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The 10 best albums of 2023
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2024 Grammy Award nominations: See the full list, including Taylor Swift, SZA, and Barbie
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Your guide to 2023's biggest tours
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25 essential inspirational movies
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The best albums of 2023 (so far)
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Janelle Monáe on learning to get 'comfortable with my boobs' and not feeling shame about it
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The 20 best Diane Warren songs
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Moonlight cast: Where are they now?
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Stars pose for portraits at the National Board of Review Gala 2023
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How Janelle Monáe perfected her 'rich bitch' accent for Glass Onion
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Ts Madison joins RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 as rotating judge
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Wet queens recreate first-ever RuPaul's Drag Race challenge in wild season 15 trailer
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Dressed to kill: How costume designer Jenny Eagen brought the Glass Onion ensemble to life
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review: Maximum mayhem on a Greek island
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The cast of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery spills secrets in EW's Around the Table
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Meet the new cast of Glass Onion suspects bedeviling Benoit Blanc
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Edward Norton invites us to solve his murder in first Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery trailer
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The stars of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery make merry at EW's cover shoot
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Through the looking glass: Inside Knives Out sequel Glass Onion
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Knives Out... of the closet: Rian Johnson confirms Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is 'obviously' queer
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Janelle Monáe wants to emulate Johnny Depp's career — but 'his life as an actor only'
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25 pieces of pop culture evidence we're living in the '80s all over again
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Rian Johnson crafted murder mystery games for the Glass Onion cast to play on weekends
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Daniel Craig's Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, to make its world premiere at TIFF
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Mystery solved: Knives Out 2 uncovers 'a whole new book' with official sequel title
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See the best looks from the 2022 Met Gala red carpet
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Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk returns but not with Will Smith
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Hustle, The Gray Man, Knives Out 2, and more new movies coming to Netflix this year
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Leslie Odom Jr. is excited to finally work with his Central Park wife Kathryn Hahn in Knives Out 2
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Barack and Michelle Obama will teach kids about government with new animated Netflix series
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Stacey Abrams on why Janelle Monáe's 'Turntables' is the anthem for this moment
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Antebellum director says Black art 'is the most policed'
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The Glorias offers a busy, clunky take on Gloria Steinem's extraordinary life: Review
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Jena Malone on taking the villain role in Antebellum: 'I don't really scare easily'
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Antebellum directors and stars share how they approached making the intense film
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Janelle Monáe shares her last memory of Chadwick Boseman dancing at an Oscars party
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Janelle Monáe recommends 3 projects of hers to binge
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Janelle Monáe anticipates reactions to Antebellum: 'It'll trigger people'
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Janelle Monáe's radical rebellion
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Janelle Monáe leads a regime change in new 'Turntables' music video
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Julianne Moore storms The Glorias through feminist history in Gloria Steinem biopic teaser
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Janelle Monáe stands out in stylish but underbaked slavery fable Antebellum: Review
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American Horror Stories: How a new wave of filmmakers are confronting American racism
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Julianne Moore's Gloria Steinem biopic The Glorias lands Amazon debut
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Janelle Monáe's time-twisting horror film Antebellum heading to VOD in September
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Shea Couleé tributes Drag Race win to Black women: 'I see God' in them
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For EW's first-ever Heroes Issue, stars open up about their own personal heroes
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Hundreds of Black artists sign letter calling for change in Hollywood: 'We demand better'
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Don Cheadle, Steve Carell, Kehlani, and more are helping bail out Minnesota protestors
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Homecoming creators answer burning questions about season 2
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Janelle Monáe on taking over as Homecoming star: 'There's no replacing Queen Julia'
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Pride Forever: EW's LGBTQ issue celebrates new storytellers, enduring icons, and Hollywood history
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Something is very wrong with Janelle Monáe in Homecoming season 2 trailer
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Janelle Monáe searches for the truth in ominous Homecoming season 2 teaser
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Homecoming first look: Janelle Monáe pulls back the curtain on 'more suspenseful' season 2
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Janelle Monáe time-travels through horrific history in gripping Antebellum trailer
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Janelle Monáe opens Oscars with dazzling musical homage to Mister Rogers, Midsommar queen, more
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Harriet returning to theaters for free Black History Month screenings
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Janelle Monae walks a funky 'Tightrope' with Big Boi
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Essence Music Festival announces its 2009 lineup
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Janelle Monáe leads twisted trailer for surprise horror film Antebellum
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Nov. 8-10 Weekend Movie Preview: From Doctor Sleep to Last Christmas, the best new releases to see now
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Watch Harriet star Cynthia Erivo belt her riveting Best Original Song contender