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March 28, 2022 | 5:27 AM

After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, the Oscars took a turn

The best actor favorite simply got up out of his seat, walked onstage, and hit the presenter for making an offensive joke about his wife.

By Linda Holmes/NPR

April 26, 2021 | 5:31 AM

7 takeaways from the train-station Oscars

Relaxed speeches are … well, they’re more relaxed.

By Linda Holmes/NPR

April 26, 2021 | 5:25 AM

‘Nomadland’ brings home the Oscar for Best Picture

The film beat out the likes of Aaron Sorkin’s historical drama Trial of the Chicago 7, and David Fincher’s story of old Hollywood, Mank, about the creation of Citizen Kane.

By Bob Mondello/NPR

February 2, 2021 | 11:19 AM

Actor Hal Holbrook, who played Mark Twain longer than Twain himself, dies at 95

In his long-running one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight, Holbrook brought the crotchety Southern humorist to life through acerbic monologues.

By Jesse Baker/NPR

July 6, 2020 | 8:08 AM

Ennio Morricone, the sound of the American West, dies at 91

Morricone compiled one of the most celebrated film-scoring careers of all time -- including the soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

By Rose Friedman/NPR

June 30, 2020 | 11:14 AM

Carl Reiner, actor, director, writer, producer and mensch, dies at 98

If there's a theme to his career, it was that he made other comics funnier.

By Ted Robbins/NPR

May 6, 2020 | 5:45 AM

As some states reopen, theater owners are watching — and mostly waiting

If cinemas are to bounce back as governors open up individual states, it's up to local chains and independent theaters to start the ball rolling.

By Bob Mondello/NPR

February 10, 2020 | 5:17 AM

At the Oscars, ‘Parasite’ makes Best Picture history

The acting awards this year had heavy favorites going into the ceremony.

By Linda Holmes/NPR

January 19, 2020 | 10:36 AM

“1917” Honored by Producers Guild

By The Associated Press

January 13, 2020 | 11:00 AM

The Oscar nominations: In with the old, and ‘congratulations to those men’

The nominations outside of Parasite are overwhelmingly familiar, as if you could have based them on the descriptions of movies on paper without seeing any of them.

By Linda Holmes/NPR

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