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Clockwise from top left: American Horror Stories, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Changeling, The Mothers-in-Law, Reacher, The Continental: From the World of John Wick. Hulu; Peacock; Apple TV+; Tubi TV; Keri Anderson/Prime Video; Katalin Vermes/Starz Entertainment hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad. Magnolia Pictures; Amazon Studios; A24; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Focus Features; Liz Parkinson/Netflix hide caption
Shane MacGowan live onstage in 1988, courtesy of the documentary film Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan. Andrew Catlin/Magnolia Pictures hide caption
For Beyoncé's Renaissance tour Es Devlin designed a spherical portal — a 50-foot wide aperture — from which the star, her dancers and musicians could emerge and withdraw between songs. Es Devlin/Thames & Hudson hide caption
When stars are on stage, this designer makes it personal for each fan in the stadium
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When you're stuck at the airport, you need the right soundtrack. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Among the trove of games was an original version of the cult hit Chrono Trigger. Screenshot from NPR hide caption
In Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly, brilliant spy who's in charge of a group of failed British spies. The series is based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron says Lamb might not have "a heart of gold" but he does have "a moral code." Apple TV+ hide caption
Gary Oldman had 'free rein' in spy thriller 'Slow Horses' — now back for Season 3
Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for jury selection in a domestic violence case. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
Illustration by Luke Medina. Luke Medina/NPR hide caption
In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
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John Cale says hip-hop is the avant-garde of today. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
'If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI,' expert says
Producer Marty Krofft arrives at the premiere of "Land of the Lost," at Gramuan's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 30, 2009. Krofft, one of the producing pair that put "H.R. Pufnstuf" and the Osmonds on TV, has died at 86. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption