Sophie Okonedo plays Charlotte in Ratched. Saeed Adyani/Netflix hide caption
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The campaign, #StopHateForProfit, is aimed at Facebook and Instagram and has attracted celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption
What will be the visual cues that film and television will one day use to depict 2020? Malorny/Getty Images hide caption
Jude Law plays a man who's in over his head in HBO's The Third Day. Robert Ludovic/HBO hide caption
Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamon) and Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) see the sea in We Are Who We Are. HBO hide caption
Billy Porter on the red carpet for the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb hide caption
Dan Levy performs the most effective of the five monologues in HBO's Coastal Elites. HBO hide caption
The avatar of professional skateboarder Kareem Campbell, in a still from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. Courtesy of Activision hide caption
Japanese Olympian Aori Nishimura is one of the new playable characters in Pro Skater 1+2. Courtesy of Activision hide caption
A Lonely Place of Dining: In the 1995 crime thriller Heat, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro famously shared the screen when their characters called a temporary truce. Monarchy/Regency/Kobal/Shutterstock hide caption
Cartoonist Matt Furie sketches out his creation, Pepe the Frog. The new documentary Feels Good Man shows how the frog went from innocent cartoon character to powerful political tool. Kurt Keppeler hide caption
'Feels Good Man' Traces Pepe The Frog From Hate Symbol To Democracy Icon
Snow Way Out: A couple (Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons) takes a long road trip during a snowstorm in I'm Thinking of Ending Things on Netflix. Mary Cybulski/Netflix hide caption
Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries to reflect the changing use of language in 2020, particularly in subjects like race, gender, health, technology and politics. Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption
The Multiverse Ethereal Empyrean Experience, by Laurence "Renzo" Verbeck and Sylvia Adrienne Lisse, was selected as the official Black Rock City Temple for 2020. Kye Horton/Burning Man hide caption
As Burning Man Goes Virtual, Organizers Try To Capture The Communal Aspect
Chadwick Boseman speaks onstage during the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Denzel Washington on June 6, 2019 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner hide caption
Dime Davis directed all six episodes of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards: outstanding directing for a variety series, outstanding variety sketch series and outstanding guest actress in a comedy series. Anne Marie Fox/HBO hide caption
'Black Lady Sketch Show' Is TV 'We'd Never Seen Before,' Says Dime Davis
Carla Campbell is a bounty hunter with a mission in the new series Love Fraud. Alex Takats/Showtime hide caption
A masked Lady Gaga accepts the Best collaboration award for "Rain on Me" onstage during the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
In his role as superhero Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman became the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first film headlined by a Black actor. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves play Bill and Ted in Bill & Ted Face The Music. Patti Perret/Orion Pictures hide caption
Grainy footage of kids getting ready to fly down dangerous rides is the most striking image in the documentary Class Action Park. HBO Max hide caption
The house dress is having a 2020 renaissance. "I think #stayathome made people realize that we need to not just dress to go outside — we need to dress to be inside, love what we wear and feel comfortable," designer Malgosia Archer says. Żaneta Mieszczak/Malgosia Archer hide caption