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Another award season has ended. Here’s Oscar winners, snubs and what’s next for for everyone.
Jamie Lee Curtis interviews Sigourney Weaver on friendship, family and fame.
Sony’s hired the most but, where are the female directors at major studios?!
Phylicia Rashad will star in For Justice, her first time in the main cast of a television series since Cosby.
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Father Comes Home from the Wars” wins The Kennedy Prize!
Important new rules for revising your old resume.
-KELLY GLOVER
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