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Stephen Colbert is the next Oprah

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Miles Davis, Don Cheadle, Jay Z (AP/Remy de la Mauviniere/Richard Shotwell/Joel Ryan/Salon)

Hip-hop artists have been secretly stealing from Miles Davis for decades

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The new “Transformers” trailer shows us Optimus Prime’s face — and I wish it didn’t

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Samuel L. Jackson in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," Lupita Nyong'o, Billy Dee Williams in "The Empire Strikes Back" (AP/Arthur Mola/Salon)

Black actors from “Star Wars”: Where are they now?

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“This would be rape if you weren’t so stupid”: “Louie’s” most disturbing scene yet

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Scarlett Johansson in "Lucy," Angelina Jolie in "Maleficent"

What “Maleficent” tells us about the future of female movie protagonists

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Battle of the Wikis: One comic fan’s Marvel Database takes on the massive Marvel Universe

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Jacob Anderson and Nathalie Emmanuel in "Game of Thrones" (HBO)

“Game of Thrones” recap: Unconsummated love

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Bryan Cranston as Walter White in "Breaking Bad" (AMC/Frank Ockenfels 3)

Bryan Cranston: “Never say never” to the return of Walter White

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Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis in "Annie" (Sony Pictures)

Jay Z and Will Smith’s “Annie” remake is not for kids

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5 headphones you should buy instead of Beats

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Jeff Bezos (AP/Reed Saxon/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-102849p1.html'>Pakhnyushcha</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Amazon’s last defenders? Literary nonprofits wrestle with ethics of taking Amazon grants

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LeVar Burton (Reuters/Keith Bedford)

LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign is everything that made “Reading Rainbow” great

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5 reasons to invite Bill Murray to your bachelor party

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Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper in "Mad Men" (AMC/Justina Mintz)

This was the single best scene in the “Mad Men” finale

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Halle Berry as Storm in "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Forget “X-Men: Wolverine” — where’s the origin story for “Storm”?

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"Pain & Gain," "Twenty Feet from Stardom," "Mud"

Watch these movies over Memorial Day weekend

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Porn stars rage against California’s safe-sex bill

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Master Chief in "Halo"

In praise of silent, stoic video game heroes

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Liam McIntyre in "Spartacus"

Syfy’s “Spartacus” could be an even bloodier, sexier “Game of Thrones”

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Superfans can’t resist “Batman v Superman” minutia

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JB Smoove, Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters of "Last Comic Standing" (NBC/Ben Cohen)

“Last Comic Standing” is TV’s best showcase for diversity in comedy

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Kerry Washington in "Scandal" (ABC/Eric Mccandless)

ABC’s recent ratings success says diversity is good business

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A still from the movie "The Spook Who Sat By the Door"

The filmmaker who gave birth to blaxploitation: Sam Greenlee’s complicated racial legacy

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