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August 12, 2023

Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today?

August Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in America, gets a stirring biography from Patti Hartigan.

Fox Corp. lawyer who oversaw defamation case against Fox News is leaving the company

Viet Dihn guided Fox's legal strategy in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case, which resulted in Rupert Murdoch's company paying a $787.5 million settlement.

WGA and AMPTP resume negotiations as Hollywood holds its breath

After more than 100 days of striking, the Writers Guild of America resumed negotiations with studio representative the AMPTP on Friday afternoon.

'Oppenheimer' doesn't show us Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's an act of rigor, not erasure

Christopher Nolan's movie has no interest in reducing the atomic bombings of Japan to a trivializing, exploitative spectacle, despite what some would want.

Jason Momoa tells tourists to stay far from Maui: 'Not the place to have your vacation right now'

Jason Momoa is urging tourists to stay away from Maui in the midst of the wildfire devastation: "Maui is not the place to have your vacation right now."

Tyrese Gibson sues Home Depot for a million dollars, alleging discrimination

Tyrese Gibson filed a lawsuit this week accusing Home Depot of racial discrimination. He wants $1 million — about the amount he said he's spent at the chain.

Johnny Hardwick, voice of Dale Gribble on 'King of the Hill,' dies at 64

Johnny Hardwick, the actor who was most famous for voicing Dale Gribble in the series "King of the Hill," was found dead this week in Austin. He was 64.

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