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Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad. Magnolia Pictures; Amazon Studios; A24; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Focus Features; Liz Parkinson/Netflix hide caption
The Wicker Man, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy. BFA/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption
'The Wicker Man' gets his AARP card today, as the folk horror classic turns 50
Lina Lyte Plioplyte is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Carrie Lynn Schreck/MSNBC Films hide caption
'Periodical' filmmaker wants to talk about PMS, menopause and the tampon tax
Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is 'Time' magazine's Person of the Year. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
Lear dropped out of college and enlisted in the Air Force to fight in World War II. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled for several years, selling furniture door to door and taking baby pictures. He's shown above in his Los Angeles office in March 1979. AP hide caption
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In a year of book bans, Maureen Corrigan's top 10 affirm the joy of reading widely
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé is both concert film and documentary about the recent world tour. Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
The SAG-AFTRA strike went on for nearly four months. Mandalit del Barco/NPR News hide caption
The two protagonists from the much anticipated GTA VI. Rockstar Games hide caption
Brenda Lee attends the CMA Awards at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Her holiday hit "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its debut. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
Rose Previte's stuffed summer squash with lamb and rice, from her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Rose Previte, of D.C.'s Michelin star restaurant Maydān, releases her debut cookbook
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chairwoman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, delivers remarks during a hearing on Oct. 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Liz Cheney, focused on stopping Trump, hasn't ruled out 3rd-party presidential run
The cast in How to Dance in Ohio in its World Premiere at Syracuse Stage, 2022 Curtis Brown/How to Dance in Ohio hide caption