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Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison
Courtroom sketch artists Elizabeth Williams (from left), Jane Rosenberg and Christine Cornell wait to enter the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump's trial is occurring on April 25. Jefferson Siegel/AP hide caption
Katy Perry pictured at an event in Los Angeles in April. She wasn't at Monday night's Met Gala, despite the fake photos of her circulating on social media. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jim Gaffigan in Unfrosted. Netflix hide caption
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Is Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' a tasty treat, or just a stale old standby?
Is Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' a tasty treat, or just a stale old standby?
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Signage for The Pulitzer Prizes appear at Columbia University on May 28, 2019, in New York. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
"The primary way plants communicate with each other is through a language, so to speak, of chemical gasses," journalist Zoë Schlanger says. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they're intelligent?
Pop star Madonna, performing Saturday night at a massive free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jerrod Carmichael in his new HBO series. HBO Max hide caption
Bernard Hill arrives on the red carpet at a Leicester Square cinema for the Royal Performance of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Dec. 12, 2012. Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP hide caption
Ryan Gosling plays stunt man Colt Seavers in the new movie The Fall Guy, a new take on the 1980s TV show. Eric Laciste/Universal Pictures hide caption
Thomas Taylor's original cover illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) is expected to break auction records at Sotheby's on June 26. Sotheby's hide caption
Frank Stella with one of his works at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in London in 2000. Ian Nicholson /PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
The Golden Saxophone House, featured on HGTV's new series Zillow Gone Wild. HGTV hide caption
'Wait Wait' for May 4, 2024: With Not My Job guest Lyndon Barrois
Ava (Hannah Einbinder), left, and Deborah (Jean Smart) have both grown a lot since we first met them in Season 1 of Hacks on Max. Max hide caption
Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in the action comedy The Nice Guys. Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. hide caption
May 1988: General view of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images hide caption
Larry Demeritte will be the first Black trainer in the Kentucky Derby in decades
The last photo Trisha Fountain took with her mother in May, 2006. Fountain's mom died the week after her graduation. She said the poem "Epitaph" has helped offered her comfort. Trisha Fountain hide caption