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Justin Baldoni attends the world premiere of "It Ends with Us" at AMC Lincoln Square on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in New York.

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  • Pop Culture

Blake Lively sues 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni alleging harassment

Blake Lively sued "It Ends With Us" director Justin Baldoni and several others tied to the romantic drama, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation.

January 01, 2025
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In<em> Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special,</em> Bloom describes the heart wrenching moments she faced in 2020, when her daughter was born and stayed in the NICU, and her creative collaborator, Adam Schlesinger, died of COVID complications. During the special, "Death" played by David Hull, keeps interrupting the show from the audience.

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  • Arts & Life

In 2024, film and TV grappled with death. The result was comforting

From Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special to A Man on the Inside, movies and TV found new ways to address death and dying.

December 30, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
"Romeo and Juliette" movie director Franco Zeffirelli (from left), actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968.

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  • Obituaries

Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet,' dies at 73

Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. The film won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet.

December 28, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in <em>Babygirl </em>(A24); Ted McGinley in <em>Shrinking</em> (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in <em>Shogun </em>(FX); James McAvoy in <em>Speak No Evil (</em>Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in <em>Abbott Elementary </em>(Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in <em>Rebel Ridge</em> (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).

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  • Pop Culture

50 wonderful things from 2024

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

December 27, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
An enlarged cartoon of Tintin pictured on display at Paris' Pompidou Cultural Center in 2006. The Belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in 2025.

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  • Pop Culture

Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

December 26, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Clockwise from left: James Earl Jones, Michaela DePrince, Bob Newhart, Maggie Smith, Nikki Giovanni and Richard Simmons.

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  • Arts & Life

Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

December 26, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Movie Reviews

'Close Your Eyes' is the best film of 2024 — but these 10 others are also contenders

Fresh Air's film critic takes stock of the past 12 months' worth of movies, pairing 10 of his favorites, and picking one that stands alone.

December 24, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Some scenes just stay with you. Clockwise from left, <em>I Saw the TV Glow</em>, <em>My Old Ass, Trap, Tuesday.</em>

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  • Movies

9 movie scenes I couldn't stop thinking about in 2024

From a heart-wrenching epiphany in the drama Tuesday to a meme-able moment in Challengers, these were the lines that critic Aisha Harris has remembered all year.

December 24, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
<em>All We Imagine as Light,</em> a film about working class women in Mumbai, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year. From left: actor Divya Prabha, director Payal Kapadia, and actors Chhaya Kadam and Kani Kusruti pose during the Cannes closing ceremony.

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  • Global Health

An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission

All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars. 

December 24, 2024
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  • Diaa Hadid
Blake Lively is seen at an Aug. 8 screening in London for the movie <em>This Is Us</em>. In a legal complaint, the actor accuses co-star and director Justin Baldoni and his team of attacking her reputation after she spoke up about his and a producer's alleged "repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior" on set.

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  • Movies

Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' studio of harassment and smear campaign

In a legal complaint, the actor says co-star Justin Baldoni and his team launched a smear campaign as a way to silence Lively's narrative about his and a producer's alleged repeated sexual harassment.

December 22, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Barry Jenkins at the world premiere of Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" at the Dolby theater in Hollywood, California, December 9, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Where did Barry Jenkins feel safe as a kid? Atop a tree

Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk." On Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.

December 22, 2024
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  • Rachel Martin
Nicholas Hoult (front row, center) plays Justin Kemp in <em>Juror #2</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

The jury's in: You won't miss anything watching this movie from the couch

There's been a bit of consternation flying around about the fact that the theatrical release of Juror #2, directed by Clint Eastwood, was very muted. But this movie is perfect to watch at home.

December 21, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Julianne Moore (left) plays Ingrid and Tilda Swinton plays Martha in Pedro Almodóvar's <em>The Room Next Door</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Pedro Almodóvar meditates on death in first English feature 'The Room Next Door'

Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, The Room Next Door, is a meditation on death. Writing and making movies "is a way of running away from death," the Spanish director says.

December 20, 2024
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  • Olivia Hampton
Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse star in <em>Nickel Boys. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Brutalist' and 'Nickel Boys' are 2 ambitious and captivating dramas

Nickel Boys is one of the most thrillingly inventive literary adaptations our critic has seen in years, while The Brutalist is a rare American films that feels genuinely worthy of the word "epic."

December 20, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. <em>Dirty Dancing, </em>starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is among the latest crop.

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  • Movies

'Dirty Dancing,' 'Wrath of Khan' added to the National Film Registry

Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. This year's crop also includes Beverly Hills Cop, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more.

December 17, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
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