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Chadwick Boseman speaks onstage during the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Denzel Washington on June 6, 2019 in Hollywood, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner hide caption

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Dime Davis directed all six episodes of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards: outstanding directing for a variety series, outstanding variety sketch series and outstanding guest actress in a comedy series. Anne Marie Fox/HBO hide caption

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'Black Lady Sketch Show' Is TV 'We'd Never Seen Before,' Says Dime Davis

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A masked Lady Gaga accepts the Best collaboration award for "Rain on Me" onstage during the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV hide caption

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In his role as superhero Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman became the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first film headlined by a Black actor. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43

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The house dress is having a 2020 renaissance. "I think #stayathome made people realize that we need to not just dress to go outside — we need to dress to be inside, love what we wear and feel comfortable," designer Malgosia Archer says. Żaneta Mieszczak/Malgosia Archer hide caption

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Don't Sweat(pants) It. The House Dress Is Here To Rescue 2020

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Kumail Nanjiani, pictured here in 2019, is a longtime friend of Pop Culture Happy Hour. He recently joined the panel for a virtual 10th birthday party. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for THR hide caption

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A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English. Echo of Truth/YouTube hide caption

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North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter

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Regina King (pictured right) recently received an Emmy nomination for her lead role in the limited series Watchmen. Mark Hill/HBO hide caption

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