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Michelle Rodriguez and Chris Pine plays Edgin plays Holga in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures hide caption

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Teens share the joy, despair and anxiety of college admissions on TikTok

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Samara Joy accepts the Grammy Award for best new artist in Los Angeles on Feb. 5. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption

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Grammy-winning jazz singer Samara Joy joins for concert and conversation

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An entranceway to Walt Disney World pictured on Feb. 8 in Orlando, Fla. Disney quietly blocked a move by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to strip the company of its control over a special taxing district. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Top 10 Muppets, as voted by listeners

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Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'darkest party song'

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A mother faces 'A Thousand and One' obstacles in this unconventional NYC film

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Tourists take photos in front of Michelangelo's David in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy, on Tuesday. The Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from the Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo's sculpture in person. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption

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Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban in the 2023 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman hide caption

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As 'Sweeney Todd' returns to Broadway, 4 Sweeneys dish about the difficult role

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