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Jazz, politics, continents collide in Oscar-nominated 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'

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Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union and the U.S. jockey for influence in the "new world."
The craft that went into the 13 Oscar nods for 'Oppenheimer'

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Oppenheimer is in the lead when it comes to Oscar nominations. It has 13, and many of them are in the technical categories. So we're taking a look at some of the people behind the scenes of the film.
'The Zone of Interest' focuses not on the sights, but on the sounds of the Holocaust

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Best Picture Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest is about the horrors of Auschwitz, but opts never to show the violence of the camp on screen. Instead, we hear it through distant soundscapes.
'Our friendships are our fate': Novelist Hisham Matar on revolution and relationships

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning British Libyan writer returns with My Friends — a meditation on how political upheaval shapes the most intimate and private relationships.
81st Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' dominates, 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie'

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This year's Golden Globes were handed out in the first major broadcast of the Hollywood awards season since actors' and writers' strikes were settled.
When stars are on stage, this designer makes it personal for each fan in the stadium

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Es Devlin says that stadiums are designed for competition and combat. So her job, whether she's designing for Beyoncé, Super Bowl Halftime, or The Olympics, is to achieve intimacy on a massive scale.
Now in theaters: A three-hour testament to Taylor Swift's titan era

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The Eras Tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a pristine recording of a record-shattering concert spectacle. But will it really be a savior for the cinema industry?