There are a few things that — when they appear on my social media feeds — I am unable to scroll past without watching them: Tom Holland dancing to Umbrella ; any time Chicken Shop Host Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield encounter one another; thirst trap edits of Captain Von Trapp ; but most importantly of all, there is the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams .

Summer 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of this particular slice of pop culture history, and an important event for millennials like me.

The first time I watched The Notebook , I was in my first year of university and along with five other girls squeezed into my friend’s room, lined up in a row on her single bed. Anticipation was high as we gathered around a laptop scree

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