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Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Pain and Glory. Manolo Pavón/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

Renia Spiegel (left) and her younger sister, now known as Elizabeth Bellak, wade in the Dniester River around 1935. The photo can be seen on the cover of the published edition of Renia's Diary. Courtesy of Elizabeth Bellak/St. Martin's Press hide caption

Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening." Frank Augstein/AP hide caption

Tracy Chevalier says she learned the needlepoint stitches used by the women in A Single Thread while researching the book. Nina Subin hide caption

"You are not so different," squawked Seagull, who flew overhead. "You both cast long shadows." Michaela Goade/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers hide caption

Matthew McConaughey plays game on Ask Me Another at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. Jessica Mims for NPR hide caption

Ask Me Another's house musician Jonathan Coulton leads a music parody game at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. Jessica Mims for NPR hide caption