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Clockwise from top left: Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Passages, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Four Daughters, Only Murders in the Building, Hijack Paramount Pictures; MUBI; Sony Pictures; Jour2Fête; Hulu; Apple TV+ hide caption
toggle caption Paramount Pictures; MUBI; Sony Pictures; Jour2Fête; Hulu; Apple TV+Billie Eilish at the 32nd Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards Gala in Los Angeles, Oct. 8 2022. The pop star is flanked by her mother Maggie Baird (left) and EMA CEO Debbie Levin. Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Environmental Media Association hide caption
toggle caption Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Environmental Media AssociationTime Bomb Y2K looks back on the time when we thought civilization might collapse because computers wouldn't be able to handle the switch from the 1900s to the 2000s. Brian Langley/HBO hide caption
toggle caption Brian Langley/HBO Sundance Festival breakthroughs of 2024: Here are 14 new films to look forward toSo many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help. Dean Treml/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Dean Treml/AFP via Getty ImagesNaíma Sentíes and Montserrat Marañon in Tótem. Limerencia hide caption
toggle caption Limerencia 'Tótem' invites you to a family birthday party — but Death has RSVP'd, tooTracee Ellis Ross, shown here in Los Angeles in June 2022, plays a doctor in American Fiction. The film is up for five Academy Awards, including best picture. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Amy Sussman/Getty Images If the part isn't right, Tracee Ellis Ross says 'turn it into what you want it to be'Ryan Gosling received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his performance as Ken, but Margot Robbie did not receive a lead actress nomination for her role in Barbie. Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. Read more on the nominations here. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Warner Bros. Pictures 'Barbie' receives 8 Oscar nominations, but was that Kenough?Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie star in Barbie. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Warner Bros. Pictures 'Barbie' invites you into a Dream House stuffed with existential angstCillian Murphy was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for Oppenheimer. Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures We break down the 2024 Oscar nominationsAfter a very long year in Hollywood, Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Bryan Bedder/Getty ImagesJack Quaid, left, and Zazie Beetz speak Tuesday during the 96th Academy Awards nominations announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 96th Academy Awards will take place March 10 in Los Angeles. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
toggle caption Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/APNorman Jewison, shown here on the set of 1987's Moonstruck, was born in Toronto and served in the Canadian navy during World War II. AP hide caption
toggle caption APActress Lily Gladstone poses with the award for best actress in a motion picture for "Killers of the Flower Moon" in the press room during the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2024. Robyn Beck/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Robyn Beck/Getty Images Actor Lily Gladstone brings the Blackfeet language to the main stageSandra Hüller in The Zone of Interest. A24 hide caption
toggle caption A24 In 'The Zone of Interest' evil lies just over the garden wall Kevin Winter/Getty Images David Oyelowo talks MLK, Role Play, and how to impress an old crushLe Phong Vu plays Thien, a young man looking for answers in the Vietnamese countryside. Cercamon hide caption
toggle caption Cercamon 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell' is a film where a big screen makes a big differenceJon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in Origin. Neon hide caption
toggle caption Neon 'Origin' is a story of ideas, made deeply personalThe Sundance Film Festival marks its 40th edition this year. Above, the Egyptian Theatre is pictured during the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images It's the 40th edition of Sundance — but the festival is looking forward, not backAva DuVernay describes her new movie Origin, which is based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, as "a film about a woman in pursuit of an idea." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Academy Museum hide caption
toggle caption Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Academy Museum With 'Origin,' Ava DuVernay illuminates America's racial caste systemKevin Hart in Lift. Netflix hide caption
toggle caption Netflix In 'Lift', Kevin Hart is out to steal your eveningFantasia as Celie in The Color Purple (2023) Warner Bros. Hide caption
