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Jeffrey Wright on ‘American Fiction’

The veteran has played everything from an artist to a general to a professor, the role in “American Fiction” that finally landed him an Oscar nomination.

By Sarah Lyall

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Book Review: ‘What Have We Here?,’ by Billy Dee Williams

His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way.

By Maya S. Cade

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Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer.’

These Oscar nominees for “Oppenheimer” met years ago, but the director had no plans to cast this star then, noting, “I was also a little afraid of you.”

By Robert Ito

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Daisy Ridley Loves Every Single Track of This Stormzy Album

When the star of the film “Sometimes I Think About Dying” listens to “This Is What I Mean,” she says, “I don’t shuffle it, nothing. It’s perfect.”

By Kathryn Shattuck