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Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider (right) interviews comedian Tig Notaro about drawing humor from her breast cancer diagnosis. Ungerleider is the founder of End Well, a nonprofit focused on shifting the American conversation around death. Their discussion took place in November at End Well's 2023 conference held in Los Angeles. Britney Landreth for End Well hide caption

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Horses are spooked by the Woolsey Fire near Paramount Ranch on Nov. 9, 2018, in Agoura Hills, Calif. Matthew Simmons/Getty Images hide caption

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You've likely seen this ranch on-screen — burned by wildfire, it awaits its next act

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SAG-AFTRA leader Fran Drescher has some choice words for Hollywood studio heads. Mandalit del Barco/NPR hide caption

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'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

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The late night heavyweights are putting their power into a new podcast, sharing this image on the Instagram page for the show. Instagram hide caption

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Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers strike

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Karoline performs as Katie and Tony Nam as Malcolm in Exclusion at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Margot Schulman/Arena Stage hide caption

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In 'Exclusion,' Kenneth Lin draws on his roots as the son of Chinese immigrants

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Michelle Yeoh, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress on Sunday, delivered a rallying cry for Hollywood's older actresses during her acceptance speech. Evan Agostini/AP hide caption

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Actress Raquel Welch arrives at the 2013 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party at Fig & Olive on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. Welch died Wednesday at age 82 after battling a brief illness. Dan Steinberg/Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP hide caption

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The Jonas Brothers react as their Hollywood Walk of Fame Star is unveiled during a ceremony on Monday in Hollywood, Calif. At the ceremony, they announced their sixth album will be released on May 5. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How Hollywood gets wildfires all wrong — much to the frustration of firefighters

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Vanessa Williams recreates a scene from the 1963 historical drama Cleopatra, one of many such re-castings in the new photography book Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments. Carell Augustus/Sourcebooks hide caption

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This photography book puts Black actors in Hollywood's most iconic movie moments

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Actor Marsha Hunt arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2013. Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s, has died at the age of 104. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption

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A star for late rapper Nipsey Hussle was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Aug. 15. The ceremony included speeches and remarks from members of the late rapper's family, including his sister, Samantha Smith (third from right), and his grandmother Margaret Boutte (fourth from right), who accepted the star on behalf of the family. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist, is shown in Manhattan with the Grand Central Terminal building in background in 1962. ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Lady Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani with Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci in Ridley Scott's House of Gucci. Fabio Lovino/MGM hide caption

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Lady Gaga responds to criticism of her performance in 'House of Gucci'

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