Justin Richmond
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The New York Times reports actress Asia Argento paid off an underage actor to keep quiet about their sexual encounter. Argento is one of the women accusing Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of rape.
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Enter the Dragon premiered 45 years ago this weekend. Bruce Lee was meant to break out as an international star, but instead, he died a month before the movie opened — elevating him to legend status.
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It's being hailed as Spike Lee's best film in years, but NPR's Justin Richmond says BlacKkKlansman breezes over its main character's inner conflicts and lets polemics get in the way of storytelling.
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Spike Lee's new movie is about an African-American police officer who went undercover in the 70s to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by joining it. How did he pull that off?
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Johnson reflects on becoming the first black cover model of American Vogue in 1974. September marks another first in the magazine's 126-year history: the cover photographer will be African-American.
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Eleven Middle Eastern television writers are learning from U.S. industry pros how to create better TV. The problem for producers from Saudi Arabia, for instance, is getting past censors.
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The 85-year-old legend canceled a string of shows earlier this year after suffering from the flu. But with his wife and sons in tow, he's come back fiercer than ever.
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Writing for the LA Times, Gold said his mission was to democratize food and he championed holes-in-the-wall as well as white-tablecloth restaurants. He became the first food critic to win a Pulitzer.
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The jazz torchbearer's new record Heaven and Earth represents the relationship between his inner world and outward reality.
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Bobby McFerrin is best known for his feelgood 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Now, his daughter Madison is a singer-songwriter on the rise.