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Anime can invite you into worlds you didn't know before. It does for me

6:00am August 21, 2023

by Nicole Hernandez

Cartoons like My Neighbor Totoro and Dragon Ball Z introduced me to anime — and started an ongoing love for the artform and its stories that explore what it means to be human.

The art of casting in Hollywood

4:56pm August 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of the Academy Museum's podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood.

Red Netflix envelopes sit in a bin of mail at the U.S. Post Office sort center March 30, 2010 in San Francisco, California. The company is ending its DVD mailing service with a promotion.

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Netflix extra DVD offer ahead of service shutdown confuses some customers

8:00pm August 19, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

Fans of the streamer's 25-year-old hard-copy delivery service are welcoming the promotion ahead of its shutdown at the end of September. But the terms are vague.

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Encore: Movie theaters are hot again

5:14pm August 19, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

In what's being called the "Barbie boost," people are going out to the movies again. But can brick & mortar theatres sustain that momentum against the pressures of the Hollywood strikes?

Get ready for lots of toy-based movies trying to duplicate the success of 'Barbie'

5:41pm August 18, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

The Barbie movie is on pace to be the top-grossing film this year. This means we're about to get a lot of movies trying to duplicate that success in a toy-filled cinematic future.

Filmmakers behind Latinx superhero movies like 'Blue Beetle' hope to inspire change

5:11pm August 18, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Many of the new movie superheroes star Latino actors or have Latino characters with diverse origin stories — and their creators hope the heroes will influence change.

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Rachel Zegler will star as Snow White in a new adaptation.

Another Disney princess, another online outrage. This time it's about 'Snow White'

5:09pm August 18, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Rachel Zegler finds herself at the center of another Disney princess outrage. But the way this particular one came about demonstrates the inner workings of a fine-tuned cycle for whipping up fury.

Arts

Remembering 'Exorcist' director William Friedkin

1:39pm August 18, 2023

by Marty Moss-Coane

Friedkin, who died Aug. 7, won an Oscar 1972 for The French Connection. "Some of the most interesting, fascinating people that I've ever known are on the other side of the law," he said in 1988.

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Hannah Gross, Sophia Lillis and Michael Cera play grown siblings in The Adults.

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Snark and sarcasm rule the roost in 'The Adults,' a comedy about grown siblings

1:39pm August 18, 2023

by Justin Chang

Michael Cera plays a man who returns home to see his two sisters after three years apart. This squirmy film about adults who act like overgrown children might just break your heart.

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Michael Oher of the Carolina Panthers celebrates with his family after the NFC Championship Game against the Arizona Cardinals at Bank Of America Stadium on January 24, 2016 in Charlotte, N.C.

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'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films

11:19am August 18, 2023

by Aisha Harris

The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit.