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Topic: Ron Howard

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) | Glenn Close ("Mamaw") in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

The real crisis in "Hillbilly Elegy"

Mesha Maren
Warwick Davis in "Willow" (Disney+/Lucasfilm Ltd.)

A "Willow" quest that includes everyone

Melanie McFarland
Aretha Franklin, played by Cynthia Erivo, recording at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. (National Geographic/Richard DuCree)

"Aretha" turned "pain into solid gold"

Melanie McFarland
Cynthia Erivo in "Genius: Aretha" (NatGeo / Hulu)

The soulful genius of "Aretha"

Melanie McFarland
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Amy Adams (Getty/Frazer Harrison)

Get ready for "Hillbilly Elegy" Oscars

Erin Keane
Penny Marshall (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Penny Marshall did it her way

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Woody Harrelson, Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, and Joonas Suotamo in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

"Solo" is officially a flop

Matthew Rozsa
Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca and Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo as "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (Disney/Lusas Films)

What critics are saying about "Solo"

Joseph Neese
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Ron Howard takes over Han Solo

Matthew Rozsa
The Beatles (AP)

The sound of Beatlemania

Scott Timberg
(Funny or Die)

Art of the Deal: The Movie

Sophia Tesfaye
Ron Howard (AP/Evan Agostini)

Ron Howard on "Rush"

Daniel D'Addario
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A delicious jolt of speed

Andrew O'Hehir
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