Unmasking the racist history of blackface
With the recent controversy over Megyn Kelly's remarks, Maurice DuBois looks at the long and complex history of minstrelsy and stereotyping in which white (and black) performers painted their faces black
Movies
Frankenstein on screen
Published in 1818, Mary Shelley's gothic novel "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" has inspired scores of film and TV adaptations - horrific, comic and ridiculous
"Girls Trip" team to reboot "Clueless"
Tracy Oliver, who co-wrote the well-received comedy "Girls Trip" last year, confirmed on Twitter that she is producing a "new take" on the iconic teen movie
Review: Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's visit to small town "Monrovia, Indiana"
The veteran documentarian points his camera at America's rural Midwest and the people who stubbornly make it run
Original "Suspiria" star Jessica Harper on joining new version
The actress said she was initially skeptical
"Halloween" boasts biggest opening ever for female-led horror flick
The moment was not lost on Curtis, who wrote on Twitter that she was going to limit herself to "one BOAST post"
Review: Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal in a floundering marriage in "Wildlife"
Paul Dano's directorial debut tells the emotional story of a young man witnessing the dissolution of his parents' union
AMC asks "Halloween" fans to leave masks at home
The theater chain also asked fans not to bring any weapons, even fake ones
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" coming to the big screen
The team behind "The Edge of Seventeen" will make the film
"First Man" stumbles behind "Venom" and "A Star is Born"
Last week's top two films took first and second place again
Cheech & Chong's "Up in Smoke," 40 years later
The stoner classic was the perfect vehicle for the comic duo's first film
Johansson reportedly making $15 million for "Black Widow"
Johansson has appeared in Marvel films as Black Widow six times, but "Black Widow" will be her first standalone film as the character
See the new trailer for Stephen King's "Pet Sematary"
Another spooky Stephen King adaptation is coming to theaters
Johnson faces backlash after casting himself as John Henry
The actor posted a teaser for "John Henry and the Statesmen" on Instagram on Tuesday
The Coen Brothers on "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
The filmmakers' latest is an anthology of stories set in the Old West, each with a peculiar take on western tropes
Chris Evans appears to bid farewell to Captain America role
The actor has been playing Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, for eight years
Review: "Burning," a long, slow fuse of a murder tale
Based on a story by Haruki Murakami, this simmering Korean thriller tells of a romantic triangle that goes terribly wrong
Watch Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in new "Vice" trailer
The actor gained 40 pounds, shaved his head and bleached his eyebrows for the role
Review: "A Family Tour," reuniting in exile
In Ying Liang's semi-autobiographical film, a director deemed subversive by the Chinese government plots to rejoin her mother without alerting authorities
Molly Ringwald says "Sixteen Candles" scenes "bothered" her
A scene in the John Hughes film jokes about "violating" a girl who is passed out
Review: Orson Welles' final film, "The Other Side of the Wind"
The director's last movie – completed more than three decades after his death – is a rumination on the aesthetics of cinema, aging, and the decline of power
Review: Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in "The Favourite"
Director Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film is a ravishing period piece in which three women engage in a pas de trois of ambition, betrayal and lust, in and out of corsets
See Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
The flim follows a reporter whose life changes after he meets Rogers
Library of Congress launches online National Screening Room
Hundreds of digitized treasures from the Library's collection will be curated and made available for online viewing, to be updated monthly
Candice Bergen
The beauty proved herself a master of light comedy with her hit sitcom "Murphy Brown," which has returned to the airwaves
Entertainment
Frankie Muniz released from hospital after crashing race car at Daytona
Stacy Keach, star of "Mike Hammer" TV series and stage, dies at 85
DOC NYC documentary film festival returns. Check out this year's lineup.
With "Thrasher," Brandon Flowers returns home
Judi Dench on an actor's life
"The Altruists" actor Julia Garner on surprising herself
Book excerpt: "Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?" by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
Case pitting "ER" against "The Pitt" can proceed, appeals court says
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Judge dismisses Dolly Parton's estate's lawsuit against her nephew
Rob Sand's runway modeling past resurfaces after Iowa gubernatorial win
Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Ronaldo retires from Portugal national team
Filmmaker Michael Mann suffers "superficial injury" at gun range
A new Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit opens a window to unfamiliar works
