Ken Burns' Leonardo da Vinci doc sidesteps this important question

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Inside: Send these stamps to St. Olaf; Rashida Jones delivers her late father's speech he wrote for honorary Oscar.
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Review: Ken Burns' absorbing new Leonardo da Vinci doc on PBS sidesteps one important question Click to view images

For his first non-American subject, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns chose Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.

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Betty White postage stamp to be released in 2025: 'An icon of American television' Click to view images

A Betty White postage stamp based on a 2010 photo of the "Golden Girls" actor will be released in 2025, the U.S. Postal Service said Friday.

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Rashida Jones delivers the speech late father Quincy wrote to accept his honorary Oscar Click to view images

Writer-director Richard Curtis, casting director Juliet Taylor and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli also were honored at the 2024 Governors Awards on Sunday.

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