Thirty Twenty Ten

Dec. 26-Jan. 1: All the newest words added to the dictionary, the Kennedy Center Honors before a certain someone got involved, R-rated stop-motion, grumpy painters, murderous tennis stars, our final recommendations for the year, and the end of a 10-year podcast journey through pop culture. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec. 19-25: Leslie Nielsen is undead, Jean-Claude Van Damme goes into overtime, Lemmon and Matthau are even grumpier, Angela Bassett's lighting cars on fire, Beavis and Butthead ruin Christmas, Johnny Knoxville is an Olympian, Jim Carrey's on a crime spree, Bodhi and Utah return, Leonardo DiCaprio is very cold, Will Smith fights football, Jennifer Lawrence mops up, Will Ferrell is a good stepdad, Downton Abbey closes its doors, and Mr. Rogers meets his ultimate destiny. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec. 12-18: Laurence Fishburne does Shakespeare, Alan Rickman is finally the good guy, Harrison Ford gets romantic, Bart gets a four-finger discount, Jeff Daniels gets divorced, The Producers gets Producered, another very Diane Keaton Christmas, Moral Orel is immoral, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey throw a party, Alvin and the Chipmunks hit the road, and we will not play board games because we don't want to be Jumanji'd. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec. 5- 11: Ian McKellen is an anti-hero, Kevin Bacon is a dog, the Father of the Bride is back, Seinfeld is sponge-worthy, The Simpsons perfect the clip show, big screen geishas and Narnias, George Clooney kills for oil, The Office does a Yankee swap, Adam Sandler heads to Netflix, and Chris Hemsworth takes to the sea. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov. 28-Dec. 4: South Park's Christmas origin, Andy Garcia is doing things in Denver, Jeff Bridges is Wild Bill, a ton of terrible Xmas specials, John Cusack's holiday heist, Oprah and Letterman beef, Spike Lee gets Greek, Superstore debuts and Bill Murray toasts Netflix. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov. 21-27: Robert De Niro runs Las Vegas, Wesley and Woody take the train, Johnny Depp is in real time, Keira Knightly has pride, Ryan Reynolds has friends, Rene Russo has too many kids, Daniel Radcliffe is Igor, the Good Dinosaur is just good, and the pope sings! All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov. 14-20: The Beatles reunite, Princess Di spills the tea, Michael Douglas is the fairytale president, Homer meets his mom, Robert Downey Jr. is the worst P.I., a very stoned Christmas Eve, Tom Hardy is twins, South Park is trapped in the closet, and a Christmas romance you won't see on the Hallmark Channel. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov. 7- 13: The highest rated E.R. ever, George Costanza loves bosco, Freddie Mercury's finale, 50 Cent tries movies, South Park sparks a hate crime against red heads, the Chilean miners get a film, Bryan Cranston is blacklisted, Diane Keaton just wants a perfect Christmas, and Bob and David are back…briefly. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Holly Hunter goes home for the holidays, Cindy Crawford: action star, Mr. Show brings poison s'mores, Homer dons a muumuu, George Clooney takes on McCarthy, Jake Gyllenhaal's a jarhead, The Boondocks brings the ruckus, Michael Keaton's in the spotlight, the best Peanuts movie, the Evil Dead return, and no soup for you! All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct. 24-30: Sigourney Weaver hunts a killer, Disney hires a predator, ermagerd there's Goosebumps on TV, Jigsaw returns for the first time, the White Sox end the curse, Nicolas Cage hits the target, Martin Scorsese loves Dylan, Sandra Bullock has a crisis, Bradley Cooper is burnt, and Quebec stays Canadian (le Québec reste Canadien). All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.