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Tom Cruise to Receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award
Tom Cruise to Receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award

Tom Cruise has spent four decades asking audiences to come back to the movie theater. Now the film world is showing up for him.

The American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees announced today that Cruise will be the recipient of the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a film career. Cruise will be celebrated at a gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 24, 2027, featuring clips of his work, tributes from friends and collaborators and an acceptance speech by the 64-year-old himself.

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Inside Hulu’s Furious: Steve Way & Quincy Tyler Bernstine Interview
Inside Hulu’s Furious: Steve Way & Quincy Tyler Bernstine Interview

Some shows earn their buzz slowly. Furious earned it from the first frame — and kept building. According to Disney, viewership grew week over week, with episode 7 views up 40% from the premiere, and the series was Certified Fresh at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes on launch day before settling at 98%. Hulu didn’t wait for the ending to decide: the streamer renewed the freshman crime drama for Season 2 four days before the Season 1 finale dropped on August 31.

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Celebration of Black Cinema & Television 2026 Honorees
Celebration of Black Cinema & Television 2026 Honorees

Debbie Allen will receive the Icon Award when the Critics Choice Association holds its ninth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles. Quinta Brunson, Chris Rock, Jaafar Jackson and Anthony Mackie are among the 15 artists joining her on this year's honoree list.

Roy Wood Jr. returns to host. The ceremony will premiere on the Critics Choice Association's YouTube channel in December.

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Megan Thee Stallion Gets Her Wings: Inside Her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Moment
Megan Thee Stallion Gets Her Wings: Inside Her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Moment
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Meet Solange Omon, the Cameroon-Born Youth Advocate Who Just Became Victoria's Secret's Newest Angel
Meet Solange Omon, the Cameroon-Born Youth Advocate Who Just Became Victoria's Secret's Newest Angel

The 21-year-old beat out more than 100,000 applicants in the brand's Angels Among Us competition and got her wings on the runway Sunday night in Los Angeles.

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Rosalind Eleazar Gave a Star Turn in Misty Green. Why Isn't Anyone Seeing It?
Rosalind Eleazar Gave a Star Turn in Misty Green. Why Isn't Anyone Seeing It?

Chris Rock's A24 Hollywood satire expanded to 125 theaters last weekend and averaged just $321 a screen, while the performance at its center is drawing some of the year's strongest notices.

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Elza Soares Gets Her Flowers as Black Brazilian Cinema Takes Festival do Rio
Elza Soares Gets Her Flowers as Black Brazilian Cinema Takes Festival do Rio

Eryk Rocha's Elza won best documentary, Gabriel Martins took best director, and the 28th Festival do Rio closed on a night that belonged to the stories Brazil too often leaves out.

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Wanda Sykes Goes Home to Hampton for Legacy and Talks With Cup of Soul
Wanda Sykes Goes Home to Hampton for Legacy and Talks With Cup of Soul

Where you tape a comedy special says something. Most comics pick a big-city theater and a clean skyline shot. For her third Netflix hour, Wanda Sykes went back to Ogden Hall at Hampton University, the HBCU where she graduated in 1986. She called it Legacy.

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