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Colleen Atwood: To Design The Costume, Understand The Character

Atwood says that her artistic side was always nurtured, particularly by her two grandmothers. Above are Atwood's sketches for characters from the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Warren Holder/20th Century Fox hide caption

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Colleen Atwood: To Design The Costume, Understand The Character

Before Atwood was an Oscar-winning designer, she was a 17-year-old mom working in a French fry factory. Atwood says knowing all different kinds of people helps her in her work today.

Colleen Atwood: To Design The Costume, Understand The Character

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'Deepwater Horizon' Honors The Sacrifice Without Sacrificing The Action

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'Deepwater Horizon' Honors The Sacrifice Without Sacrificing The Action

Deepwater Horizon is the tense and terse story of the Gulf oil rig explosion that became the biggest man-made ecological disaster in history.

'Deepwater Horizon' Honors The Sacrifice Without Sacrificing The Action

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'American Honey' Trains Its Lens On Traveling Magazine Crews

Fresh Air

Andrea Arnold's new movie about a teenage girl who takes up with an unusual group of salespeople won a the Jury Prize at Cannes this year. Critic David Edelstein calls it a "wonderful" film.

'American Honey' Trains Its Lens On Traveling Magazine Crews

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Magnificent Seven' And 'Fleabag'

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Magnificent Seven' And 'Fleabag'

The gang discusses a new Western remake starring Denzel Washington, as well as a beloved British TV import starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Plus, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Magnificent Seven' And 'Fleabag'

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A Swedish Curmudgeon Wins Hearts, On The Page, And Now On Screen

Rolf Lassgård, left, stars as a grouchy widower in A Man Called Ove, which opens Friday in U.S. theaters. Music Box Films hide caption

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A Swedish Curmudgeon Wins Hearts, On The Page, And Now On Screen

Move over, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — a grumpy man may soon take your place as America's favorite fictional Swede. The film adaptation of the best-seller A Man Called Ove is now coming to the U.S.

A Swedish Curmudgeon Wins Hearts, On The Page, And Now On Screen

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Thursday

Movie Interviews

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold On 'American Honey' And Preserving Mystery In Film

Fresh Air

Arnold's latest film, which won the Jury Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a group of abandoned teenagers who travel together selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door.

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold On 'American Honey' And Preserving Mystery In Film

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Wednesday

Monday

Acting For Film Or Acting For Life? Doc Tells Story Of Kim Jong Il's Captives

South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee (left) and director Shin Sang-ok (right) made nearly 20 films for their captor, Kim Jong Il. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures hide caption

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Acting For Film Or Acting For Life? Doc Tells Story Of Kim Jong Il's Captives

The North Korean leader was so crazy about movies that he kidnapped a South Korean actress and director and forced them to work for him. The Lovers and the Despot tells their story.

Acting For Film Or Acting For Life? Doc Tells Story Of Kim Jong Il's Captives

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Business

New Law Will Require IMDB To Remove Actors' Ages If Requested

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that will require websites like IMDB Pro to remove the ages of actors and others listed on the site if asked by them to do so.

New Law Will Require IMDB To Remove Actors' Ages If Requested

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'Deepwater Horizon' Director On The BP Oil Spill And The 'Addictive Dance' For Fuel

Fresh Air

Peter Berg discusses his new film, which recreates the final hours of the oil rig that exploded and sank, causing the BP oil spill. Eleven rig workers died trying to prevent the disaster.

'Deepwater Horizon' Director On The BP Oil Spill And The 'Addictive Dance' For Fuel

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Friday

Ugandan Actress's Journey Mirrors That Of Her 'Queen Of Katwe' Character

Queen of Katwe was filmed in English, but that isn't Madina Nalwanga's first language. "She worked extremely hard," co-star Lupita Nyong'o says, "and I think her discipline as a dancer came in very handy." Edward Echwalu/Disney Enterprises Inc. hide caption

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Ugandan Actress's Journey Mirrors That Of Her 'Queen Of Katwe' Character

Like her chess champion character, first-time film actress Madina Nalwanga grew up in a poor neighborhood in Uganda. She says co-star Lupita Nyong'o has been her guide to the world of moviemaking.

Ugandan Actress's Journey Mirrors That Of Her 'Queen Of Katwe' Character

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