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MJ (Zendaya) prepares to freefall with Spider-man in "Spiderman: No Way Home" (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures)

Why Black fantasy casting angers racists

Melanie McFarland

British actress Helen Mirren (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Helen Mirren on Golda Meir role backlash

Scarlett Johansson (Getty/Amy Sussman)

ScarJo says interview was "click bait"

Ashlie D. Stevens

Margaret Qualley in "Novitiate" (Sony Pictures Classics)

A film on nuns gets female casting right

Alexandra Clinton

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"Vice Principals" star redefines casting

The Mindy Project; Broad City (Hulu/Jordin Althaus/Comedy Central)

The Mindy Project and Broad City return

Melanie McFarland

Niecy Nash's advice for actors

Zoe Kazan (Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris)

Zoe Kazan on sexual harassment

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Daniel Craig as James Bond in "Spectre" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

Daniel Craig back as Bond?

Alison Brie (AP/Joel Ryan)

Alison Brie's audition horrors

Mae Whitman as Amber in "Parenthood' (NBC/Vivian Zink)

"Independence Day" controversy

Kiernan Shipka in "Mad Men," Maisie Williams in "Game of Thrones," Max Burkholder in "Parenthood" (AMC/HBO/NBC)

TV dramas bet big on kid stars

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Zach Quinto, Gillian Jacobs and Desiree Akhavan in "Girls" (HBO/Craig Blankenhorn)

Ranking "Girls"' guest stars

Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon (AP/Jordan Strauss/Arthur Mola/Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/Jonathan Alcorn)

"Ghostbusters" pros and cons

Ridley Scott, left, and Giannina Facio, right, attend the premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" at The Brooklyn Museum on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

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Sofia Vergara and Ed O'Neill of "Modern Family" attend the Emmy Awards, September 23, 2012. (AP/Frank Micelotta)

Hollywood's hidden sexism

Victoria Frings

Lena Dunham (HBO)

"Girls" seeks "Latin type"

Daniel D'Addario

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Kristen Schaal

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