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Holly Hunter will star opposite Ted Danson in an upcoming NBC comedy set in the world of local politics. The network said Wednesday that Hunter will play a liberal Los Angeles city councilwoman in the series from writer-producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.

News4’s Barbara Harrison interviews the last surviving “Hidden Figure” who inspired a book and Oscar-nominated movie.

As Lupita Nyong’o accepted an award from the Harlem School of Arts — and entered the stage to Beyoncé’s anthemic hit “Brown Skin Girl” — the actress mainly had two people to thank for fueling her passion for the arts as a child: her parents.

Glynn Turman from “How To Get Away With Murder” talks about his Emmy nominated role in the show, the importance of his character and his marriage to Aretha Franklin.

Five years ago Sunday, the world lost Robin Williams.

The end of the hit Starz series “Power” is the beginning of several planned spinoffs, the first featuring Mary J. Blige. The Grammy-winning singer and actress said the announcement was probably the most exciting thing that would happen to her this year. Blige’s casting in the new show, titled “Power Book II: Ghost,” was announced Friday at a TV critics’...

Beyoncé has dropped a new original song from Disney’s live-action “Lion King.” The song, “Spirit,” was released Tuesday and should get an Academy-Award push for Academy Award consideration. The tune comes at a pivotal moment for Nala, the character voiced by Beyoncé, in the film that comes out July 18. She also co-wrote the song.

Universal Music unveiled a previously unheard and unreleased song by the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

Ready to feel old? It’s been 30 years since the premiere of rom-com classic “When Harry Met Sally.” Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reunited at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on Thursday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film with a special screening.

Over the course of dozens of films, Academy Award winner Julianne Moore has shown no hesitation in peeling back the layers and revealing her character’s innermost vulnerabilities and desires.

Here are the best looks from the red carpet at the 2019 Oscars.

From onstage leaps, to emotional musical performances, the Oscars brought out all the stops.

Everyone’s favorite neighborhood web-slinger is now an Oscar winner: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” won for the best animated feature Academy Award on Sunday evening. It is the first Marvel superhero film to win an Oscar. The ground-breaking and mind-bending film about multiple spider-heroes from multiple universes gives Sony Pictures its first Oscar for animated feature, a category that has been...

Black actors and creative professionals working behind the scenes made history at the 91st Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. After three decades in the film industry, Ruth E. Carter became the first Africa American to win an Academy Award for costume design with her Afro-futuristic wardrobes in “Black Panther.” The win gave Marvel Studios its first...

Glenn Close says she’s still a bit surprised the motion picture academy gave a nod to her performance in “The Wife.” Actor Richard E. Grant says he’s certain he’s going to lose and will never get this close to Oscar again. And screenwriter Barry Jenkins just wants to savor making it to the end of the awards-circuit road and enjoy...

Responding to widespread backlash to the fact that four Oscars will be presented during commercial breaks at the 91st Academy Awards, the film academy has issued a statement saying that all Academy Award winners will still be included in the broadcast on Feb. 24.

“VH1 Trailblazer Honors” will pay tribute to Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay to kick off Women’s History Month.

Nick Cannon isn’t just defending his friend and fellow comedian Kevin Hart over the Oscars hosting controversy. He’s also going after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself.

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that nothing prepared her for “the extent and depth of suffering” she saw when she visited camps in Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar’s military.