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Kevin Hart received the 25th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on March 24th, 2024. The Kennedy Center hide caption

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Kevin Hart takes home his Mark Twain Prize for American humor

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Composer Joe Wong brings his cinematic flair to 'Mere Survival'

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Sara Bareilles, Paula Pell, Busy Philipps, and Renee Elise Goldsberry in a season three episode of Girls5eva. Emily V Aragones/Netflix hide caption

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Jimmy Presnell and Chelsea Blackwell in Love is Blind. Netflix hide caption

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Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in Shogun. The FX streaming series centers more of the story on the Japanese characters than the original NBC miniseries. Sanada served as a producer on film and advised the cast and crew on period authenticity. Kurt Iswarlenko/FX hide caption

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FX's Shogun Takes A New Approach To An Old Story

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This black and white photo taken in May 1982 shows Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, whose death was announced on March 8, 2024. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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CBS has teamed with the NAACP to develop The Gates, which would become the first daytime soap with a predominately Black cast since NBC's Generations. Here, the CBS logo seen at the CBS Television City Studio in Los Angeles. Getty Images hide caption

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Singer Steve Lawrence (left) and his wife Eydie Gorme arrive at a black-tie gala honoring Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas on May 30, 1998. Lawrence died Wednesday at age 88. Lennox McLendon/AP hide caption

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In the popular reality TV show Love is Blind, contestants date each other while in "pods" where they cannot see each other. Netflix hide caption

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'Love is Blind' says it's an experiment. Scientists say attraction is more arbitrary

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Ashmal in Peacock's Couple To Throuple. Paul Castillero/Peacock hide caption

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Comedian Richard Lewis attends an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Dec. 25, 2012. Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes, has died at age 76. Alex Gallardo/AP hide caption

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Carrie Preston stars an an astute but unconventional attorney in Elsbeth. Elizabeth Fisher/CBS hide caption

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In the mood for a sweet, off-beat murder mystery? 'Elsbeth' is on the case

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The four-part docuseries Where is Wendy Williams? is streaming on Lifetime. Calvin Gayle/Lifetime hide caption

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Anna Sawai plays translator Toda Mariko in the new FX series Shōgun. Katie Yu/FX hide caption

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Sex, violence, 'Game of Thrones'-style power grabs — the new 'Shōgun' has it all

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