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John Boyega poses for a portrait to promote the film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Tuesday. Dec. 3, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

John Boyega to Disney: Nonwhite ‘Star Wars’ characters were ‘pushed to the side’

September 2, 2020 at 2:14 p.m.

Five years after he made his "Star Wars" debut as a Stormtrooper-turned-resistance fighter, John Boyega has a message for the Disney empire. "You get yourself involved in projects and you're...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 25: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Winner of the Founder award during the 2019 International Emmy Awards Gala on November 25, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

D.B. Weiss and David Benioff line up first post-‘Game of Thrones’ TV project

September 1, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are leaving Westeros for outer space. Announced Tuesday, The "Game of Thrones" showrunners have lined up their first TV project since the HBO fantasy series...

Crew death renews concerns over film set safety amid COVID-19

September 1, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

The death of a 51-year-old assistant director who lost a battle with COVID-19 last week after returning to work on a commercial shoot has heightened concerns about the safety of...

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2018 file photo, actors Michael B. Jordan, Leitia Wright, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya and Danai Gurira pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Black Panther" in London. Stan Lee, the master and creator behind Marvel's biggest superheroes, died at age 95 Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at a Los Angeles hospital. As fans celebrate Lee's contributions to the pop culture canon, some have also revisited how Lee felt that with his great comic books came great responsibility. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Chadwick Boseman’s ‘Black Panther’ family asks: ‘How do you honor a king?’

September 1, 2020 at 11:55 a.m.

The cast and creatives of "Black Panther" are celebrating the life of their onscreen king, Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday at age 43 after a private battle with colon cancer....

FILE - In this July 6, 2020, file photo a ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Americans' suggestions of suitable statues for President Donald Trump's planned National Garden of American Heroes are in, and they look considerably different from the predominantly white worthies that the administration has locked in for many of the pedestals. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Commissioner Amy Zanelli, suggested George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans whose killings by police sparked massive street protests. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Review: Breonna Taylor and the grim power of Vanity Fair’s unflinching cover portrait

September 1, 2020 at 10:35 a.m.

Scrubs. That's the word that came immediately to mind when I first saw the remarkable cover to the remarkable September issue of Vanity Fair, whose guest editor, the formidable Ta-Nehisi...

DELAWARE | Forty-one percent of Delaware's 739,951 adults are at high risk.

Why you might not be welcome at this year’s Thanksgiving table

September 1, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Do you really need to risk your health, or someone else's, for the satisfaction of a shared meal and the privilege of arguing politics with your wrongheaded...

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8 ways to make school-at-home lunches easier

September 1, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.

I love cooking — that's why I don't like packing school lunches. It's no fun making food that inevitably tastes subpar after hanging out in a brown bag for hours....

Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19. FaceTiming with his family kept him alive

September 1, 2020 at 7:51 a.m.

As Mark Mothersbaugh lay in a Cedars-Sinai hospital bed in early June after contracting the novel coronavirus, a ventilator tube snaking into his throat to help him breathe, the Devo...

In this video grab issued Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, by MTV, DaBaby performs during the MTV Video Music Awards. (MTV via AP)

Commentary: 5 lessons the VMAs can teach the 2020 Emmys about COVID-era award shows

September 1, 2020 at 9:33 a.m.

When it comes to awards shows, MTV's Video Music Awards (better known as the VMAs) is a species unto itself. Its closest kin is the Grammys: performance-dominated and characterized by...

Honoree Denzel Washington arrives at the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Denzel Washington honors his special bond with Chadwick Boseman

August 31, 2020 at 3:18 p.m.

Chadwick Boseman once said, "There is no 'Black Panther' without Denzel Washington." A year after the "Black Panther" star honored Washington at the 47th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, Washington...

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