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Kevin Hart received the 25th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on March 24th, 2024. The Kennedy Center hide caption

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Kevin Hart takes home his Mark Twain Prize for American humor

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Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O'Connor, Paul Rudd, Kumail Nanjiani, Logan Kim and Carrie Coon in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Columbia Pictures hide caption

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Jake Gyllenhaal is a former UFC star who becomes a bouncer in Road House. Laura Radford/Prime Video hide caption

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This recycled 'Road House' can't capture the B-movie spirit of the original

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Angela (Ilinca Manolache) is an underpaid production assistant on a film about workplace safety in Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. Unifrance hide caption

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You can expect a lot from this freewheeling film about the 'End of the World'

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Sydney Sweeney stars in Immaculate. Neon hide caption

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M. Emmet Walsh arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, March 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including Blood Simple and œBlade Runner, died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. John Shearer/Invision/AP hide caption

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Actor Jonathan Majors attending the London premiere of his film Creed III in Feb. 2023, before his career imploded due to a series of abuse allegations and a court conviction in New York. Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner Bros. hide caption

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Margot Robbie as Barbie, Tiktok Star Chrissy Chlapecka and TIktok star Nikita Redkar. Warner Bros. Pictures / via TikTok hide caption

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Ed Speleers and Lindsay Lohan in Irish Wish. Patrick Redmond/Netflix hide caption

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Gu (Xin Baiqing) struggles with his own sense of impermanence in The Shadowless Tower. Strand Releasing hide caption

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A Beijing restaurant critic arrives at a crossroads in this absorbing family drama

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Julio Torres wrote, directed and stars in Problemista. A24 hide caption

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In Frida, Kahlo's words are taken from letters and diaries, and voiced by Mexican actor Fernanda Echevarría del Rivero. The film is in Spanish, with English subtitles. Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C. hide caption

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Frida Kahlo, in her own words: A new documentary draws from diaries, letters

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Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding. A24 hide caption

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Pierce Brosnan, a cast member in "The Out-Laws," poses at a screening of the film, on June 26, 2023, in Los Angeles. Brosnan pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a November 2023 visit to Yellowstone National Park. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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Composer Joe Wong brings his cinematic flair to 'Mere Survival'

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Shifu voiced by Dustin Hoffman and Po voiced by Jack Black return in DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4. DreamWorks Animation hide caption

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