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Stephanie Mills in The Wiz, and Hasan Minhaj on stage. Hulton Archive/Kevin Winter hide caption

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Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York. Karen Almond/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption

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Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Las Vegas police said they have made an arrest, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, for the first time in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption

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John David Washington as Joshua in The Creator. 20th Century Studios hide caption

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Actress Hattie McDaniel, left, appears with actress Fay Bainter, right, the night McDaniel won best supporting actress for her role in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind in Los Angeles on Feb. 29, 1940. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a replacement of McDaniel's Academy Award plaque that it is gifting to Howard University. AP hide caption

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Taylor Swift watched the Kansas City Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. At one point she ate a snack and unknowingly set a meme in motion. David Eulitt/Getty Images hide caption

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Madeleine Yuna Voyles plays Alphie, a pensive young robot child in The Creator. 20th Century Studios hide caption

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Did AI write this film? 'The Creator' offers a muddled plea for human-robot harmony

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Actor Michael Gambon took over the role of Albus Dumbledore in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Carl Court/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 82

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SAG-AFTRA member John Schmitt, second from right, and others carry signs on the picket line outside Netflix on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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David Byrne of the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense. A24 hide caption

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part I

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Leslie Odom Jr., who won a Tony playing Aaron Burr in Hamilton, is now back on Broadway as Purlie. Marc J. Franklin/Purlie Victorious hide caption

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A Jim Crow satire returns to Broadway after 62 years — and it's a romp, not a relic

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A cutthroat power couple Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) and Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) end up in a power struggle in Fair Play. Sergej Radovic/Netflix hide caption

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