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Mahershala Ali as G.H., Myha’la as Ruth, Julia Roberts as Amanda and Ethan Hawke as Clay in "Leave the World Behind" (Courtesy of Netflix)

Netflix's unsettling vacation thriller

Gary M. Kramer
Ramy Youssef and Mahershala Ali in "Ramy" (Hulu)

"Ramy" & Mahershala Ali, a blessed combo

Melanie McFarland
Mahershala Ali (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Mahershala Ali to star in "Blade"

Christian Blauvelt - Indiewire
"Black Panther;" "Green Book" (Disney/Universal Pictures)

"Green Book" robbed "Black Panther"

Matthew Rozsa
Mahershala Ali; Glenn Close; Yalitza Aparicio (Getty/Tolga Akmen/Gregg DeGuire/Emma McIntyre)

What to expect at the 2019 Oscars

Rachel Leah
Rosa Salazar as Alita in "Alita: Battle Angel" (Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox)

"Alita: Battle Angel" fails its lead

Matthew Rozsa
"BlacKkKlansman;" "Do the Right Thing" (Focus Features/Universal Pictures)

Spike Lee vs. white savior films

Rachel Leah
Mahershala Ali in "True Detective" (Warrick Page)

"True Detective" is still a mess

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

Hollywood still loves a white savior

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

Mahershala Ali apologizes to family

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Kit Harington as Jon Snow in "Game of Thrones" (Macall B. Polay/HBO)

First look at final season of "Thrones"

Rachel Leah
Mahershala Ali (Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

"True Detective" returns

Gabriel Bell
Mahershala Ali (Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

"True Detective" returns!

Gabriel Bell
Barry Jenkins of "Moonlight" holds up the Best Picture Oscar at the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Winner By Upset: Jimmy Kimmel

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

Academy Award nominees

Gary Kramer
82nd Annual Academy Awards (Getty/Andrew H. Walker)

Oscar nominations

Max Cea
This image released by NBC shows Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP) (AP)

Streep soars at Globes

Melanie McFarland
(A24/Focus Features)

Films that resist Trump

Chauncey DeVega
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