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Director of ’20 Days in Mariupol’ Says He’d Rather Have No Oscar and No War
‘20 Days in Mariupol,’ Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing first-person account from the early days of Russia’s invasion, won for best documentary feature.
Godzilla finally gets an Oscar.
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Breakers Grapple With Hip-Hop’s Big Olympic Moment
Largely left out of commemorations of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, breaking will get a grand stage at the Paris Olympics. B-boys and B-girls wonder if their...
How Tupac Shakur Remained a Defining Rap Figure After His Death
A star during his lifetime, he became an almost mythical figure in the decades since his 1996 killing.
Hattie McDaniel’s Historic Oscar Will Return to Its Desired Home
The plaque that McDaniel, the first Black winner of an Academy Award, bequeathed to Howard University has been missing for about 50 years. Now a...
Alex Smith’s Recovery Didn’t Prepare Him for Daughter’s Cancer Fight
Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of...
Garrett Wilson Can Be a Key to Aaron Rodgers’s Jets Success
Garrett Wilson broke out in his rookie season as the dynamic receiver the Jets have long lacked. Now he’s reminding Aaron Rodgers of a productive...
Scoot Henderson Thinks He Should be the No. 1 Pick in the NBA Draft
Scoot Henderson finished high school early to start a two-year apprenticeship for the N.B.A. Now, at 19, his moment has arrived.
‘I Can’t Continue This Fight Any Longer’
Why Tyrell Terry walked away from basketball, the millions of dollars that came with it and the identity he had spent his whole life building.
Brittney Griner Is Creating a New Normal, for Herself and the W.N.B.A.
Griner returns to basketball after her detention in Russia with a bigger platform and a desire to reshape women’s sports.