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This image released by all caps/Khoosat Films shows a scene from the film Joyland.

World News

Pakistan's prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry 'Joyland,' an aide says

5:51am November 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The movie Joyland, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan's entry for next year's Academy Awards and caused controversy in Muslim-majority nation.

Movie Review: 'The Fabelmans'

4:40pm November 14, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Director Steven Spielberg's new movie, "The Fabelmans," is a fictionalized version of his life story, growing up a budding filmmaker in the 1960s in Arizona.

Michael Imperioli returns to HBO as Dominic Di Grasso in The White Lotus.

Arts

Michael Imperioli is back (after never really going away)

7:00am November 13, 2022

by Erika Ryan

Michael Imperioli is back in the spotlight. This time around, he's being propelled by a leading role in another HBO show and a fresh wave of cultural relevance for The Sopranos.

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Unpacking on-screen representation in 'The Godfather'

5:10pm November 12, 2022

by Aisha Harris

The NPR special series "Screening Ourselves" focuses on representation in three Hollywood films that are now considered classics: The Godfather, Basic Instinct, and The Color Purple.

Merhan Karimi Nasseri lived for 18 years in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal. He died Saturday in the airport, officials said.

Arts

The man who inspired 'The Terminal' dies at the airport he long called home

4:12pm November 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Merhan Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in Terminal 2F at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting last year on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M.

Alec Baldwin sues to 'clear his name' in movie set killing

5:53am November 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico.

An art installation commemorates the novel Slaughterhouse-Five in the cellar of the former slaughterhouse where author Kurt Vonnegut, then an American prisoner of war, was held in Dresden, Germany.

Books
Arts

Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever

4:21pm November 11, 2022

by Tom Vitale

The author — who died in 2007 at the age of 84 — wrote satirical novels that won him a cult-like following among young people in the 1960s. Vonnegut's novels communicated: "Hey, you're not alone."

Angela Bassett is Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Arts

'Wakanda Forever' bids farewell to T'Challa and Chadwick Boseman

1:21pm November 11, 2022

by Justin Chang

On- and off-screen tragedies merge as the film reckons with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman, honoring the memory of the Black Panther star as respectfully as possible.

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'Wakanda Forever' hopes to replicate the success of 'Black Panther'

5:07am November 11, 2022

The sequel to the Marvel film Black Panther is in wide release this weekend. Wakanda Forever directly addresses the death of the character played by the late Chadwick Boseman.

Ellen Haun and Dru Johnston got creative when they needed health insurance.

Arts

'Ellen Needs Insurance' is the real story of an actor in her quest to get coverage

5:00am November 10, 2022

by Manuela López Restrepo

When Ellen Haun and Dru Johnston needed to meet a deadline for health insurance through their union, they decided to get creative.