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This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows director Shaka King, left, with Lakeith Stanfield on the set of "Judas and the Black Messiah."

Test your Oscar genius with our trivia challenge

April 14, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.

In the strangest awards season ever, the Oscars are finally less than two weeks away. So here's some trivia to help you impress your vaccinated-only guests at your Oscar-watch party....

The Oscar statue backstage at the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016, in Hollywood, California.

Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?

April 14, 2021 at 7:44 a.m.

For decades, awards shows provided a front-row seat to TV viewers' favorite performers. Even as audiences for sitcoms and dramas were siphoned away by streaming services, the Oscars, the Grammys...

Prince Philip had a rich Hollywood history. Here’s how he was depicted in film and TV

April 12, 2021 at 10:54 a.m.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh — who died Friday at 99 — spent most of his life as a stalwart companion to his bride, who became Queen Elizabeth II unexpectedly...

The 2021 Oscar-nominated shorts: 15 films examine life’s many conditions

April 8, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.

The 15 short-film Oscar nominees — live action, documentaries and animation — show that the format is alive and well, showcasing a wide range of topics, tones and approaches —...

People gather in support of the Asian American community at the Stop The Hate rally at Short Pump Park on March 23, 2021, in Henrico County, Virginia. The group gathered in response to last week's killing of eight people at spas in Atlanta, six of whom were women of Asian descent.

Asian American Christians confront racism and evangelical ‘purity culture’ after Atlanta spa shootings

April 8, 2021 at 9:08 a.m.

Before Robert Aaron Long burst into three Atlanta massage spas and allegedly killed eight people — six of them women of Asian descent — he was a teenager struggling to...

‘Double mutant’ coronavirus variant found in California. Here’s why scientists are worried.

April 7, 2021 at 8:19 a.m.

A possibly worrisome variant of the coronavirus first identified in India — so new that it has no official name — has been found in California by scientists at Stanford...

The Circa hotel and casino opened late last year in downtown Las Vegas and has seen a surge of customers in recent weeks as COVID restrictions have eased.

From swimming pools to showgirls, here’s how you can tell Las Vegas is revving up

April 6, 2021 at 10:52 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — That rumble you hear along the Strip might be the sound of returning tourists on the march. Or maybe it's the spring awakening of the entire Las...

From swimming pools to showgirls, here’s how you can tell Las Vegas is revving up

April 6, 2021 at 10:40 a.m.

The Circa hotel and casino opened late last year in downtown Las Vegas and has seen a surge of customers in recent weeks as COVID restrictions have eased. Opening ceremonies...

THE AMERICAN POLIO EPIDEMIC: WHAT WAS IT? | The nation's first large-scale polio epidemic broke out in New York City in 1916. In total nationwide, 27,000 cases were contracted and 6,000 people died. For the next four decades, local epidemics across the U.S. worsened as the virus struck children and surged in the summer. In about 95% of polio cases, patients were asymptomatic. However, 1% to 2% of people became paralyzed. Some recovered completely while others were paralyzed for life. A record 57,628 polio cases were reported in the U.S. in 1952 alone.

Meet the influencers who actually stayed home during the pandemic

April 6, 2021 at 10:33 a.m.

A few weeks ago, comedian Chris Klemens confessed to his 1.2 million YouTube subscribers that he felt lost, sad, unmotivated, uninspired and unfunny. "It is weird that sharing on the...

It's impossible not to love "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy in the title role and Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. This production by Disney and ABC (also produced by Houston) originally premiered in 1997 and quickly became a culturally significant performance due to the groundbreaking casting. The film has had such an inter-generational impact that Disney+ only recently added the musical to the streaming site after fans and Brandy made many urging requests over social media. "Cinderella" stars Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Victor Garber, Natalie Desselle-Reid and Paolo Montalban. (Disney+) — Hannah Herrera Greenspan

Football star Aaron Rodgers loves ‘Jeopardy!’ and has a game plan to succeed Alex Trebek

April 6, 2021 at 10:33 a.m.

With Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in his two-week stint as guest host of "Jeopardy!," think of it as an audition. The Super Bowl MVP has been a fan...

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