Terry Gross on stage during Advertising Week in New York on September 23, 2019. Mark Von Holden/Advertising Week and Shutterstock hide caption
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Actress Felicity Huffman leaves federal court after her sentencing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal in Boston last month. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
A Fortnite fan performs a dance at the Gamescom gaming industry event in August. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A younger Julie Andrews poses with the Academy Award she won for her role in Mary Poppins. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy and Brian Cox as Logan Roy in the season finale of HBO's Succession. Graeme Hunter/HBO hide caption
Adam DeVine stars as a technology-dependent man whose life gets derailed by a new feature on his phone: an AI assistant Jexi, voiced by Rose Byrne. David Moir/Lionsgate hide caption
Aaron Paul plays Jesse Pinkman in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Ben Rothstein/Netflix hide caption
Georgina Hobart (Gwyneth Paltrow) in the new Netflix series The Politician Courtesy of NETFLIX hide caption
The iconic Addam's family returns in the animated film featuring Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams (left) and Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams (right). Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists hide caption
In a wet Erlenmeyer flask, born and raised: Will Smith and digitally de-aged Will Smith star in Ang Lee's clone filled-thriller Gemini Man. Ben Rosenstein/Paramount hide caption
Eric Notarnicola's mockumentary Mister America follows Tim Heidecker attempts to win over San Bernadino voters despite limited funding and a murder allegation. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Some of the books recommended in Pop Culture Happy Hour's fall book preview. Beth Novey/NPR hide caption
Actor/comedian Rip Taylor tosses confetti on the Tonight Show on Sept. 27, 1994. Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
Rip Taylor talks with reporters before a film premiere in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, in 2002. Taylor, the mustachioed comedian with a fondness for confetti-throwing who became a television game show mainstay in the 1970s, died Sunday. Rene Macura/AP hide caption
A life size cut out of Bob Ross stands up against the wall where the historical tree of the Franklin Park Arts Center is painted. Bob Ross Inc. is located in Herndon, Va., which is only 27 miles from the exhibit. According to managing director, Elizabeth Bracey, the exhibit was intentionally kept close to headquarters. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
In Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy leads the star-studded biopic about Rudy Ray Moore whose iconic alter ego became a Blaxploitation legend. François Duhamel/Netflix hide caption
James Franco, shown here at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2018, has been served with a lawsuit alleging sexual exploitation and fraud. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Turner hide caption
James Franco Sued By Former Students For Alleged Sexual Exploitation And Fraud
Antonio Banderas plays a film director searching for meaning after his physical decline interferes with his ability to create. Manolo Pavón/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
In Low Tide starring Jaeden Martell, three teens pay a heavy price after finding a hidden stash of golden coins. A24 hide caption
Why so serious?: In Joker, failing stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is done being the butt of the joke. Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. hide caption
Merritt Wever and Toni Collette play two detectives investigating a series of sexual assaults. Beth Dubber/Netflix hide caption
Captain Sandy Yawn, Hannah Ferrier, and Aesha Scott are part of the cast of the fourth season of Below Deck Mediterranean. Greg Endries/Bravo hide caption
Ben Platt plays Payton Hobart in the Netflix series The Politician. Courtesy of Netflix hide caption
Marchánt Davis stars as Moses Al Shabaz in The Day Shall Come, a farcical story of a Miami preacher who is set up as a terrorist by the FBI. IFC hide caption