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LOS ANGELES — Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis says achieving gender parity on screen is simple.

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'Toy Story 4' pulls at heart-strings again

Sheriff Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen) and friends appear in a scene from the Disney/Pixar movie “Toy Story 4,” which is now playing in theaters.

In a simple stroke of do-it-yourself genius, “Toy Story 4” introduces a pip of a character made out of a spork, named Forky. He is a googly-eye startle reflex in motion.

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NEW YORK — Keri Russell says that when J.J. Abrams sent her his version of the script for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” it overwhelmed her.

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NEW YORK — A case can be made that “Jeopardy!” savant James Holzhauer is one of the year's biggest TV stars, although a short-lived one.

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NATCHEZ, Miss. — Academy Award winner Allison Janney will take the stage at a Mississippi theater in a fundraiser for the venue's restoration project.

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LONDON — A U.K. judge has sentenced a teenager who created an “abhorrent” online image of Prince Harry to 4 years and three months in a young offenders' institution.

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Taylor Swift puts Katy Perry beef to rest in video

Taylor Swift is shaking off her longstanding beef with Katy Perry.

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NEW YORK — Megadeth's Dave Mustaine says he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

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LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have released a photograph of their 6-week-old son Archie for Father's Day.

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‘I got a little gettin’ even to do’

O.J. launches Twitter account

LOS ANGELES — O.J. Simpson launched a Twitter account with a video post in which the former football star said he’s got a “little gettin’ even to do.”

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Franchise fatigue continues with ‘Men in Black’

LOS ANGELES — Brand familiarity isn’t everything when it comes to attracting audiences to the multiplex, and Hollywood is learning that lesson the hard way this summer with a slew of underperforming sequels and reboots.

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Can ya dig it? Samuel L. Jackson on the lasting impact of the iconic 'Shaft' and how they made franchise's latest movie work

From left, Jessie Usher, Samuel Jackson and Richard Roundtree star in the latest “Shaft” film.

Samuel L. Jackson is as cool as they come — and as long as he has anything to say about it, John Shaft will be, too.

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Scorsese on Dylan, and beating back the blockbuster

'Rolling Thunder Revue' covers tour

Martin Scorsese's “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese” is a semi-fictional documentary on Dylan's 1975-1976 tour.

NEW YORK — A recent multiplex marquee is haunting Martin Scorsese. Twelve screens and 11 of them were showing one movie: “Avengers: Endgame.”

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WASHINGTON — Reality star and activist Kim Kardashian West has returned to the White House to speak at an event promoting efforts to help those leaving prison return to the workforce.

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‘Men in Black’ returns, a little worse for wear

Chris Hemsworth, foreground, and Tessa Thompson lead a cast in Columbia Pictures’ “Men in Black: International,” the fourth in the franchise.

Would any fictional gadget be more coveted by Hollywood executives than the memory-erasing “Men in Black” neuralyzer? Imagine the lucrative benefits of being able to, with a single flash, make moviegoers forget the film they just saw. Franchises would be endlessly renewable.

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This ‘Shaft’ is a fluffy update of the gritty classic

Isaac Hayes wasn’t completely kidding in 1971 when he said this cat Shaft was a bad - well, you know the rest. Hayes’ theme song was a bit of a sendup, but the movie, “Shaft,” was not.

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Levi’s nerves growing before MTV awards

LOS ANGELES — Zachary Levi plays a bulletproof superhero in “Shazam!,” but the actor’s nerves of steel are being tested leading up to his hosting duties for the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

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Gooding Jr. to plead not guilty to groping woman

NEW YORK — Cuba Gooding Jr. turned himself in to police Thursday and was charged with forcible touching after a woman accused him of groping her at a New York night spot.

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SEATTLE — Movie director Bryan Singer has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that he raped a then-17-year-old boy on a yacht 15 years ago.

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NEW YORK — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said.

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LOS ANGELES — Singer Steve Lawrence revealed Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

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LONDON — Senior royals were congratulating Prince Philip as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II celebrated his 98th birthday in private.

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Tony Highlights A historic win and a strong night for women

Ali Stroker accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical for “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!” at the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday in New York.

NEW YORK — When effervescent actress Ali Stroker came onstage to accept her historic trophy as the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony, it wasn’t just the feel-good moment of the night. It may have been one of the most joyous Tony moments in years.