Clockwise from top left: The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Only Murders in the Building, Nope, This Is Going to Hurt and The Dropout Searchlight Pictures, A24, Hulu, Universal Studios, AMC Networks, Hulu hide caption
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Natasha Lyonne stars in Poker Face. Karolina Wojtasik/Peacock hide caption
A repurposed school bus from Control Group Productions' climate change-focused immersive theater experience, The End. Katie Weisberger/Control Group Productions hide caption
Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice
Beyoncé accepts best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards' history. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Viola Davis just put the G in EGOT. She accepted the audio book, narration and storytelling recording award for Finding Me during the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Shania Twain, photographed walking the People's Choice Awards red carpet on Dec. 6, 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
Shania Twain returns after a difficult pandemic with the beaming 'Queen of Me'
The Chinese balloon became the subject of a sketch in the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live on Feb. 4. Larry Mayer/AP hide caption
Beyoncé, accepting the Best R&B Performance award during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles in March 2021. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
This undated photo provided by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial shows Shlomo Perel at his home in Givatayim, Israel. Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died. He was 98. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial via AP hide caption
The Wife of Bath from The Ellesmere Manuscript, one of the earliest manuscripts of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Huntington Library hide caption
A Wife of Bath 'biography' brings a modern woman out of the Middle Ages
J. Ivy, onstage during at the Grammy Museum on Dec. 11, 2022 in LA. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Poetry finally has its own Grammy category – mostly thanks to J. Ivy, nominee
Muni Long takes her Grammy nominations to heart. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
Dungeons & Dragons fans and creators recently found themselves battling an unlikely foe: the game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast. Simon Hayter/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption
Fans said the future of 'Dungeons & Dragons' was at risk. So they went to battle
Connie Britton plays Dee Dee, a wealthy woman who has lost her husband, in Dear Edward. Apple TV+ hide caption
Pedro Pascal plays Joel Miller in The Last of Us. HBO Max hide caption
Ill-informed TV correspondent Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) travels around the world in Cunk on Earth. Andrea Gambadoro/Netflix hide caption
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Clunky title aside, 'Cunk on Earth' is a mockumentary with cult classic potential
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Clunky title aside, 'Cunk on Earth' is a mockumentary with cult classic potential
Molly Tuttle is right at home at The Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn. Joseph Ross for NPR hide caption
Indian couple Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat inside a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. The couple, now 15 years into their relationship, is joined by three other couples who have filed a petition to India's Supreme Court that seeks the legalization of same-sex marriage. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption