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After two years of only white acting nominees at the Oscars, the 2017 nominations recognized seven actors of color, including Fences’ Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.

The Internet was delighted and baffled by the inexplicably giant coat Tom Brady wore on the sidelines of the AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

‘What better time than now to take seriously Kanye West as a cultural icon?’

Jeffrey McCune, associate professor at Washington University, on his new undergraduate course, “Politics of Kanye West.”

A female zebra shark in an Australian aquarium may have reproduced asexually, giving birth to three sharks after being separated from her mate for over three years.

Wayne’s World returns to select theaters nationwide in February to celebrate the cult classic’s 25th anniversary.

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A Wisconsin highway was coated with hundreds of thousands of red Skittles after a box of the candy spilled from a flatbed truck.

J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to shut down rumors that Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe would return for a film adaptation of her play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Amy Adams’ stirring performance in Arrival somehow didn’t earn her a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

The menu of a high-end Singapore bar includes a $16 cocktail featuring crunchy black ants imported from Thailand.

The chef at a South Wales restaurant threw chili powder in the face of a customer who complained that the meat in his meal was “tough and rubbery.”