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  • Movie Interviews

'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

Platt frequently worries about the past and what's to come, but there's one place where his anxiety tends to subside. "Being on stage, for me, is kind of the antidote to that," he says.

September 27, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Yu Aoi plays the title character in <em>Wife of a Spy.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'

Two new films grapple with the complexity of moral courage. Wife of a Spy is set in Japan on the cusp of WWII. Azor follows a Swiss banker during the Argentine dictatorship of the 1980s.

September 24, 2021
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By:
  • John Powers
Tom (Dan Stevens) whisks a very skeptical Alma (Maren Eggert) around the dance floor as his precision-tooled algorithm tries to meet her every requirement for the perfect man.

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'I'm Your Man,' Failing At Romance Is Part Of The Algorithm

Dan Stevens stars as the android of Maren Eggert's dreams in the German romantic comedy "I'm Your Man."

September 24, 2021
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Melvin Van Peebles at a 2018 film festival in Hollywood.

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  • Obituaries

A Giant Of Black Cinema, Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 89

The independent film director was best known for Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

September 23, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Writer Roald Dahl with his wife American actress Patricia Neal at the Screen Directors Awards, circa 1962.

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  • Arts & Life

'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories

Netflix has acquired The Roald Dahl Story Co. (RDSC), which manages the British author's catalogue. "Human beans" just can't get enough, as Dahl's loveable BFG might say.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, seen in February, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, has made the inclusion of Latinos in media a principal issue. A government report says the absence of Latinos in the media could impact how their fellow Americans view them.

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  • National

The Lack Of Latinos In Media Could Affect How Others View Them, The Government Says

The report discovered that the biggest growth among Hispanics in the media industry was in service jobs, while management jobs had the lowest representation.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Actor A.J. Johnson in a scene from the movie <em>I Got the Hook Up,</em> circa 1998.

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  • Obituaries

'Friday' And 'Menace II Society' Actor A.J. Johnson Has Died

Comedian and actor A.J. Johnson has died at age 55. Johnson starred as Ezal, a homeless man with drug addiction, in Ice Cube's Friday.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Rashad Frett, on a film set

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  • Race

What Top Film Schools Are Doing To Help Diversify Hollywood

Before the pandemic, diversity training programs were all the rage at movie and TV studios. Now, how are they faring?

September 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili plays at the International Chess Congress in London on Dec. 30, 1964. She is suing Netflix for defamation and invasion of privacy over its series <em>The Queen's Gambit.</em>

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  • Law

A Chess Trailblazer Is Suing Netflix Over Her Portrayal In 'The Queen's Gambit'

Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for defamation. At issue is a line in the show's final episode that falsely says she hadn't played against male opponents.

September 18, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
This year's Broadway-adapted movie<em> In the Heights</em>, starring actor Anthony Ramos — pictured alongside actress Jasmine Cephas Jones — is a rare exception to Hollywood's pattern of excluding Latino narratives.

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  • Race

Hispanics And Latinos Are The Biggest Moviegoers. The Big Screen Doesn't Reflect That

Nearly 20% of Americans are Latino or Hispanic and they buy more movie tickets per capita. But a new report says just 7% of all lead characters in 2019's top-grossing films were Hispanic or Latino.

September 16, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
In <em>Blue Bayou</em>, Kathy (Alicia Vikander), Jessie (Sydney Kowalske) and Antonio (Justin Chon) face an uncertain future when Antonio becomes threatened with deportation.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Blue Bayou' Devastates With A Story Of A Stepfather Facing Deportation

A Korean American man faces deportation because his adoption in the 1980s was never finalized. Blue Bayou may be heavy handed, but it tells a fundamental truth about our flawed immigration system.

September 15, 2021
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Clockwise from top left: <em>Insecure</em>, <em>Impeachment: American Crime Story</em>, <em>Everybody's Talking About Jamie</em>, <em>The Wonder Years</em>, <em>The Premise </em>and<em> Star Wars: Visions.</em>

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  • Television

New Movies And TV Shows To Watch At Home This Fall

Our critics collected the most anticipated TV shows and movies coming to your screens over the next few months, and with our new tool you can search by release date, genre and where you can watch it.

September 15, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more
A cosplayers dressed as Pennywise from "It" poses during the Comic Con festival in 2017 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.

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  • Movies

AAH! Two Companies Could Pay You $1,300 To Watch Horror Movies This Halloween

Both DISH Network and the website FinanceBuzz are offering a financial reward to lucky scary movie fans who watch a selected list of frightening flicks.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
GPB  NPR

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  • Movie Reviews

Biographer Traces Osama Bin Laden's 'Rise And Fall'

Journalist Peter Bergen talks about bin Laden's path to mass murder and reflects on the consequences of the recent U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Originally broadcast Aug. 4, 2021.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Davies
Oscar Isaac plays a former military interrogator who is haunted by the past in Paul Schrader's <em>The Card Counter.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

A Disgraced Interrogator Gambles On Redemption In 'The Card Counter'

After serving time in prison for war crimes, a former military interrogator starts a new life as a professional gambler. But as this complex drama shows, it's not always easy to escape the past.

September 10, 2021
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By:
  • Justin Chang
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