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HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 08: Actress Ellen DeGeneres attends The World Premiere of Disney-Pixar?s FINDING DORY on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

Dory from ‘Finding Nemo’ was almost a male fish — then Ellen DeGeneres arrived

June 19, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

The prequel to "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory" should be called "Finding Ellen DeGeneres." In conversation Thursday with film critic Justin Chang, "Finding Nemo" mastermind Andrew Stanton revealed that the...

Pianist Scott Dunn plays during the performance of Jacaranda's 'Cage 100' Vexations at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica.

Commentary: Why Satie? Why now? How one composer embodies our time of loneliness and angst

June 19, 2020 at 2:05 p.m.

Safe at home has not necessarily meant sane at home. One antidote is a mega-dose of Erik Satie. The French composer's most beguiling and languidly becalming piano pieces, particularly the...

Nicole Beharie poses for a portrait to promote the film "Miss Juneteenth" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Nicole Beharie was called ‘problematic’ and blacklisted. ‘Miss Juneteenth’ brings redemption

June 19, 2020 at 9:05 a.m.

In the wake of nationwide protests against racial injustice, the holiday Juneteenth has garnered widespread attention beyond the confines of Southern Black communities for the first time. The observance marks...

An Emmy Awards statue is seen during the Emmy Awards 2017 Governors Ball Press Preview at The Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif.

2020 Emmys expand comedy and drama series categories to 8 nominees

June 18, 2020 at 11:14 a.m.

The chances of your favorite television show earning an Emmy nomination just got a little better. Citing a 15% increase in submissions over last year, the Television Academy announced late...

Victor (Michael Cimino), shown in "Love, Victor."

Review: In Hulu’s pleasing but predictable ‘Love, Victor,’ even the bully pulls punches

June 18, 2020 at 8:21 a.m.

Greg Berlanti's 2018 coming-out teen film "Love, Simon" has given birth to a pleasing television series, Hulu's "Love, Victor," which is both a sequel and a kind of spiritual remake....

‘7500’ review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt excels in the tense hijacking thriller

June 18, 2020 at 8:40 a.m.

If you're apprehensive about flying in the age of COVID-19, the tense airborne terrorism thriller "7500" will not make it any easier to return to the skies. Set in pre-coronavirus...

‘You Should Have Left’ review: Kevin Bacon brings his skills, but plot is too familiar to frighten

June 18, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

If there's one thing we've learned from horror movies, it's when unexplained events turn sinister and you get a mysterious warning to beat it, you probably should. Characters choosing to...

K-pop star Yohan of boy band TST dies at age 28

June 17, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

K-pop star Yohan, a member of the South Korean boy band TST, has died at age 28. In a statement obtained Tuesday by fan site AllKPop, the group's record label,...

Ava DuVernay attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 9, 2020 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Black filmmakers and executives get honest about their experiences in Hollywood

June 17, 2020 at 9:35 a.m.

After George Floyd's killing in the custody of Minneapolis police last month, Hollywood entertainment companies sent out a flurry of statements supporting the Black Lives Matter movement's fight against police...

Why the dog meat trade persists in Indonesia, despite consumption being illegal

June 16, 2020 at 3:41 p.m.

TOMOHON, Indonesia — The sale of dog meat for consumption is technically illegal in Indonesia, but visitors wouldn't be able to tell walking through the crowded central market in Tomohon....

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