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Oscars set inclusion standards for best picture category

In an historic move, the Oscars are raising the inclusion bar for best picture nominees starting with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday laid out sweeping eligibility reforms to the best picture category intended to encourage diversity and equitable representation …

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Review: 'Fool’s Paradise' is an unexpected disappointment

“Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise,” by Mike Lupica (Putnam)

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Oscars diversity criteria 'not about exclusion' say leaders

Any change to the Oscars is going get people talking, so the leaders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …

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Fendi taps Dior designer Kim Jones to succeed Karl Lagerfeld

ROME (AP) — Rome fashion house Fendi announced Wednesday that Kim Jones is succeeding the late Karl Lagerfeld as creative …

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New this week: 'Cuties,' 'Unpregnant' and fresh 'Jeopardy!'

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms …

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Washington Post journalist named executive editor at Crown

NEW YORK (AP) — A prize-winning journalist at The Washington Post has been named vice president and executive editor at …

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Lupita Nyong'o says Chadwick Boseman's 'power lives on'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lupita Nyong'o has written a stirring tribute to her late “Black Panther" co-star Chadwick Boseman, calling …

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Review: Elizabeth Cook sings about regrowth on 'Aftermath'

Elizabeth Cook, “Aftermath” (Agent Love/Thirty Tigers)

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Grammy-nominated composer William Pursell dies at age 94

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — William “Bill” Pursell, a Grammy-nominated composer who worked as a Nashville studio musician with artists like …

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Review: A breakthrough in 'Broken Hearts Gallery'

The 25-year-old Australian actress Geraldine Viswanathan, having already stolen movies left and right, more straightforwardly owns “Broken Hearts Gallery,” a …

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'Walking Dead' to be laid to rest in 2022, spin-offs to rise

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The end is coming for “The Walking Dead,” but not until 2022.

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Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi's ballot in November, after being approved …

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The top 10 movies on the Apple TV app

Apple TV app - Movies US charts:

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On new album, Chick Corea plays with a piano and his fans

NEW YORK (AP) — If you're very lucky, one day Chick Corea will make your portrait. And because he's a …

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Boston television reporter stabbed while working a story

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston television reporter was stabbed on the job over the weekend, his station confirmed.

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