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Thursday

Rick Baker sculpts a puppet head for the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. Now retired, Baker's work has been collected in the two-volume collection Metamorphosis. Elaine Baker/Courtesy of Cameron Books hide caption

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Rick Baker, The Monster Maker Of Hollywood

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Wednesday

John Witherspoon leaves a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman in New York in December 2009. Actor-comedian Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube's father in the Friday films, has died at age 77. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption

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Eddie Murphy, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in Dolemite Is My Name. François Duhamel/Netflix/Courtesy of NETFLIX hide caption

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Monday

Robert Evans attends a 2002 book signing for his memoir The Kid Stays in the Picture. J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images hide caption

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The Kid Bows Out: Movie Producer Robert Evans Dies At 89

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Tricia Helfer in "Lydia Layne's Better Half," an episode of the Shudder original series Creepshow. Shudder hide caption

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Shudder Puts The Screaming In Streaming Video

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Dave Chappelle accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. PBS will air a television special of the ceremony in January. Tracey Salazar/Courtesy of the Kennedy Center hide caption

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'The Best Part Of The First Amendment': Dave Chappelle Accepts Mark Twain Prize

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Friday

Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) has dinner with his imaginary friend Adolf (Taika Waititi), and his mother, Rosie (Scarlet Johansson). Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox/Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation hide caption

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