toggle caption Warner Bros. The life lessons Fantasia brought to 'The Color Purple'; plus, Personal Style 101Jaquel Spivey, Angourie Rice and Auli'i Cravalho in Mean Girls. Jojo Whilden/Paramount hide caption
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Sundance Festival breakthroughs of 2024: Here are 14 new films to look forward toNaíma Sentíes and Montserrat Marañon in Tótem. Limerencia hide caption
toggle caption Limerencia 'Tótem' invites you to a family birthday party — but Death has RSVP'd, tooRyan Gosling and Margot Robbie star in Barbie. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Warner Bros. Pictures 'Barbie' invites you into a Dream House stuffed with existential angstSandra Hüller in The Zone of Interest. A24 hide caption
toggle caption A24 In 'The Zone of Interest' evil lies just over the garden wallLe Phong Vu plays Thien, a young man looking for answers in the Vietnamese countryside. Cercamon hide caption
toggle caption Cercamon 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell' is a film where a big screen makes a big differenceJon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in Origin. Neon hide caption
toggle caption Neon 'Origin' is a story of ideas, made deeply personalKevin Hart in Lift. Netflix hide caption
toggle caption Netflix In 'Lift', Kevin Hart is out to steal your eveningJaquel Spivey, Angourie Rice and Auli'i Cravalho in Mean Girls. Jojo Whilden/Paramount hide caption
toggle caption Jojo Whilden/Paramount Is the musical 'Mean Girls' fetch, or is it never going to happen?Wyatt Russell in Night Swim. Universal Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Universal Pictures In 'Night Swim,' the pool is well-fed... And WELL-FEDAndrew Scott and Paul Mescal in a scene from All of Us Strangers. Parisa Taghizadeh/Searchlight Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Parisa Taghizadeh/Searchlight Pictures In 'All Of Us Strangers,' coming home is bittersweetJessica Chastain plays a single mother who connects with a man with early-onset dementia (Peter Sarsgaard) in Memory. Via Ketchup Entertainment hide caption
toggle caption via Ketchup Entertainment Two strangers grapple with hazy 'Memory' in this unsettling filmMonica Bellucci and Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma. Fabrizio Di Giulio/Bleecker Street hide caption
toggle caption Fabrizio Di Giulio/Bleecker Street Great 2023 movies you may have missedAdam Driver in Ferrari. Neon hide caption
toggle caption Neon 'Ferrari' is a stylish study of a flawed manZac Efron in The Iron Claw. A24 hide caption
toggle caption A24 A family tragedy plays out in the ring in 'The Iron Claw'Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, and Danielle Brooks in a scene from The Color Purple. Warner Bros. Studios hide caption
toggle caption Warner Bros. Studios 'The Color Purple' finds a new voiceSandra Hüller plays a mother who lives next door to Auschwitz in The Zone of Interest. A24 hide caption
toggle caption A24 Chilling 'Zone of Interest' imagines life next door to a death campJeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison. Claire Folger/Orion Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Claire Folger/Orion Pictures An author gets in way over his head in 'American Fiction'Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in Maestro. Jason McDonald/Netflix hide caption
toggle caption Jason McDonald/Netflix 'Maestro' hits some discordant notesYoung Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) and young Nettie (Halle Bailey) share an unbreakable bond. Eli Adé/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
toggle caption Eli Adé/Warner Bros. PicturesClockwise from top left: Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Passages, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Four Daughters, Only Murders in the Building, Hijack Paramount Pictures; MUBI; Sony Pictures; Jour2Fête; Hulu; Apple TV+ hide caption
toggle caption Paramount Pictures; MUBI; Sony Pictures; Jour2Fête; Hulu; Apple TV+The Color Purple starred Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey. Mark Harris for NPR hide caption
toggle caption Mark Harris for NPR Revisiting 'The Color Purple' warsIf you find yourself in Hanukkah withdrawal, take Round and Round for a spin: This time-loop romance embraces the holiday in a way that feels complete and thoughtful. Above, Paula Shaw and Vic Michaelis in Round and Round. Craig Minielly/Hallmark hide caption
toggle caption Craig Minielly/HallmarkTimothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka. Warner Bros. Studios hide caption
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She's only in her 40s, but my friend Mary has bounced back from cancer, heart problems, even a stroke. Through it all, she and her husband, Mark, have kept their sense of humor. One day she said, "You know what kills me ... ?" Smiling, Mark teased, "Apparently nothing."
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