Gawker’s guide to winning Thanksgiving arguments

By Kelly Conaboy

Take that, Uncle Jerry

Getting the whole family together for Thanksgiving always seems like a nice idea. Then the wine starts flowing and the conversation veers towards current events, and you wonder: How am I even related to these drooling morons who are actively leading to the downfall of democracy and toward whom I typically express anger in a completely unproductive way? Yes, in our increasingly divided world, there’s no chance you and your siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, and various in-laws will all be on the same page about the topics du jour. But luckily you’ve thought ahead — and you’ll be prepared.

Before you sit down at the table, take a look at our guide to winning every argument you’re going to come across over the course of your feast. Uncle Jack and Aunt Mary aren’t gonna know what hit them, and when it comes time to give thanks … they’ll be thanking you for changing their mind!

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By Olivia Craighead

She is certainly in a costume and saying lines

Earlier this year, everyone (including this website) found themselves enthralled by the nuptials of Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz. It was an old-fashioned union, one between the children of two wealthy and powerful families, and as such all eyes were drawn to the Palm Beach wedding. Peltz’s name has successfully stayed in the headlines then, mostly due to the fact that she is NOT feuding with her mother-in-law.

But now she has a new thing to talk about! She has a role in the pilot of Welcome to Chippendales, Hulu’s newest foray into Los Angeles true crime stories set in the back half of the 20th century. Did you know she’s an actress? Kumail Nanjiani is the star of the show, playing Somen “Steve” Banerjee, the man who started the male strip revue and went on to hire a hitman to take out his business partner. But who gives a shit about him, we’re here for Peltz. Continue reading

By Kelly Conaboy

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” — Ecclesiastes 1:9

Apple will bring back the iPhone home button. I know this like I know spring will follow winter; like I know death will follow life.

I make this prediction not long after supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted next year’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max releases would move from clickable volume and power buttons to solid-state “buttons,” similar to the home “button” found on the iPhone 7. These “buttons,” called solid-state due to the fact that they have no moving parts, are in fact unclickable, but give the illusion of clicking with the use of Apple's Taptic Engine. On the iPhone 7, they looked like a home button and allowed you to open the phone with your fingerprint. They are intended to move you away gently from something you still want: a button. The phone will, if it unfolds as predicted by Kuo, be completely, though not functionally, buttonless. Continue reading

By Olivia Craighead

Big talk from a guy who hails from spotted dick country

There are lots of things to like about Daniel Craig. He was a great James Bond. He seems to be having a lot of fun in the Knives Out movies. He’s married to Rachel Weisz, making him half of New York’s hottest couple. We love the guy. As with all celebrities we love, we also imagine that they have all the right opinions all the time. Oh how wrong an assumption that was…

Craig went on The Late Show to promote Glass Onion, but it’s Thanksgiving week, so the holiday was bound to come up.

"We do celebrate it, and we have American friends as well," Craig told Stephen Colbert, noting that Thanksgiving is “probably” his “favorite holiday.” A likely story. Mr. Bond said he does like cranberry sauce, he took a different tone when asked about stuffing: Continue reading

By Kelly Conaboy

We're all going through it

This just in — taking a break from her relationship with genderqueer Skittles target Harry Styles has been “difficult” for Olivia Wilde.

Uh-huh. Is that so? Has it been “difficult” for you, Olivia Wilde? Because, you wanna know how it’s been for us? It has COMPLETELY RUINED OUR LIVES!!!!!! OUR EVERY WAKING MOMENT!!!!!!!!! WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO PREPARE FOR THANKSGIVING BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP SCREAMING!!!!! FOR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!! OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!!!! Continue reading