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How a DNA test inspired actress-activist Kerry Washington's journey of self-discovery

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Screenwriters on strike protest in front of Paramount Studios on May 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Hollywood writers reach a tentative deal with studios after nearly five month strike

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The Real Housewives of New York was a hit. So ... why not Real Houseplants of Scottsdale? Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Let's make this Fall TV slate a 'reality'

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Angus Cloud arrives in March 2022 at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cloud, the 25-year-old actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco "Fez" O'Neill on the HBO series "Euphoria," died of an overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a Northern California coroner's office said Thursday. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

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Ncuti Gatwa in season 4 of Netflix's Sex Education. Samuel Taylor/Netflix hide caption

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Leslie Jones says she was 19 when Jamie Foxx told her she needed to live life — get hired, get fired, fall in love — in order to be truly funny. Jen Rosenstein/HGBUSA hide caption

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How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star

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Issa Rae voices Angela, Brooke Monroe Conaway plays Zuri and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi is Stephen in Max's Young Love. Max hide caption

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There's a lot to love in the 'Hair Love'-inspired TV series 'Young Love'

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Inspector Brian Boyce (Hugh Bonneville) tracks down the thieves in The Gold. Sally Mais/Tannadice Pictures/Paramount+ hide caption

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What happened to 'The Gold'? This crime saga is focused on the aftermath of a heist

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Sinclair Daniel and Ashleigh Murray in The Other Black Girl. Hulu hide caption

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Cailee Spaeny stars in Priscilla. A24 Films hide caption

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The Fall movies, TV and music we can't wait for

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Natasha Lyonne, pictured here in November 2022, is one of several actors who's auctioning off unique experiences to support TV and movie crews impacted by the ongoing writers' strike Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Vox Media hide caption

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After a promising infancy, streaming is stuck in a nasty adolescence. Fans of great TV must act to help preserve what works, to build a more stable, empowering entertainment ecosystem. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sinclair Daniel (center) plays Nella on Hulu's The Other Black Girl. Wilford Harwood/ HULU hide caption

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New TV shows take on the hazard of Working While Black

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When the home that was featured — at least its outside — on The Brady Bunch went on the market, buyer Tina Trahan reportedly told her agent she was "obsessed" with the single-story, mid century ranch style house. PG/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images hide caption

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Drew Barrymore attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 26, 2023, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

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