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Wanda Sykes performs at the Miller Theater in Philadelphia during her Netflix special I'm an Entertainer. Aaron Ricketts/Netflix hide caption

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Wanda Sykes stands in solidarity with Hollywood writers: 'We can't back down'

As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Sykes is fully supportive of the current strike; she says the survival of the craft is at stake. Her new Netflix special is I'm an Entertainer.

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Wanda Sykes stands in solidarity with Hollywood writers: 'We can't back down'

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Mary Tyler Moore, shown here in 1969, won seven Emmy Awards over the course of her career. E. Milsom/Getty Images hide caption

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Hats off to an illuminating new documentary about Mary Tyler Moore

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During World War II, the American Red Cross Clubmobile corps (shown here on an airfield in England in 1943) provided donuts, coffee and friendly conversation to the troops. AP hide caption

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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother

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