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In this image from video, Kerry Washington, serving as moderator, speaks during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020.

Hollywood steps up its role in Georgia Senate races. Will it help or hurt?

January 1, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.

Filmmaker Lisa Cortés' work in Georgia wasn't finished after the state went to Joe Biden in the presidential election. The New York-based codirector of "All In: The Fight for Democracy,"...

Warner Bros. Television Chairman Peter Roth and filmmaker Ava DuVernay pose for a portrait at Array HQ on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA.

Ava DuVernay and Peter Roth have a plan to diversify film crews. And Hollywood is on board

December 30, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

To hear Peter Roth tell it, friends, including J.J. Abrams, had been insisting he needed to know Ava DuVernay long before their first meeting. So when the longtime Warner Bros....

Cady Groves poses during Bamboozle Music Festival on June 19, 2010, in Cincinnati.

COVID-19 wreaked havoc with their lives. Now, musicians battle another epidemic: addiction

December 30, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.

One of the last songs the 30-year-old country singer Cady Groves ever recorded was about being alone and not sure where to look for hope. "Got a million scars, don't...

Keanu Reeves (de der. a izq.), Carrie Anne Moss y Laurence Fishburne. Dos de los protagonistas de Matrix regresan el año que viene al cine, pero sin Fishburne.

Los estrenos de cine que vienen en 2021

December 29, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

Con buena parte de los estrenos previstos para 2020 aplazados como consecuencia de las restricciones para hacer frente a la pandemia del COVID-19, 2021 será un año repleto de nuevas...

Ariyon Bakare, left, and Ruth Wilson in" His Dark Materials.".

Fantasy, long one of TV’s whitest genres, may finally be ready to change

December 29, 2020 at 11:55 a.m.

During this season's penultimate episode of "His Dark Materials," Carlo Boreal met his demise. The character's fate wasn't a surprise to those familiar with Philip Pullman's fantasy novels, as the...

George Clooney takes part in a press conference in central London to present a report on atrocities in South Sudan on September 19, 2019.

Why George Clooney wanted his apocalyptic drama ‘The Midnight Sky’ to end with a sense of hope

December 24, 2020 at 10:36 a.m.

George Clooney has long been one of Hollywood's most globetrotting stars, but these days he is hunkered down with his wife, Amal, and their two young children in their home...

Airbnb is cracking down on holiday bookings to prevent users from renting homes for large gatherings.

Party ban: Here’s what Airbnb is doing to discourage large holiday gatherings

December 24, 2020 at 8:51 a.m.

That secret party-house rager you were hoping to throw on New Year's Eve? Don't think you can book it on Airbnb. The short-term rentals site has clamped down on listings...

Maria Bartiromo hosts FOX Business Network's "Mornings with Maria" at FOX Studios on May 19, 2016, in New York City.

What happened to Maria Bartiromo? The Trump election fraud story has the TV news biz asking.

December 24, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

When a public company makes news, a chief executive can expect a text or call from Maria Bartiromo. The veteran business journalist, now an anchor at Fox News, made her...

Alan S. Kim, left, Steven Yeun, Noel Cho and Yeri Han in A24's "Minari."

Hollywood slams Golden Globes for dubbing US-made ‘Minari’ a foreign-language film

December 23, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

One of the most critically acclaimed American films of 2020, "Minari," has been classified a foreign-language film ahead of the Golden Globes. If that sentence didn't make any sense to...

A sign spinner wears a mask to ward off the coronavirus while trying to direct business to a marijuana retail store along Alvarado Street in the Westlake District of L.A.

Stimulus checks, marijuana and Trump’s loss all come back to one thing: How will it play in Georgia?

December 23, 2020 at 1:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Within moments of flipping a thumbs-up in support of the coronavirus stimulus package on the Senate floor Monday night, Sen. David Perdue was surrounded by the chamber's top...

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