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Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, winners of the Oscar for Original Song for <em>No Time to Die</em>, have been invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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  • Arts & Life

Troy Kotsur, Billie Eilish and Ariana DeBose are invited to join Oscar's Academy

This year, the academy invited 397 artists, including actors, directors and people who play other roles in filmmaking.

June 28, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Austin Butler as Elvis.

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'Elvis,' an icon remains an icon, and little else

Baz Luhrmann's latest spectacle tackles the life of Elvis Presley, as filtered through his shady longtime manager.

June 24, 2022
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  • Aisha Harris
GPB News NPR

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  • Movies

Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

June 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Screenwriter, producer and director of film and television Paul Haggis, pictured in 2017, has been arrested in Italy on sexual assault charges.

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  • World

'Crash' director Paul Haggis was arrested on sexual assault charges in Italy

Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

June 19, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco and
  • Juliana Kim
Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson star in the film, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

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  • Movies

Emma Thompson on her new film — and the idea the female orgasm has to be performative

In her new film, Thompson portrays a widower who reckons with her own sexual discovery in an experience she calls "irresistibly delicious."

June 17, 2022
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
Daryl McCormack plays a sex worker, and Emma Thompson is a retired schoolteacher in the Hulu film, <em>Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Age is just a number in Sundance hits 'Leo Grande' and 'Cha Cha Real Smooth'

Emma Thompson stars as an older woman who hires a younger sex worker in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Dakota Johnson is a single mother who's wooed by a recent college grad in Cha Cha Real Smooth.

June 17, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
(L-R) Curt Flood, Bill White, Bob Gibson

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  • Sports

Black baseball players struggled long after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier

After Jackie, a new History Channel documentary, tells the stories of three of the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major leagues.

June 17, 2022
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Phil Harrell
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attending the trial in Fairfax, Va.

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  • Arts & Life

Amber Heard says social media was a factor for her defamation trial jury

Appearing on NBC's Today show, the actress said she stands by the testimony she gave in the trial against former husband Johnny Depp.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair and
  • Ayana Archie
This image released by Disney/Pixar shows character Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, in a scene from the animated film "Lightyear," releasing later this week.

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  • Movies

The United Arab Emirates is banning Disney and Pixar's 'Lightyear' spinoff

The movie, which chronicles the adventures of space cadet Buzz Lightyear, is slated to be released June 16.

June 14, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Prolific character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90

Hall's many roles included parts in Midnight Run, Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and he was known for one of the most powerfully funny guest appearances on Seinfeld.

June 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
TV writer and producer Shonda Rhimes, seen in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Leading Hollywood directors, writers and producers sign a pledge about onscreen guns

Shonda Rhimes, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Lawrence are among the 200 movie and TV producers, directors and writers who are pledging to revisit the use of guns in their storytelling — but not to omit them.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Jeremiah Zagar speaks onstage during Netflix's <em>Hustle</em> Philadelphia special screening on June 7 in Philadelphia.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Hustle' is Jeremiah Zagar's love letter to basketball fans in Philadelphia

Many of the actors who star alongside Adam Sandler in the new basketball movie Hustle are real NBA athletes. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson talks with director Jeremiah Zagar about the film.

June 12, 2022
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By:
  • Cheryl W. Thompson
Jeremiah Zagar speaks onstage during Netflix's <em>Hustle</em> Philadelphia special screening on June 7 in Philadelphia.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Hustle' is Jeremiah Zagar's love letter to basketball fans in Philadelphia

Many of the actors who star alongside Adam Sandler in the new basketball movie Hustle are real NBA athletes. NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson talks with director Jeremiah Zagar about the film.

June 12, 2022
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  • Cheryl W. Thompson
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