmas special while we’re away!

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Have you heard the good news? Wicked is out now in a theater near you! (Sorry for that, I had to do it.) The film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical has consumed popular culture. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, playing Glinda/Galinda and Elphaba respectively, have given the internet plenty of discourse fodder. Some of it borders on invasive, while others are just trying to figure out why the duo keeps crying in every interview (theater kids, iykyk).