The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook

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Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards

Chloé Zhao became only the second woman to win an Oscar for Best Director, for 2020’s “Nomadland,” and she is nominated once again for “Hamnet,” starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name, the film follows a young William Shakespea ...  Show more

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