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Gina Rodriguez stars alongside Justin Baldoni in The CW's Jane the Virgin. Danny Feld/The CW hide caption

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Diversity Sells — But Hollywood Remains Overwhelmingly White, Male

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Nancy Cartwright voices the mischievous 10-year-old son, Bart, in the animated TV show, The Simpsons. "I don't know of any other character that has more catch-phrases than Bart," she says. Courtesy of FOX hide caption

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'Whoa, Mama!': A Voice Actress's Road To Fame As A 10-Year-Old Boy

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Not My Job: Drummer Marky Ramone Gets Quizzed On Marky Mark

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Mohsin Hamid is also the author of three novels, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Jillian Edelstein/CAMERA PRESS hide caption

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Pakistani Author Mohsin Hamid And His Roving 'Discontent'

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Viewers have criticized the lack of characters of color in Marvel's Agent Carter -- K. Tempest Bradford says it's just one of a long line of properties that overlook the presence of African-Americans outside of slavery, Reconstruction and the civil rights era. Kelsey McNeal/ABC hide caption

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Kazuo Ishiguro is also the author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. Jeff Cottenden/Courtesy of Knopf hide caption

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The Persistence — And Impermanence — Of Memory In 'The Buried Giant'

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Friday

When Annie Clark was assaulted in 2007 she said the response from her university was victim blaming: "I talked to one campus employee and she gave me this extended metaphor about how rape was like a football game and I was the quarterback in charge and what would I have done differently in that situation," she says. Courtesy of Radius hide caption

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Film About Campus Sexual Assault Tells Survivors: 'You Are Not Alone'

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Eastern Boys begins as a home invasion story but evolves to something more complex, says NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Courtesy of First Run Features hide caption

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Tense 'Eastern Boys': Cruising, and Bruising

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While Leonard Nimoy became famous as Star Trek's Mr. Spock, he was conflicted about the role. He later came to embrace it. He's shown here with actor William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk. Getty Images hide caption

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He Was, And Will Always Be, Our Friend: Remembering Leonard Nimoy

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From Poker Amateur To World Series Competitor In 'The Noble Hustle'

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Small Batch Edition: 'The Sculptor' And Other Grand Graphic Novels

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