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50 Years Of Sparks: The World Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Them

From left, Russell and Ron Mael, who record as Sparks, photographed in 1982 during the cover shoot for their album Angst In My Pants. Eric Blum/Getty Images hide caption

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50 Years Of Sparks: The World Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Them

The eclectic, prolific and beloved brother-brother pop duo is marking 50 years this year – but, somehow, you've never heard their music? Let's fix that.

50 Years Of Sparks: The World Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Them

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The limitations of 'Latinidad': How colorism haunts 'In The Heights'

Singer and actor Leslie Grace stars as Nina Rosario (center), the beloved and brilliant neighborhood sweetheart in the film adaptation of the musical In the Heights. Macall Polay/Warner Brothers hide caption

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Hispanic Heritage Month

The limitations of 'Latinidad': How colorism haunts 'In The Heights'

Film critic Monica Castillo reflects on the glaring absence of Afro-Latino actors from the new screen adaptation of In the Heights and how colorism still affects Latino representation on screen.

Monday

'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) runs a corner bodega and dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic in In the Heights. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

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'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

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Ramos says Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical In the Heights filled him with hope. Now he's starring — and singing and dancing and rapping — in the film adaptation.

'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

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Opinion: Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist

Tom Hanks recently wrote an essay in The New York Times urging more widespread teaching of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The Oscar winner has built a career on movies about American white men "doing the right thing." Steve Granitz/WireImage hide caption

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Opinion: Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist

TV critic Eric Deggans says the Oscar-winning actor whose career has been rooted in films based on U.S. history needs to take responsibility for helping dismantle the notion of white exceptionalism.

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COMIC: Director Jon M. Chu's long journey from home videos to 'In The Heights'
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COMIC: Director Jon M. Chu's long journey from home videos to 'In The Heights'

Hollywood director Jon M. Chu got his start splicing VHS tapes of home videos, but it took him two decades — and acceptance of his cultural identity — to realize what stories he really wanted to tell.

COMIC: Director Jon M. Chu's long journey from home videos to 'In The Heights'

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Friday

A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

Is Cruella de Vil (Emma Stone) meant to come off as misguided, unhinged or genuinely unscrupulous? A new film tries to suggest a complicated mix of all three and winds up feeling mostly confused. Disney hide caption

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A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

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Emma Stone gives her all in a tricky role as the puppycidal fashionista of Disney's Dalmatians franchise. Cruella isn't a bad movie, but it fails to make its protagonist bad enough.

A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

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'Nomadland' And Chadwick Boseman Win Big During A Mostly Snoozy Golden Globes

Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Nomadland' And Chadwick Boseman Win Big During A Mostly Snoozy Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association hamfistedly attempted to address its lack of Black members, and technical difficulties made things awkward.

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