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Nicole Kidman stars as Gretchen Carlson in Bombshell. Hilary B. Gayle/Lionsgate hide caption
August Diehl stars in Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life. Reiner Bajo/Fox Searchlight hide caption
Adam Sandler stars as a 'high risk, high reward' jewelry store owner in the Safdie brothers' newest film, Uncut Gems. A24 hide caption
Paul Walter Hauser (center) stars as Richard Jewell, the hero and FBI suspect of the 1996 Olympic bombing. Warner Brothers Pictures hide caption
Mexican artist Fabián Cháirez stands next to his painting of Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, straddling a horse nude, wearing high heels and a pink hat, at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City on Dec. 11, 2019. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption
The scene found in Indonesia shows, among other things, hunters confronting a wild buffalo with ropes and spears. Adam Brumm/Nature hide caption
44,000-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Painting Is Rewriting The History Of Art
Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan) keeps her relationship with Jesse (Jack Kilmer) a secret in Hala, now streaming on Apple TV+. Apple TV+ hide caption
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A First-Generation Teen Tests The Bounds Of Family And Faith In 'Hala'
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A First-Generation Teen Tests The Bounds Of Family And Faith In 'Hala'
Lual Mayen, CEO of Junub Games, says that before he taught himself how to code at a refugee camp, "I never thought video games were made by people. I thought they just fall from heaven." Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Librarian Nancy Pearl Shares 4 Fantastic Books For The End Of 2019
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story Wilson Webb/Netflix hide caption
A search for the word they on Merriam-Webster's website turns up definitions for the personal pronoun, which saw a massive spike in lookups this year over last. Several months ago the dictionary added a definition for its 2019 Word of the Year that classified it as a functioning nonbinary pronoun. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is known for socially conscious horror movies, such as The Host, Snowpiercer and Okja. His latest, Parasite, was just nominated for three Golden Globes. Christopher Smith/Invision/AP hide caption
'Parasite' Director Bong Joon-ho 'Wanted To Reflect The Truth Of Current Times'
Jamar Roberts, the first resident choreographer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is the creator of Ode. Andrew Eccles/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater hide caption
In Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy leads the star-studded biopic about Rudy Ray Moore, whose iconic alter ego became a blaxploitation legend. François Duhamel/Netflix hide caption
Adrienne Warren, center, stars in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Manuel Harlan/Courtesy of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical hide caption
'I Done Been Through Some Things': The Tina Turner Musical Is Now On Broadway
Puppeteer Caroll Spinney who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, died Sunday at age 85. Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images hide caption
Parker Curry, 4, takes in Amy Sherald's painting of Michelle Obama in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Parker has co-authored a book with her mom called Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
In 'Parker Looks Up,' A 2-Year-Old Shares A Moment With Michelle Obama
Kristen Bell attends the world premiere of Disney's Frozen II held at Dolby Theatre last month in Hollywood. Michael Tran/FilmMagic hide caption
Not My Job: Ali Wong, Comic And Author Of 'Dear Girls,' Gets Quizzed On Girl Deer
