Movies

News Brief: China's Belt And Road Initiative, Pivot District, 'Avengers'

5:06am April 26, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting world leaders in a forum on China's Belt and Road Initiative. Also, a look at a district that voted for Obama and then Trump.

'Avengers: Endgame' Brings Marvel Saga To Close With Epic Three-Hour Film

6:59pm April 25, 2019

by Bob Mondello

With most of the Marvel superheroes turned to dust in the last Avengers movie — along with half the universe — Avengers: Endgame brings the Marvel saga to a close in an epic three-hour film.

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Kristen Stewart plays a real-life literary fraud in JT LeRoy.

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'JT LeRoy': An Infamous Literary Fraud, Seen Through The Eyes Of The Fraudsters

5:00pm April 25, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Laura Dern and Kristin Stewart star in the real-life tale of a frustrated author who created a false identity that captivated the literary world.

Be Natural:The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché tells the story of the first female film auteur.

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Auteur! Auteur!: 'Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché'

5:00pm April 25, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Pamela D. Green's enlightening documentary adds to the already strong case that Guy-Blaché was the first female auteur of cinema, though in doing so it strives to connect a few too many dots.

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'Avengers: Endgame' Is A Thrilling (If Exhausting) Journey Through Time

2:00pm April 25, 2019

by Justin Chang

As the grand finale of 22 tightly interconnected movies, Endgame brings this chapter of the saga to a stirring and resonant close. Critic Justin Chang says it's one of Marvel's better pictures.

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Playwright Mark Medoff author of Children of a Lesser God, in New York in April 2004.

Tony-Award Winning Playwright Mark Medoff Dies At Age 79

11:12pm April 24, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Medoff is best known for Children of a Lesser God, a play about a young deaf woman's romance with her speech teacher.

A reproduction of an Oscar statuette stands tall at a 2016 media event in Hollywood, Calif.

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Academy Leaves Door Open To Netflix After Tussle Over Oscars Eligibility Rules

1:56pm April 24, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

A controversial proposal would have limited the ability of streaming services to compete for Oscars. But after a dust-up that even included the Justice Department, the academy decided against it.

I ... was Iron Man: A stranded-in-space Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) shares a somber moment with his suit's A.I.

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Mourning Has Broken Them: 'Avengers: Endgame'

12:34pm April 24, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The culmination of the Avengers franchise proves a remarkably intimate and somber affair until it concludes with a climactic battle more thrilling than anything superhero cinema has delivered to date.

Kathy Griffin: Life After The Trump Severed Head Controversy

6:57am April 23, 2019

by Sam Sanders

When she posed in 2017 with a mock-severed head of President Trump, comedian Kathy Griffin's career crumbled. She's out with a film: Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, about life after the controversy.

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Redacted Mueller Report Draws Comparisons To Oscars Red Carpet

6:58am April 22, 2019

NPR's Danny Nett looked at a page of the report and saw the image of Billy Porter in a black velvet gown. He matched other black-and-white styles with pages of the redacted report. It went viral.

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