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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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
Dave Bautista, Abby Quinn, and Nikki Amuka-Bird in M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, Knock at the Cabin. Universal Pictures hide caption
Iryna Zhalovska and other dancers with The United Ukrainian Ballet train at The Kennedy Center. The company is performing Giselle there this week. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
60 dancers who fled the war now take the stage — as The United Ukrainian Ballet
Owners of apartments (seen at right) opposite Tate Modern have won a privacy case against the famous art gallery. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé performs at the Oscars in March 2022. Her "Renaissance" World Tour later this year will mark her first solo tour since 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Customers dine at a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2020. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rory Szwed, left, and Kent Rowan watch the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to make his prediction at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., early Thursday morning. Barry Reeger/AP hide caption
How Groundhog Day came to the U.S. — and why we still celebrate it 137 years later
Omar Apollo poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 8, 2023. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
Omar Apollo taught himself how to sing from YouTube. Now he's up for a Grammy
