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Oscar nominees 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester' will screen in more theaters 鈥� do Oscar nods help bottom line?Multiple best picture nominees will be screening in more theaters now that they've received Oscar nods. Can awards season attention help a film's box office success, too?
Orange carrot cake barsDense carrot cake makes the cut in manageable bite-sized bars.
Verbal EnergyHow holy a grail can rhubarb really be?Does a term borrowed from Arthurian legend get maybe too much of a workout in the news media?
Mary Tyler Moore was legendary TV actress on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'Moore won seven Emmy Awards for her TV work and was nominated for an Academy Award for the film 'Ordinary People.' After winning a Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild Award, the actress said she wanted to remembered 'as a good chum. As somebody who was happy most of the time and took great pride in making people laugh when I was able to pull that off.'
First LookIn more diverse Oscars year, African-American actress Viola Davis sets recordViola Davis is the first-ever African-American actress to get three nominations at the Oscars. What history tells us about diversity in Hollywood.聽
Chinese lemon chickenCitrus gives chicken a bright flavor in this easy dinner dish.
How I stumbled upon a work of art in GreenlandI have a poor eye for art. But in this case it fell into my lap, so to speak.
Oscars 2017: This year's nominees tell a different storyThe seven minority actors nominated tie the record set in 2007. But some culture watchers say the behind-the-scenes nominations may be even more important for Hollywood 鈥� both for long-term diversity and increasing the variety of stories told.
First Look2017 Academy Award nominees: A breakthrough on diversity?The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences broke its two-year streak of nominating only white actors with the inclusion of multiple actors of color. But studies show minorities and women are still few and far between in Hollywood.
Amazon as Hollywood powerhouse: Oscar nods for 'Manchester by the Sea'Amazon's movie 'Manchester' has received multiple Oscar nominations, putting the company ahead of rivals such as Netflix and Hulu and proving that streaming services can release acclaimed movies as well as TV shows.
Vietnamese beef stew blends flavors of multiple spices and culturesFlavors from all over Asia (ginger, lemongrass, five-spice powder, garam masala, fish sauce) spice up this delicious, aromatic, meaty stew that draws its inspiration from when Vietnam was called French Indochina.
Oscar nominations: Could 'La La Land' actually win?Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 24. The movie musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, lacks聽a connection to a widely known stage play but still managed to聽become a surprising box office success.聽
Roasted butternut squash with red pepperRoasting butternut squash and red bell pepper with a topping of freshly grated Parmesan cheese is a simple way to amp the flavor of warm veggies.
Box Office: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split' Dominates U.S. Box Office With $40.2 MillionVin Diesel's 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' came second, with Paramount funding the action flick along with two Chinese companies. The three companies announced a three-year $1 billion co-financing deal on Thursday.
Here's how the film 'The Founder' recreated spots that featured in McDonald's founder Ray Kroc's lifeIn the movie 'The Founder,' the first McDonald's restaurants in Schaumburg, Waukegan, Milwaukee and other Midwestern places look as if they've been photographed at their original sites.聽Nope. It's all Hollywood sleight-of-eye magic.
Will ABC's 'Black-ish,' praised for tackling topical issues, get a spin-off starring Yara Shahidi?The network is reportedly considering creating a new program that is set in the world of its acclaimed sitcom 'Black-ish,' which stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.
'Split' doesn't deviate from director-writer M. Night Shyamalan's standard fare'Split' stars James McAvoy as a man with dissociative identity disorder who has kidnapped three teenage girls. Betty Buckley co-stars.
'The Founder' doesn't take a stand for or against protagonist's avarice'Founder' stars Michael Keaton as McDonald's businessman Ray Kroc. Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch are both excellent as the team behind a California burger stand who encounter Ray.
'The Red Turtle' has a quietly breathtaking delicacy'Red' is the first international co-production of Japan's famed Studio Ghibli,聽and in its hushed evocation of nature鈥檚 mystic mysteries, it summons at its best the work of the studio鈥檚 founders, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
Triple chocolate browniesThese dense chocolate brownies packed with melted chocolate chips are finished off with a chocolate drizzle.
