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We had a deep and meaningful [conversation]. This institution doesnt reflect its president and it doesnt reflect this room. I am an Academy member and it doesnt reflect me, and it doesnt reflect this nation." Robin Marchant/Getty Images; Pascal Le Segretain/WireImage; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images; Matt Sayles/Invision/AP This is a difficult but important conversation, and it’s time for big changes. The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership....

See the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards before they were famous, ahead. His first major gig came in 1988, when he played Uncle Russell in CBS' short-lived seriesRaising Miranda. This February, Damon is up for Best Actor forThe Martian. MTV I earned my SAG card when I was 14, I did a MTV promo forMy Super Sweet 16. Nominated at the 2016 Oscars for her role inRoom, Larson dropped the studio albumFinally Out of P....

Rarely do films based on true stories hit theaters without hailstorms of fact-checking and cries of historical revisionism. Its just a movie. In that sense,13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghaziis unique, because its notjusta movie. Its a Michael Bay movie. These guys are badasses from Michael Bays Alpha Male Signature Series CollectionTM. They gear up in montages and understand the irony of saying Welcome to Benghazi after a tense standoff....

Every which way they turn new trials will test their wit and strength. But what Gauri and Vikram soon discover is that theres nothing more dangerous than what they most desire. The bruise on my cheek burned. I had to fake a flinch when the punch connected. Violence made the guards feel safe, and I needed them to fall for that lull and lie. One moment of inattention was all I needed....

Excerpt fromA Fierce and Subtle Poisonby Samantha Mabry What is this? I asked, holding the slips of paper between us. How do you know my name? The girl tilted her head as if shed misheard me. Everyone knows your name. Not everyone knows what room I stay in. Yes, they do. Its the haunted one. Shed referred to it as her mourning jewelry. I flicked at her last note. Why did you call her this?...

Some novels seem to naturally lend themselves to movie adaptations. Dave Eggers 2012 existentially absurd midlife crisis taleA Hologram for the Kingis one of the latter. But when he gets there, the king keeps delaying their meeting over and over. Its likeWaiting for Godotby the Red Sea. Eggers book is largely interior. Its conflict is one of the soul. Again, not an easy movie to pull off. He gives an otherwise downbeat story some sorely needed levity....

How could they not be? But then I picked upA Mothers Reckoning. For Dylan was not a neglected child; Klebold and her husband were pretty hands-on parents. They had family dinners; Dylan had chores to do around the house. He had been to the prom a couple of days before the massacre. In other words, he seemed like an average teenage kid. But the counselor saw no implicit threat in the piece....

Essentially, its a vote for the creation of the State of Israel. The resolution, of course, is passed. In reality, two children of the same abusive father will not necessarily become allies. Credit: Ran Mendelson The sequence is haunting. You cant hear those countries names and not think of strife in the world today. Oz, Israels most acclaimed living author, writes words that resonate with generosity and bitter truth. In one, a soldier shoots himself; in another a heartsick woman self-immolates....

Bill Murray welcomes you to his Christmas special with the look of a sad misfit toy. Dammit, Bill, this is Christmas! Get with the merry and bright already! Credit: Ali Goldstein/Netflix The funniest thing aboutA Very Murray Christmasis the very idea of it. The acerbic star ofGroundhog Dayhosting a Christmas special? This is wildly unexpected, even from the guy who brought youScrooged. His latest seasonal opus runs far in the opposite direction of that bloated, hollow comedy....

Ron Clements and John Musker, co-directors ofAladdin, spoke withE! Newsand they confirmed what some fans have long thought about the peddler in the beginning of the film. I saw something that speculates that the peddler at the beginning ofAladdinis the Genie, Clements said. Credit: Buena Vista/Courtesy Everett Collection He continued, That was the whole intention, originally. Just through story changes and some editing, we lost the reveal at the end....

As if you didnt already know, Time is a villain inAlice Through the Looking Glass, at least. Actually it was Lewis Carrolls idea, Bobin says of theAliceauthor, who died in 1898. Carroll thinks Time is a person. And Bobins idea for who should play that person was a no brainer. I had him in mind from the beginning, Bobin says. Hes an omnipotent demigod but he has one tragic flaw loneliness....

Spoiler Alert: Politics is war, dirty and debasing. What civil servant in their right mind could possibly behave so badly? The answer, of course, is…Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO It presents as slick docudrama, but its more interested in deconstructing power than history lesson. Complexity flows from Cranston. Its second hour tracks the human cost of a ruthless presidential contest that would reshape the country....

Exclusive: Bryan Fuller developing new version of ’80s anthology series A new version ofAmazing Storiesis in the works. The anthology series is now in development at NBC withHannibalshowrunner Bryan Fuller, EW has learned exclusively. The series earned 12 Emmy nominations and received five awards. Fuller is also showrunning the upcoming Starz fantasy seriesAmerican Gods, based on Neil Gaimans novel. Anthology series have been popularized recently on a season-long basis by shows likeFargo,True DetectiveandAmerican Horror Story....