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Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in "Green Book" (Universal Pictures)

How the "Green Book" resonates today

Cotten Seiler - The Conversation
Olivia Colman; Spike Lee; Regina King (Getty/Frazer Harrison/Kevork Djansezian)

2019 Oscars: A changing of the guard

Rachel Leah
"Black Panther;" "Green Book" (Disney/Universal Pictures)

"Green Book" robbed "Black Panther"

Matthew Rozsa
Peter Farrelly, center, and the cast and crew of “Green Book” accept the award for best picture at the Oscars. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

2019 Oscars were great, until the end

Melanie McFarland
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Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Let's never have an Oscars host again

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Spiderman, X-men (Getty Images/Mario Tama)

How an X-Men writer changed storytelling

J. Andrew Deman - The Conversation
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1993 file photo, American author Toni Morrison is shown at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Her novels, such as 1987's "Beloved," have shone a light on the racial prejudices that have afflicted her homeland. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (AP)

Read: African American women writers

Nancy Kang - The Conversation
Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox on "Better Things" (Pamela Littky/FX)

Pamela Adlon's got "Better Things" to do

Melanie McFarland
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Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther in "Captain America: Civil War" (Marvel Studios)

"Black Panther" and STEM role models

Clifford Johnson - The Conversation
Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on January 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty/Alex Edelman)

A brief history of presidential lethargy

Stacy A. Cordery - The Conversation
Mahershala Ali; Glenn Close; Yalitza Aparicio (Getty/Tolga Akmen/Gregg DeGuire/Emma McIntyre)

What to expect at the 2019 Oscars

Rachel Leah
Joe Alwyn as Samuel Masham in "The Favourite" (Atsushi Nishijima/Twentieth Century Fox)

The real women of "The Favourite"

Amy Froide - The Conversation
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Mahershala Ali poses in the press room with the award for best actor in a supporting role for "Moonlight" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (Jordan Strauss/invision/ap)

Oscars 2019: Why diversity matters

Dorinne Kondo - The Conversation
"Flack" (Des Willie)

Smart Watch: Tell me sweet little lies

Melanie McFarland
David Bowie (AP/Ron Frehm)

When Bowie masterminded an epic art hoax

Noah Charney
"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee;"Saturday Night Live;" "The Daily Show" (Michele K. Short/Will Heath/NBC/Brad Barket)

How comedy will shape the 2020 election

Sophia A. McClennen
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Kate McKinnon as Jillian Holtzmann in "Ghostbusters" (Sony)

Real fans love the 2016 "Ghostbusters"

Matthew Rozsa
"Captain Marvel" (Disney)

The Trumping of criticism

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Natasha Lyonne in "Russian Doll" (Courtesy of Netflix)

Yes, "Russian Doll" is worth the hype

Melanie McFarland
R. Kelly (Getty/Mike Pont)

R. Kelly charged with criminal sex abuse

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone
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Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in "Green Book" (Universal Pictures)

Late night TV eviscerates "Green Book"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
"How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" (Universal Pictures[)

"Dragon" trilogy soars to a close

Matthew Rozsa
Peter Tork of The Monkees (Getty/Noel Vasquez)

Monkees' Peter Tork dead at 77

Andy Greene - Rolling Stone
(Getty/PeopleImages)

Is this the year we flip the script?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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