Movies

Michelle Yeoh (center) plays Evelyn Wang, a Chinese immigrant who owns a failing laundromat. She protects her daughter Joy (left), played by Stephanie Hsu, and her husband Waymond (right), played by Ke Huy Quan.

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Michelle Yeoh has a new leading role and a new motto: No more turning the other cheek

12:23pm April 10, 2022

Michelle Yeoh has been a star for decades, but she finally gets her turn at a lead role in Hollywood, playing failing laundromat owner Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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Will Smith cannot attend any Academy events or programs after slapping Chris Rock.

The Academy bans Will Smith for 10 years for Chris Rock slap

8:30pm April 08, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

In a statement, Academy president David Rubin said Will Smith's behavior was unacceptable and harmful.

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National

Michelle Yeoh finds the beauty in the ordinary in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

4:53pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with actress Michelle Yeoh about her leading role in the new sci-fi action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

This film shows what happens to the loved ones left behind after opioid overdoses

4:29pm April 06, 2022

Linda Lajterman lost her 18-year-old son after he overdosed on heroin laced with Fentanyl. The film Life After You tells that story, including what happens to families in the aftermath of tragedy.

Conductor Marin Alsop talks about the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra

1:30pm April 04, 2022

by Terry Gross

Alsop talks about the rejection she faced on the way to becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony. She's now the subject of a new documentary, The Conductor.

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Will Smith resigns from the Academy, says he will accept additional consequences

7:52pm April 01, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

In a statement, Will Smith acknowledged that his actions overshadowed other winners at the 94th Academy Awards.

Dr. Michael Morbius aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism.

Books
Arts

Jared Leto is Marvel's bat-man in the vampiric 'Morbius'

3:22pm April 01, 2022

by Bob Mondello

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

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In Nitram, Caleb Landry Jones plays the man who killed 35 people and wounded 23 others in a 1996 mass shooting in Australia.

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'Nitram' is a deeply unsettling portrait of an Australian mass shooter

1:30pm April 01, 2022

by Justin Chang

In 1996, a 28-year-old man went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people. This tense film imagines the weeks and months before the tragedy from the shooter's perspective.

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Oscars producer Will Packer says the LAPD was ready to arrest Will Smith, citing battery.

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The LAPD was ready to arrest Will Smith after the slap, Will Packer says

9:31pm March 31, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

In an interview with "Good Morning America," Will Packer says the LAPD was ready to take action against Will Smith. But Chris Rock declined to press charges.

Haley Joel Osment And Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense in 1999.

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From rom-com lead to action star, Bruce Willis leaves behind an expansive career

2:59pm March 31, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The actor's family announced Wednesday he's stepping away from acting. He was recently diagnosed with aphasia, which affects language and communication.